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Snr. Lecturer @warstudies | Co-Director @ICSR_Centre | Fellow @gwupoe | Incitement: Anwar al-Awlaki's Western Jihad (HUP) Homegrown: ISIS in America (IB Tauris)

King's College London

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

1 year

Delighted to have this report out with @MoustafaAyad for @gwupoe . Was a pleasure to work with one of the best researchers and thinkers in the field and will be doing a long-ish thread on our findings soon. For now, enjoy the report and please send any feedback

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Program On Extremism

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Today we’re releasing our newest report by @amhitchens and @MoustafaAyad - ‘The Age of Incoherence? Understanding Mixed and Unclear Ideology Extremism’

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@amhitchens

Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

1 year

I am currently researching anti blasphemy extremism in the UK and it's a pretty bleak picture. Incidents like Wakefield and Batley are now becoming a regular part of life in Britain. Unfortunately, this is not just because of Islamists or 'extremists' 1/

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The fact that the boy in Wakefield is autistic is essentially irrelevant and focusing on this obfuscates the real problem. If the boy wasnt autistic would it be fine that he was suspended, faced death threats and had his mom beg for forgiveness and safety?

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The act of accusing an individual of blasphemy should be seen as incitement to violence and confronted and rejected by the state and wider society. It's either that or wait until we start having the same experiences as France (Charlie Hebdo massacre, Samuel Paty murder etc). End/

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For a number of reasons, many have come to view a particularly honour obsessed form of Islam as the only form of Islam that needs to be respected and listened to. It has a pretty widespread following in the UK and comes almost entirely from from Pakistan 2/

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There, the lynching and intimidation of accused blasphemers is regular occurance, egged on by a variety of Islamic groups and not just Islamists. Sadly, forms of Sufism in Pakistan are at the forefront of anti blasphemy work and have been imported into the UK via 3/

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This is now a problem which goes beyond Islamism and Jihadism and will require both anti extremism work as well as stronger and more serious regulation against mosques, Imams and islamic centres found to be accusing people of blasphemy and campaigning around this 6/

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Pakistani imams/activists who vocally support murder and execution of blasphemers in their country. Anti blasphemy activists in the UK present honour of Islam as a cause worth dying for and teach that those supporting free speech and expression are engaged in a war on Islam 5/

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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a number of groups and influential individuals who have been at the forefront of protests outside Batley school and the Lady of Heaven screenings. These ppl are careful not to directly incite violence in the UK but have a record of supporting and promoting among UK audiences 4/

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Been coming for some time. The anti-Ulez crowd are part of wider anti state conspiracy movement in UK who are also focused on vaccines,15 minute cities and cashless societies. They were radicalised during COVID mostly. I've attended a few of their rallies some pics to follow 1/

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Arrests made and public’s help sought following explosion in Sidcup - a 60 y/o & 61 y/o arrested for the bombing targeting a ULEZ camera in London

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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If you think Zionism is bad, wait until you hear about Islamism

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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This will be interesting to get more detail on. In simple terms, Hamas and ISIS have much to bitterly disagree over doctrinally. The former, as an outcrop of the Muslim Brotherhood, has quite a different theology/ideology and is technically a militant Islamist group. ISIS is a 1/

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Lucas Webber

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The Jerusalem Post: The #IDF published a photo on Thursday of an #ISIS flag left by infiltrating #Hamas terrorists in the ravaged southern kibbutz of Sufa. #Israel

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Some fascist zealot has finally managed it. I hope Salman Rushdie is ok but what a sign of how things are regressing

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The Associated Press

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BREAKING: Author Salman Rushdie has been attacked as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. An @AP reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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@Shayan86 How many people do you think youre exposing to the video by posting this? I certainly hadnt heard of it until you used your feed to tell people off about it. Give this another thought perhaps

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

7 months

Academia seems to be one of the main western sources of Hamas apologia and claims it's not a terrorist group. Let me just say it's not all of us..we aren't all smiling and celebrating at the sight of intentional slaughter of children. Those who do have lost their moral compass 1/

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Happy to announce that I recently became co-director of @ICSR_Centre , joining @ShirazMaher and an excellent team of academics and researchers. Many exciting projects and reports coming up that I am proud to be a part of. Watch this space

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Front-page @thetimes coverage of my UK gov commissioned study on increasingly extreme anti-blasphemy activism in the UK, some of it linked to militant Pakistani anti-blasphemy group Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) and it's founder Khadim Rizvi

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Media needs to be careful about glorifying this

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Bel Trew

2 years

Meet those joining the foreign legion in #Ukraine - I interviewed US & Canadian army vets & combat medics who are heeding President Zelensky’s call to form a new international unit to fight Russia. One guy said he’s selling his motorcycle to fund the trip

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

11 months

Earlier this month in Birmingham, UK supporters of Pakistani extremist anti-blasphemy group TLP held a rally against Swedish Koran burnings. It was the most extreme and vicious rally I've seen here since the height of al-Muhajiroun activism around a decade ago. This is a problem

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Either highly disruptive protests during a pandemic are allowed or theyre not. The deciding factor cannot be whether you agree with their aims or not

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Remember when people seriously argued that the UK didnt need a nuclear deterrent?

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

It's not just the clerical fascists in iran that have called for Rushdie to be killed btw. AQ and ISIS propaganda have targeted him plenty of times

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

8 months

Much to criticise about Israeli settlement growth. But if you're an academic using "decolonisation" and "coloniser" lens to analyse Israel then you're unserious. Idea that establishment of Israel can be compared to Euro colonising of Africa or "discovery" of America is ridiculous

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

When Putin used both radiological and chemical weapons to murder people in the UK, was that also NATO's fault? How about when he helped in the massacre of Syrian civilians? Also NATO I guess?

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

@EwanMacKenna Reconsider this silly tweet. @Jake_Hanrahan is a proper independent guerrilla journalist who has been to ukraine and other wars over many years and deserves more respect than that. Stick to the sports maybe

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Many seem to think that you can't be a resistance group and terrorist at the same time. You can and Hamas are. Also, being a resistance group does not give carte blanche to commit crimes against humanity. Sadly fellow academics seem to be morally confused about this. I hope 2/

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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If I'm not this dude when Im in my 70s my life didnt go according to plan

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Among the things to consider from a domestic CT point is how the Hamas-led pogrom will inspire violent antisemites here and across the West

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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I wrote on here recently about the differences between Hamas and ISIS and agree with experts that comparisons are technically wrong and misleading. BUT we should understand that expecting the public to appreciate these nuances is unrealistic and ivory tower-ish 1/2

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Many other areas of divergence but they both certainly share genocidal hatred of Jewish people and desire to remove the state of Israel. 4/4

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Yes context does matter. In the case of NATO bombing of Serbia and Montenegro the context was a fascist ultranationalist murderer was overseeing an ethnic cleansing, which NATO stopped. The context of the Ukraine invasion are Russian made up claims about Nazis

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jeremy scahill

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These crimes committed by the US and its NATO allies do not in any way excuse or justify Russia’s aggression. At the same time, history and context matter. If the US wants the moral high ground, it should cease its own ongoing war crimes and support for war crimes.

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2 years

I'm sure everyone at 5Pillars will be condemning this

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5Pillars

2 years

BREAKING: The author of the ‘Satanic Verses’ book, Salman Rushdie, has been attacked as he was about to give a lecture in New York. Eye witnesses said that a man stormed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and began punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Watching how NATO forced Russia to indiscriminately bomb civilians and kill children makes me so angry

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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I recently published a review of the literature on the UK's Prevent counter-radicalisation strategy with @CEGroupUK : Thread on my findings/thoughts 1/

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Awlaki was an expert at pandering to the lowest common denominator of American radical leftism and anti-Americanism - was one of the ways he sold jihadist ideology to his young American audience

@amhitchens

Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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I'm starting to worry about when these lost come cross Anwar Awlaki, because his work makes Letter to America look like a google translate from Arabic

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

8 months

For anyone who is interested, I'll be on BBC News at around 7.30pm London time to discuss extremism in the UK since October 7

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

8 months

One area they bitterly disagree on is involvement in political parties and voting - Brotherhood inspired Islamists like Hamas happy to use the electoral system while Salafi-Jihadists view this as sinful idol worshipping. Hamas is also less concerned with global jihad 3/

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik is in one of my favourite British writers and thinkers. His work has influenced my thinking on a range of issues - so it was a real pleasure to see him favourably cite my recent study on blasphemy extremism in the UK for @guardian :

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What a teacher in hiding can tell us about our failure to tackle intolerance | Kenan Malik

A class about free speech was cynically exploited by activists to incite fury in a local community

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Its just part of how unserious and lacking in awareness of threat our culture has become

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Emma Szewczak

2 years

I just find it weird that you'd publish this sort of article in a leading broadsheet, right now, as though the ongoing war is actually a TV show and this man isn't probably about to be assassinated

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that, above all else, antisemitism is the main inspiration for terrorism (from both the extreme right and jihadists) in the world today

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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That they can return to the light before they enter a dark hole they can't get out of and also drag their students in with them 3/3

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Where have I heard guarantees of paradise like this before?

