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Dear John,
On the 10 year anniversary of the Norwegian terrorist attack carried out by Anders Breivik, we must acknowledge the lasting impact the attack had on a generation of white supremacist terrorists, fueling hundreds of transnational attacks, most notably the recent attack in London, Ontario.
In 2011, Breivik was responsible for killing 77 people at a summer camp, where he specifically targeted children of liberal Norwegian politicians who had embraced Muslim immigrants. Breivik soon became a martyr to individuals and groups that support his neo-Nazi ideology and white supremacy, especially those who advocate for the use of violence against Muslims.
MPAC has frequently discussed the importance of the United States addressing the issue of white supremacy as an international security threat and calling on the federal government to establish a singular definition for terrorism and designate all violent extremist groups under that definition, regardless of race, color, or creed.
In this panel discussion, we will hear from experts on national security on white nationalism in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, on the different international approaches to white supremacy as a threat to security, and how legislators and government leaders can shift their rhetoric and policy decisions away from equating American Muslims with international threats towards addressing the global threat of white supremacist violence.
With renewed discussion by members of Congress on this issue, we're seeing increased consensus that white supremacy is global in nature with nationalist attacks having inspired violence worldwide. Now more than ever, the United States must recognize and address the issue of white supremacy as an international security threat.
Join us for a timely and relevant conversation in our next installment of 'The Forums at MPAC' - Oslo: The Tipping Point of Global White Nationalism, this Thursday, July 22, at 4pm ET, and hear from Torkel Brekke, lead analyst at Norway’s Center for Research on Extremism, Daryl Johnson, a former analyst at the Department of Homeland Security, and Sindre Bangstad, a social anthropologist, researcher and author of Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia, who will discuss the legacy of white supremacist extremism following the Oslo attacks a decade ago.
This conversation is not to be missed.
In peace,
Prema Rahman
MPAC Policy Analyst
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