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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Najibullah Zazi

Najibullah Zazi is an Afghan-American who drove from his home in Colorado to New York City on September 9, 2009 with the intention of detonating explosives above the New York City subway during rush hour as part... Read more

People Islamist

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Normie

In the incel community, a "normie" is a someone of average attractiveness and/or intelligence. "Normies" are viewed by incels as superior and in the incel hierarchy, "Normies" fall between "Chads" and "incels."

Slogans / Code words Single-issue

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Nutella and Kittens

Nutella and kittens was among ISIS's more inventive and disturbing media tactics. In 2015, the group paired calls to join the Islamic State with innocuous images that were popular on the internet, including pictures of kittens or... Read more

Tactics Islamist

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Omar Shafik Hammami …

Omar Shafik Hammami (1984-2013), aka Abu Mansoor al Amriki, was an American foreign terrorist fighter who traveled to Somalia to join al Shabaab. Hammami was raised as a Christian in Alabama and converted to Islam sometime during... Read more

People Islamist

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Pulse Nightclub Shoo…

The June 2016 shooting spree at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, by Omar Mateen—who killed 49 people and wounded 53 more—dwarfed in its lethality all other extremist-related murders in the decade. Mateen, who claimed his attack... Read more

Incidents / Events Islamist

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Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden (1957-2011) is perhaps the most influential and infamous terrorist leader in history. He originally became involved in the jihadist sphere when he traveled to Pakistan from his home in Saudi Arabia to help organize... Read more

People Islamist

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Pamela Geller

Pamela Geller is an anti-Muslim bigot who often exploits concern over terrorism to promote anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant conspiracy theories. She runs the website Geller Report and is one of the leaders of the group Stop Islamization of... Read more

People Single-issue

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Truecel

Trucel is a moniker used for "true incels," or men who have never had any sexual or romantic contact with a woman. These men believe they will always be an incel regardless of any changes they implement... Read more

Slogans / Code words Single-issue

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism

Anti-LGBTQ+ extremism is a form of single-issue extremism whose adherents focus on demonizing, attacking or otherwise intentionally targeting individuals, communities or institutions based on their real or perceived identification with or support for a sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression... Read more

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Waheba Issa Dais

Waheba Issa Dais was a Wisconsin-based Islamist extremist who hacked into Facebook accounts in 2018 to encourage people to join ISIS and build bombs and biological weapons, including detailed instructions for creating the poison ricin. In August... Read more

People Islamist