@appa1958.bsky.social
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Many who leave say:
- They stopped believing in the religion’s teachings (46%)
- It wasn’t important in their life (38%)
- They just gradually drifted away (38%)
Check out our full analysis:
- They stopped believing in the religion’s teachings (46%)
- It wasn’t important in their life (38%)
- They just gradually drifted away (38%)
Check out our full analysis:
Why Do Some Americans Leave Their Religion While Others Stay?
A majority of adults still identify with their childhood religion, but 35% don’t. Read about when and why Americans may switch faiths or stay.
www.pewresearch.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Many who leave say:
- They stopped believing in the religion’s teachings (46%)
- It wasn’t important in their life (38%)
- They just gradually drifted away (38%)
Check out our full analysis:
- They stopped believing in the religion’s teachings (46%)
- It wasn’t important in their life (38%)
- They just gradually drifted away (38%)
Check out our full analysis:
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"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already."
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already."
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
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This president is for sale. You don’t have to know him or even to have voted for him. You just have make a big ‘donation’ (aka bribe) to his campaign or ballroom or a peace prize - and he’ll get you out of prison or whatever you want
December 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This president is for sale. You don’t have to know him or even to have voted for him. You just have make a big ‘donation’ (aka bribe) to his campaign or ballroom or a peace prize - and he’ll get you out of prison or whatever you want
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To read the article, click here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@bjsociology.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @uio.no
#Sociology #NarrativeSociology #Racialisation #Muslims #Islamophobia
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@bjsociology.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @uio.no
#Sociology #NarrativeSociology #Racialisation #Muslims #Islamophobia
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
To read the article, click here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@bjsociology.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @uio.no
#Sociology #NarrativeSociology #Racialisation #Muslims #Islamophobia
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@bjsociology.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @uio.no
#Sociology #NarrativeSociology #Racialisation #Muslims #Islamophobia
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🚨 27,000 KILLED IN SUDAN’S DARFUR IN 3 DAYS
Darfur governor Minni Arkou Minnawi says 27,000 people were killed in just three days after the RSF captured El-Fasher late last month — a massive jump from earlier estimates of about 2,500 deaths.
In March 2025, Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced...
Darfur governor Minni Arkou Minnawi says 27,000 people were killed in just three days after the RSF captured El-Fasher late last month — a massive jump from earlier estimates of about 2,500 deaths.
In March 2025, Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced...
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨 27,000 KILLED IN SUDAN’S DARFUR IN 3 DAYS
Darfur governor Minni Arkou Minnawi says 27,000 people were killed in just three days after the RSF captured El-Fasher late last month — a massive jump from earlier estimates of about 2,500 deaths.
In March 2025, Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced...
Darfur governor Minni Arkou Minnawi says 27,000 people were killed in just three days after the RSF captured El-Fasher late last month — a massive jump from earlier estimates of about 2,500 deaths.
In March 2025, Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced...
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At least 1004 Palestinians killed in the West Bank since US-backed Israeli forces & settlers began escalating violence after 10/7/2023, B’Tselem reports. 217 were children. Several were US citizens.
“In the 21 cases where settlers killed Palestinians, not a single perpetrator has been convicted”
“In the 21 cases where settlers killed Palestinians, not a single perpetrator has been convicted”
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
At least 1004 Palestinians killed in the West Bank since US-backed Israeli forces & settlers began escalating violence after 10/7/2023, B’Tselem reports. 217 were children. Several were US citizens.
“In the 21 cases where settlers killed Palestinians, not a single perpetrator has been convicted”
“In the 21 cases where settlers killed Palestinians, not a single perpetrator has been convicted”
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In past week: Trump threatened to take ABC's license because ABC reporter asked a question he didn't like, called for Jimmy Kimmel to be taken off air for mocking him, called for Democrats in Congress to be prosecuted and then called for them to be executed. This perfectly sums up today's GOP!
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
In past week: Trump threatened to take ABC's license because ABC reporter asked a question he didn't like, called for Jimmy Kimmel to be taken off air for mocking him, called for Democrats in Congress to be prosecuted and then called for them to be executed. This perfectly sums up today's GOP!
