Is right-wing terrorism on the rise in the West?

ON MARCH 15th a gunman opened fire inside two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing at least 50 people and injuring 50 more. In a 74-page manifesto entitled “The Great Replacement”, the 28-year-old Australian perpetrator said he was furious that “European lands” were being taken over by non-white immigrants. The attack comes less than six months after a gunman shot and killed 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh in the United States.

Whether white nationalist or Islamist terrorism has been more deadly in Western countries depends on how each incident is classified. Estimates differ widely. The Anti-Defamation League, a pressure group, finds that “right-wing extremism” was responsible for 73% of “domestic extremist-related killings” in the United States from 2009-18, and that “Islamist extremism” accounted for 23%.

The Christchurch assailant frequented white supremacist corners of the internet. Many terrorists, whether jihadists or white nationalists, gain inspiration in this way, and make contact with others who share their views.

The media generally find jihadist attacks more newsworthy than right-wing ones. A recent study by Erin Kearns of the University of Alabama analysed media coverage of terrorist attacks in America from 2006-15. Ms Kearns finds that terrorist attacks perpetrated by Muslims received 360% more press coverage than comparably sized attacks carried out by others.

And terrorism by Muslims in the West has grown as the number of Muslims in the West expands.

Muslims attacks on Christians are weekl at least. You are silent and corrupt

Not right wing..... just a Christian terrorist

You know your tweet answers your headline question, right?

Extreme narcissism is certainly on the rise, whether the individuals that have taken up violence have done so for religious, racial or nationalist motivations.

Uhhh 'Right-wing'? The terrorist attacks are political. What is considered a 'left-wing' terrorist attack? A bomb threat in the name of reducing plastic waste? Should terrorist attacks be classified according to political affiliation. Seems a bit bizarre.

Probably not we've just started to call it for what it is.

Well, we westerners are also sensitive about our religions and our traditions and we do get offended the same by the behavior of those who choose to live amongst us. It’s called clash os civilizations. It is about preserve one culture and heritage.

How about left-wing terrorist attacks?

Wow Economist. Did you read the manifesto? This guy was a communist/socialist is that right wing now? Also 1/2 the other “attacks” on your chart are incorrect too. FalseFlag

Munich? Munich Olympia Shopping Centre? You do not label the shooting there as right wing, don´t you Sir? Dawoud Ali Somboly, the perpetratror was aryan only as a Iranian or Persian. You must not blame this on right wing germans

Perhaps proving my Hypothesis that so-called 'Social Media' is actually 'Anti-Social Media?' This can be proven in two ways: 1) Ask a social network friend to call you on the phone 2) Ask one to loan you $5. People behave much worse on-line, which creates Feedback Loops. NWO

It would be awesome to how this compares with other types of attacks. Like the more common left-wing attacks and most popular jihadi attacks.

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