Research on radicalization risks and processes consistently points to the importance of social networks and interpersonal relationships in motivating toward or protecting against individual radicalization. It is critical to interrupt the radicalization process before people’s ideologies manifest into violence. Research,…[Continue Reading...]
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary appeared in court today accused of leading and directing the banned militant network Al-Muhajiroun. Choudary, 57, and Canadian national Khaled Hussain, 28, were arrested last July for membership of the proscribed organisation. The cleric was taken…[Continue Reading...]
The future of proselytizing—and surveillance—has arrived. An app called Bless Every Home, which has been backed by some of the biggest names in evangelical circles, is mapping the personal information of immigrants and non-Christians in a bid to conduct door-to-door…[Continue Reading...]
I used to knock on people’s doors and tell them the end of the world was coming. We were born imperfect, I would say, and soon will come the day of Armageddon when we will all be tested. Be good and…[Continue Reading...]
Liberty University, the fundamentalist Christian college founded by televangelist Jerry Falwell, gets record $14 million fine from the Dept. of Education for violating campus safety laws and punishing women who reported sexual assaults, investigators say.[Continue Reading...]
The son of infamous 1980s televangelists Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner is set to reveal the true story of his family's colorful life in an upcoming documentary. Ahead of its release, Jay Bakker, 48, spoke to DailyMail.com about the…[Continue Reading...]
While Instagram might have a reputation for superficiality—a realm of exquisitely filtered images—it is now eclipsing other social media as a news source. The platform is increasingly filled with information, some of it pernicious and distributed via influencers. Researchers at…[Continue Reading...]
Multilevel marketing giant Amway reported a 5% decline in earnings year over year, which the company attributed to a strong U.S. dollar and the ongoing fallout of pulling out of Russia. The Ada, Mich.-based company sent out an earnings press…[Continue Reading...]
Most multilevel marketers have rebuttals at the ready when potential recruits accuse them of peddling a pyramid scheme. One of the canned comebacks for Donald Trump’s late-aughts MLM—because, of course, Trump once had his own MLM—is a doozy: “If you…[Continue Reading...]
HBO has released the first trailer (below) for its upcoming documentary chronicling the rise and fall of one of the most controversial and disgraced voices in American media: Alex Jones. In The Truth vs. Alex Jones, filmmaker Dan Reed (Leaving…[Continue Reading...]
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