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On Nov. 19 at @uio.no: the 4th C-REX/CIR meeting on Democracy and Extremism. Presentations by @arjupskas.bsky.social, @jjungblut.bsky.social, and @sirianned.bsky.social, followed by comments from Pro-Rector Bjørn Jamtveit and Minister Sigrun Aasland (Labour Party). www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
Akademia under angrep
- C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning
Hvordan undergraves akademisk frihet, og hva kan gjøres for å motvirke dette? Innledning ved statsviter og C-REX-leder Anders Ravik Jupskås, professor og statsviter Sirianne Dahlum og professor og sta...
www.sv.uio.no
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
On Nov. 19 at @uio.no: the 4th C-REX/CIR meeting on Democracy and Extremism. Presentations by @arjupskas.bsky.social, @jjungblut.bsky.social, and @sirianned.bsky.social, followed by comments from Pro-Rector Bjørn Jamtveit and Minister Sigrun Aasland (Labour Party). www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
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New article on violent escalation and inhibition of far protest by C-REX scholar @grahammacklin.bsky.social and colleagues!
New article on “The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves” by Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris and myself in the latest issue of “American Behavioral Scientist”:
The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves - Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris, Graham Macklin, 2025
This article examines how interactions between far-right protestors, counter-protestors and other actors, including the police, lead towards and away from viole...
journals.sagepub.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
New article on violent escalation and inhibition of far protest by C-REX scholar @grahammacklin.bsky.social and colleagues!
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Since 2022 there has been a dramatic increase in teenagers becoming involved in Islamic State-related terror plots in Europe. I've written a short policy brief on this phenomenon. The analysis uses data from the Jihadi Plots in Europe dataset developed by Petter Nesser
www.diis.dk/en/research/....
www.diis.dk/en/research/....
Europe's teenage jihadists: a growing security challenge
Islamic State (IS)-related terror plots in Western Europe increasingly involve individuals under the age of 18. Central to this trend is IS’s ability to disseminate propaganda online, effectively targ...
www.diis.dk
January 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Since 2022 there has been a dramatic increase in teenagers becoming involved in Islamic State-related terror plots in Europe. I've written a short policy brief on this phenomenon. The analysis uses data from the Jihadi Plots in Europe dataset developed by Petter Nesser
www.diis.dk/en/research/....
www.diis.dk/en/research/....
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Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
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Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
September 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves
France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – French President Macron is taking the lead in a doomed bid to keep a two-state solution alive. On September 12, the UN General Assembly passed the “New York Declaration” by a vote of 142 for, 10 against, with 12 abstentions. Sponsored by France and Saudi Arabia, it […]
dlvr.it
September 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves
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- Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge, skriver C-REX-forskerne @arjupskas.bsky.social, @jacravn.bsky.social, Madeleine Thorstensen og Charlotte Tandberg i @aftenposten.no i lys av drapet på Tamima Nibras Juhar for tre uker siden www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge
Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge.
www.aftenposten.no
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
- Høyreekstrem vold er et vedvarende og sammensatt samfunnsproblem i Norge, skriver C-REX-forskerne @arjupskas.bsky.social, @jacravn.bsky.social, Madeleine Thorstensen og Charlotte Tandberg i @aftenposten.no i lys av drapet på Tamima Nibras Juhar for tre uker siden www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
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Trump er hastigt i færd med at omdanne USA til et personalistisk diktatur med stærke totalitære og facistiske tendenser. Og han møder kun meget begrænset modstand fra institutioner og civilsamfundet. Jeg havde - selvom jeg forsker i diktaturer - aldrig troet, at det kunne komme så vidt, så hurtigt.
September 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Trump er hastigt i færd med at omdanne USA til et personalistisk diktatur med stærke totalitære og facistiske tendenser. Og han møder kun meget begrænset modstand fra institutioner og civilsamfundet. Jeg havde - selvom jeg forsker i diktaturer - aldrig troet, at det kunne komme så vidt, så hurtigt.
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Israel's treatment of Palestinian prisoners since 7 Oct is comparable to the worst dictatorships on earth.
- the number keeps growing, and is now around 11k
- close to 90% are held without trial
- starvation as policy
- rampant torture
- dozens died in prison, no accountability
- the number keeps growing, and is now around 11k
- close to 90% are held without trial
- starvation as policy
- rampant torture
- dozens died in prison, no accountability
September 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Israel's treatment of Palestinian prisoners since 7 Oct is comparable to the worst dictatorships on earth.
