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November 6, 2023

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Content Receives Over 50,000 Views On TikTok

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. Last week, CEP researchers located pro-ISIS propaganda on TikTok...

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November 2, 2023

CEP Webinar: The Sociology Of Jihadism – Assessing Women And Men Imprisoned For Islamist Terrorism In France

Jihadist radicalization in France has been the focus of a significant number of scientific articles over the last fifteen years, but access to relevant sources remains a challenge. This is true for information on men, and even more so for information...

cep press release calling for global freeze on qatar investment authority

Press Release

October 31, 2023

CEP CALLS FOR GLOBAL FREEZE ON THE QATARI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY

Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace is calling on responsible parties worldwide to freeze assets, profit-sharing, and dividend payments routinely transferred to the Qatari Investment Authority (QIA), the...

Press Release

October 30, 2023

Extremist Content Online: Antisemitic Conspiracy Video Praising Nazi Germany Receives Over 1 Million Views On Twitter/X

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. Last week, CEP researchers located a Twitter/X video lauding Nazi...

Press Release

October 30, 2023

CEP CALLS FOR ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON HAMAS FINANCIERS, INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

On Monday, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace called on the U.S. Treasury Department to sanction the entirety of Hamas’ $500 million investment empire, following new U.S. designations against Hamas...

Press Release

October 27, 2023

CEP CALLS ON THE NBA TO REJECT QATAR’S BID FOR A STAKE IN THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS FRANCHISE

On Friday, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace called on National Basketball Association (“NBA”) Commissioner Adam Silver to reject Qatar’s investment in the Washington Wizards. CEP’s October 20 letter...

Press Release

October 26, 2023

CEP-GLOBSEC Webinar: Violent Right-Wing Extremism In Czechia and Slovakia

Right-wing extremist groups and networks have been growing substantially in many European countries in recent years, including in Central Europe. Many of these movements espouse new right-wing extremist narratives, have a pro-Russian stance, and...

Press Release

October 25, 2023

New CEP Report Addresses Houthi Oppression Of Yemeni Telecom, Internet Services

Today, CEP released the second installment in a series of new reports on the Iran-backed Shiite group, the Houthis, who took control of Yemen’s capital city of Sanaa in 2014 and plunged the Arabian Gulf nation into a devastating civil war. This...

Press Release

October 25, 2023

CEP-GLOBSEC Webinar: Violent Right-Wing Extremism In Bulgaria and Hungary

Right-wing extremist groups and networks have been growing substantially in many European countries in recent years, including in Central Europe. Many of these movements espouse new right-wing extremist narratives, have a pro-Russian stance, and...

Press Release

October 23, 2023

CEP CALLS FOR ACCOUNT FREEZE ON QATARI ASSETS IN THE UK

Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend are calling on all responsible parties in the United Kingdom to set aside Qatar’s vast holdings until Qatar detains Ismail...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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