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Ideologically motivated far-right extremists have killed close to 500 people since 1990 – and 10 percent were targeted based on religion

  • Written by Jeff Gruenewald, Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

The mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh exemplifies an increasingly deadly form of domestic terrorism committed by far-right extremists: the targeting of institutions and individuals due to their religious affiliation.

Unfortunately, it’s not new for far-right extremists to vilify non-white, non-Anglo-Saxon and...

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