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On August 23, 2017, Boko Haram insurgents attacked several villages in northern Nigeria’s Borno State. The extremists shot at villagers and slit their throats, killing 27 people and wounding at least 6 others.
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks with JJ Green about al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's reemergence in a new propaganda video, which left clues to his whereabouts. Dr. Schindler says this is a significant development.
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Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 Speakers: Alexander Ritzmann – CEP senior advisor Joshua Fisher-Birch – CEP research analyst Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler – CEP senior director Sofia Koller – CEP senior research analyst Read the updated CEP Policy Brief here...
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Since the takeover of power by the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2021, experts and politicians have been discussing what effect this event will have on global terrorism. Already during the first weeks after the Taliban’s victory, a trend became...
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Allerdings zieht der Ukraine-Krieg nicht nur Rechtsextremisten an. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Seniordirektor der Anti-Extremismus-Organisation Counter Extremism Project, beobachtet auch Bemühungen von...
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On March 16, 2022, a deepfake video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calling upon Ukrainian troops to surrender surfaced on several social media platforms and was placed on a Ukrainian news website by hackers. Ukrainian authorities had...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On August 23, 2017, Boko Haram insurgents attacked several villages in northern Nigeria’s Borno State. The extremists shot at villagers and slit their throats, killing 27 people and wounding at least 6 others.
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