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December 4, 2019

London Bridge Attacker Directly Tied to Radical Cleric Anjem Choudary

On November 29, 2019, Usman Khan, a convicted terrorist on early release from prison, murdered two people and wounded three others in a knife attack near the London Bridge. In the aftermath of the terrorist attack, it was revealed that Khan was part...

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December 4, 2019

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler discusses radical cleric Anjem Choudary's connection to London terror attacker Usman Khan. Schindler said, "Choudary is one of the most radical and dangerous individuals in Europe, a virtual radicalization...

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December 2, 2019

"According to a report by the Counter Extremism Project, Choudary would be linked to 300 British volunteers who had gone to fight in Syria in Da'esh and formed "110 jihadists linked to IS or Al Qaeda". The "violent extremists" (a term of force across...

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December 2, 2019

Hate preacher Anjem Choudary was last night singled out as the alleged leading source of British jihadism. Usman Khan, 28, is the 19th Islamist terrorist who has carried out an atrocity linked to Choudary. Research by the Counter Extremism Project...

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December 1, 2019

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "I know a bit about the threat management of violent extremists. In 2015 Michael Gove, who was then justice secretary, asked me to conduct an independent review of Islamist extremism in the prisons and probation...

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November 27, 2019

CEP Senior Director Hans Jakob Schindler discusses the problem of radicalized individuals leaving Syrian refugee camps. "Every nation that has foreign fighters, men or women, in these camps, particularly these camps in Syria which are maintained by...

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November 25, 2019

Extremist Content Online: U.K. Neo-Nazi Active on Online Forum Fascist Forge Arrested

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week, a neo-Nazi British teenager was convicted for plotting attacks on synagogues in the United...

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November 25, 2019

"After Hamas, PIJ is the second-largest terrorist group in Gaza and is sponsored by Iran and Syria, according to the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project."

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November 25, 2019

"According to the Counter Extremism Project, a nonprofit that tracks hate groups, Siege Culture and Atomwaffen can be tied to five murders. One of those killings involves suspect Samuel Woodward, 21, who’s been charged in the 2018 fatal stabbing of...

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November 22, 2019

Extremism Spotlight: Arrested ISIS Supporter in Chicago Radicalized by Abdullah Faisal

On November 15, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Jason Brown , a.k.a. Abdul Ja’Me , was arrested for attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS. According to the DOJ affidavit , Brown was radicalized in prison by...

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On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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