Press Release
The Counter Extremism Project President Fran Townsend and CEO Mark Wallace released the following statement today in response to the gruesome attacks on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper offices in Paris: "The Counter Extremism Project strongly condemns...
Press Release
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a not-for-profit, international policy organization dedicated to combatting the global threat of extremism, today launched Arabic and Turkish language versions of its resource-rich website. "The reach of many...
Press Release
The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: "The Counter Extremism Project condemns in the strongest terms possible today’s brutal, horrific and merciless murder of more than 140 children at the Army Public School in Peshawar...
Press Release
COUNTER EXTREMISM PROJECT CONDEMNS VIOLENCE IN SYDNEY The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: “The Counter Extremism Project strongly condemns the violent attack that occurred in Sydney, Australia. While we wait for more...
Press Release
(New York, NY) – Yesterday, Channel 4, the United Kingdom’s award-winning flagship news program, exposed the identity of @ShamiWitness, one of the most influential, English-speaking, Twitter-based ISIS sympathizers. The prolific ISIS propagandist, an...
Press Release
The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: “The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) strongly condemns the threatened execution of Luke Somers, an American journalist kidnapped and held for more than a year in Yemen by Al-Qaeda. Once...
Press Release
The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: “The Counter Extremism Project remains deeply concerned about the unchecked proliferation of extremist rhetoric on social media platforms. The specific, violent incitement flagged by...
Press Release
The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: “The Counter Extremism Project has detected a concentrated effort by cyber terrorists to attack the organization and its supporters on social media. “Some individuals targeted by CEP as...
Press Release
It is unfortunate that American service men and women must limit their social media activity and presence lest they attract the attention of extremists seeking to commit acts of violence on American soil. It is particularly troubling that Americans...
Press Release
(New York, NY) – A notorious online extremist operating under the name Mujahid Miski has used Twitter to threaten to behead Fran Townsend, former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to President George W. Bush and President of the Counter...
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.
Get the latest news on extremism and counter-extremism delivered to your inbox.