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April 21, 2015

Counter Extremism Project Leading – And Twitter Finally Responding

(New York, NY) – The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: “Efforts by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and others have resulted in Twitter’s recent decision to change the rules of user conduct. By its own admission, Twitter...

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April 20, 2015

CEP Condemns Murder of Christians in Libya, Killing of U.N. Aid Workers in Somalia

The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: “The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) condemns the execution-style murder of Ethiopian Christians by Libyan terrorists affiliated with ISIS and the bus bombing in Somalia carried out by...

Press Release

April 17, 2015

Counter Extremism Project Releases Resource on Far-Right Hungarian Group Jobbik

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing a resource on Hungarian far-right and openly anti-Semitic group Jobbik following its recent success in a special parliamentary election. Jobbik is now the third most powerful political party in Hungary...

Press Release

April 10, 2015

CEP Applauds Twitter Action on Extremist Accounts but Broader Problems Ignored

The Counter Extremism Project commends Twitter for reportedly suspending 10,000 accounts linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). According to recent studies by online extremism experts, however, there are between 46,000 and 70,000...

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April 7, 2015

CEP Resource Charts History, Ideology of Somali Extremist Group Al-Shabab

The murder of students at Kenya’s Garissa University is simply the latest shocking and despicable violent act committed by Somali extremist group al-Shabab. Striking more than 90 miles from their base in Somalia, al-Shabab gunmen targeted Christian...

Press Release

April 1, 2015

CEP Calls on Nokan Group to Clarify Possible Facilitation of ISIS Oil Trade

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is calling on Nokan Group to clarify its potential role in the facilitation of oil smuggling from ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and al-sham) controlled areas in Iraq and Syria.

Press Release

März 19, 2015

CEP Releases Updated Resource on Extremism and Counter-Extremism in France

The Counter Extremism Project today released an updated resource on extremism and counter extremism measures in France. ISIS’s recent release of a video showing a young boy executing an accused Israeli spy identified as Arab Israeli Muhammad Musallam...

Press Release

März 18, 2015

Counter Extremism Project Condemns Attack at National Bardo Museum in Tunisia

(New York, NY) – The following is a statement from Fran Townsend, President of the Counter Extremism Project: “The Counter Extremism Project condemns the horrifying attack on the National Bardo Museum in Tunisia. This murderous incident at one of the...

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März 13, 2015

Counter Extremism Project Resource Traces Violent Rise of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing a resource profiling the violent Islamist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), whose history of attacks reach far beyond its mountainous headquarters in Yemen. The Wall Street Journal today...

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März 12, 2015

Counter Extremism Project Releases New Report on Somali Extremist Group Al-Shabab

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing a new report profiling Somali violent Islamist group al-Shabab following its recent heightened wave of violence, including assassinations, suicide bombings, and an attack at the Hotel SYL in Mogadishu...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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