@disclosetv

Disclose.tv

2 years

NEW - Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, proclaimed in his sermon today that soldiers dying in Ukraine would have all their sins washed away.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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As far as the public is concerned these groups are basically the same, and you know what? They aren't a million miles away. Big picture - we are dealing with the same category of religious totalitarian killers and tyrants here. The rest is basically details 2/2

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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One of the original goals of modern terrorism (developed by anarchists of 19th and 20th century) was to use violence as propaganda and to force the pace of historical change. The attacks on Israel show us that this still remains the case - and it works.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

People: "Intolerance and racism in the West is vile and must be called out" *Same* people: "respect the intolerance of the world cup host and if you dont like it you can go back to where you came from"

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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This is actually outrageous. Spent night in jail as well

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Metro

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BREAKING: Woman arrested after holding 'abolish monarchy' sign in Edinburgh.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Champions league final in moscow, Olympics in Beijing. At this point international sporting bodies are having a directly negative impact. Its not just neutral idiocy anymore. Disgraceful

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Like it or not, you all owe pretty much every good thing in your life to American power

@AlecStapp

Alec Stapp

1 year

Where is the lie

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Isis is a Salafi-Jihadi group which is much more focused on (supposed) purity of creed and generally more theologically focused 2/

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@amhitchens

Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

9 years

My latest for @ForeignAffairs on #ISIS vs. #al -Shabaab in East Africa

Terrorist Tug-of-War

Without a doubt, ISIS is currently the most preeminent global jihadist group in the world. Yet al Qaeda is still fighting for influence, in both the Middle East and Africa. In recent months, the...

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Wait. Why resign from an independent Russian news channel based on the actions of the Russian state? I....I don't get it

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Danny Armstrong

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2 years

In personal news, I have resigned from RT with immediate effect in view of recent events.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

7 months

I'm starting to worry about when these lost come cross Anwar Awlaki, because his work makes Letter to America look like a google translate from Arabic

@IsmailRoyer

Ismail Royer

7 months

Bin Laden’s letter resonates with a segment of young people because it was most likely ghost-written by Adam Gadahn, a Californian child of hippies who converted to Islam, beat up the imam of his mosque then made his way to Al Qaeda where he became a high level propagandist. 1/n

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Sadly also relevant to UK where there is small but growing coordinated effort to impose this activism and intimidation here. See video of the woman begging for forgiveness at the end, it should look familiar to anyone who followed the Wakefield school Koran 'incident' last year.

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A Pakistani police officer is being hailed as a hero for negotiating the safe escort of a woman accused of blasphemy by a mob in Lahore. The woman was wearing a dress with Arabic calligraphy that the crowd mistook for verses from the Quran ⤵️

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

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Don't let anyone tell you that violence and/or the threat of it doesn't work. Sadly we live in a world where it very much does

@JMchangama

Jacob Mchangama

10 months

If two months ago you’d told me that Denmark would be passing a revamped blasphemy under which artists can be imprisoned up to 2 years, I’d have said, no way. But here we are…Makes me even more appreciative of living under the protection of the First Amendment.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

In countries where people have access to free press, the main story isn't the availability of fake news/extremist propaganda/conspiracy theories/disinformation. It's that people *want* to believe it. More understanding needed on why that is rather than on existence of materials.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

7 months

Who would have thought that the best way to improve your image after massacring children and raping dead bodies would he to take hostages and then...release them.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

5 months

I am looking forward to chairing this next week an hearing from two leading experts on RW terrorism in America. Please make sure to RSVP using the link below

@ICSR_Centre

ICSR

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📅 We are delighted to be hosting an online book launch for @hoffman_bruce and @Jacob_A_Ware 's new book, 'God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America'. 👇 Sign up below and join us on February 6th

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

7 months

Quick question re endless footage we now have of people tearing down posters of kidnapped Jewish kids: of those who have been identified is even one of them a right winger? Seems to be a radical left phenomenon as far as I can tell?

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

3 months

My article for @thetimes based on my @CommissionCE UK gov study on anti-blasphemy extremism in the UK:

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Stop anti-blasphemy extremists from taking hold

As is so often the case with Islamic terrorism and violence, it is Muslims who are the main victims

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Some of the first words ever uttered at 9/11 were 'holy shit'. Pretty apt

@davenewworld_2

Fifty Shades of Whey

@davenewworld_2

2 years

WARNING: GRAPHIC ⚠️ Remastered footage of the most intense clips from 9/11

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Another excellent analysis here from @arisroussinos , love the use of the Jünger line

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Can Europe survive the age of strongmen?

