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.
Videos
On November 30, 2020, CEP convened the webinar: "The State And Foreign (Terrorist) Fighters With Islamist And Right-Wing Extremist Backgrounds". In this video, Tanya Mehra gives a presentation on the current European repatriation and prosecution...
Videos
On November 30, 2020, CEP convened the webinar: "The State And Foreign (Terrorist) Fighters With Islamist And Right-Wing Extremist Backgrounds". In this video, Kacper Rekawek, PhD gives a presentation on current European policies dealing with...
Videos
In the latest video on the fate of extremist foreign fighters in Ukraine, CEP Affiliated Researcher Kacper Rekawek looks at one case that has the markings of all the possible fates of foreign fighters: injuries, arrests, returns home, returns to the...
News
"Al-Adel played 'a crucial role in building Al-Qaeda’s operational capabilities and quickly ascended the hierarchy', according to the Counter Extremism Project. He currently lives in Iran, and operates as one of Al-Zawahiri’s chief deputies...
News
CEP affiliated Researcher Dr. Kacper Rekawek spoke with TVN24's flagship show Fakty about the CEP study commissioned by the German Foreign Ministry and the topic of the threat of extreme right wing fighters: "Doktor Kacper Rękawek jest jednym z...
News
CEP Senior Advisor Prof. Ian Acheson writes: "My organisation, the Counter Extremism Project, in association with the University of Staffordshire has just launched a year-long study into the phenomenon of ‘Disguised compliance’ in terrorist offenders...
Press Release
Radical political Islamism has received increasing attention, especially following the recent terror attack in Austria and the subsequent arrests that aimed to curtail this ideology in order to prevent future attacks. Whether this will be successful...
News
CEP study referenced in Polish news: "The authors write that since 2014 in particular, a new 'leaderless, transnational, apocalyptic, violent right-wing extremist movement' has emerged. Right-wing extremist scenes in individual countries are linked...
News
CEP study referenced in Polish news: " Festivals, martial arts (MMA) events, marches and demonstrations are regular occasions where right-wing extremists from different countries meet and recruit new members, according to a study commissioned by the...
News
CEP study referenced in Polish paper: "A study commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs looked at building networks of violent right-wing extremists in several countries."
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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