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Abdul Razak Ali Artan

Abdul Razak Ali Artan was one of the perpetrators of the November 28, 2016, terrorist attack at the Ohio State University. Artan reportedly called the school to warn of a gas leak in one of the labs... Read more

People Islamist

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Hezbollah

Hezbollah (“Party of God”) is a Shia terrorist organization based primarily in Lebanon, where it also maintains a powerful domestic political power base. The purpose of Hezbollah’s existence is to pose a constant existential threat to Israel... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist