Web Resources and Exercises

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The following websites illustrate the nature of extremism:

Using this chapter’s recommended websites, conduct an online investigation of the fundamental characteristics of extremism.

  1.  What commonalities can you find in the statements of these groups?
  2.  Is there anything that strikes you as being particularly extremist?
  3.  Why or why not?

For an online search of different approaches to defining extremism and terrorism, readers should enter the following keywords in the search engine on their Web browser:

  • “Definitions of Terrorism”
  • “Extremism”