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April 28, 2016

CEP Interactive Map Spotlights Extremism & Counter-Extremism Efforts Country by Country

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today released its new Areas of Operation map that describes extremism and counter-extremism efforts in 24 countries, and depicts the geographic scope and impact of extremist and terrorist groups. The mapping tool...

CounterPoint Blog

The Brussels Attacks: Years in the Making

When ISIS suicide bombers attacked Zaventem airport and the Maelbeek metro station on 22 March, a sense of horror descended on the city that is not just our home but the European heart of what our organization does: fight extremism.

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April 26, 2016

CEP Applauds Facebook and Twitter for Shutting Down Hamas Accounts for Inciting Violence

(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today applauded reports that social media companies Facebook and Twitter had suspended accounts connected to the terror group Hamas and issued the following statement, attributable to CEO...

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April 26, 2016

Counter Extremism Project Strategic Policy Analyst Supna Zaidi Peery to Testify Before House Committee on Homeland Security

CEP Strategic Policy Analyst Supna Zaidi Peery will testify before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence on April 27. The hearing will examine the current threat ISIS affiliates and its supporters pose to U.S...

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April 25, 2016

CEP Research Analyst Marielle Harris details in this blog the sophisticated weaponry in the possession of ISIS, including anti-aircraft missiles, chemical weapons, and programmable driverless car bombs. Harris says no one should doubt ISIS’s ability...

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April 25, 2016

The Aspen Security Forum, a conference series that has become a fixture on the national security calendar, last week travelled abroad for the first time, to London. Twitter and social media at large found itself in the crosshairs of frustrated...

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April 22, 2016

Two British men convicted of plotting Islamic State-inspired shooting attacks on the streets of London were each handed life sentences by a judge on Friday. "Of the 350 British foreign fighters to have returned to the U.K., at least 70 are considered...

CounterPoint Blog

Grassroots Solutions Empower the U.K.’s PREVENT Strategy

In March, David Anderson Q.C. and Lord Carlile of Berriew Q.C. appeared before the Human Rights Committee in Parliament to discuss the human rights ramifications of the U.K. Government’s PREVENT programme, which aims to safeguard people from the...

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April 19, 2016

CEP Director of Research Julie Shain explains in this blog how ISIS is using its English language magazine to try and silence Western Muslim scholars and personalities. She argues that critics of ISIS who challenge violent extremism deserve the...

CounterPoint Blog

The Emerging ISIS Front in Bangladesh

While the Bangladeshi government continues to deny the presence of ISIS within its borders, increased violence against religious minorities and foreigners attributed to pro-ISIS militants has many asking if Islamist militancy is on the rise in that...

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

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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