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Alleged New Zealand mosque gunman linked to far-right group backed by Steve King

Alleged New Zealand mosque gunman linked to far-right group backed by Steve King

Austrian authorities announced Wednesday that they had discovered a financial link between the alleged New Zealand mosque shooter and a white nationalist group frequently championed by members of the U.S. far right, including Rep. Steve King (R-IA). Prosecutors in the south of the country said the Identitarian Movement, a white nationalist group that first originated […]

Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders cancels Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest

Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders cancels Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest

Far-right Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders on Thursday canceled a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest that sparked protests in Pakistan. In a written statement Thursday night, Wilders, an outspoken anti-Islam party leader, said he decided to “let the contest go” following death threats and concerns other people could be put at risk. Wilders added that his fight […]

Nazi fan wins Republican primary in Missouri

Nazi fan wins Republican primary in Missouri

Steve West, an anti-semitic conspiracy theorist who said Hitler did nothing wrong, defeated three other GOP candidates in the party’s primary election for Missouri’s 15th district. He now faces Democratic incumbent Jon Carpenter in November. He won with 49.5 percent of the vote; the second-place finisher had 24.4 percent. “Looking back in history, unfortunately, Hitler […]

Anti-war protests 50 years ago helped mold the modern Christian right

Anti-war protests 50 years ago helped mold the modern Christian right

In May of 1968, a high-profile trial began in Boston that dramatically illustrated a larger phenomenon fueling the rise of conservative Christianity in the United States. Five men had been charged with conspiracy for encouraging Americans to evade the draft. One of the prominent defendants in the trial was a Presbyterian minister and Yale University […]

Italy migrant shooting spree ‘triggered by woman’s murder’

Italy migrant shooting spree 'triggered by woman's murder'

A far-right supporter suspected of wounding six Africans in a shooting spree in central Italy said the “trigger” for his attacks was the murder of an Italian woman, allegedly by a Nigerian asylum seeker, according to media reports Sunday. Luca Traini was arrested and taken into custody after drive-by attacks in the town of Macerata […]

Neo-Nazis and white supremacists celebrate Trump’s SOTU

Neo-Nazis and white supremacists celebrate Trump's SOTU

US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address has garnered praise among white supremacists, neo-Nazis, conspiracy theorists and other far-right social media users. On Tuesday, Trump delivered his first State of the Union, the annual speech the president presents to a joint session of the United States Congress. In the speech, Trump vowed to […]

Far-right politician converts to Islam, quits AfD party

Far-right politician converts to Islam, quits AfD party

A leading politician from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has converted to Islam and resigned from his position as the anti-Muslim party’s national executive committee, the party has confirmed. Arthur Wagner, a leading member of the far-right party in Germany’s eastern German state of Brandenburg, stepped down from the committee for “personal reasons”, a party […]

Neo-Nazi Neil Erikson Confused the Quran With the Bible

U.S. Puts $5 Million Bounty On Pakistani Taliban Leader

Neil Erikson, a far-right, anti-Islam activist and self-proclaimed neo-Nazi in Australia, picked up a copy of the Quran as he prepared to give sworn evidence under religious oath in court on Monday. Related: Bible Miraculously Didn’t Burn When an Evangelical Church Was Firebombed by Militants, Congregants Claim The court staff then pointed out his mistake, […]

Over the years, Americans have become increasingly exposed to extremism

Over the years, Americans have become increasingly exposed to extremism

By James E. Hawdon, Director, Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, Virginia Tech. A man sporting a Nazi tattoo leaves Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia on Aug. 12, 2017. Steve Helber/AP Photo Extremism has always been with us, but the internet has allowed ideas that advocate hate and violence to reach more and more […]

Alex Jones: Jewish Actors Dress as KKK To Cause Clashes

U.S. Puts $5 Million Bounty On Pakistani Taliban Leader

Controversial far-right commentator Alex Jones has suggested attendees at a white supremacist rally that descended into violence were Jewish actors dressing up as Nazis. The “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday saw aggressive clashes between demonstrators and counter protesters, with an anti-fascist killed after a car ploughed into the group she was […]