Eye on Extremism: January 29, 2026

EU foreign ministers agreed Thursday to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a "terrorist" group, the bloc's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said. "Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own...

A report from the Counter Extremism Project describes a pro-ISIS chat on RocketChat in which a user allegedly interrogated an "uncensored AI" for technical information on explosives and destructive capabilities. The case reopens the debate on...

Eye on Extremism: January 28, 2026

Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the former U.S. envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, told Jewish Insider on Tuesday that she’s concerned by the increased pace of antisemitic rhetoric coming from Saudi Arabia, and warned that an extended change of...

Eye on Extremism: January 27, 2026

Top Stories Associated Press: World pauses to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day Holocaust survivors, politicians and regular people commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday, gathering at events held across...

"It is likely that, similar to Ali Khamenei's case in 1989, the decision will fall on a weak candidate. In 1989, Khamenei was considered harmless by all religious schools in Qom because he lacked his own religious power base," Hans-Jakob Schindler...

This acquisition is part of a broader commitment to confront antisemitism and extremism. I was honored to help the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) purchase the former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, which stands just beyond the camp’s walls...

The first show is called Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust, and its organizers told the Reporter that it is “a landmark concert of music…composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent anti-Semitism.” The Counter...

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers found a conversation in a pro-ISIS chatroom, where an individual...

Investigators are indeed feeling a certain pressure to succeed, believes extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter Extremism Project in Berlin. "The authorities want to deliver results, along the lines of: We need an arrest now,"...

Eye on Extremism: January 26, 2026

Two Iranian-backed militias in the Mideast are signaling their willingness to launch new attacks, likely trying to back Iran on Monday as it worried about an approaching U.S. aircraft carrier after President Donald Trump threatened military action...