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Bollywood actresses from left, Siddhi Idnani, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, Adah Sharma and producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah during a press conference for the movie "The Kerala Story" in Mumbai, India, May 17, 2023.
Media
Is the fictional film ‘The Kerala Story’ cautionary or propaganda?
Security officials and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan
Violence
Suicide bomber kills 34, wounds 150 at mosque in NW Pakistan
In this Wednesday, April 7, 2021 file photo, a firework explodes as Nationalist and Loyalist rioters clash with one another at the peace wall on Lanark Way in West Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Critical State
Troubled geography: Part I
Members of the public are held off at a distance as President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit the scene of a shooting at a supermarket to pay respects to victims of Saturday's shooting in Buffalo, New York, Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
Extremism
A ‘transnational hate movement’ online radicalized the Buffalo shooter, extremism expert says
Soldiers with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces check a house in Hassakeh, Syria, Jan. 25, 2022. After breaking into the prison late Thursday, ISIS militants were joined by others rioting inside the facility that housed over 3,000 inmates, including
Youth
Three months after ISIS attacked a prison in northeast Syria, the fate of at least 100 child detainees remains unclear
An angry mob storms the US Capitol building.
Extremism
US Capitol attack exposes depth of America’s problem with white extremism
Smoke fills the walkway outside the Senate chamber as supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by US Capitol Police officers inside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.
Trump administration
Former FBI agent: ‘Major intelligence failure’ of US Capitol breach requires 9/11-style commission
Former White House national security aide Fiona Hill, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 21, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump.
Trump administration
Fiona Hill: US Capitol attack has ‘elements of a civil conflict’
Violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump storm the US Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Global Politics
‘Even if a coup fails, it still damages your government’: What the US can learn from Sri Lanka’s coup attempt
French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti is shown wearing a dark-colored face mask and gray suit while carrying a folder.
Conflict & Justice
France unveils draft law to fight religious extremism
A huge crowd of protesters in Mali with one person raises his arms high in the air
Protest
Protesters in Mali call for president to step down
People gather for a vigil to remember victims of the mass shootings at Dayton and El Paso and hold placards that read, "We can end gun violence," in Brooklyn, New York.
Extremism
Obama-era extremist programs don’t tackle white nationalism, expert says
A photo taken overhead shows dozens of Muslims praying in a mosque
Conflict
‘It feels like it happened right here,’ says one American Muslim
Two witnesses wearing black hats speak to a police officer who is holding a rifle.
Conflict & Justice
New Zealand mosque shootings kill 49 in terrorist attack
The keyboard of a computer is pictured at a computer shop, Oct. 19, 2017.
British Parliament wants to shut down extremist content online — at what cost?
President Donald Trump before his speech to the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 21, 2017.
SHORT: Is Trump cutting the US program that could stop bombings like Manchester?
Full Episode
A swastika lights up the night at the Ulysses, Pennsylvania, home of Daniel Burnside, a white supremacist Odinist who is raising his seven children in the religion.
Conflict
White supremacists are killing in the name of an ancient Nordic religion
Former President Barack Obama, French President François Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo visit the memorial for victims of the Bataclan terrorist attack in Paris. November 30, 2015.
Technology
How we can use ‘digital fingerprints’ to keep terrorist messaging from spreading online
Muslim Reform Movement Struggles for an Inclusive Islam
Full Episode
ISIS black and white flag
Fighting ISIS At Home & Abroad
Full Episode
Christianne Boudreau lost her son Damian to ISIS. Now she's offering support to parents who've also lost their children to jihadi extremism.
Conflict
‘They look at our children as monsters, and they’re not,’ argues mom of ISIS fighter
Ilwad Elman and her mother Fartuun Adan created the Elman Peace and Human Rights Center in Mogadishu.
Conflict
A Mogadishu-based mother and daughter team say youth can be brought back from religious extremism
Lawyers at a protest in Tunis against extremism on March 19, 2015, a day after gunmen killed more than 20 people in the Tunisian capital.
Conflict
‘Tunisians are in shock’ after a massacre in Tunis
Zainab Al-Suwai was among those attending the White House anti-extremism summit.
Conflict
Radical recruiters are finding Muslim youth in unlikely places
Police guard the scene of a shooting at cafe 'Krudttonden,' which was hosting a free speech event, in Copenhagen on Monday.
Belief
This German activist who worked with skinheads and neo-Nazis is now trying to de-radicalize young Muslims
A screen shot from an "Average Mohamed" animated cartoon directed at 8- to 16-year-olds that debunks ISIS recruitment messages.
Global Politics
Meet ‘Average Mohamed,’ a gas station manager who’s using cartoons to fight ISIS recruitment
Yusuf Sarwar and Mohammed Ahmed ordered "The Koran For Dummies" from Amazon before leaving the UK to fight in the war in Syria.
Global Politics
No, buying ‘The Koran for Dummies’ doesn’t mean you’ll get Islam right
Norway: Lessons Learned from a Nation in Mourning
Google Ideas Gathers Former Extremists to Target Radicalization
Mapping Extremism
Global Politics
Extremism gaining a hold in Pakistan
Global Politics
Engaging Pakistan in the fight against extremism