Definition of extremism
1 : the quality or state of being extreme
2 : advocacy of extreme measures or views : radicalism
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Here’s Ian: Sarsour seems to have no qualms about associating with outright extremism, either.
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Several grant programs that pay for local police officers in airports or those that fight extremism would be cut or reprogrammed.
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With an eye on its Nazi past, Germany has tended to be more willing to limit freedom of speech than to allow extremism to spread unimpeded.
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Seamus Hughes, deputy director of the extremism program, says nearly nine out of 10 of those arrested are either Americans or permanent legal residents.
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Grant applications were re-evaluated based on factors including whether an organization had a track record of combatting violent extremism, the department said, and groups that didn't were eliminated.
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Spokesman David Lapan this week denied the program is now concentrating only on Islamic extremism.
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Grant applications were re-evaluated based on factors including whether an organization had a track record of combatting violent extremism, the department said, and groups that didn’t were eliminated.
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Growing up in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, Sharif traces her troubled childhood, descent into Wahhabi-Salafist Islamic extremism, and eventual reemergence as a women’s rights activist.
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First Known Use of extremism
1865
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: belief in and support for ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable
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