Mixing Ideologies Requires Multi Pronged Terrorism Prevention Efforts
Some violent extremists in the United States exhibit ideological fluidity to justify acts of violence, often to address personal grievances, including anecdotally among youths. This trend includes violent extremists who adopt Sunni violent extremist ideology promoted by foreign terrorist organizations and other social and politically motivated violent extremist ideologies. Beyond the promotion of violence, these ideologies are sometimes contradictory in content but can provide violent extremists with new and flexible arguments or perspectives to interpret their surroundings and frame their worldview. Terrorism prevention efforts that focus on shared risk factors and drivers outside of ideology can help reach individuals regardless of ideological motivations.
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