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Aryan Brotherhood of…

The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas is the largest white supremacist prison gang in the state, and quite possibly in the entire United States. Formed in the 1980s, the group has a lengthy criminal history involving murder and... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Aryan Nations

Aryan Nations was one of the most active neo-Nazi groups in the 1980s and 1990s but went into a substantial period of disintegration and factional fighting after the 2004 death of its founder, Richard Butler. Since 2004... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Baqiya wa Tatamadad

"Baqiya wa Tatamadad" is an Arabic phrase meaning "remaining and expanding," which became the slogan of the Islamic State after the collapse of the territorial caliphate. ISIS supporters will often add the phrase as a hashtag or... Read more

Slogans / Code words Islamist

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Benjamin Matthew Wil…

Benjamin Matthew Williams is a white supremacist who set fire to three California synagogues in 2001 with his brother, James Tyler Williams. They also killed a gay couple from Redding, California, in 1999.

People White supremacist

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Billy Roper

Billy Roper is a long-time leader in the white supremacist movement. He currently leads the Shield Wall Network, a tiny Arkansas-based neo-Nazi group. Roper got his start with William Pierce and the National Alliance. After Pierce's death... Read more

People White supremacist

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Black flags

Black flags are inspired by descriptions of the Prophet Muhammad's battle flag, which was reportedly a black flag with white lettering on it. Therefore, many Islamist extremist groups adopt various interpretations of this image to use as... Read more

Numbers / Symbols Islamist

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Hate Group

An organization whose goals and activities are primarily or substantially based on a shared antipathy towards people of one or more other different races, religions, ethnicities/nationalities/national origins, genders, and/or sexual identities. The mere presence of bigoted members... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions White supremacist

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Blood drop cross

The blood drop cross, also called Mystic Insignia of a Klansman (MIOAK), is the primary symbol for KKK groups. It appears as a square white cross in black outline against a circular, red background. In the middle... Read more

Numbers / Symbols White supremacist

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Blut und Ehre

"Blut und Ehre" is a German phrase that translates into "Blood and Honor;" it was popularized by the Nazi Party (as a Hitler Youth slogan and elsewhere). Since World War II, this German phrase (and even more... Read more

Slogans / Code words White supremacist

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Boston Marathon Bomb…

The Boston Marathon Bombing was a domestic terrorist attack that occurred on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, two Kyrgyz-American brothers of Chechen descent, created two pressure cooker bombs using instructions published by... Read more

Incidents / Events Islamist