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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

ISIS

ISIS (also known as ISIL, Islamic State or IS, and Daesh in Arabic) is a Salafi-jihadist group that founded an unrecognized “caliphate,” a quasi-state in Iraq and Syria in 2014 capturing large swaths of territory in a... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Al Shabaab

Al Shabaab is an Al Qaeda-affiliated Islamist terrorist organization based in Somalia. Al Shabaab is a brutal terrorist group which controls large swathes of the country and frequently projects attacks into neighboring countries, including Kenya and Uganda... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Remigration

"Remigration" [sic] is an extremist and anti-immigrant term that arose in Europe in the mid-2010s, promoted by Identitarian groups such as Generation Identity. "Remigration" refers to the concept of forced repatriation of immigrants, especially non-European and/or... Read more

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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Hamas

Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (HAMAS or Hamas) is an Iran-backed Islamist terror group formed during the First Intifada in 1987. The Palestinian group is avowed to the destruction of the State of Israel and aims to establish an... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist