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Ethnic violence (also known as ethnic terrorism or ethnically-motivated terrorism)sexy refers to violence that is predominantly motivated by causes and issues related to ethnic hatred. Ethnic violence is related to political violence, and often the terms are interchangeable in a local context where reference to ethnicity is considered minimal or improper. Terrorist redirects here. ... Few words are as politically or emotionally charged as terrorism. ... Although there are earlier related examples, the history of terrorism in the modern sense seems to have emerged around the mid 19th-century. ... International conventions on terrorism set out obligations of states in respect to defining international counter terrorist offences, prosecuting individuals suspected of such offences, extraditing such persons upon request, and providing mutual legal assistance upon request. ... Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ... Combatants Participants in Operations: United States United Kingdom Turkey South Korea Australia Canada Israel Spain Pakistan Portugal Afghanistan Romania Italy Poland Greece Philippines Ethiopia Jordan Saudi Arabia NATO Government of Iraq Kurdish forces Armenia Transitional Federal Parliament and others Targets of Operations: al-Qaeda Taliban Baathist Iraq Baath... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of terrorist organizations. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The term Agro-terrorism is a controversial neologism used to describe threats by a terrorist act on the food chain. ... The heyday of anarchist terrorism was from the 1870s to the 1920s. ... Bioterrorism is terrorism using germ warfare, an intentional human release of a naturally-occurring or human-modified toxin or biological agent. ... Cyber-terrorism is the levraging of a targets computers and information technology, particularly via the Internet, to cause physical, real-world harm or severe disruption with the aim of advancing the attackers own political or religious goals. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Narcoterrorism is a term coined by former President Belaunde Terry of Peru in 1983 when describing terrorist-type attacks against his nations anti-narcotics police. ... Nationalist terrorism is a form of terrorism through which participants attempt to form an independent state against what they consider an occupying, imperial, or otherwise illegitimate state. ... Nuclear terrorism can be used to describe any of the following terrorist assaults: Use of nuclear weapons against a civilian target Use of a radiological weapon or dirty bomb against a civilian target An attack against a nuclear power plant Some believe that no such act has ever taken place. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Terrorism. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Religious violence. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... State-sponsored terrorism (SST) is a political term used to refer to finance/bounties, equipment and intelligence material given across international boundaries to terrorist organizations and the families of deceased militants for the purpose of conducting or rewarding attacks on civilians. ... Hijackers inside flightdeck of TWA Flight 847 Aircraft hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take-over of an aircraft, by a person or group, usually armed. ... Assassin and Targeted killing redirect here. ... Car bomb in Iraq, made from a number of concealed artillery shells in the back of a pickup truck. ... A suicide attack is an attack in which the attacker (attacker being either an individual or a group) intends to kill others and intends to die in the process of doing so (see suicide). ... A terrorist front organization is created to conceal activities or provide logistical or financial support to the illegal activities. ... According to the Anti-Defamation League The term Lone-wolf (Lone-wolf activism to proponents, Lone-wolf terrorism to opponents) was popularized by white supremacists Alex Curtis and Tom Metzger in the late 1990s: [On Curtis:] Curtis encouraged fellow racists to act alone in committing violent crimes so that they... Violence is any act of aggression and abuse which causes or intends to cause injury, in some cases criminal, or harm to persons, and (by some definitions) animals or property. ... Ethnic hatred, inter-ethnic hatred, racial hatred, or ethnic tension refers to sentiments and acts of prejudice and hostility towards an ethnic group in various degrees. ... Political terrorism is a form of terrorism (a tactic of violence that targets civilians) used to influence socio-political events so that gains occur that might not have otherwise happened by peaceful means or by conventional warfare. ...

"Racist terrorism" is a form of ethnic violence which is typically dominated by overt forms of racism and xenophobic reactionism. This form typically involves attacks on minorities, and hold an association with right-wing extremism. Manifestations Slavery · Racial profiling Hate speech · Hate crime Lynching · Gay bashing Genocide · Holocaust Ethnocide · Ethnic cleansing Pogrom · Race war Religious persecution Movements Discriminatory Aryanism · Neo-Nazism White/Black supremacy Hate groups · Kahanism Anti-discriminatory Abolitionism Womens/Universal suffrage Civil rights · Gay rights Childrens rights · Youth rights Groups NAACP... Xenophobia means fear of strangers or the unknown and comes from the Greek ξενοφοβια, xenophobia, literally meaning fear of the strange. It is often used to describe fear of or dislike of foreigners, but racism in general is sometimes described as a... In sociology and in voting theory, a minority is a sub-group that is outnumbered by persons who do not belong to it. ... ...

Racial supremacist groups such as Neo-Nazis often dominate the perception of an ethnic terrorist, though other violent actors associated with ethnic supremacism qualify. Supremacism is the belief that a particular race, religion, belief system or culture is superior to others and entitles those who identify with it to dominate, control or rule those who do not. ... The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ... Supremacism is the belief that a particular race, religion, belief system or culture is superior to others and entitles those who identify with it to dominate, control or rule those who do not. ...

Examples

• Pogrom
• Combat 18, United Kingdom
• The Order, United States
• Ku Klux Klan, United States
• Jewish Defense League, USA and Israel (Kach Movement) Kach and Kahane Chai
• Hammerskins, International
• Serb Paramilitary groups i.e. Arkan's White tigers and many more
• APLA, South Africa
• Death Angels, United States
• MLNQ
• Don Black (nationalist) and Operation Red Dog
• 2006 Moscow market bombing, Russia
• Riots in Kondopoga, Karelia, Russia in 2006
• Cronulla Race Riots in Sydney, 2006

Pogrom (from Russian: ; from громить IPA: - to wreak havoc, to demolish violently) is a form of riot directed against a particular group, whether ethnic, religious or other, and characterized by destruction of their homes, businesses and religious centers. ... Combat 18 (or C18) is a British neo-Nazi organisation formed in 1992 after meetings between the group Blood & Honour and football hooligans such as the Chelsea Headhunters. ... The Order (also called the Silent Brotherhood) was a neo-Nazi organization active in the United States between 1983 and 1984. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... JDL logo. ... The logo of the Kach party. ... Logo of Hammerskins The Hammerskins, or Hammerskin Nation is a white supremacist gang. ... Željko Ražnatović or in Serbian Cyrillic writing Жељко Ражњатовић, (April 17, 1952 - January 15, 2000), widely known as Arkan or Аркан, was a Serbian paramilitary leader, nationalistic politician, assembly... The Azanian Peoples Liberation Army (APLA) was the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress. ... The Zebra murders were a number of connected murders performed by a black supremacist serial killer ring that took place in San Francisco, California in 1973 and 1974 and left 14 people dead and 7 injured. ... MLNQ, which stands for Mouvement de Libération National du Québec, is a group which wishes to emulate the FLQ by recruiting amond todays youth. ... Stephen Don Black, (photo) (born 28 July 1953) is an American white nationalist. ... Operation Red Dog was the code name of a planned invasion of Dominica by Ku Klux Klan leaders Don Black (U.S.) and Wolfgang Droege (Canadian) and former Dominican prime minister Patrick John. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... View from space Kondopoga is a town in Karelia, Russia. ... Map showing the parts Karelia is traditionally divided into. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ...

Related Reading

• Y. Bar-Yam, Making Things Work, NECSI/Knowledge Press, 2005.