CEP in the News

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September 3, 2023

[Translated from Finnish] "Researcher Sofia Koller has followed and analyzed dozens of trials of ISIS women held in Germany and France. He works at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) research institute 'Cooking and housework are not illegal...

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September 1, 2023

CEP Senior Research Analyst Sofia Koller quoted on the case of Marcia M., a female ISIS returnee on trial in Germany.

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September 1, 2023

CEP Research Analyst Gregory Water writes: "Years of simmering tensions between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and local populations in northeast Syria have exploded this week into still-expanding battles across much of Deir ez-Zor. The current...

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August 30, 2023

CEP Senior Research Analyst Sofia Koller interviewed as an expert for main German news magazine “Tagesthemen” of the German Public TV with an assessment of returnee Jennifer W.’s verdict.

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August 30, 2023

CEP Senior Research Analyst Sofia Koller's blog quoted: "Eine englischsprachige Blogreihe des Counter Extremism Project widmet sich den Strafprozessen verschiedener Frauen. Sie haben sich dem „Islamischen Staat“ angeschlossen, sind nach Deutschland...

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August 30, 2023

"Farrakhan has also previously been referred to as a 'Black supremacist' for his work with NOI by various critics, including the nonprofit The Counter Extremism Project."

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August 30, 2023

"'It's a very, very active terrorist area, where you have al-Qaida under protection of the Taliban, ISKP opposing the Taliban, but the Taliban not being able to really push hard against ISKP, in order not to risk even more defections, and with the...

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August 24, 2023

"One reason for the discrepancy is the far right’s efforts to recruit veterans and service members to their cause, said Josh Lipowsky, a researcher with the Counter Extremism Project who authored a report last year about far-left extremism. Lipowsky...

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August 19, 2023

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "Two years ago, the world saw the return of a repressive Taliban regime. The rapid fall of the Afghan government sent shockwaves throughout neighbouring countries and beyond, as the new Taliban...

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August 19, 2023

"Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Berlin-based Counter [Extremism] Project and an expert on Afghanistan, has seen it all before. Last time the Taliban were in power, from 1996-2001, they curtailed poppy production for the 2000-01 season...

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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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