"Counter Extremism Project analyst Gregory Waters told Al Jazeera ISIL in Syria is 'absolutely' growing stronger. 'The fact that we’re at a point where ISIS can do this, has shown just how … much they’ve grown back from where they were in 2019,'...

Tech & Terrorism: Choudary Uses Social Media To Call For Aafia Siddiqui’s Release

In September 2021, internationally designated Islamist cleric and convicted ISIS supporter Anjem Choudary called for the release of Aafia Siddiqui from a U.S. federal prison. Urging allies to take up Siddiqui’s cause, Choudary wrote of “the...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed on the suspect in the Texas synagogue incident: "He was known to the British intelligence. He was a subject of interest for awhile and a short lead investigation, that means someone gave them a...

Texas Synagogue Attack Influenced By Convicted Terrorist Aafia Siddiqui

Aafia Siddiqui, the radical Islamist imprisoned since 2008, has become a rallying cry amongst Islamists and jihadist militants around the world. The most recent example came this past weekend when Malik Faisal Akram took four people hostage at a...

Extremist Content Online: Multiple Pro-ISIS, White Supremacist, And Antisemitic Instagram Accounts Found

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, six pro-ISIS and 11 white supremacist and antisemitic...

CEP Statement On Abu Dhabi Terror Attacks

Counter Extremism Project (CEP) CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, CEP President Frances F. Townsend, and CEP Senior Advisor Norman T. Roule released the following joint statement today in response to the drone terror attacks in Abu Dhabi perpetrated by...

CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "The more urgent concern, however, should be on Europe, and how the jihadist movement reconstitutes itself inside the continents borders after the Islamic State. The principal concern for security services has...

CEP Senior Advisor Lucinda Creighton's statement quoted: "The news that Lisa Smith is making a last-ditch attempt to have the terrorist charges against her dropped is deeply concerning for two reasons. "Firstly, were Smith to avoid facing trial it...

Manchester Arena Inquiry: The Role of a Jailed Terrorist

The Manchester Arena terrorist attack on 22nd May 2017 stunned a nation already reeling from another lethal attack on the U.K. Parliament just two months earlier. Just after 11.30 in the evening, 22-year-old Islamist suicide bomber Salman Ramadan...

Tech & Terrorism: Poway Synagogue Shooter Maintains Influence Online

On December 28, the U.S. Southern District of California sentenced Poway synagogue shooter John T. Earnest to life in prison with an additional 30 years. On April 27, 2019, Earnest shot and killed one woman, injured three other individuals, and...