Sentences with phrase «of terrorist violence»

«In those days, it wouldn't have been especially surprising if the government had added an offence of being in wilful possession of an Irish accent within designated areas of the Home Counties to the panoply of absurd, panic - stricken measures adopted in the wake of terrorist violence,» he wrote for Proof, the new magazine of the Justice Gap which has as its theme «justice in a time of moral panic».
The photographic work of Michal Heiman confronts the realities of terrorist violence.

Not exact matches

Pinker's extensively researched thesis is that global violence has decreased throughout human history, as wrong as that may feel given the 24 - hour news cycle that came into being not long after two world wars and matured during an age of regular terrorist attacks and mass shootings.
«We will consider terrorist content to be material posted by or in support of organizations included on the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List that depicts graphic violence, encourages violent action, endorses a terrorist organization or its acts, or encourages people to join such groups,» the blog post said.
As the community mourns, lawmakers in Florida are responding with mixed ideas on what to do to address the recurring issue of gun violence in the state and the national trend of terrorists continually targeting schools.
While the «left - wing» assessment reported on known criminal activities, the «right - wing» document started with the acknowledgment that Department of Homeland Security intelligence «has no specific information that domestic rightwing terrorists are currently planning acts of violence
More than 8,500 terrorist attacks killed nearly 15,500 people last year as violence tore through Africa, Asia and the Middle East, according to the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.
In my judgement he hits a new low by stating: «The twenty - first century was born in violence, with the «terrorist» air attack on New York on 11 September 2001...» In English one uses inverted commas when quoting someone or when conveying the sense of «so - called».
As debate continues over President Obama's assertion about the religious nature (or lack thereof) of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group, a new Pew Research Center study finds that more Americans across the board believe that Islam encourages violence more than other religions.
«We are particularly disturbed that the two groups who appear to be among your primary targets, Muslims and Jews, have during the past six months been victims of faith - based terrorist violence in Chicago.»
For Brown, if the United States could commit itself to refusing to imitate the «evil deeds» of the terrorists, if the U.S. would eschew the violence that has marked its post-World War II foreign policy, if the U.S. could abandon its «faith in redemptive violence,» if the U.S. could spend as much money on a peace academy as it does on the service academies... well, there would be some hope for a peaceful future.
Previously, when American paramilitary groups became convinced of the inevitability of official persecution, their most militant adherents shifted from a defensive to an offensive mind - set, unleashing terrorist violence.
Reports of violence, repression and murder by the terrorist organisation and other extremist groups have become increasingly prevalent in the country.
In raising our voice in defence of persecuted Christians, we wish to express our compassion for the suffering experienced by the faithful of other religious traditions who have also become victims of civil war, chaos and terrorist violence.
Why is it that they try to blame America for the behavior of MUSLIMS who have been committing this terrorist violence for nearly 1,400 years??
At his trial, he had pleaded guilty to 156 acts of public violence including mobilising terrorist bombing campaigns, which planted bombs in public places, including the Johannesburg railway station.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide attributes the tense climate to «the promotion of Turkish ultra-nationalism» and «the backdrop of mounting terrorist violence,» as the country grows more involved with the Syria crisis.
The terrorist group has long demonstrated a pattern of extreme sexual violence, regularly forcing women and young girls into sex slavery, raping victims in areas where they have seized power and forcing them into marriage with fighters.
But, in a time of unprecedented religious violence — Christian persecution has never been more widespread, and Muslim communities around the world are frequently targeted by radicals and terrorists — celebrating a symbol of religious violence isn't just misguided; it sends the wrong signal about Christianity.
While defending the un-defensible actions of this administration, you for got to include work place violence like Ft. Bliss terrorist.
However, when a Muslim terrorist / fanatic is discovered, that person is typical of his faith and further evidence is that Islam espouses hatred and violence.
If you do not hear of the violence committed by Palestinian terrorists - or if you view it as the justified resistance of the oppressed - then Israel has no mitigation.
We would be able to protect millions if not billions of people around the planet who have been ravaged not just by the drug war, crimes and the vicious violence but also by terrorist groups funded largely by this trade who continue to maim and kill around the planet too.»
This is something that Farr made a mention to in his address, citing the widespread availability of formulae and other information online relevant to operationalising acts of high - intensity terrorist violence, whether chemical, biological, radiological or explosive.
In recognising that the online sphere is now a key tool in diversifying the threat of violence in the real world, the government must also be more proactive in exploring the range of options at its disposal to frustrate terrorist's use of the internet and social media.
