Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin did not say under questioning from a Republican lawmaker this week whether rooting out âextremismâ in the military is still a top priority for him, after the Pentagon found fewer than 1srcsrc instances of extremism over the past year. Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL), an Army Special Forces reservist, reminded Austin at…
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Does Not Say Whether ‘Extremism’ Is Still a Top Priority
Biden Administration Official: Pentagon Is Working ‘Quite Hard’ to Define Extremism
The Defense Department does not yet have a definition of what âextremismâ is but is working âquite hardâ to define it, according to senior Biden administration officials this week. The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a 32-page summary of its national strategy for countering domestic terrorism, broadly outlining some things the government would do, including the…
Almost 400 People In 9 Countries Were Killed By Islamic Extremism During Ramadan
The 2016 Muslim holiday of Ramadan ended Tuesday and will go down as one of the bloodiest in modern history. Close to 400 people died from a series of Islamic terrorist attacks in nine different countries. Most incidents were linked to Islamic State, which urged its supporters to carry out attacks during the fast. Some believe […]
Former Interior Minister Warns Merkel: Germany Is Importing âIslamist Extremism, Anti-Semitism, And Conflicts Of Other Nationsâ
Germanyâs security experts have rounded on the countryâs leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel, warning that her immigration policy will âproduce extremistsâ, and stating that the country is importing âIslamist extremism, Arab anti-Semitism, [and] national and ethnic conflicts of other nationsâ. Former Interior Secretary August Hanning told Die Welt Am Sonntag (the World on Sunday): âThe German security authorities are […]