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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Shawcross has now disagreed publicly. The Home Office had, he said, ‘ignored’ key recommendations to beef up Prevent’s performance and the glass remained only ‘half full.’ I have some experience of bureaucratic sleight of hand at work when it comes to reviews and recommendations. When I was tasked by the Government to look into the Prison Service’s colossal and unforgivable failures in containing Islamist extremism a few years ago, I made 69 recommendations which were mysteriously repurposed into 11 without my consent; eight were finally accepted."

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February 23, 2024
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CEP resource Terrorists on Telegram quoted: "Groups like ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah use Telegram for different reasons, such as finding new members, raising money, encouraging violence, and planning attacks. ISIS also uses social media to disseminate propaganda material..."

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July 1, 2024
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"Al-Baghdadi's appearance caused a stir around the world. Hans-Jakob Schindler, a terrorism expert at the Counter Extremism Project organization, says it was crucial that the caliphate was proclaimed in a mosque, on a prayer pulpit. Because in addition to its ideological function, the caliphate also had a religious one."

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June 29, 2024
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"Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project considers the initiative to be fundamentally understandable: "If a person in Germany only has temporary residence status and makes such statements online, it cannot be expected that this will be accepted without consequence and that the general public will have to bear the risk that this person potentially represents," he said in an interview with IPPEN.MEDIA."

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June 27, 2024
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"On June 23, 19 people were killed and many others were wounded in a terror attack in Dagestan, in Russia.

In this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,” Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, says the Taliban may be culpable."

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June 26, 2024
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“Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project breaks down the terror attack in Dagestan on YouTube News Channel, GLOBAL with JJ Green.”

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June 24, 2024
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"Israel's declared aim with the war is to eliminate Hamas and liberate the Israeli hostages held by militant groups. Both have yet to be achieved. But the Israeli military chief of staff says the structure of Hamas in the city of Rafah is nearly dismantled. Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled that the "intense phase" of Israel's military operations against Hamas in Gaza is drawing to a close. But the Israeli prime minister says fighting won't stop until the group no longer controls the Gaza Strip. DW asks Hans-Jakob Schindler, Director of the Counter Extremism Project in Berlin, how he views the progress of Israel’s war in Gaza."

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June 24, 2024
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: ""Their role model is the Sturmabteilung (SA) of the Nazis": in an interview with t-online shortly before the European Football Championship, terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler warned of a new right-wing extremist phenomenon in Germany, the so-called "Active Clubs". Schindler also expressed fears that these clubs could make their first public appearance at the European Championships - for example by deliberately provoking fights."

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June 20, 2024
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed for story: "It is the second major front for the Israeli military. In recent days, there has been an increase in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon on the northern border of the Jewish state. Fighting has intensified, particularly after the death of a senior commander of the Shiite militia last week."

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June 19, 2024
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"A multi-state FBI counterterrorism wiretap sting has rolled up eight Tajikistani nationals in three cities who had entered over the U.S. Southwest Border and were plotting some sort of bombing. On its own, what little is known about this terrible new consequence of President Joe Biden’s ongoing historic mass migration border crisis – a coordinated, large-cell infiltration attack on the homeland – ranked as startling enough to draw congressional demands for much more basic information than the administration will currently release. […] As one indication of public sentiment toward Islamic extremist ideology in the Kyrgyz Republic, an estimated 850 of its citizens reportedly joined ISIS between 2013 and 2015, and regional scholars insist the real number is higher, according to the Counter Extremism Project."

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June 20, 2024
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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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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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