CEP-KAS: Sahel Monitoring December 2022

This first monthly analytical report on open source observations of Jihadi activities throughout the Sahel will focus on the most significant events that occurred in December 2022.

"'Rundo is a model for his brand of white supremacism that seeks to normalize fascism and focus on a clean lifestyle and appearance, and fitness and combat sports,' Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher at the Counter Extremism Project, told Raw Story."

"Who was the attacker? What was his motive? What saved the attack from being much worse than it was? Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Sr. Director at the Counter Extremism Project breaks it all down."

"'Rundo has been able to spread the active club brand in the US while he's been in Europe, and he outlined the idea of the active club as a successor to the Rise Above Movement,' Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher at the Counter Extremism Project...

Taliban’s Ban On Women Workers Worsens Humanitarian Crisis And Isolates Afghanistan From International Community

Earlier this week, U.N. Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan Markus Potzel met with Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s interior minister, to warn that the Taliban’s recently announced education and work bans on women will worsen Afghanistan’s...

"What have authorities learned about the event? On this episode of 'The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,' Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project, says it could’ve been much worse."

CEP Webinar: Book Presentation By Kacper Rekawek: "Foreign Fighters In Ukraine. The Brown–Red Cocktail"

(New York, N.Y. / Berlin, Germany) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a presentation of a new book by Kacper Rekawek entitled "Foreign Fighters in Ukraine. The Brown–Red Cocktail" . The Russian (re-)invasion of Ukraine in 2022...

"While only a small minority of Muslims are Salafis, most Muslim violent extremist movements — including Al Qaeda — are rooted in Salafism, a fundamentalist Islamic movement based on 13th and 14th century teachings, according to the Minerva Research...

"'It’s really rare. A network only works with one leader. You need one person around whom everything revolves,' Hans-Jacob Schindler, director of the independent Counter-Extremism Project think tank, told AFP."

«C'est vraiment bizarre. Un réseau ne fonctionne qu'avec un leader. Il faut une personne autour de laquelle tout s'articule», observe pour l'AFP Hans-Jakob Schindler, le directeur du centre de réflexion indépendant Counter-Extremism project (CEP).