One of the first Somali-Americans from the Twin Cities to join a terrorist group overseas is a prominent online recruiter. “He can empathize with any grievances, any feelings of persecution or feeling disaffected, and he can use those and exploit...

ICYMI – The Garland Attack and the Impact of Social Media

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen, following the May 3 Garland, Texas attack, was interviewed by television, print and radio news organizations about CEP’s efforts to get Twitter to crack down on jihadists like Mujahid Miski who misuse social media...

A Salafi Salad: Jihadism, Takfirism, and the Use of Violence

“No Single Definition for Salafism, AJCS’ Conference Finds (!)” This was the oddly bold caption headlining the 2014 conference report on “Salafism in the Arab World” (sub-title: “Perceptions, Trends and Groups”), hosted by the al-Jazeera “Center for...

One of the gunmen who attacked a Prophet Mohammed cartoon competition in Texas was in repeated contact with an American supporter of the Islamic State group, terror experts said. "Miski was online talking about Charlie Hebdo and how people in the US...

Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan is an American citizen who joined the radical group fighting against the enemies of Islam called Islamic State. Terrorism expert David Ibsen from the Counter Extremism Project stated that “Miski was online talking about...

ABC News –Good Morning America, May 6, 2015 – Texas Terror Attack, American Fugitive Recruits Terrorist

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen Discusses Mujahid Miski On Good Morning America.

“It does reflect a pattern,” said former U.S. Ambassador Mark Wallace, now chief executive officer at the Counter Extremism Project. “You’re seeing that ISIS and others have sought to take action against those who in any way use free speech for humor...

CBS This Morning, May 6, 2015 - Did ISIS instruct Texas gunmen to attack?

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen On CBS This Morning.

The White House said Wednesday that the shooting in Texas for which the Islamic State has claimed responsibility was consistent with a lone-wolf attack, while a terrorism watch group said the violence may have been inspired by an al-Shabab extremist...

Miski’s influence as a recruiter is extensive, according to David Ibsen, Executive Director of the Counter Extremism Project. “He’s known as one of the go-to individuals online who individuals who want more information about how to travel to ISIS...