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CEP strives to build and maintain its best-in-class research and analysis databases on extremist groups, including their ideology, leaders, history, financing, violent activities, tactics, and rhetoric.

Extremist Groups

The Counter Extremism Project maintains a database of information about extremist groups, including their leaders, history, financing, violent activities, government designations, and rhetoric.

Country Reports

Extremism is a global problem. CEP’s Areas of Operation map includes comprehensive reports detailing the history of extremist movements, major terror attacks, and counter-extremism measures country by country.

Glossary

Anti-semitism, caliphate, hijrah. The Counter Extremism Project maintains a glossary of terms that are frequently used when discussing extremism.

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Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On September 11, 2020, an al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonated his explosive outside of a mosque as congregants departed, following Friday prayers, in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo. The attack left at least six worshipers dead and another 20 injured.  

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