Extremist Content Online: Leader of Nazi Group the Base Posts Video and the Group Requests Cryptocurrency; German-Language Pro-ISIS Group Celebrates and Encourages Attacks

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, the leader of the neo-Nazi group The Base posted on a Russian video...

" “On January 27, 2025, the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of notorious death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, The Counter Extremism Project, a transnational, non-partisan, non-profit organization that has been successfully fighting extremism since its...

“The detonation in Tel Aviv could be heard for miles. On Friday night, bombs exploded in three empty buses in the towns of Holon and Bat Yam… Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the international Counter Extremism Project, sees a direct...

"In line with Vance’s goal of preventing hate from spreading and devolving into extraordinary evil, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) — a nonprofit aimed at combating extremist groups — recently purchased House 88, home of the infamous Auschwitz...

Nasrallah’s funeral and Hezbollah’s show of strength

On February 23, five months after an Israeli airstrike killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Hezbollah held a funeral for its deceased leader of more than 30 years. Simultaneously, Hezbollah held a funeral for Hashem Safieddine...

"Hamas' six biggest allies have been identified in a new study as the group continues to benefit from a "well-established international support system". A bombshell new report by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), shown exclusively to the Express...

Eye on Extremism: February 25, 2025

“The Taliban on Monday confirmed the arrest of a British couple in their 70s in Afghanistan after a plea from their children for their release. The four adult children of Peter and Barbie Reynolds said their parents have lived in Afghanistan for 18...

“BBC interviewed CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler in a Newshour segment on February 24, 2025. The interview, on the security situation in Germany, starts at the 39:00 mark.”

"Counter-extremism expert Ian Acheson agrees. "I don't think they could conceivably have arrived at that conclusion on the basis of the evidence," he said. "I think the comms decision was 'let's say as little as possible and let's try to dampen down...

Eye on Extremism: February 24, 2025

“A man went on a stabbing rampage in a small city in France on Saturday, killing one person and injuring several more in what President Emmanuel Macron called “an Islamist terrorist attack.” “It was a terrorist attack, there’s no doubt — an Islamist...