"White supremacists, anti-government extremists, radical Islamist extremists, and other ideologically inspired domestic violent extremists have been active in the United States for decades. Examples of attacks include the 1993 World Trade Center bombing by radical Islamists, in which 6 persons were killed; and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building by anti-government far right individuals, in which 168 lives were lost. The September 11, 2001, attacks account for the largest number of fatalities in the United States in a single or closely- related attack resulting from violent extremism in recent decades. While the September 11, 2001, attacks were perpetrated by foreign violent extremists, from September 12, 2001 through December 31, 2016, attacks by domestic or “homegrown” violent extremists in the United States resulted in 225 fatalities, according to the ECDB. Of these, 106 were killed by far right violent extremists in 62 separate incidents, and 119 were victims of radical Islamist violent extremists in 23 separate incidents. Figure 1 shows the locations and number of fatalities involved in these incidents. A detailed list of the incidents can be found in appendix II. According to the ECDB, activities of far left wing violent extremist groups did not result in any fatalities during this period."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Extremism
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Extremism
71 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Extremism →
Related Quotes
"Any time that you devote airtime to espouse these extreme viewpoints you are lending it legitimacy and normalising it…"
"Much of junk culture has a core of crisis — shoot-outs, conflagrations, bodies weltering in blood, naked embracers or…"
"There are many taboos, intolerance and extremism. And our task is — to destroy them. I believe that clever and artist…"
"If you want to know what's shortly due for the guillotine look for the most obvious of all symptoms: extremism. It is…"
"It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its …"
"The director of the FBI considers racially motivated domestic extremists such as white supremacists the “top threat” …"
"It seems to me that it is these extremists who are advocating a soft approach. Their oversimplifications and their ba…"
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a convic…"
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
"An individual sitting in front of a computer in one country can communicate with, encourage, and inspire multiple ext…"