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Tag: extremism

Posted inPsychology

Psychological ‘signature’ for extremist mind found

by Fred Lewsey February 28, 2021March 1, 2021

Researchers have mapped an underlying “psychological signature” for people who are predisposed to holding extreme social, political or religious attitudes, and support violence in the name of ideology.  A new study suggests that a particular mix of personality traits and unconscious cognition – the ways our brains take in basic information – is a strong […]

Taliban militants, who were arrested by Afghan security forces arrive during a presentation to the media in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Parwiz
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia

Releasing Taliban prisoners may prolong war

by Kambaiz Rafi June 15, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNew Zealand, Oceania

The global threat of white terror 

by Bjørn Ihler March 20, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIsrael, Middle East

Israel court bars far-right election candidate

by Asia Times staff March 18, 2019February 18, 2020
A Philippine soldier is seen through a hole in a wall of a damaged building in the Islamic State sieged city of Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao, August 30, 2017. Photo: AFP/Ferdinandh Cabrera
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines

Report highlights extremist danger in Philippines

by Bertil Lintner March 7, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Foreign policy fiascos will haunt Modi in upcoming poll

by Bhim Burtel February 1, 2019
Photo: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi. Photo: AFP / Arif Ali
Posted inIran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan must tackle religious extremism

by Rahim Nasar November 27, 2018
A Uighur man in front of military police during a counter-terrorism drill in Xinjiang. Photo: Reuters
Posted inAfghanistan, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Pakistan, South Asia

Party members told to live with Uighurs for ‘social cohesion’

by Asia Times staff November 8, 2018February 18, 2020
Universitas Indonesia. Photo by Wikimedia Commons.
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Indonesian universities seek to fight campus extremism

by Asia Times staff September 27, 2018February 18, 2020
Terrorists, Photo: iStock
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Syria, World

In the ruins of the caliphate, ISIS rears its ugly head

by Joseph Hope September 8, 2018September 8, 2018
Aman Abdurrahman in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Bay Ismoyo
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Syria, World

Islamic State in Indonesia: National identity trumps religious creed

by Abhishek Mohanty May 20, 2018May 21, 2018
A Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) supporter holds a portrait of party leader Nawaz Sharif during a convention in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on March 11, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood
Posted inPakistan, South Asia, World

Attack on Pakistan’s interior minister: the lynching of society

by Imad Zafar May 7, 2018
Malala Yousafzai arrives in the Swat Valley by helicopter on March 31, 2018. Photo: AFP
Posted inAfghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Malala, progressives not responsible for Pakistan’s woes

by Imad Zafar April 2, 2018
Sri Lanka's Special Task Force and police officers stand guard near a burnt house after a clash between two communities in Digana, in the central district of Kandy, Sri Lanka, on March 6, 2018. Photo: Reuters
Posted inChina, India, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Avoiding ‘religious’ violence in Sri Lanka

by Asoka Bandarage March 30, 2018
Whirling dervishes. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Bahrain, China, Egypt, India, Middle East, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Can Sufi gatherings change extremist mindsets?

by Ume Farwa February 6, 2018February 6, 2018
Members of Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, an Islamist political party, gather during a sit-in in Rawalpindi on November 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood
Posted inAfghanistan, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Jihad decree triggers demands for holy war on Kashmir

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid January 30, 2018February 18, 2020
Two ethnic Uyghur men walk through a clothing market in downtown Urumqi in Xinjiang province in November 2013. Photo: Reuters.
Posted inBeijing, China

China collecting biodata from millions of Uyghurs in Xinjiang

by Asia Times staff December 14, 2017February 18, 2020
Hafiz Saeed, leader of Jamaat-ud-Dawa. Photo: AFP
Posted inIndia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The spreading politico-religious cover for extremism in Pakistan

by Tuba Athar Hasnain August 30, 2017
Supporters of the Imamia Students Organization (ISO) burn US and Israeli flags in Karachi on June 27, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Akhtar Soomro
Posted inAT Finance, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

Islamism enticing many of Pakistan’s best and brightest

by Syed Arfeen June 4, 2017February 18, 2020
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

Pakistan’s assault on cyber terrorism is proving toothless

by Syed Arfeen April 19, 2017February 18, 2020

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