Islamic extremism today, like Bolshevism in the past, is an armed doctrine.
Islamic extremism today, like bolshevism in the past, is an armed doctrine.
Facebook launched a €1 million campaign to stop hate speech and extremism this week, with a particular focus on Germany.
The rightwing English Defence League, which staged a series of demonstrations against Muslim "extremism" last year, emerged following a counter-demonstration in Luton in May, which ended in violence.
But that does not mean that the Bush administration is not correct to cast it as the central struggle against Islamic extremism today.
Since the rise of jihadi extremism four decades ago, its most enduring trait, through ever-evolving manifestations, is its ability to reinvent and revive movements that appeared beaten.
Cox was himself accused of having links to extremism this week by Nigel Farage because of his support for the group Hope Not Hate, a campaigning charity that seeks to combat political militancy, especially from far-right groups.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is based in Montgomery, Ala., has tracked domestic extremism since 1971, but in recent years conservatives have accused it of politicizing its findings and falsely labeling right-leaning organizations as hate groups.
He defended his decision to break with Bosnia, citing "dangers to the Serbs" dating from the Ottoman era up to the threat of Islamic extremism today, which he says still lurks in the shadows of the fight against terrorism.
"It is quite right in our role as Acpo [Association of Chief Police Officers] goalkeeper to watch where the social protests are going and how they are developing and to try, where possible, to identify flashpoints," said Detective Chief Superintendent Adrian Tudway, who took over the role of national co-ordinator for domestic extremism last week.
We must remain united against extremism". Last July, a few hours after a gunman had opened fire on a Colorado movie theater, killing 12 people, a friend from the United Arab Emirates told me he'd been glued to the U.S. TV reports, watching with fear and sympathy.
