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Muslim Brotherhood - Answers An organization founded by Hassan al banna in 1928 to recapture the spirit and religious purity of the period of Mohammed and the four rightly guided caliphs. The brotherhood seeks to create ...
Muslim Brotherhood - Answers An organization founded by Hassan al banna in 1928 to recapture the
spirit and religious purity of the period of Mohammed and the four rightly guided caliphs. The
brotherhood seeks to create a single muslim nation through education and religious reform. A militant
wing founded by sayyid qutb sought the same objective through violence. Hamas, a group that defines
itself as the palestinian branch of the muslim brotherhood has rejected the multinational approach in
favor of creating a muslim palestine
Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) - Answers the pakistani domestic and foreign intelligence service created
by the British in 1948. Supporters claim that it centralizes Pakistan's intelligence. Critics maintain that it
operates like an independent state and supports terrorist groups
9/11 Commission - Answers The bipartisan national communism on terrorist attacks upon the US,
created after 9/11 to investigate attacks
Desert Shield - Answers Name of the defensive phase of the international coalition created by Bush sr.
after Iraq invaded kuwait on August 2, 1990. Its aim was to stop further iraqi attacks and to liberate
kuwait. It lasted until coalition forces could begin an offensive against Iraq in 1991
Desert Storm - Answers Military code name for the jan-feb offensive in the gulf war in 1991
Taliban - Answers islamist group that governed afghanistan from 1996 to 2001
World Islamic Front against Jews and Crusaders - Answers An organization created in 1998 by Osama bin
Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri. It represents a variety of jihadist groups that issued a united front against
Jews and the West. It is commonly called al Qaeda.
Haqqani Network - Answers A family in the tribal area of Pakistan that has relations with several militant
groups and the ISI. The Haqqani family is involved in organized crime, legitimate businesses, the ISI, and
terrorism groups. It is the major power broker in the tribal region.
Jammu and Kashmir - Answers The northernmost Indian state with mixed Hindu and Muslim
populations.
Red mosque - Answers Lal masjid, located in Islamabad, with a madrassa and a school for women. It
taught militant theology. The government ordered the mosque closed in 2007. This resulted in a
shootout and a standoff. Government forces stormed the mosque on July 2007, killing more than 100
students. One of the leaders, Abdul Rashid Ghazi, was killed. His brother Maulana Abdul Aziz, the
mosques other leader, was captured while trying to escape in women's clothing.
Skinheads - Answers young individuals or groups that embrace racial hatred and white supremacy
The order - Answers A violent right wing racist group of the 1980s that killed Jewish radio talk show host
Alan berg and committed other crimes. William Pierce's the turner diaries inspired the group's
formation.
, Fourteen words - Answers Racist words coined by david lane, a member of the order: "We must secure
the existence of our people and a future for white children.
Free-Wheeling Fundamentalism - Answers A term to describe white supremacists or christian patriots
who either selectively use bible passages or personal scripture interpretations to justify the patriot
agenda
Anglo-Israelism - Answers The belief that the lost tribes of Israel settled in western Europe.
Christian Identity - Answers An American extremist religion proclaiming white supremacy. Adherents
believe that white Protestants of western European origin are the true descendants of the ancient
Israelites. Believers contend that Jews were spawned by Satan and that nonwhites evolved from
animals. According to this belief, white men and women are the only people created in the image of
God.
Nordic christianity - Answers A religion that incorporates the ancient Norse gods in a hierarchy under
the Christian triune deity. It is similar to Odinism, but it does not completely abandon Christianity.
Creativity - Answers The deistic religion of the creativity movement. It claims that white people must
struggle to defeat jews and nonwhite races/
Ben Klassen - Answers The founder of the Creativity Movement
Knight riders - Answers The first terrorists of the Ku Klux Klan. Donning hoods and riding at night, they
sought to keep newly freed slaves from participating in government and society.
Sovereign citizens - Answers People who believe that they are not subject to the laws and regulations of
the United States. They self-declare that they are individually free of driver's licenses, car registrations,
and tax laws. they frequently hold their own legal proceedings and issue orders that have no binding
legal authority.
Moorish Nation - Answers An African American group that does not recognize the validity of the U.S.
government.
Paper terrorism - Answers Uses fake documents to clog legal, financial or bureaucratic processes.
New world order - Answers A phrase used by President George H. W. Bush to describe the world after
the fall of the Soviet Union. Conspiracy theorists use the phrase to describe what they believe to be
Jewish attempts to gain control of the international monetary system and, subsequently, to take over
the U.S. government.
National alliance - Answers The white supremacist organization founded by the late William Pierce and
head-quartered in Hillsboro, West Virginia.
Robert matthews - Answers The leader of The Order, killed in a shootout with the FBI
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