extremism

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.

White supremacists are killing in the name of an ancient Nordic religion

In at least six cases since 2001, professed Odinists have been convicted of plotting, or pulling off, domestic terrorism attacks, according to a review by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.

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.

How we can use 'digital fingerprints' to keep terrorist messaging from spreading online

How we can use 'digital fingerprints' to keep terrorist messaging from spreading online
Ilwad Elman and her mother Fartuun Adan created the Elman Peace and Human Rights Center in Mogadishu.

A Mogadishu-based mother and daughter team say youth can be brought back from religious extremism

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.

'Tunisians are in shock' after a massacre in Tunis

'Tunisians are in shock' after a massacre in Tunis
Zainab Al-Suwai was among those attending the White House anti-extremism summit.

Radical recruiters are finding Muslim youth in unlikely places

Radical recruiters are finding Muslim youth in unlikely places
A screen shot from an "Average Mohamed" animated cartoon directed at 8- to 16-year-olds that debunks ISIS recruitment messages.

Meet 'Average Mohamed,' a gas station manager who's using cartoons to fight ISIS recruitment

By day, Somali-American Mohamed Ahmed runs a gas station in the Twin Cities. By night, he's "Average Mohamed," a cartoon character trying to keeping young people from joining ISIS.

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.

No, buying 'The Koran for Dummies' doesn't mean you'll get Islam right

Yusuf Sarwar and Mohammed Ahmed, two young Britons who traveled to Syria last year to fight with Islamist groups, made sure to grab some books before they left. One was "The Koran for Dummies," and its author says the purchase reveals a lot about the disconnect between Islam and violence.

No, buying 'The Koran for Dummies' doesn't mean you'll get Islam right