Extremist Groups
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Extremist Groups: An International Compilation of Terrorist Organizations, Violent Political Groups, and Issue-Oriented Militant Movements is a reference book compiling information on over 200 groups classified as extremist.
Contributing editor Richard H. Ward describes it (in the preface) as "part of a broader effort (on the part of the OICJ) to better understand the motivational, psychological, and sociological aspects of those who would attack societies throughout the world."
The first edition was compiled and analyzed by Jeffrey A. Builta; it was published in 1996 with 1,121 pages. The second edition was compiled by Sean Hill as Senior Researcher and Richard H. Ward as contributing editor; it was released in 2002 as a 961-page hardcover (ISBN 0-942511-73-5) and paperback (ISBN 0-942511-74-3) by the Office of International Criminal Justice and the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups at Sam Houston State University.
The profile of each group provides (when able): what the group is also known as; when it was formed; its stated aims/ideology/policy; the location of its headquarters; its area of operations; its size; the nature of its structure; names of its leaders (with their position); membership information (either the type of the population recruited from, or the names of prominent members with their record); sources of its funding; its modus operandi/tactics; its publications; its business network contacts; a chronology of its significant actions and activities; a trend assessment; and sources for further reading.
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[edit] Disclaimer
- "This publication has been designed as a reference and learning tool for those in the law enforcement, government, judicial, and educational communities. It is the intent of the authors to provide current information regarding extremist groups of all political, social, and religious backgrounds."
Please note that this page does not offer a definition of 'extremism'; the criteria used to judge the listed groups as 'extremist' are those of the author of the referenced publication only. Some listings may be disputed.
[edit] Contents to the second edition
- Preface by Richard H. Ward
- Foreword by Kathleen Kiernan, Assistant Deputy Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
[edit] African Extremist Groups
[edit] Angola
- Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC)
- National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)
[edit] Burundi
[edit] Chad
- Movement for Democracy and Development (MDD)
- Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (MDJT)
- National Council for the Reform of Chad (CNRT)
[edit] Democratic Republic of the Congo (Former Zaire)
- Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD)
- Congolese Democratic Coalition
[edit] Ethiopia
- Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)
[edit] Liberia
- National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL)
- United Liberation Movement for Democracy in Liberia (ULIMO)
[edit] Mali
- Tuareg Rebel Movement
[edit] Mozambique
- National Resistance of Mozambique
[edit] Nigeria
- God's Oppressed Army
[edit] Rwanda
- Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALIR)
- People in Arms for the Liberation of Rwanda
- Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
[edit] Senegal
- Moustarchindina Wal Moustarchidati (MWM)
- Movement of the Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC)
[edit] Sierra Leone
[edit] Somalia
- Al-Ittihad Al-Islami (AIAI)
- Rahanwein Resistance Army
[edit] South Africa
- African National Congress (ANC)
- Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB)
- People's Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD)
- Qibla
[edit] Sudan
- Sudan Alliance Forces (SAF)
- Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA)
[edit] Tunisia
- Tunisian Combatant Group (TCG)
[edit] Uganda
[edit] East Asia & the Pacific Extremist Groups
[edit] Cambodia
[edit] China
- East Turkestan Party
- Falun Gong
[edit] Indonesia
- Free Aceh Movement (GAM)
- Lashkar Jihad
- Muslim Brotherhood
[edit] Japan
[edit] Laos
- United Lao National Liberation Front (ULNLF)
[edit] Malaysia
- Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM)
[edit] Myanmar
[edit] Papua New Guinea
[edit] Philippines
- Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
- Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB)
- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
- Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
- New People's Army (NPA)
[edit] Thailand
[edit] Timor
[edit] European Extremist Groups
[edit] Albania
- Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)
- Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja, and Bujanovaco (UCPMB)
- Revenge of Justice
[edit] Austria
- Bavarian Liberation Army (BLA)
- Extra-Parliamentary Opposition (VAPO)
[edit] Belgium
- Communist Combatant Cells (CCC)
- L'Assaut
[edit] Croatia
- Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)
- Croatian Freedom Fighters (CFF)
[edit] France
- Breton Revolutionary Army (BRA)
- Committee for Liquidation and Subversion of Computers (CLODO)
- Corsican Revolutionary Movement
- National Front for the Liberation of Corsica (FLNC)
- European Nationalist Fascists (FNE)
- Ipparretarrak (IK)
[edit] Georgia
[edit] Germany
- Neo Nazi Groups
- Black Legion
- Class Versus Class
