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Report: More than half of people arrested for Islamic terrorist activities were American citizens

Sixty percent of people arrested for Islamic terrorist activities between January 2009 and April 2011 were American citizens, according to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. The study of ...

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created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Militants, 'hacktivists' exploit Web, eye recruits

(AP) -- Terrorist groups that have long used the Internet to spread propaganda are increasingly tapping the Web to teach Islamic extremists how to be hackers, recruit techies for cyberwarfare and raise money ...

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What does Islam say about the fate of others?

Since Sept. 11, it has become increasingly common to hear about Muslims who condemn all non-Muslims – or "infidels" – to hell, but this has never been a foundation of Islamic thought, argues a Michigan ...

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (22) | comments 69

Former extremists, victims launch social network

Reformed one-time violent extremists and their victims on Wednesday launched a social network to halt the radicalization of youth and combat gang culture -- with the backing of Internet giant Google.

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created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Al-Qaeda sites go silent in possible cyber attack

Al-Qaeda's main Internet sites have gone silent for more than a week in an unprecedented blackout that is most likely the result of a cyber attack, analysts said Tuesday.

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created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

UK: Far right supporters - violence is largely inevitable

Far right supporters in the UK believe violent conflict between different religious, racial and ethnic groups is largely inevitable, according to a new survey on political extremism.

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created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 10

For many Indonesians, 'Fesbuk' is the only Internet

Indonesia, a developing Muslim nation which claims the world's third-largest community of Facebook users, has become a showcase for the social networking site's global power and reach.

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created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Growing US violent extremism by the numbers: UMD database

Over the past decade, attacks and plots by homegrown terrorists in the United States have increased, the work of extremists from across the political spectrum - roughly 40 percent of it by so-called 'lone ...

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created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 9

Syria wages cyber warfare as websites hacked

(AP) -- While Syrian protesters and security forces are engaged in a war of attrition on the ground, a different kind of battle is emerging online.

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created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

No Twitter revolt for Central Asia's closed regimes

High fees, spying, and outright blockage -- Central Asia's regimes are not short of ways to control Internet blogs and social networks which have mobilised the recent protests in the Middle East.

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created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

WikiLeaks uses Swiss Web address as options narrow (Update)

(AP) -- WikiLeaks' elusive founder, his options dwindling, has turned to Switzerland's credit, postal and Internet infrastructure to keep his online trove of U.S. State Department cables afloat.

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created Dec 05, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

With ban looming, some Saudis sell off BlackBerrys

(AP) -- Some Saudis are trying to sell their BlackBerrys ahead of a ban on the smart phone's messenger service in the kingdom - but with few willing to buy, they're having to slash prices.

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created Aug 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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