The Domestic Extremism Lexicon is a reference aid released by the United States
Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve anti-terr ...
(DHS) that defines different classifications of
extremist
Extremism is "the quality or state of being extreme" or "the advocacy of extreme measures or views". The term is primarily used in a political or religious sense to refer to an ideology that is considered (by the speaker or by some implied share ...
s. The document was released on March 26, 2009.
References
External links
DHS Domestic Extremism LexiconRightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence In Radicalization and Recruitment7 April 2009
Terrorism in the United States
United States Department of Homeland Security
Extremism
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