Our leaders are too weak to enforce their will

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

The people overseeing the conspiracies are so good at hiding the truth from us. They just always slip up by giving everything away in their logos.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Is there more to the trucker story than the Canadian gov arresting and using terrorism legislation to freeze the bank accounts of protesters? I know many of them have weird conspiracy views on covid but whats the justification for such an authoritarian response? Genuine questions

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Yes

@FraserNelson

Fraser Nelson

2 years

Sanctions on Putin would hit cost of living in Britain Are we ready, asks James Forsyth?

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Yes, Ayatollahs famously lack power

@JolyonMaugham

Jo Maugham

2 years

So frustrating to read, even well intentioned like this, pieces on free speech that don't engage with relative power. Who actually has a platform to speak - and for what purpose do they use it, to challenge or to embed power?

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Just real quick - if you're in a serious job and want to be taken seriously are u happy to publicly post footage of you wildin out drunk at a party and the people you work with/work for you can see it? Would you be happy to share it at a job interview? stop trying to sound cool

@dwnews

DW News

2 years

Some people are REALLY mad that #SannaMarin partied.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Not sure if YouTube is letting down its guard a bit, but I'm surprised that Anjem Choudary lectures are still accessible on there, including new ones since he came out of prison for supporting ISIS.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

9 months

In case you missed it (how dare you), here is a recording of the launch of my and @MoustafaAyad study for @NCITE_COE @gwupoe on mixed and unclear ideology extremism. Thanks to @meghaneconroy for also taking part and offering her thoughts on our work.

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Understanding Mixed Ideology Extremism

In 2019, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an intelligence bulletin that included one of the first official acknowledgments of what they and o...

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

1 year

Yes because, as always, these ingenious conspirators actually just go on TV and tell everyone their plans beforehand.

@ABridgen

Andrew Bridgen

1 year

The CEO of Moderna Stephane Bancel admits that he knew in 2019 that his company would make big money because there would be a pandemic and they had already manufactured the ‘vaccine’ in 2019 before the pandemic.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

6 months

Stuff like this is usually a red flag that things are deteriorating

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

8 months

Should add as an example the terrorist murders in Brussels are ISIS linked yet also likely were motivated by the Hamas atrocity. So its not apples and oranges here folks

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

4 months

Great to see this fantastic volume published. Honored we had a chance to contribute and look forward to reading the undoubtedly excellent contributions of my @warstudies colleagues

@ICSR_Centre

ICSR

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We are delighted to say that @ICSR_Centre Co-Directors @ShirazMaher and @amhitchens contributed a chapter to this volume 📚

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

9 months

When trying to objectively identify if an act of violence is terrorism or not, try to leave morality and emotion out of it. And yes, the attacks in Israel are terrorism. They are also repugnant but that's a separate issue.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Currently researching question of mixed or unclear ideologies as drivers of recent acts of violence in EU/USA. Many use "Ecofascism" as evidence of "mixed ideology." But, environmentalism informed Nazi ideology since its inception. Not example of ideological mixing imo 1/2

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Question: what are the best books on terrorism released in recent years? Any and all suggestions welcome

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

We were shocked when anti Putin protesters got arrested for holding up blamk signs. This is getting out of hand now and needs government intervention

@paulpowlesland

Paul Powlesland

@paulpowlesland

2 years

Just went to Parliament Square & held up a blank piece of paper. Officer came & asked for my details. He confirmed that if I wrote “Not My King” on it, he would arrest me under the Public Order Act because someone might be offended.

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8 months

It's a problem and very common due to the way younger people have been told to understand history by the decolonisation movement.

@arash_tehran

Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی

8 months

Of all the dumb things being said about Israel, the idea that it’s “white” is surely among the top

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

1 year

Conspiracy theorists (esp anti vaxxers) happy to use evidence from medical journals when it seems to suit their worldview. Spend rest of the time ignoring or attacking findings which dont match the worldview. If they agree, it's good science,if they dont it's the 'powers that be'

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

11 months

On the extreme right: "remainder of the UK domestic terrorist threat is driven almost exclusively by Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism (ERWT)... amounts to approximately 22% of attacks since 2018, a quarter of MI5 caseload and 28% of those in custody for terrorism-connected offences."

