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ONLINE EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM

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VOX-Pol is a world-leading research network on online extremism and terrorism. It is a global network, with 30 member institutions from 12 different countries across Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia. VOX-Pol researchers have expertise in jihadism, the extreme right and left, nationalist-separatist actors, and emerging forms of extremism.

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The Void as the Caliphate: The Islamic State’s Use of Nihilistic Aesthetics to Target Estranged Youth

By Saif Tahir Nihilism, defined by the ISD as “an ideology that centres around rejection of all moral and social…

June 3, 2026

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The shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego is part of a far‑right curriculum of violence

Amarnath Amarasingam, Queen's University, Ontario Two teenaged gunmen recently opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing a…

May 27, 2026

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School Shootings in Türkiye: What the Perpetrators’ Online Activity Reveals

By Kamil Yilmaz In April 2026, Türkiye was shaken by two unprecedented school shootings in the country's southeastern region. The…

May 20, 2026

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The Void as the Caliphate: The Islamic State’s Use of Nihilistic Aesthetics to Target Estranged Youth

June 3, 2026

By Saif Tahir Nihilism, defined by the ISD as “an ideology that centres around rejection of all moral and social values with the belief that life is meaningless,” rose to recent prominence after the detection and arrest of members of the decentralised COM and 764 networks who were found coercing minors aged 8-17 into violence. ...

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The shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego is part of a far‑right curriculum of violence

May 27, 2026

Amarnath Amarasingam, Queen’s University, Ontario Two teenaged gunmen recently opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing a security guard and two staff members before being found with fatal self-inflicted wounds in a nearby vehicle. Like so many recent extremist mass shootings, they livestreamed the attack and, uniquely, even livestreamed their suicides. Police ...

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