A “staggering failure” of the West to offer an alternative narrative to the “seemingly attractive” message spread by Islamic State and other extremist groups has been condemned by a leading civil rights expert. Speaking on Wednesday (18 November) in...

Speaking on Wednesday (18 November) in the margins of a Brussels policy briefing organized by the Counter Extremism Project Europe (CEP Europe), Nasser Weddady was highly critical of past efforts to combat Islamic terrorism which has claimed scores...

The fight against Islamic radicalisation and terrorism will take a generation to resolve, a Brussels policy briefing organised by the Counter Extremism Project Europe (CEP Europe) has heard. The meeting, which comes in the wake of the deadly Paris...

The fight against Islamic radicalisation and terrorism will take a generation to resolve, a Brussels policy briefing organised by the Counter Extremism Project Europe (CEP Europe) has heard. The meeting, which comes in the wake of the deadly Paris...

Islamic State sympathizers using social media to spread propaganda and recruit fighters are now drawing an increasing amount of return fire from activists who have been knocking some sites offline and infiltrating others.

Last year, the State Department put Benghalem on a list of “specially designated global terrorists,” a kind of most-wanted sheet that raises a terrorist’s profile and allows to government to block any property or assets he might have in areas subject...

The CEO of a non-profit group whose mission is “to combat the growing threat from extremist ideology,” testified before a House committee last week that a “designated global terrorist” who is on the UN Security Council sanctions list used Twitter to...

The threat of extremism in the Middle East constantly evolves and adapts to prevailing conditions. In recent years, extremist groups such as ISIL have embraced social media platforms as a way to disseminate their propaganda and recruit new fighters...

After sending a letter to Toyota headquarters in March of this year, former Ambassador to the UN and current CEO of the Counter Extremism Project, Mark Wallace, received word from the automaker. According to its statement , “Toyota has a strict...

The Islamic State's ability to sustain itself through recruitment, propaganda and financing of its operations have bolstered its ability to survive as the U.S.-led military campaign against it has faltered. But U.S. officials are focusing on changing...