extremist
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Many German institutions had just started relaxing travel restrictions to Iraq after a succession of conflicts, including the 2003 US-led invasion and the extremist Islamic State group.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Heifler, who is a US citizen, has been described by police as an "extremist with no criminal record with the New York Police Department", CBS News, the BBC's US partner, reported.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
They had no apparent links to international terrorist networks — until Malik pledged allegiance to the leader of the extremist group Islamic State on Facebook shortly before the attack.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Or one could argue the opposite: The presence of a unifying caliph might have, as it had for centuries, moderated the expansion of marginal extremist movements such as Wahhabism or, in our time, Islamic State.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
To better prepare ourselves for a generational struggle against terrorism and the extremist ideologies fueling it, we will create an expert community of counterterrorism professionals.
From National Strategy for Combating Terrorism September 2006 by National Security Council (U.S.)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.