- the number keeps growing, and is now around 11k
- close to 90% are held without trial
- starvation as policy
- rampant torture
- dozens died in prison, no accountability
- the number keeps growing, and is now around 11k
- close to 90% are held without trial
- starvation as policy
- rampant torture
- dozens died in prison, no accountability
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This is Benjamin Netanyahu’s third visit to DC this year.
War criminals should not be welcomed by any president or Congress.
He should be held accountable for his crimes, not platformed. Beyond shameful.
War criminals should not be welcomed by any president or Congress.
He should be held accountable for his crimes, not platformed. Beyond shameful.
July 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is Benjamin Netanyahu’s third visit to DC this year.
War criminals should not be welcomed by any president or Congress.
He should be held accountable for his crimes, not platformed. Beyond shameful.
War criminals should not be welcomed by any president or Congress.
He should be held accountable for his crimes, not platformed. Beyond shameful.
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4/12: This downward trend is mirrored in the number of severe but non-fatal attacks recorded annually since 2010.
February 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
4/12: This downward trend is mirrored in the number of severe but non-fatal attacks recorded annually since 2010.
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What characterize the development of right-wing terrorism and violence (RTV) in Western Europe since 2010? Read this new blog post by @jacravn.bsky.social, Charlotte Tandberg & @arjupskas.bsky.social. Scholars and students can download the RTV dataset from our website. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe: Updated Dataset and Key Findings
- C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism
The Right-wing Terrorism and Violence (RTV) dataset tracks severe right-wing attacks in Western Europe since 1990. The latest report shows a significant decrease in such violence since 2010, though it...
www.sv.uio.no
April 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
What characterize the development of right-wing terrorism and violence (RTV) in Western Europe since 2010? Read this new blog post by @jacravn.bsky.social, Charlotte Tandberg & @arjupskas.bsky.social. Scholars and students can download the RTV dataset from our website. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
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New blog post! “To cope with terrorist attacks, we look for signs that the perpetrators are somehow abnormal or monstrous. Often, they are more similar to the rest of us than we are willing to accept,” writes C-REX guest researcher Inger Storm Sandboe www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
The Creation of the Monster Myth: Terrorists and their Abnormality
- C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism
To cope with terrorist attacks, we look for signs that the perpetrators are somehow abnormal or monstrous. Often, they are more similar to the rest of us than we are willing to accept, writes Inger St...
www.sv.uio.no
June 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
New blog post! “To cope with terrorist attacks, we look for signs that the perpetrators are somehow abnormal or monstrous. Often, they are more similar to the rest of us than we are willing to accept,” writes C-REX guest researcher Inger Storm Sandboe www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
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10% of Gaza Palestinians have been Killed, Injured, Detained or are Missing
10% of Gaza Palestinians have been Killed, Injured, Detained or are Missing
( Middle East Monitor ) – Ten per cent of Gaza’s Palestinian population has been killed, injured, disappeared, or detained as a result of the genocide committed in the Strip by Israel since 7 October 2023, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor reported yesterday. The Geneva-based monitor published an infographic marking 600 days since the beginning of […]
dlvr.it
May 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
10% of Gaza Palestinians have been Killed, Injured, Detained or are Missing
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⚡️1 child killed, 1 injured in Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
One child was killed and another was injured in a Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast overnight on May 31.
One child was killed and another was injured in a Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast overnight on May 31.
1 child killed, 1 injured in Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast
One child was killed and another was injured in a Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast overnight on May 31.
kyivindependent.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:20 AM
⚡️1 child killed, 1 injured in Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
One child was killed and another was injured in a Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast overnight on May 31.
One child was killed and another was injured in a Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast overnight on May 31.
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New article by Francesco Marone on "The effects of the Israel-Hamas war on jihadist violence in Europe" (Journal of Contemporary European Studies)
doi.org/10.1080/1478...
doi.org/10.1080/1478...
May 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New article by Francesco Marone on "The effects of the Israel-Hamas war on jihadist violence in Europe" (Journal of Contemporary European Studies)
doi.org/10.1080/1478...
doi.org/10.1080/1478...
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It looks like the new Pope isn’t a big fan of Trump and Vance…
May 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It looks like the new Pope isn’t a big fan of Trump and Vance…
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The combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to May 13, 2025
May 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to May 13, 2025