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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Sharia/Shariah/Shari…

Sharia is the term for Islamic religious law based on the Quran and hadiths. The term has become a catch-all phrase used by anti-Muslim bigots to stoke fear about the so-called Islamization of America, claiming that Sharia... Read more
Key Concepts / Definitions Single-issue
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Tim Gionet

Live-streamer Tim "Treadstone" Gionet, aka "Baked Alaska," is a white supremacist internet personality who attended the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville and participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol Building.
People White supremacist
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Buffalo shooting

The Buffalo, NY shooting took place on May 14, 2022, when a white supremacist gunman opened fire at a Tops supermarket, killing 10 people and injuring three more. Before the shooting, the gunman espoused violent racist and... Read more
Incidents / Events Right-wing
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Payton Gendron

Payton Gendron is the accused gunman in the Buffalo, NY shooting on May 14, 2022. According to police, Gendron went to a Tops supermarket armed with an AR-15, tactical gear and a body camera to livestream the... Read more
People Right-wing
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No Political Solution

"No political solution" is a phrase often used by adherents of the accelerationist philosophy to emphasize that voting or other political means will not bring about the radical societal change that they seek. Therefore, violent means should... Read more
Slogans / Code words White supremacist
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Sami-Al-Arian
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Sami Al-Arian

Sami Al-Arian is a prominent academic and radical anti-Israel activist who pled guilty to conspiring with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group and was deported from the U.S. in 2015. He currently resides in Turkey, where he... Read more
People Left-wing
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Gilad Atzmon
GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Gilad Atzmon 

Israeli-born and UK-based Gilad Atzmon is a well-known musician, author and antisemitic and anti-Israel activist. On social media and in publications and speeches, Atzmon is an outspoken promoter of classic antisemitic conspiracy theories and a fierce critic... Read more
Conspiracy Theories Antisemitism
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Abbas Hamideh  
GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Abbas Hamideh  

Abbas Hamideh is a Cleveland-based anti-Israel activist and leader of anti-Zionist group Al-Awda, which opposes Israel’s existence and draws hundreds of people to local anti-Israel rallies. In a July 2014 tweet, Hamideh expressed support for violence against... Read more
People Antisemitism
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Leila Khaled 
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Leila Khaled 

Leila Khaled, currently based in Jordan, is a member of the U.S. State Department-designated terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). She is well-known for her role in the hijacking of two civilian airliners... Read more
People Left-wing
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