Masked ISIS Fighter, a.k.a “Jihadi John,” January 31, 2015, in “A Message to the Government of Japan,” video showing the beheading of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto

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Masked ISIS fighter

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“To the Japanese government: You, like your foolish allies in the Satanic coalition, have yet to understand that we, by Allah's grace, are an Islamic Caliphate with authority and power, an entire army thirsty for your blood… Abe, because of your reckless decision to take part in an unwinnable war, this knife will not only slaughter Kenji, but will also carry on and cause carnage wherever your people are found. So let the nightmare for Japan begin.”“Analysis: The Islamic State Beheads Kenji Goto Jogo,” INSITE Blog on Terrorism & Extremism, February 1, 2015, http://news.siteintelgroup.com/blog/index.php/entry/353-analysis-the-islamic-state-beheads-kenji-goto-jogo.

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Anti-Japanese

Pro-Islamism

Pro-Violence

Location: Eisenhower Theater

Tuesday January 27, 2026 7:30p.m.

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Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.

Masked ISIS Fighter, a.k.a “Jihadi John,” January 31, 2015, in “A Message to the Government of Japan,” video showing the beheading of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto

Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust