Report: Islamic State Support Is Growing In The U.S.

A compilation of Twitter feeds of ISIS activists and sympathizers, compiled by researchers at the George Washington University Program on Extremism. CBS

The Hill: Analysis: US support for ISIS 'unprecedented'

Academic experts fear that American support for radical Islamism has reached “unprecedented” levels, even while it stays well below the support for the extremists seen in other countries.

Academics at George Washington University’s program on extremism found that the types of Americans drawn to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) vary widely in terms of race, age, education and family background. Yet they are largely all united by their use of social media, which ISIS has been able to master as its reach has grown.

“What we do see in the United States is an unprecedented mobilization” that is “bigger than any other mobilization we have seen since 9/11,” said Lorenzo Vidino, the director of the university’s program, said during an event releasing the report on Tuesday.

WNU Editor: This study/analysis on Americans supporting the Islamic State is here.

More News On Islamic State Support Growing In The U.S.

Islamic State's online supporters include 300 Americans: report -- Reuters
ISIS Followers in U.S. Are Diverse and Young -- NYT
ISIS has 300 US ambassadors on Twitter, report says -- MSNBC
Report tracks hundreds of U.S. ISIS sympathizers on Twitter -- CBS
ISIS has 300 American ambassadors spreading propaganda and trying to recruit would-be terrorists on Twitter - and many are women -- Daily Mail
Support for ISIS Is Growing in the U.S., Report Finds -- Time
Study: Islamic State recruitment in U.S. is varied, 'unprecedented' -- UPI
Study finds dozens of ISIS-related crimes in US -- Boston Globe
'American Isis Twitter scene' reveals social media's power to radicalise -- The Guardian