CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses what happened this past week when Paris was rattled by a stabbing attack at the very location where 12 people were killed during the Charlie Hebdo attacks in 2015.

CEP Webinar: "The Logistics Of Foreign Fighters From 3 Ideological Backgrounds" | September 30, 2020

This webinar was conducted on the 30th of September 2020. Four leading experts presented the logistics of foreign fighters coming from the three ideological milieus:  Asya Metodieva, researcher, Institute of International Relations, Prague, will...

Stabbing Attack In Paris With Charlie Hebdo Trial Underway

Last week, a man wielding a butcher’s knife stabbed two bystanders outside of the former offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, where assailants affiliated with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) killed 12 people in January 2015...

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler on WTOP's The Hunt

On September 30, 2020, CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler spoke with J.J. Green on WTOP's The Hunt to explain what happened this past week when Paris was rattled by a stabbing attack. The incident took place at the same location where 12 people...

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Magazine Promotes Terorrist Attacks

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, the eighth edition of the pro-ISIS web magazine “Voice of...

"Joshua Fisher Birch, a research analyst with the U.S. based Counter Extremism Project, described the group as a 'secretive satanic, fascist cult that believes in the use of extreme violence, rape, pedophilia, murder, and terrorism to bring about...

"Joshua Fisher Birch, a researcher at the Counter Extremism Project, said: 'It is unacceptable that dangerous ISIS propaganda that contains instructions for making explosives remains online'. Mr Birch said tech companies can prevent the spread of...

"A media group affiliated with al Qaeda’s offshoot in Yemen released a statement encouraging attacks in France as a response to the republication, according to the Counter Extremism Project, a nonprofit."

"A media group affiliated with al Qaeda had recently released a statement encouraging attacks on France, according to Site Intel and the Counter Extremism Project."

Al-Shabaab Attacks Escalate As Somalia Prepares For National Elections

As Somalis prepare for only their third general election in 60 years, al-Shabaab has been escalating its attacks throughout the country. More than a dozen deadly attacks were reported over the last week alone, underscoring al-Shabaab’s unrelenting...