extremist

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A convicted German transgender right-wing extremist, who has been on the run for months, has been arrested in the Czech Republic.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

They had no apparent links to international terrorist networks — until Malik pledged allegiance to the leader of the extremist group Islamic State on Facebook shortly before the attack.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Or one could argue the opposite: The presence of a unifying caliph might have, as it had for centuries, moderated the expansion of marginal extremist movements such as Wahhabism or, in our time, Islamic State.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

He said: "I think it is a very alarming sign of how youth are being increasingly drawn to some of these extremist networks."

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

During the first part of the century the conflict was not so acute, both parties possessing their moderate and extremist leaders and the so-called "Liberal Catholics" acting as a link between the two factions.

From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Cammaerts, Emile