Right-Wing Extremism on the Rise in Germany
On February 19, a 43-year-old man killed nine people and injured six others in a hookah bar in Hanau, a city located just east of Frankfurt after allegedly posting a racist manifesto online.
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Radical Russia: Examining the Rise of Islamic Extremism in Eastern Europe and Beyond
Russia has the difficult tasks of attempting to retain sovereignty over people who do not view themselves as Russians, and reckoning with the cultural angst that has arisen from the economic failures and territorial disputes that resulted from the dissolution of the USSR.
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Russia Carries out Sweeping Arrests Against Oppositional “Extremists”
Russian police have arrested over 400 people who were protesting President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and St. Petersburg. This movement has been declared extremist and is banned within the country.
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Book Review: Islam and the Future of Tolerance
A secularist and a former Islamist come together to debate the causes of extremism, dissect the nuances of how the West understands Islam, and discuss possible means of encouraging tolerance.
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