Sentences with phrase «violent extremists»

Group members said violent extremism was a threat to national security, but it was morally wrong to lump all Muslims into the category of violent extremists.

«The war began only because our own cities and civilians were attacked by violent extremists who plotted from that distant place, and it continues only because that plotting persists to this day.»

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised Muslims to reclaim the religion which is being hijacked by violent extremists whose atrocities portray Islam in bad light.

What about a different violent extremist ideology?

A report last year from the U.S. Institute of Peace, quoted in the Post, said that although violent extremist groups in Afghanistan are unpopular, their ideologies have not been effectively countered by the Afghan government and the international community.

«Since 2001, the U.S. government has laid out mind - boggling sums to keep the homeland safe from violent extremists.

A government official said the decision was «part of a broader regional effort to stop the spread of Boko Haram and other violent extremist organizations in West Africa.»

«After more than a decade combatting violent extremists and conducting contingency operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and most recently Syria, [the Defense Department] has prioritized the rebalancing of its forces in recent budget requests to build and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevail across a full range of potential contingencies,» states a Government Accountability Office report released in June.

Religious freedom allows space and Constitutional protections for mainstream believers to counter violent extremists.

The fact that the murder of Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller is still making headlines nearly two weeks after his death has led some to accuse the media of exploiting the situation to paint all pro-life advocates as violent extremists.

It just happened to be the home to some of the most violent extremists who would love violence and bloodshed.

Materials such as the al - Qaeda manufactured manual how to «Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom» have become required reading for home - grown jihadists, while old classics such as «The Anarchist Cookbook» and the «The Poor Man's James Bond» are often discovered on hard - drives of far - right violent extremists.

Now I'll run the risk of being lampooned here but is it only me who's actually quite impressed if 40 formerly violent extremists have genuinely turned a new leaf?

How formerly harmless members of society go on to embrace violent extremist ideologies is a looming question in the world of counterterrorism, yet increasingly so is the problem of «deradicalization,» or convincing people to abandon an extremist mindset.

The company released an update this week outlining its efforts to restrict violent extremist videos on its site...

The government updated its interpretation of which US citizens can be subjected to physical or digital surveillance to include «homegrown violent extremists» following mass killings in California and Florida by...

The Democratic platform also acknowledges the threats and violence women's health care providers and their patients face from violent extremists, sometimes with tragic consequences, like the fatal shooting at a Planned Parenthood health clinic in Colorado last year.

In a statement summarizing the new policy, Obama said that «the greatest threat to U.S. and global security is no longer a nuclear exchange between nations, but nuclear terrorism by violent extremists and nuclear proliferation to an increasing number of states.»

We can physically defeat groups like ISIS or other violent extremist and terrorist groups, but this leaves their appeal untouched or even strengthened.

In the second installment of our series on violent extremism, Valka - Mir Human Security Managing Partner Dr. Aleksandra Nesic explains why she believes social science concepts and approaches are needed when attempting to understand and address the root causes of extremist and violent extremist ideologies.

The United States is going to try to stop the violent extremists of ISIS — or as they want to be known «The Islamic State» — with airstrikes.

«The Supreme Court decision is a very strong sign that the state is trying to recover the space it ceded to violent extremists.»

Yep, this guy fits the distinct profile of a violent extremist to the tee.

I prefer the term «violent extremists» to describe the al - Qaeda network.

The short - term task entails a careful, systematic, global effort to neutralize these misguided, violent extremists.

Do you believe that Muslims are all violent extremists who want to chop your head off?

This does not mean that all Muslims are violent extremists.

Of course, implying that all Muslims are violent extremists and therefore fit into the category of «enemy» is about the same as implying that all Catholics molest children or that all evangelicals sympathize with Westboro Baptist Church.

The office seeks to shine a light on everything from authoritarian regimes that impede freedom of worship for their citizens to violent extremists who work to exploit sectarian tensions.

The working group is actively working to explore positive policy and civil society responses to counter the use of the internet for terrorist purposes, partnering with social media giants and other private - sector industries to not only undermine the appeal of violent extremist ideologies but to proactively disturb and disrupt the messaging of violent extremists online.

«David T.C. Davies: When I last raised this issue, I asked the Secretary of State for an assurance that not one penny of Government money was being given to extremists or to violent extremists.

He voiced sadness that the activities of the violent extremists have economically destroyed the North in particular, the Northeast and disrupted its social life.

The U.S. Department of Defence said Nigerian Army's 26th Infantry Battalion might be the next to deploy to Northeast to confront the violent extremist organisation.

The secrecy is also unnecessary because the threat of violent extremists is lower now than it was in the 1980s and 1990s, Magee adds.

Because while the U.S. government has spent hundreds of millions on terrorism research, including the creation of terrorism research institutions at the University of Maryland and elsewhere, the U.S. strategy against terrorism «is focused on technology, not understanding who violent extremists are and where the are coming from,» Atran told ScienceInsider by e-mail.

How could his life have been different — not to mention the lives of hundreds of KKK members, alt - right supporters, white nationalists, and violent extremists — if he possessed the skills to understand and manage his emotions, feel empathy, and build positive relationships?

I said I didn't think PETA people writing «meat is murder» or violent extremists should be using book reviews to push their agendas.

The truck headed east across the desert over the Somali border and deep into territory controlled by al - Shabab, the violent extremist group, on its way to Mogadishu.

There is a growing, highly organized and well - financed anti-Canada petroleum movement that consists of peaceful activists, militants and violent extremists who are opposed to society's reliance on fossil fuels... If violent environmental extremists engage in unlawful activity, it jeopardizes the health and safety of its participants, the general public and the natural environment.

For many stakeholders, including groups the Bill aims to protect, the increased restriction on free speech is a step too far to fight religious extremism, radicalization, racism and violent extremists.

Facebook can be a powerful force for free speech, as we saw during the Arab Spring uprisings in Egypt and elsewhere, and I have no doubt that Zuckerberg is personally sincere when he champions the cause of free speech and not submitting to violent extremists.