Analysis: The path from online propaganda to murder isn’t only the domain of the Islamic State
A police officer patrols near a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow March 15 at 10:40 AM It didn’t take long for American authorities to recognize an unusual factor powering the rise of the Islamic State several years ago.
The group made explicit appeals to young Muslim men who felt disaffected or disempowered. After declaring the formation of the caliphate that it hoped would establish a permanent Islamic State, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi offered an appeal to the Muslim world. “Lift your heads up high,” he said in a speech. “You now have a state and a caliphate that restores your honor, your might, your rights and your sovereignty.
On Friday afternoon local time, a person walked into mosques in New Zealand and began shooting Muslim worshipers. A Twitter account showed images of weapons covered with various inscriptions that appear to match weapons shown in a live stream of one of the mosque attacks. The same account linked to a lengthy document offering an intentionally confusing set of beliefs.At the center of that document is a philosophy that J.J.
“As a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose? Sure,” it reads. “As a policy maker and leader? Dear god no.” I feel so sad. We begged you to stop amplifying and normalising hatred and racism. But you told us we were 'politically correct' and 'freedom of speech' was more important.— Osman Faruqi March 15, 2019 The document’s joking references for that apparent 8chan community is part of the appeal of those communities. Researcher Whitney Phillips released a report on the spread of extremist ideologies last year.
White supremacist groups explicitly target recruits using the memes and fake-joking language of Internet culture. The HuffPost obtained what it called a style guide used by one of the more prominent white nationalist sites, the Daily Stormer, which outlined how it targeted recruits to its ideology.
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