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

UK jihadist Usman Khan's prison record prior to his release and attack on Fishmonger's Hall. Have to say, it's hard to understand how he was thought to be such a low risk

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

9 months

If you want to hear cliched arguments already expressed by 100s of people, then this guy is your man for sure

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LBC

9 months

'The idea that Suella Braverman can say that multiculturalism has failed, when she is a walking, talking exemplar of its success...' @mrjamesob points out the irony of the Home Secretary's comments on multiculturalism.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

This is utterly absurd

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 months

Very excited about our upcoming 4th Annual GNET conference here at @ICSR_Centre @warstudies on 29-30 May. If you're interested in or working on how extremists use a range of both hard and soft tech please RSVP:

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The Fourth Annual GNET Conference (29-30 May 2024)

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

3 months

Is this the first ISIS-K linked plot in the West? Shooters planned mass killing in revenge for Koran burning:

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Two arrested over 'ISIS revenge plot' for Quran burnings in Sweden

German police arrest two Afghan men who allegedly planned to kill police and bystanders in Stockholm

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Delighted to release latest w/ Bennett Clifford which compares attack planning of white supremacist and jihadi terrorists in U.S. Alongside our past study which compares the ideologies of these movements, this continues @gwupoe work on understanding both threats in the U.S.

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Program On Extremism

2 years

NEW: Today we're releasing our researchers' newest report for @NCITE_COE comparing the tactics and targets of Salafi-jihadist and white supremacist violent extremists in America. 🧵

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

It is yeah. This isnt about you and your anxiety while you watch nexflix and order take away

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Charles Lister

@Charles_Lister

2 years

This is embarrassing, @NPR .

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

11 months

UK CONTEST CT strategy released today. It assesses that "the primary...terrorist threat comes from Islamist terrorism, which accounts for approximately 67% of attacks since 2018, about three quarters of MI5 caseload and 64% of those in custody for terrorism-connected offences"

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

6 months

They've also long been encouraging the vandalising of ULEZ cameras and a few have already been cut down. Some have been done even after they've been replaced

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

Glad they listened to me...

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

1 year

Didnt realise Gary Oldman was around then

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BBC Archive

1 year

#OnThisDay 1965: As morning brought news of the death of Sir Winston Churchill, the British public shared their thoughts.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

1 year

"They" don't want you to know the truth (in this case the belief that there used to be giant humans) and yet "they" keep sharing clues about it all the time. Strange that. I wonder if there's, like, some other explanation

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

1 year

Glad to be quoted in this important piece about an issue we will unfortunately be hearing more and more about in the UK

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Program On Extremism

1 year

‘Keep Blasphemy Laws Out of the U.K.’ an oped featuring some commentary from our researcher ⁦ @amhitchens ⁩

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

1 year

These lot get off way to easy in discussions around growth and spread of conspiracism. It's not only the gun shows...

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Sam Kestenbaum

1 year

Greetings from the Conscious Life Expo, the sprawling New Age conference and bazaar held annually here in LA

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

8 months

Attending our later @ICSR_Centre paper launch. Our senior fellow @rajanbasra presents his groundbreaking findings on the 3D printed gun community and it's often extremist RW connections. Report will be available to download from our site tomorrow

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

There is nothing at all amazing about this article. It contains no new info or analysis. Worst of all, it opens with yet another diatribe about why he is right and his dead brother is wrong, something which is as boring as it is pathetic. For someone who complains about being...

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Sohrab Ahmari

2 years

Our opening mix includes 12 pieces, including this amazing personal essay from @ClarkeMicah , on how NATO lost its way, devolving from a sound defensive alliance into an instrument of liberal-interventionist aggression.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

3 months

Here is a PDF of my @CommissionCE UK Gov study "Understanding and Responding to Blasphemy Extremism in the UK":

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

10 months

Tarantino planted the seed for me and now I'm thinking more and more that this guy was actually just full of it?

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Fascinating

10 months

Bruce Lee’s is interviewed on the Pierre Berton Show, 1971.

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

1 year

Never anything to admire. This also misses the clear connections between Brand's old politics and where he is today

@GeorgeMonbiot

George Monbiot

1 year

1. What the hell has happened to Russell Brand? Here’s my column on his terrible political journey, plus a thread on the wider context, that explains what makes his shift so dangerous. 1/

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Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

2 years

I'm sure these two are horrible and dont even want to know what they said but in the UK we now jail people for sending offensive private texts and I think it's utterly absurd. Justice system here which seems to make decisions based on emotions and media coverage.

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The Independent

2 years

Wayne Couzens’ Met Police colleagues jailed over ‘sickening’ messages

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