Sudetenland Tales by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Sudetenland Tales

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during a targeted shooting spree in Fresno, California, on April 18, 2017. According to his social media posts, Muhammad expressed a strong dislike toward "White people" as well as government officials. He made reference to "a race war against Whites," the evils of "White devils" and being a "black soldier." Such racially charged terms, themes and phrases originated with the Nation of Islam (NOI). Since many Black Nationalist groups have splintered from the NOI, they too use these terms in their extremist propaganda and rhetoric.

Although not necessarily violent as organizations, groups such as the Nation of Islam, New Black Panthers, New Black Liberation Militia, the New Black Panther Nation and the Five Percenters are incubators of radical fanaticism. They attract violent individuals whom they indoctrinate, like Johnson, Long, Brinsley and Muhammad, encouraging criminal activity and violence.

Many Black Nationalists self-identify as "Muslim" and incorporate what they claim as "Islamic" teachings into their life to promote a sense of higher purpose. According to Chris Zambelis, a scholar on radical trends in African-American Islam at the Jamestown Foundation, "many African Americans see in Islam an opportunity to formally break with the ‘injustices’ of the past, as their singularly focused view ignores how others including Whites endured the same travails." Further, "Others