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1)Jihadists aren’t the only extremists mobilized by Afghanistan: white supremacist &neo-Nazis are capitalizing on events, expressing desire to emulate Taliban’s defeat of “western Imperialism”:“If they can. We can”) & violent rhetoric about “invasions” by displaced Afghans
1)Jihadists aren’t the only extremists mobilized by Afghanistan: white supremacist &neo-Nazis are capitalizing on events, expressing desire to emulate Taliban’s defeat of “western Imperialism”:“If they can. We can”) & violent rhetoric about “invasions” by displaced Afghans
2) Our forthcoming bulletin on far-right extremists lays out these alarming red flags in detail. We've seen an outpouring of violent anti-refugee commentary, threatening refugees and those willing to host them.
3) Users discuss armed resistance to stop the “Great Replacement” of whites, and targeted attacks on refugee assistance organizations ("burn the offices"... "This is an enemy invasion! Arm yourself!")
4) As relocation efforts continue, xenophobic sentiments are highly likely to result in real-world violence. This deluge of hate is similar to that seen amid Libyan and Syrian refugee waves in the 2010s, which paved the way for terrorist attacks in Christchurch and Pittsburgh.
5) In parallel, the most extreme far right actors are inspired by the Taliban, as I detailed last week. Comments include: “imagine a similar group in the West...what they could achieve" and “A small group of motivated men…can and will defeat" the U.S.
https://twitter.com/Rita_Katz/status/1428078409347964943
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