Continuing, the Force Commander noted that the mandate of the MNJTF among other responsibilities empowers it to «create a safe and secure environment in the areas affected by the activities of Boko Haram terrorism and other terrorist groups, in order to significantly reduce violence and other abuses, including sexual and gender based violence, in full compliance with international law».
Taliban, who engaged in systematic acts of intentional violence against civilians, are terrorists, no matter what their military / political objectives are.
Conflicts involving militias, paramilitaries, rebels, cartels, or terrorist organisations (collectively referred to as violent non-state groups) are the most lethal form of violence in the world today.
Council Speaker Mark - Viverito eulogized yesterday a convicted terrorist and sponsor of political violence against the United States, calling her «our icon and national patriot.»
Many Palestinian militant organizations, including Arafat's Fatah, engaged in terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, violating the PLO's renouncement of violence.
Enikanolaiye had earlier addressed the UN Security Council's open debate on «Women and peace and security: Sexual violence in conflict» where he assured the international community of Federal Government's commitment to bring back the girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists.
Home secretary confirmed the long - awaited review had already begun, and said it would look at six areas: the use of control orders, stop and search powers in section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and the use of terrorism legislation in relation to photography, the detention of terrorist suspects before charge, extending the use of deportations, measures to deal with organisations that promote hatred or violence, and the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (Ripa) by local authorities.
«Like I said during the reception, I want to once again appeal to those of us who have the means, to remember the millions of Nigerians who are suffering deprivation because of violence perpetrated by terrorists
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito on Tuesday eulogized a convicted terrorist and sponsor of political violence against the United States, calling the late Isabel Rosado Morales «our icon and national patriot.»
«Jihadist terrorists that foment hatred to incite violence against innocents in the name of a wicked ideology» - Trump
«The right time is now» to talk about how to prevent more violence like Sunday's massacre in Orlando, Ross said Monday at an event in Kannapolis, North Carolina, adding that background checks could be a way to prevent terrorists and people who have a history of violence from getting guns.
According to Lipdo, «Information showed that early morning today, Fulani terrorists unleashed violence on three communities in Jire local government area of Adamawa State.
«I myself, as a prosecutor, have dealt with gun violence... As long as (the denied gun sale to a suspected terrorist) is brought before an independent judiciary with the standard of probable cause... that's the issue.
The Big Apple is more «vulnerable» than ever to a terrorist attack following a new wave of violence seen in Paris earlier this month, a former top cop said Sunday...
It stated, «Characterising IPOB as a terrorist organisation will likely incite hatred and antagonism against its members, and instigate security and law enforcement agencies to launch and inflict violence against them, while conditioning some members of the public to think that all members of IPOB are indeed defined by that characterisation.
But we can not tell a Christian to unjustly submit himself to murderers, his family wiped, his community taken over with crude violence so that a new community of herdsmen terrorists be established as it is happening now in Southern Kaduna — especially as government is not showing enough commitment to arresting the situation.
«The proliferation of illicit arms in the country, the existence of numerous land and chieftaincy disputes, the prevalence of terrorist activities in some neighboring countries of our regions all serve as triggers for violence and therefore pose real threats to the 2016 general elections,» he outlined.
For his research, Hamm defines a lone wolf terrorist by four characteristics: a person who perpetrates political violence, does not belong to (but often identifies with) an organized group such as al - Qaeda, acts alone (as opposed to the pair of Boston Marathon bombers), and does not commit violence out of grief or the pursuit of profit, vengeance or fame.
The team also recommend that a multi-disciplinary working committee is established to find a way to help identify individuals at risk of participating in terrorist and extremist acts of violence in a fully comprehensive and evidence - based manner.
In one of the world's least recognized humanitarian crises, millions of people in northeastern Nigeria who have fled the violence of the terrorist group Boko Haram are sick and near starvation.
Indeed, many people reflexively brand terrorists as «crazy»; some researchers, too, have suspected psychiatric problems such as antisocial personality disorder as a cause of political or religious violence.
Morocco: U.S. Department of State — travel.state.gov — The potential for terrorist violence against U.S. interests and citizens exists in Morocco.
This lends to the narrative of the terrorist leader launching an attack on the US for senseless violence overseas.
This harrowing, one - hour drama series stars Michael Ealy as a federal agent deep undercover inside a group of Islamic extremist terrorists in Los Angeles, a cell led by a charismatic true believer (Oded Fehr) for whom any act of violence is moral if it serves his cause.
Red 2 (PG - 13 for profanity, drug use and pervasive violence) Espionage thriller finds former, CIA Agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) coaxed back out of retirement and reunited with his elite team of spies to track down a portable nuclear bomb that's landed in the hands of terrorists.
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