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extremist

[ik-stree-mist] / ɪkˈstri mɪst /
NOUN
person zealous about a belief
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STRONGEST


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Hammami was previously barred from flying by Oman Air over concerns of extremist ideology, but FlyDubai did not vet him with Oman before hiring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Al Arabiya, citing an informed source, also reported that Omani authorities had determined the co-pilot held extremist views.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

His first aviation employer, state-owned Oman Air, banned him from flying after authorities became aware of his interest in browsing extremist websites, people briefed on his background said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said he had spoken with his UAE counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and agreed "to collaborate against extremist elements seeking to harm security and undermine stability".

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The pacificator, however, had to face two groups of irreconcilables, the Bishop of Toronto with his extremist following, and the secularizing party resolute to have done with any form of subsidy to religion.

From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by J. L. (John Lyle) Morison

This came even as three heroic Muslim men gave their lives in May while defending some 240 children at the Islamic Center of San Diego from anti-Muslim extremists.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

The BBC can reveal that those staff objected to a line in the report concluding that he was "an unlikely candidate for clandestine involvement with Islamist extremists".

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

She said this was "a hatred we must stand robustly against, and root out from its very foundations", which meant "taking on extremists and bearing down on those who seek to divide our communities".

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

After opting against turning it into a historical monument to avoid drawing extremists, an expert commission decided to make it a police station.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

In addition, more than 52 percent of the shootouts between extremists and police now involve white extremists.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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