extremism

• good extremists

• bad extremists

Extremism these days is seen to be a negative thing because of terrorists such as the Islamic State and the destruction they do to people of society these days. However Extremism has had a very positive impact on both politics and society in the past, as well as changing the way people view the world. Some extremists have made this world feel safer for foreign people or people of a darker colour.

Martin Luther King was a well known activist and became the most visible spokesman, and a wonderful leader in the civil rights movement. He fought for the rights of darker skinned people through non violence. Martin Luther King has had a great impact on this world, and without his arguments darker skinned people may be yet to have rights. People of darker skin now feel safer to live in this world thanks to Martin Luther King. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 award for fighting racial inequality in a non violent way. Unfortunately, he was assassinated in 1968.

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist that fought for women's rights to go to school in the same non violent way that Martin Luther King Jr. did. She fought for human rights, and especially the Taliban for young women to go to school. She and two other girls were shot by the Taliban in an assassination attempt, however she survived. Without Malala, Pakistani young girls would not have the right to go to school. She has had a positive impact on the world by using non violence and helping us become equal.

ISIS (The Islamic State) is a Salafi jihadist terrorist organisation that is constantly talked about today. They are responsible for many terrorist attacks that we hear in the media because the media target them. these may be the Paris attacks, the bombing in Manchester arena, etc.
Many people fear ISIS and that is exactly what they want. We need to learn that the people targeted by the media aren't the only extremists in existence, because this causes Islamophobia. Many Muslims today feel unsafe in their homes or are assaulted because of Islamophobia; which is rather discriminated against all Muslims... Since only a small selection of them are members of ISIS. I think that Islamophobic people are also Extremists, in a sense.

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is an extremist group that believe in things such as white supremacy, white nationalism, anti-immigration, Nordicism and anti-Catholicism. In order to get their ways they use terrorism; physical assault, murder, and close to anything that will do harm.
They are negative because they have a desire to hurt and kill people just to get their own way.