Anders Behring Breivik

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A well of hatred

Thomas Mair, the suspected assassin of British MP Jo Cox, might very well be a loner. That doesn’t mean he’s alone. Øyvind Strømmen 16 June 2016. Jo Cox, a British MP representing Labour, […]

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THE CHILLING BREIVIK LEGACY: On 22 July 2011 Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in two separate terror attacks.   An increasing number of anti-Islamic activists in Norway are now not only defending Breivik's views but also his actions. Photo: KJETIL STORMARK

Hate rising

NORDIC EXTREMISM – PART 2: Power struggles and internal conflicts have weakened anti-Islamic organizations in Norway. But more than three years after Anders Behring Breivik’s terror attacks, the level of hostility appears to […]

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The ideology of hating women

ANALYSIS: The recent mass shooting in the small university town of Isla Vista, California, has put a spotlight on misogyny. If anything good is to come of the tragedy, we have to stop […]

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Blaming Israel for Oslo’s bomb

IN DEPTH: Conspiracy theories about the “Islamization” of Europe helped inspire Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, so it’s only natural his elaborate attack would set off a new round of theorizing by conspiracists. […]

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LETTER BOMBS: Former engineer Franz Fuchs was charged with letter bomb attacks likened to those of the U.S. Unabomber. Here shouting while two officers escort him in the court room in Graz, Austria on Tuesday February 2, 1999. PHOTO: Helge O. Sommer/AP

A certain mythos

IN DEPTH: What does the story of Franz Fuchs tell us about lone-wolf terrorism? Øyvind Strømmen “My first thought was that it had been an execution,” Stefan Horvath later said, recalling the moment […]

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