extremists
Proud Boys leader seeks release, citing DC jail conditions
By Michael Kunzelman and Ashraf Khalil — November 16, 2021
Tarrio asked that his sentence be reduced or that he be allowed to finish it under house arrest because he claims he has been harassed by correctional officers and exposed to inhumane jail conditions.
Radicalization’s path: In case studies, finding similarities
By Eric Tucker, Heather Hollingsworth, and Kathy Gannon — November 4, 2021
In the months before he was charged with storming the Capitol, Doug Jensen was sharing conspiracy theories he’d consumed online. But it hadn’t always been that way, says his brother, who recalls how he once posted the sort of family and vacation photos familiar to nearly all social media users. A world away, Wahab hadn’t […]
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.
Israel’s ‘Religious Zionists’ grapple with extremists in their midst
By Michele Chabin — January 19, 2016
ESH KODESH, West Bank (RNS) Are the Jewish youths accused of murdering three Palestinians simply high school dropouts rebelling against authority? Or is the Modern Orthodox settler movement turning to violence?
Unity is the best weapon against ISIS (COMMENTARY)
By Salam Al-Marayati — November 19, 2015
(RNS) The challenge to Americans is to recognize that Muslims are decisively on their side in the fight against extremism. The challenge to Muslims is to engage fully with the rest of the nation in identifying the safest and wisest paths forward.
Jewish extremists suspected of torching mosque near Bethlehem
By Michele Chabin — February 25, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) Wednesday's attack occurred on the 21st anniversary of the shooting spree by Baruch Goldstein that left 29 Muslim worshippers dead.
How To Keep Malala from Being Appropriated: 5 points on Malala, Obama, and Jon Stewart
By Omid Safi — October 12, 2013
It is vital for Muslim reformers to have and maintain a holistic sense of justice in which one speaks simultaneously against both abuses of Muslim extremists and Western colonial powers. As for Malala, it means simultaneously to speak against the misogynist policies of the Taliban AND the violence inflicted on the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan by American drones.
Mass. alumni don’t want Liberty to get free campus
By Tracy Gordon — March 6, 2012
(RNS) Alumni of a scenic boarding school in western Massachusetts say they don't want a wealthy Christian family to give the campus to Liberty University, calling Liberty's values "hateful" and "divisive." By G. Jeffrey MacDonald.
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