Reviving the Anti-Islamophobia Bill
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The Extremism Roundup
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A weekly compilation of the most important developments in the struggle against radical ideologies
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Islamist Extremism
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Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib ( [link removed] )
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MN) - Drew Angerer/Getty Images
*Muslim Brotherhood Groups Trying to Revive Islamophobia Bill*
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), identified by the Justice Department as an “entity” of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, along with other Islamist organizations is trying to revive the Combating International Islamophobia Act.
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Critics of the bill, introduced by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), claim that the bill disables criticism of Islamist activities both abroad and in the United States.
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Both CAIR officials and Rep. Omar have a long history of antisemitic bigotry. *Read More ( [link removed] )*
*Iran Claims It is Already Capable of Building a Nuclear Bomb*
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An adviser close to Iran's leadership claims that Iran already has the "technical ability to build a nuclear bomb," but has not yet made a decision to do so. *Read More ( [link removed] )* ** *( [link removed] )*
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Alt-Right & Alt-Left Extremism
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Antifa members fight with bikers at Honky Tonk Bar in Salem, Ore ( [link removed] )
Antifa members fight with bikers at Honky Tonk Bar in Salem, Ore. - via ThePostMillenial
*Antifa Group Faces Off Against Oregon Bikers*
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* Individuals affiliated with Antifa were confronted by members of various motorcycle clubs after they tried to shut down the Honky Tonk Bar in Salem, Ore.
* Video of the incident shows the Antifa group pepper-spraying bikers as they ran away.
* Antifa accounts on Twitter claimed that one of their members had to go to the hospital for treatment. Read More ( [link removed] )
*Idaho Patriot Front Members' Trial Begins*
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* Six of the 31 members of the group Patriot Front, who were arrested after being caught planning to riot at a Pride event in Idaho, appeared in court.
* The individuals pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot. *Read More ( [link removed] )*
*More News From the Alt-Right*
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* Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson began his trial in Multnomah County, Ore. Gibson and two other people are facing felony riot charges from the May Day demonstration in 2019. *Read More ( [link removed] )*
*More News From the Alt-Left*
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* Noah Whitefield Madrano, a radio producer and co-host at a self-described Antifa Portland radio station, was arrested for trafficking and raping a Canadian child. *Read More ( [link removed] )*
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Hate Crime
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Derek Chauvin ( [link removed] )
"Memorial Garden" outside the Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, N.Y., where accused shooter Payton Gendron killed 10 Black people and injured three others - John Normile/Getty Images
* Payton Gendron, 19, of Conklin, N.Y. was indicted on federal hate crimes by a federal grand jury after opening fire at the Tops grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y. *Read More ( [link removed] )*
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Hostile Foreign Influence Operations
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Biden and Qatari leader ( [link removed] )
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Foreign Hackers Pose as Journalists
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* A new cyber security study reveals that hackers from China, Iran and Turkey are using new tactics, including posing as Twitter employees and journalists, in their latest attempts to breach victims’ devices. *Read More ( [link removed] )*
*Chinese Drone Maker Lobbies Congress*
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* The Chinese drone manufacturer DJI hired two lobbying firms to persuade members of Congress not to back the American Security Drone Act, which forbids the government from buying drones from Chinese firms. *Read More ( [link removed] )*
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Research & Trends in Extremism
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Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo ( [link removed] )
Highland Park Shooter Robert Crimo - Lake County Sheriff’s Office via Getty Images
Ideological Nihilism as a Source of Mass Violence
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* The July 4 Highland Park shooting has highlighted a new and emerging source of violence - ideological nihilism.
* Ideological nihilism is associated with apocalyptic thinking and "doomerism," and has led to the emergence of dozens if not hundreds of online antisocial subcultures which actively promote the aesthetic of nihilism and violence. *Read More ( [link removed] )*
Europol’s Annual Terrorism Report Shows Decrease in Number of Attacks in 2021
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* An annual Europol terrorism report shows a decrease in the number of terror attacks in Europe in 2021. The report notes that of the four completed attacks in 2021, three were jihadist terrorist attacks that were carried out in France, Spain and Germany, and one was a left-wing terrorist attack in Germany. *Read More ( [link removed] )*
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--Edmund Burke
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