Countering Violent Extremism
Staten Island Man Charged With Threatening Post-Election Violence
Rohini Kurup Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 11:52 AM
Brian Maiorana was arrested on Nov. 10 for making threatening interstate communications.
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extremism
Member of ‘Boogaloo’ Movement Charged in Connection With Violence in Minneapolis
Rohini Kurup Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 2:46 PM
The criminal complaint charges Ivan Harrison Hunter with one count of traveling in interstate commerce to incite a riot and carry out violence.
White Supremacy
Justice Department Charges U.S. Soldier with Planning Attack on Own Unit
Matt Gluck, Tia Sewell Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 1:53 PM
On June 22, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced the unsealing of an indictment against one U.S. Army soldier with alleged ties to Order of the Nine Angles (“O9A”), a neo-Nazi white-supremacist anarchist group. The indictment centers on his alleged involvement in a planned attack against his own military unit.
counterterrorism
Justice Department Charges Two Individuals in Connection with Shooting of Law Enforcement Officers
Mikhaila Fogel Tue, Jun 16, 2020, 4:51 PM
The Department of Justice announced charges have been filed against two individuals in connection with a drive-by shooting in Oakland, Calif. that killed one law enforcement officer and left another severely injured. The Justice Department alleges that the two defendants have connections to the "Boogaloo" extremist movement, according to the criminal complaints.
White Supremacy
Riots, White Supremacy and Accelerationism
Daniel Byman Mon, Jun 1, 2020, 6:38 PM
As protests sweep across the U.S., policymakers and law enforcement should keep a careful eye on whether white supremacists work to accelerate civil disorder.
pakistan
Prosecuting Pakistan’s New Extremists
Michael Kugelman, Adam Weinstein Wed, Dec 19, 2018, 9:04 AM
Pakistan confronts a new type of extremist threat: one that challenges state institutions without rejecting the state itself.
Social Media
Gab Vanishes, and the Internet Shrugs
Quinta Jurecic Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 6:37 PM
Before Saturday, Oct. 27, relatively few people were familiar with Gab, the fringe social network developed as an alternative to Twitter and Facebook. By the end of the day, however, media outlets from Reuters to CNN had issued “explainers” on Gab as a online haven for far-right extremism online.
Omphalos
Algeria's Massive Mosque Project: Alternative to Extremism or Threat to Secular Values?
Bruce Riedel Mon, Aug 22, 2016, 3:37 PM
Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Markaz.
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Algeria is building the third-largest mosque in the world with the tallest minaret ever (see photo rendering here). The expensive project is a symbol of the country’s growing trend toward a less secular future.