EXTREMISM popularity and EXTREMISM trends

PRAYER FOR PEACE, MEMORIAL DAY, 2012 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Our Nation endures and thrives because of the devotion of our men and women in uniform, who, from generation to generation, carry a burden heavier than any we may ever know. On Memorial Day, we honor those who have borne conflict's greatest cost, mourn where the wounds of wa...

In addition to conflicting with authoritative data, the Wilders' rhetoric also poses a real danger of galvanising violent extremism -- not countering it.

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar has said that education is the best mean to promote an egalitarian society especially to convince and persuade youngsters to be adapted to the constructive norms of civic lives and prove themselves to be good citizens of the country. The problems of terrorism and extremism in FATA, he added, need special consideration where the ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the United States is very worried about al-Qaida terrorism and extremism in Yemen....

A collapse in the eurozone would create the "ideal recipe for an increase in extremism and xenophobia", the UK deputy PM says.

"Extremism and xenophobia" will sweep across Europe unless leaders take action to deal with debt crisis, Nick Clegg warns.

MAJOR Jewish organisation urges European governments to tackle far-right extremism, including possibly banning hardline Greek party.

PRAGUE (AP) -- A major European Jewish organization is urging European governments to quickly adopt measures to tackle anti-Semitism and far-right extremism, including possibly banning a hardline Greek party that did unusually well in recent elections....

Last month, two political scientists published one of those rare op-eds that gets the political community talking.

Extremist parties on both the far-Left and the far-Right are on the rise, apparently exploiting the economic turmoil that has swept across the debt-ridden continent.

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan -- One year since U.S. commandos flew into this Pakistani army town and killed Osama bin Laden, Islamabad has failed to answer tough questions over whether its security forces were protecting the world's most wanted terrorist.Partly as a result, fallout from the raid still poisons relations between Washington and Pakistan, where anti-American sentiment, support for Islamist...

High court orders service providers including Sky and Virgin Media to block The Pirate Bay in the UKBritain's internet providers have been ordered by the high court to block access to the filesharing website The Pirate Bay.The high court on Monday told five leading internet providers, including Sky and Virgin Media, to block The Pirate Bay in the UK after ruling that the website breaches copyri...

The departure of the family closed another chapter in an affair that cemented Pakistan's reputation as a hub of Islamist extremism and cast doubt on its trustworthiness as a Western ally.

The Internet giant has confirmed it is funding the Against Violent Extremism network for at least two years via its own think-tank, Google Ideas.

Über das neue Online-Netzwerk Against Violent Extremism sollen sich ehemalige extremistische Gewalttäter und auch Opfer zusammenschließen, austauschen und koordinieren können.

A network for groups combating political and religious extremism and gang culture is launched with the creation of a website and online TV channel.

Google has backed a project to link up former terrorists and violent radicals online, in an effort to combat extremism worldwide.

BEIRUT — As Syria’s revolution drags into its second year amid few signs that a U.N.-mandated cease-fire plan will end the violence, evidence is mounting that Islamist extremists are seeking to commandeer what began as a non-ideological uprising aimed at securing greater political freedom. Read full article >>

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has warned against Islamic extremism and praised Indonesia as living proof that Islam is compatible with democracy.

STEPHEN GLOVER: When mainstream leaders are incapable of offering solutions to apparently intractable economic problems, extremists will step in. That is what happened in Europe in the Twenties and Thirties.

Presidential campaign reveals the advance of extremism on both right and left

A radical cleric described as the face of violent extremism in Britain has been ordered by a court on Tuesday to be extradited to the United States where he is alleged to have plotted to set up a terrorism training camp.

The former president's Freedom Agenda correctly identified the Middle East's dictatorships as the incubators of extremism.

Stripping Britain of its Christian foundations would leave the country vulnerable to "the most sinister of ideologies", the Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury has warned.

The Kalachakra Buddhist festival has a special place in the hearts of Tibetan Buddhists and has played an important historical role in the exchanges between the Tibetan and Han peoples.

The Nigerian government has announced that it intends to build hundreds of new religious schools to fight poverty and extremism in the north of the country.

Reiterating Pakistan’s commitment to Afghan peace, development and prosperity, President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called for trans-border cooperation, which would not only transform the economic landscape of the South and Central Asian region, but would also be an effective bulwark against extremism and militancy. “We believe that the fight against poverty and deprivation must be ...

China's Xinjiang will spare no efforts to prevent and crack down upon sabotage activities of the three evil forces of separatism, extremism and terrorism to ensure social stability.

TEHRAN  - Iran on Thursday condemned the terrorist attack on a bus in Gilgit-Baltistan that killed and injured a number of passengers.  Expressing condolences to the families of the victims, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said the world is in dire need to fight extremism and terrorism unitedly, IRNA reported.  Mehmanparast also urged both Shia and Sunni ...

TEHRAN  - Iran on Thursday condemned the terrorist attack on a bus in Gilgit-Baltistan that killed and injured a number of passengers.  Expressing condolences to the families of the victims, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said the world is in dire need to fight extremism and terrorism unitedly, IRNA reported.  Mehmanparast also urged both Shia and Sunni ...

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly -- facing mounting pressure from Muslim groups to resign over a video about Islamic extremism -- shouldn't give up his post, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday.

In its document submitted to the Planning Commission, the highways ministry has proposed to complete 4,426km in left wing extremism (LWE) affected areas by 2015.

ONCE AGAIN, the Northern Irish stage is a site of conflict. A community riven with religious extremism, political distrust and sectarianism is tearing itself apart. It is May, 2011, and as Conall Morrison’s staging of Arthur Miller’s hardy classic The Cruciblemarks the opening of the new Lyric Theatre, with its magnificent and much celebrated design, it raises the question whether this represen...

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An Egyptian man who introduced terrorism inspired by Islamic extremism to US shores when he assassinated an anti-Arab rabbi in 1990 has lost his latest bid for a new trial.

Naama Margolese has become the face of a conflict over the influence of extremists in Israel after her story of being accosted by ultra-Orthodox men was reported in the media.

"This is not only a fight for Beit Shemesh, it’s a fight for everyone in Israel," says demonstrator.

Thousands rally in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh against ultra-Orthodox Jewish extremism, prompted by attacks on "immodestly" dressed women.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged members of the Alliance of Civilizations today to combat extremism and promote tolerance at a time when universal values are being tested in many parts of the world, particularly in countries undergoing political transitions.

Islamist supporters descended on Tunis on Saturday to confront liberal demonstrators rallying against extremism as a new constitution is drafted.

itwbennett writes "Terrorist suspect Jose Pimentel had a blog on Google-owned Blogger. And so it follows that Senator Joe Lieberman sent a letter to Google CEO Larry Page taking him to task because 'Blogger's Content Policy does not expressly ban terrorist content.' Lieberman also pointed out that YouTube does ban terrorist content and added that 'Google's inconsistent standards are adversely a...

NANKANA SAHIB - A seminar on the topic of “Rising religious extremism, intolerance in society and restrictions over conception, idea, consideration and its expression in Pakistan” was held under the auspices of National Commission for Peace and Justice here at the residence of Bashir Masih, former councillor here the other… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story

PAKISTAN reacted angrily to the government's demand that it do more to fight extremism - reminding Australia that it had lost casualties.

The suspect in the White House shooting comes from Idaho, a state with a history of right-wing extremism, but he was not part of those movements, acquaintances said.

A group of three young men who call themselves Beygairat Brigade, or A Brigade Without Honor, openly mock the military and religious conservatives in Pakistan.