Jihad is an Arabic word meaning "struggle." Jihad is one of the five pillars of Islam, and many scholars have written about its meaning and application. In a moderate context, jihad can often refer to a personal... Read more

Mujahid is the Arabic term for someone undertaking jihad. Many Islamist extremists will refer to themselves as the mujahideen (the plural of mujahid) to evoke religious meaning to their violence. In particular, this term is used to... Read more

The optics debate refers to a debate among white supremacists about whether it is better to promote their white supremacist ideology via overtly National Socialist symbolism (swastikas, for example), or with less overtly racist imagery (including American... Read more

The skinhead subculture includes both racists and non-racists (see SHARP entry). They share many common elements, such as head shaving, clothing, tattoos and symbols, rituals and music. However - racist skinheads have come to compose one of... Read more

"Synagogue of Satan" is a derogatory term used by various antisemites — such as the Nation of Islam, extremist sects of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement and many extremists who identify as Christians — to refer to... Read more

"Ten Days of Darkness" refers to QAnon's prophesized period of unrest that will correspond with The Storm, which has led to vivid speculation about any news story or event referencing 10 days. When former President Donald Trump... Read more

"The Great Awakening" refers to Q's dissemination of information, which began in October 2017. QAnon adherents believe that they are part of a vast intelligence operation designed to slowly awaken the American people to the truth about... Read more

The Rothschild banking family has been at the center of a longstanding antisemitic conspiracy theory that plays on stereotypes of Jewish power and connection to money. The theory posits that a cabal of Jews led by the... Read more

White genocide is the white supremacist belief that the white race is "dying" due to growing non-white populations and "forced assimilation" deliberately engineered and controlled by a Jewish conspiracy to destroy the white race.

White nationalism is a term that originated among white supremacists as a euphemism for white supremacy. Eventually, some white supremacists tried to distinguish it further by using it to refer to a form of white supremacy that... Read more