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(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) applauds Twitter’s announcement of its renewed efforts to suspend accounts tied to violent extremist groups and their supporters. Eighteen months after CEP initially raised the alarm over the...
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CEP released a new resource detailing the history and violent activities of Islamic terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which has played a central role in indoctrinating, recruiting, and training thousands of jihadists in Pakistan since the 1980s. In...
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CEP released a new resource on the National Democratic Party of Germany, an ultranationalist political party described by the German intelligence service as “racist, anti-Semitic and revisionist."
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CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, in an op-ed published in USA Today January 25, called on video sharing platform YouTube to immediately remove videos of the notorious American cleric turned al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki.
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CEP issued an updated resource on Somali Islamic terror group al-Shabab following its deadly attack at a popular seaside hotel and restaurant in the capital of Mogadishu that killed at least 26 people.
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Following is a statement from CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace on the death of England’s Lord George Weidenfeld at the age of 96 “I had the privilege and honor of knowing and working with Lord Weidenfeld, a remarkable humanitarian and visionary...
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CEP is releasing an updated resource on the history, ideology and leadership of Islamist extremist group the Taliban following its attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan on January 20 targeting students and independent television journalists. At least...
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CEP released updated resources on three powerful Iraqi Shiite militias. One of the Iranian-backed Shiite militias is reportedly responsible for the disappearance of three Americans from an apartment in Baghdad on January 15.
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(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing updated resources on violent Islamic terror groups al-Mourabitoun and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), following their attacks across the West African country of Burkina Faso...
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CEP CEO Ambassador Mark Wallace said that a lawsuit filed against Twitter by the family of a Florida man killed in Jordan by ISIS highlights the dangers and personal costs resulting from the unchecked misuse of social media platforms by extremists.
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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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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