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Violent extremism (VE) generally refers to direct involvement in the creation of extremist violence and support for such acts. Extremist violence is differentiated from other forms of violence by its motivation, i.e. it seeks to achieve ideological, religious, or political goals. In some definitions, it includes other forms of politically motivated violence and support for violence: the Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development, for example, defines violent extremism as "promoting views which foment and incite violence in furtherance of particular beliefs, and foster hatred which might lead to inter-community violence”