- Freedom German Workers Party (FAP)
- Friends of Freedom for Germany (FFD)
- German Action Groups
- German Alternative (DA)
- German Comradeship League of Wilhelmshaven (DKB)
- German Homeland Association
- German People's Union (DVU)
- Hoffmann Military Sports Group
- National Block (NB)
- National Democratic Party (NPD)
- National Front
- National List (NL)
- National Offensive
- Red Army Faction (RAF)
[edit] Greece
- Children of November
- Golden Dawn
- Greek Liberation Army (EKAS)
- Northern Epirus Liberation Front (MVAI)
- Revolutionary Core
- Revolutionary Nuclei
- Revolutionary Organization 17 November
- Revolutionary Organization 1 May
- Revolutionary People's Struggle (ELA)
[edit] Italy
- Anti-Imperialist Territorial Nuclei (NTA)
- Black Order
- Compass Card
- Continuous Struggle
- Front Line
- Ludwig
- Red Brigades (BR)
- Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei (NIPR)
[edit] Macedonia
[edit] Netherland
- The Netherlands Revolutionary Anti-Racist Action (RARA)
[edit] Spain
- Anti-Terrorist Liberation Group (GAL)
- Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
- Dawn
- Free Land
- First October Antifascist Resistance Group (GRAPO)
- International Revolutionary Action Groups
- Iraultza
- Isis Holistic Center
- Catalan Red Army for the Liberation (ERCA)
[edit] Sweden
- White Aryan Resistance (VAM)
[edit] Turkey
- Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
- Marxist-Leninist Armed Propaganda Unit (MLAPU)
- Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)
- Turkish Hizballah
[edit] United Kingdom
- Combat 18
- Society of the Covenant of the Free Welsh
- An Gof
- Cornish National Liberation Army (CNLA)
- Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)
- Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)
- Irish People's Liberation Organization (IPLO)
- Kashmir Liberation Army (KLA)
- Muslim Council of Britain
- Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA)
- Real Irish Republican Army
- Red Hand Defenders
- Scottish National Liberation Army (SNLA)
- Supporters of Sharia
- Beard Liberation Front
- Scottish Republican Army (S.R.A)
- Ulster Defence Association
- 32 Sovereignty Country Committee
[edit] International
- Al-Qaeda
- International Islamic Front (IIF)
[edit] Near East Extremist Groups
[edit] Algeria
- Armed Berber Group (ABG)
- Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
- Salafist Call and Struggle Group (GSPC)
[edit] Bahrain
[edit] Egypt
- Al-Gama' a Al-Islamiyya
- Al-Jihad Al-Islami
- Vanguards of the Islamic Conquest
[edit] Iran
- Fedaeeyan-e-Eslam
- Iranian Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDPI)
- Mujahedin-E Khalq Organization (MKO or MEK)
[edit] Iraq
- Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
[edit] Israel
[edit] Jordan
[edit] Lebanon
[edit] Libya
[edit] Morocco
- Justice and Charity
- Salafi Cult
[edit] Palestine
- Al-Aqsa
- Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
- Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
- Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)
[edit] Yemen
- Islamic Army of Aden (IAA)
[edit] North American Extremist Groups
[edit] United States
- Al-Fuqra
- Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
- Army of God
- Aryan Nations
- Black Panther Party (BPP)
- Black Liberation Army (BLF)
- Christian-Patriots Defense League (CPDL)
- Christian Defense League (CDL)
- Christian Identity Movement (CIM)
- Church of the Creator (COTC)
- Commandos L
- Communist Party USA (CPUSA)
- Concerned Christians
- The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSAL)
- Cuban Liberator Army (CLA)
- Earth First!
- Earth Liberation Front
- Freemen
- Fuerzas Armadas de Liberation Nacional (FALN)
- Jewish Defence League (JDL)
- Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
- The Minutemen
- Neo Nazi National Alliance
- New Afrika (NA)
- New Black Panther Party
- New World Liberation Front NWLF
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
- Revolutionary Alliance of (Neo)Trinitarian Youth (REALITY)
- Republic of Texas
- Skull and Bones
- Symbionese Liberation Army
- World Church of the Creator
[edit] Mexico
[edit] South American Extremist Groups
[edit] Colombia
- United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)
- National Liberation Army (ELN)
- Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
[edit] Peru
- Shining Path (SP)
- Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA)
[edit] South Asian Extremist Groups
[edit] Bangladesh
- Biplobi Communist Party
- Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B)
- Islami Okiya Jote (IOJ)
[edit] Bhutan
[edit] India
- Al-Umma
- Bajrang Dal
- Harkat-ul-Mujahedin
- Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
- Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)
- Lashkar-e-Toiba (LT)
- Sikh Movement
- United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)
[edit] Nepal
- United People's Front (UPF)
[edit] Pakistan
- Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) (Army of Mohammed)
- Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM)
[edit] Uzbekistan
[edit] Sri Lanka
[edit] See also
Other books about extremism include:
- Extremists Groups: Opposing Viewpoints
- Nazis, Communists, Klansmen, and Others on the Fringe
- Extremism in America
[edit] External links
- Extremist Groups at the publisher's page.
- Extremist Groups (first edition) reviewed by Daniel Pipes, in Middle East Quarterly (December 1996).