CEP in the News

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Januar 27, 2020

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Can we ever be safe from people who believe they have divine permission to kill? Do secular psycho-social interventions make any difference or are they merely a means whereby sophisticated and determined...

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Januar 20, 2020

“'If Mathews had… pledge[d] allegiance to a group like ISIS, there would have been a much more intent manhunt for him,' Joshua Fischer-Birch of the New York-based Counter Extremism Project told CBC."

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Januar 19, 2020

"Europe is fast becoming a poisonous pit of dehumanising prejudice. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) identifies the far-right political parties, neo-Nazi movements and apolitical protest groups as sources of racism. Some groups, the CEP says...

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Januar 18, 2020

"'To have that kind of broad tent, that’s incredibly dangerous,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher with the Counter Extremism Project, a policy group formed to combat online extremist ideologies."

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Januar 17, 2020

"The F.B.I. has grown increasingly concerned about the Base as it has worked to recruit more people. The group encourages the onset of anarchy, according to the Counter Extremism Project, an organization that tracks far-right extremists. Experts say...

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Januar 17, 2020

"'To have that kind of broad tent, that’s incredibly dangerous,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher with the Counter Extremism Project, a policy group formed to combat online extremist ideologies."

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Januar 16, 2020

"The Base describes itself as an international network that is training its members to fight in a race war, according to the Counter Extremism Project."

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Januar 16, 2020

"Groups that work to expose violent white supremacists say the case highlights how this threat warrants deeper investigation. 'This is someone [Mr. Mathews] who is dangerous,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher for the U.S.-based Counter...

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Januar 16, 2020

"The three men arrested are reportedly members of a white supremacist network called The Base, which the Counter Extremism Project calls 'an accelerationist group' that encourages anarchy so it can 'impose order from chaos.' The network distributes...

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Januar 16, 2020

"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that tracks extremist groups, as Reuters reported, said The Base, fighting to impose order from chaos, seeks to train members to fight a race war, and draws inspiration from...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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