extremism
9 Jehovah’s Witnesses convicted of extremism for practicing faith in Russia
By Kathryn Post — March 7, 2024
(RNS) — The men received sentences of up to seven years in a penal colony for practicing their faith.
Journalist Tim Alberta on American Evangelicals and Extremism
By Ray Kirstein — February 24, 2024
State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with journalist Tim Alberta, best-selling author of the new book "The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism"
Tim Alberta on evangelical extremism and the pastors who profit from it
By Karen Swallow Prior — December 7, 2023
(RNS) — ‘These are not dupes; these are not true believers.’
Palestinian Americans decry demonization in media amid rising fear of hate crimes
By Kathryn Post and Roxanne Stone — October 18, 2023
(RNS) — ‘This is reminding me a bit of how it felt post-9/11,’ Palestinian activist and policy analyst Laila El-Haddad told Religion News Service.
From Taylor Swift’s tour to statehouses, witches are blamed for climate of fear
By Heather Greene — June 1, 2023
(RNS) — One historian sees a replay of 17th century moral panics in today’s increasing social media attacks on witches, saying, ‘It is getting weird.’
Over the weekend, fusions of faith and extremism at drag show protests across country
By Jack Jenkins — December 6, 2022
(RNS) — Nazi sympathizers waved Christian flags at multiple drag story hour events.
Republicans keep mostly mum on calls to make GOP ‘party of Christian nationalism’
By Jack Jenkins — August 12, 2022
(RNS) — 'When they fail to speak out against this, they're surrendering the future of their party to the Marjorie Taylor Greenes of the world,' said Brian Hughes of American University's Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab.
How the Capitol attacks helped spread Christian nationalism in the extreme right
By Jack Jenkins — January 26, 2022
(RNS) — For many in the right-wing extremist fringe, Christian nationalism is becoming a shared language.
Kyrgyzstan is expected to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses publications for ‘extremism’
By Kathryn Post — November 30, 2021
(RNS) — The ban would mark the first time that the country has taken an official stance against the religious group.
The Unite the Right rally changed her life. She now wants to defeat white nationalism.
By Yonat Shimron — November 26, 2021
(RNS) — Since that searing summer day four years ago, Rabbi Rachel Schmelkin has devoted herself to better understanding what happened and working to make sure it never happens again.
Russian Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to over four years in prison for his faith
By Jessica Mundie — October 11, 2021
(RNS) — Since April 2020, five men, including Vladimir Skachidub, have been convicted and imprisoned for practicing their faith in Russia’s Krasnodar Territory, where their religion is considered an extremist group.
Antisemitic and anti-Muslim content is flourishing on TikTok, report finds
By Alejandra Molina — August 27, 2021
(RNS) — The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based nonprofit that tracks extremism online, released a report Aug. 24 that found TikTok 'operates as a new arena for violence-endorsing, hateful ideologies.'
Facebook bans ‘dangerous individuals’ cited for hate speech
By Barbara Ortutay — May 3, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After years of pressure to crack down on hate and bigotry, Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and other extremists.
Egypt fights Islamic extremism by allowing women leaders at mosques
By Amr El Tohamy — June 20, 2018
CAIRO (RNS) — The move to introduce women preachers – wa’ezzat in Arabic – marks the first time females have formally addressed worshippers in these spaces as officially sanctioned clergy.
3 men convicted in Kansas plot to bomb Somali refugees
By Associated Press — April 18, 2018
(AP) — A federal jury found three men guilty of plotting to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali refugees in Kansas.
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