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October 6, 2015

CEP Hosts Global Youth Summit Against Violent Extremism

(New York, NY) -- The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), joined with the U.S. State Department, the White House and Search for Common Ground, to host more than 100 youth activists and government officials from more than 40 countries at the first Global...

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September 25, 2015

Microsoft Corp. & Facebook to Lead Tech Discussion at Global Youth Summit Against Violent Extremism

Counter Extremism Project to Co-Host Event Featuring Youth Activists from Around the World on September 28 in New York City (New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) announced today that the leading platform and productivity company...

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September 16, 2015

Global Summit in NYC to Launch Youth Driven Fight Against Extremism

Counter Extremism Project leading effort, backed by State Department and White House, with multi-nation kickoff event September 28. (New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) announced today it will co-host the “Global Youth Summit Against...

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September 11, 2015

CEP Profiles American Foreign Fighters, Financiers, and Supporters of ISIS and Other Extremist Groups

CEP is releasing profiles of 66 Americans who have joined or allegedly attempted to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as well as other Americans accused of planning attacks on U.S. soil, providing financial assistance to extremist...

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September 1, 2015

CEP Releases New Resources on the Haqqani Network in Afghanistan and Pakistan

CEP is releasing new resources on violent Islamist group the Haqqani network and its leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Haqqani network was identified by U.S. officials as being responsible for recent bombings and attacks in the Afghan capital.

Press Release

August 28, 2015

CEP Statement on ISIS Recruiter and Propagandist Junaid Hussain, a.k.a. Abu Hussain al Britani, Reportedly Killed by U.S. Airstrike

British ISIS recruiter and propagandist Junaid Hussain was reportedly killled in Syria by a U.S. airstrike. In a statement, CEP said it hopes the strike will weaken ISIS’s online ability to radicalize, recruit, and incite to violence.

Press Release

August 6, 2015

CEP Releases New Resource on Violent Southeast Asian Islamist Group Jemaah Islamiyah

Southeast Asian Jihadist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) made international headlines with bombings targeting tourists in Bali in 2002 and 2005 that killed 222 people, but the group has a long and violent history spanning decades.

Press Release

July 30, 2015

CEP Releases Reports on New Global Propagandists, Leaders, and Terror Financiers

The Counter Extremism Project added reports on spiritual advisors Musa Robert Cerantonio and Ahmad Musa Jibril and 18 others to the Global Extremist Registry, a searchable database of the world’s most notorious extremist leaders, propagandists...

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July 28, 2015

CEP Releases New Resource on Violent Islamist Group Ansar al-Sharia in Libya

Competition among extremist groups defines Libya today. CEP profiles one of the most powerful, Ansar al-Sharia in Libya (ASL), the union of two smaller groups that took part in the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate that killed four Americans...

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July 24, 2015

CEP Releases New Resource on the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan

CEP is releasing a new resource on the origins, leadership and violent history of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. As the U.S. draws down forces, the Afghan government is battling ncreased Taliban attacks while simultaneously pursuing peace...

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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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