50 Percent Increase in Domestic Islamist Extremism Arrests and Plots in 2019, According to New ADL Data
May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020
NEW YORK, May 20 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release:
There was a 50 percent increase in arrests and plots linked to domestic Islamist extremism in 2019, according to data released by ADL's (Anti-Defamation League) Center on Extremism. There were a total of 30 arrests linked to domestic Islamist extremism, nine of which were for terror plots. Of the nine individuals arrested for plotting attacks, seven (78 percent) were U.S. citizens.
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There was a 50 percent increase in arrests and plots linked to domestic Islamist extremism in 2019, according to data released by ADL's (Anti-Defamation League) Center on Extremism. There were a total of 30 arrests linked to domestic Islamist extremism, nine of which were for terror plots. Of the nine individuals arrested for plotting attacks, seven (78 percent) were U.S. citizens.
While t . . .