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Don´t get fooled - The extreme-right Active Club network is not about combat sports

On 8 December 2023, two alleged members of the Canadian branch of the Atomwaffen Division (AWD) were arrested in Canada. In a statement, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that they participated in the creation of Terrorgram Collective manifestos...

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January 9, 2024

CEP Online Roundtable: Responding To Blasphemy

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to an online roundtable on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 to hear from leading experts on political violence and free speech on the complex question of how democracies should respond to blasphemy terrorism...

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January 9, 2024

"Recently, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) received funding from the Mayor of London’s Office to deliver the award winning ‘Nobody’s Listening’ virtual reality experience in educational settings across London."

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British MP Provides Glimpse Into Hamas’s U.K. Support Network

On the 16th November 2023, Christian Wakeford MP named four individuals in Parliament he described as “Hamas operatives” in Britain. The individuals named were: • Zaher Birawi • Muhammad Qassem Sawalha • Majed Khalil al-Zeer • Ziad El Aloul

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January 6, 2024

"'This is a right-wing extremist, deeply anti-Semitic movement that is directed against a free democratic basic order,' says terror expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) in an interview with IPPEN.MEDIA ."

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January 5, 2024

"ISIS-K militants have been captured in a series of arrests in Germany, the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe over the past three years, according to Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, a trans-Atlantic think...

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January 4, 2024

New CEP Report: The Wagner Group In The Central Sahel – Decolonization Or Destabilization?

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released a new report today, The Wagner Group In Central Sahel: Decolonization or Destabilization? The report analyzes the implications of the Kremlin-based Wagner Group’s involvement in countering insurgencies in...

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January 3, 2024

"The assassination of a Hamas leader in Beirut and a terror attack in Iran have triggered fears of an explosion of attacks throughout the region. Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Sr. Director at the Counter-Extremism Project says the attack in Iran is...

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January 3, 2024

"In this week’s episode of 'The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,' senior director at the Counter Extremism Project Hans-Jakob Schindler says the attack near the gravesite of Qassem Solemani, a former top Iranian military...

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January 3, 2024

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "No one is talking about these clandestine arrivals who have melted into the background, traumatised, exploited, enslaved. Yet they will include tomorrow’s violent extremists who do or will pose a threat to...

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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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