"The group has been notorious for circulating online videos on different social media platforms, to influence people around the world and recruit the vulnerable. “Terrorism is essentially communications,” said Hans-Jakob Schindler, a former United Nations diplomat who is the senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, a think tank with offices in New York and Berlin."

"“Terrorism is essentially communications,” said Hans-Jakob Schindler, a former United Nations diplomat who is the senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, a think tank with offices in New York and Berlin. “It is not warfare, because obviously, ISIS cannot militarily defeat the West, right? They tried and it didn’t exactly end well.”"

“Hundreds of people were celebrating wildly in the French Quarter, the nightlife district of New Orleans in the USA. Then, at around 3 a.m. on New Year's Day, a pick-up truck suddenly rammed into the crowd . At least 14 people died and dozens were injured. The police initially spoke of 15 fatalities, but revised the number downwards during the course of the Thursday after New Year's Day… IS has not yet officially claimed responsibility for the attack in New Orleans. Terror expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project believes: "Everything points to a so-called inspired attack by a single perpetrator or a single terrorist cell, which was motivated by the increased IS propaganda of recent times."”

“For a few years, the Islamic State seemed to be nothing more than a ghost from the past. A fallacy, because it is now clear that the terrorist organization never really disappeared and is once again highly active. Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project warns of a new danger of attacks in Europe and Germany."

“... IS has not yet officially claimed responsibility for the attack in New Orleans. Terror expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project believes: "Everything points to a so-called inspired attack by a single perpetrator or a single terrorist cell, which was motivated by the increased IS propaganda of recent times." The "inspired attack" is a real terrorist innovation that the Islamic State has brought about, said Schindler in an interview with IPPEN.MEDIA . The principle behind it: According to the watering can principle, IS spreads its propaganda as widely as possible via social media.”

“British terror police are on red alert over fears of copycat attacks following the New Orleans atrocity. Counter-terrorism chiefs and intelligence officers are monitoring for signs the attack, which killed at least 14 people in the US city, could inspire jihadis to commit more atrocities… Professor Ian Acheson, senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, told the Daily Express: "The New Orleans atrocity should greatly concern the security and intelligence services here. "There are tens of thousands of subjects of interest on MI5 watchlists. Islamic State encouraged its adherents to use vehicles to attack Christmas markets late last year and we saw another murderous attack in Magdeburg only a few weeks ago.”

“In New Orleans, a military veteran drove into a crowd. The flag of the extremist militia Islamic State (IS) was apparently found in the car. Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks about a possible return of IS to Europe.”

... Individuals susceptible to recruitment “might have lost their jobs, might have had a mental health crisis, might have just concluded that however hard they’ve tried, they never belong," said Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former British diplomat who led a U.N. team that monitors Islamic State and al Qaeda. The main appeal of Islamic State is its determination to establish a Sunni Muslim “caliphate” ruled by Islamic law, unlike the Taliban, which “has sold out to Afghan nationalism,” or al Qaeda, members of which have cooperated with Iran’s Shiite Muslim-run government, he said.”