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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

SHARP

SHARP is an acronym for Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice, a term used to refer to left-wing, anti-racist skinheads.

Slogans / Code words Left-wing

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Tahrif/Tahreef

Tahrif, or Tahreef, is the Arabic word for "corruption." The term is used to reference a conspiracy theory dating back to the 9th century CE, which claims that Christians and Jews made changes to their religious texts... Read more

Conspiracy Theories Islamist

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Ramadan Abdullah Sha…

Ramadan Shallah was the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group from 1995-2018. Under his leadership, PIJ was responsible for numerous attacks on Israeli citizens and in 2007 he was placed on the FBI's Most Wanted... Read more

People Islamist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Ramzi Yousef

Ramzi Yousef is a Pakistani Al Qaeda operative who participated in several high profile attacks on behalf of the terrorist group. Yousef was the lead in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York... Read more

People Islamist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Omar Mateen

Omar Mateen committed the Pulse Nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 and injuring 53. During and after the attack, Mateen stated that he was loyal to ISIS and that the recent killing... Read more

People Islamist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Antifa

A decentralized, leaderless movement composed of loose collections of groups, networks and individuals who are vigorously opposed to fascism, and focused on countering right-wing extremists both online and on the ground. While some antifa adherents have engaged... Read more

Groups / Movements Left-wing

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Yahya Sinwar

Yahya Sinwar, widely known as the architect of the October 7, 2023, massacre in Israel, was a key Hamas leader who served as the Gaza Political Bureau chief from 2017 until July 2024 and organization-wide Political Bureau... Read more

People Islamist

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Islamic Revolutionar…

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is part of Iran’s armed forces, separate from the traditional military but complementary to it. The group is tasked with defending Iran’s revolutionary regime, which took power in 1979, and answers... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist

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Kata’ib Hezbollah

Kata’ib Hezbollah (also Kata’ib Hizballah) is an Iraqi Shia militant group that seeks to institute an Iran-aligned government in Iraq, remove U.S. and coalition forces from the country and further Iranian interests in the region. KH has... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist

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Palestinian Islamic …

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), also known as Palestine Islamic Jihad, is a radical Islamist extremist organization inspired by the Iranian revolution of 1979. It was established by Palestinian students in Egypt who were admirers of the... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist