Fighting Extremism
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Far-right extremists are using video games to recruit vulnerable youngsters
Extremists often interpret games to suit their positions. Or use them to find and build connections with others who share their views.
Helen Young, The Conversation
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What makes people get radicalised? Researchers are looking for the answer in young men’s brains
Brain scans of radicals prove that social exclusion contributes to an increased willingness to engage in violence for extremist values.
Clara Pretus, The Conversation & Nafees Hamid, The Conversation
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Google, YouTube to introduce new measures to tackle extremist content online
Google said its engineers have developed technology to prevent such content from being re-uploaded.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Memoir: A journalist remembers the 1960s and how the Naxal movement was portrayed in books and films
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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Ordinary voters flagged Modi speech to Election Commission – and came up against a broken system
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‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets
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Harsh Mander: Past, present and future – what Narendra Modi’s campaign of hate signifies
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In Germany, a bid to rehabilitate two kinds of extremists – Islamists and neo-Nazis
Both groups are similar – they both think they have historical missions, that they are superior, and both have hyper masculine ideas.
Bhavya Dore
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What drives young people to terror?
This is a time for introspection – Bangladesh’s future depends on it.
Matthew Islam
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Bangladesh’s accommodation of extremism spells danger for the region
With a series of attacks and no crackdown on extremism, Bangladesh retreats from its secular and democratic beginnings.
Sumit Ganguly
Video
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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It's time for Bangladesh to prove that it cares about free expression: Edit from Dhaka Tribune
The government is failing to protect basic rights.
Rubaiyat Kabir
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Fanatics are acting with impunity: Dhaka Tribune editorial on Bangladesh hackings
As another writer is murdered across the border, the prominent newspaper urges the government to stop the culprits.
Tribune Editorial
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How big a threat is Islamic State in Central Asia?
Islamic State has been spreading its influence beyond the Middle East – and Central Asia could be in the firing line.
John Heathershaw and David W. Montgomery, The Conversation
The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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How ISIS has changed international law
The urgent need to respond to the terror group has redefined the use of 'self-defense' to include attacking a nonstate threat in another country.
Michael Scharf, The Conversation
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Lahore attack: Where do the real fault lines lie?
The place where you could not touch flowerbeds without a guilty conscience was riddled with human flesh and blood.
Akhtar Abbas
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In pictures: Allahabad University students protest to stop Yogi Adityanath from entering the campus
The BJP MP from Gorakhpur was to inaugurate a new building in Allahabad University on the invitation BJP's students wing but the president of the union called for protests.
Mayank Jain
The Field
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra beats world No 14 Nina Mittelham to enter quarter-finals
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All-round development: The Impact player rule is holding back several multifaceted players in IPL
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IPL 2024: Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma lead Hyderabad to crushing 10-wicket win over Lucknow
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Badminton: India to host World Junior Badminton Championships 2025 in Guwahati
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to compete in India for first time since Tokyo Olympics