Extremist groups: opposing viewpoints

Are some religious groups harmful?

Religion is easily exploited by extremist groups / Matthew C. Ogilvie

Religion can counter violent extremism / David Ostendorf

Islamic fundamentalists in the United States pose a serious threat / David Horowitz

Most followers of Islam in the United States reject terrorism / Shibley Telhami

The religious right has a harmful agenda / Frederick Clarkson

The religious right has a beneficial agenda / Norman Podhoretz

The Jewish Defense League is justified / Jewish Defense League

The Jewish Defense League promotes hate and violence / Angela Valkyrie

Do some liberal groups benefit society?

Radical animal rights groups harm society / Frederick K. Goodwin, Adrian R. Morrison

Radical animal activism is justified / Noel Molland

Socialists encourage violent extremism / Brian Paterson

Socialism would benefit society / John Fisher

Radical environmentalists are terrorists / Brad Knickerbocker

Ecoterrorism is justified / Emily Kumpel

Do white supremacist groups promote hate and violence ?

White supremacist groups promote hate and violence / Carl Rowan

The danger from white supremacist groups is exaggerated / Adrian H. Krieg

Racial hatred is necessary to save the white race / Matthew Hale

Racial hatred is immoral / Doug Anstaett

What extremist groups pose a threat worldwide?

Al Qaeda is a worldwide terrorist threat / Daniel Pipes, Steven Emerson

The threat of al Qaeda is exaggerated / John L. Scherer

The Palestine Liberation Organization promotes violence and terrorism / Paul Eidelberg

The Palestine Liberation Organization condemns violence and terrorism / Yasir Arafat

Basque separatists promote terrorism / Paul Sussman

Basque separatists promote nonviolent political change / Euskadi Ta Askatasuna.