U.K. To Ban Terror Group Hamas In Its Entirety

Today, U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that Hamas, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), will be similarly banned in its entirety under the U.K.’s Terrorism Act. The new policy will supplant a ban on the Hamas’s military...

"Joshua Fisher-Birch, an intelligence analyst who specializes in right-wing extremism at terrorism watchdog the Counter-Extremism Project, said the plot was a harbinger of what would eventually follow. 'Extreme right-wing violence continues to be a...

CEP analyst Joshua Fisher-Birch quoted: "'Many extreme right-wing and white supremacist groups and propagandists view the trial as an opportunity to spread their message and recruit,' said Fisher-Birch. “These groups and individuals are acting on an...

"Ian Acheson, a former prison governor and senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, today suggested research was needed about what was driving referrals and why they were 'out of kilter'. He told MailOnline: 'Nobody can dispute these...

CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy Interviewed on Times Radio

On November 17, 2021, London-based CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy spoke with Times Radio regarding a recent terror incident in Liverpool. Mr. Duffy, who previously worked on the UK's Prevent strategy, also provided insight into the program and the...

London-based CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy spoke with Times Radio regarding a recent terror incident in Liverpool. Mr. Duffy, who previously worked on the UK's Prevent strategy, also provided insight into the program and the country's current...

Pakistan Forges Agreement With Al-Qaeda Affiliate

Last week, the government of Pakistan and the U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) agreed to a one-month ceasefire while the two conduct negotiations in Afghanistan under the auspices of the Afghan Taliban...

"Authorities say the person suspected of committing a terror attack in the U.K. last Sunday had been denied asylum in 2014. On this week’s episode of “The Hunt, with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,” Liam Duffy, Strategic Advisor for...

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "The twin challenge from right-wing and Islamist terrorism will continue to dominate the terrorism threat landscape. Enabled and fuelled by technologies such as social media, internet communication and...

"i found one YouTube profile for a Moroccan-born Islamist preacher listed on the Counter Extremism Project’s Extremist Database, who is said to have played a role in radicalising a suicide bomber through sermons at a Paris mosque."