Tech & Terrorism: Convicted Terrorist Anjem Choudary Still Finds Havens Online

Since the expiration of U.K. government restrictions on him last year, internationally designated Islamist cleric and convicted ISIS supporter Anjem Choudary has continued to seek new online platforms for his extremist rhetoric. Six months after the...

U.S. Court Convicts El Shafee Elsheikh For ISIS Murders Of Four Americans

Last week, El Shafee Elsheikh, the U.S.-designated British member of the ISIS cell known as the “The Beatles,” was found guilty of conspiracy related to the kidnapping and torture that led to the murder of four American hostages. The hostages James...

"Tensions in Israel have soared recently, following several days of intense clashes between Palestinian rioters and Israeli police. On this week’s edition of 'The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,' Hans Jakob Schindler, the...

CEP Impact: E-Commerce Site Spring Removes Storefront For Imprisoned Austrian Neo-Nazi Rapper

On April 11, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) located a shop on the print-on-demand platform Spring (formerly Teespring) selling merchandise supporting and monetarily benefitting Austrian neo-Nazi rapper known as “Mr. Bond,” a.k.a. Philip Hassler...

Afghanistan Terrorism Report: March 2022

Following is the March 2022 installment of “Afghanistan Terrorism Report.” The authors provide a monthly analysis concerning the developing terrorist threat in Afghanistan as well as a comprehensive overview of that month’s al-Qaeda and ISIS-K...

Extremist Content Online: Wide-Ranging Extremist Content Encouraging Violence Located on Several Social Media Platforms

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. On Telegram, a new version of a notorious antisemitic channel was found...

CEP Welcomes Dr. Gerhard Conrad To Advisory Board

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today announced Dr. Gerhard Conrad, former director of the European Union Intelligence Analysis and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN) at the European External Action Service (EEAS), has joined its Advisory Board...

"Ian Acheson, Senior Advisor at the Counter Extremism Project, agreed Prevent needed to change. He tweeted today: 'As the Home Secretary says and some of us have been saying for a while, Prevent has morphed into a strategy that awards a (convenient)...

"Elsheikh was born in Sudan in 1988 but moved to Britain as a child. His father left the family when he was seven years old, according to the non-profit Counter Extremism Project (CEP). Elsheikh studied mechanical engineering at Acton College in...

"The Counter Extremism Project's (CEP) report, titled 'Dutch Foreign Fighters: Before, During and After the ISIS Caliphate,' looks at the true nature of the role of Dutch recruits and calls on the authorities to hold them fully accountable."