CEP in the News

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November 30, 2020

"Al-Adel played 'a crucial role in building Al-Qaeda’s operational capabilities and quickly ascended the hierarchy', according to the Counter Extremism Project. He currently lives in Iran, and operates as one of Al-Zawahiri’s chief deputies...

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November 27, 2020

CEP affiliated Researcher Dr. Kacper Rekawek spoke with TVN24's flagship show Fakty about the CEP study commissioned by the German Foreign Ministry and the topic of the threat of extreme right wing fighters: "Doktor Kacper Rękawek jest jednym z...

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November 27, 2020

CEP Senior Advisor Prof. Ian Acheson writes: "My organisation, the Counter Extremism Project, in association with the University of Staffordshire has just launched a year-long study into the phenomenon of ‘Disguised compliance’ in terrorist offenders...

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November 25, 2020

CEP study referenced in Polish news: "The authors write that since 2014 in particular, a new 'leaderless, transnational, apocalyptic, violent right-wing extremist movement' has emerged. Right-wing extremist scenes in individual countries are linked...

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November 25, 2020

CEP study referenced in Polish news: " Festivals, martial arts (MMA) events, marches and demonstrations are regular occasions where right-wing extremists from different countries meet and recruit new members, according to a study commissioned by the...

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November 25, 2020

CEP study referenced in Polish paper: "A study commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs looked at building networks of violent right-wing extremists in several countries."

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November 25, 2020

"According to terrorism analysts from the Counter Extremism Project quoted by Al Jazeera, al-Annabi will face strained relations with Iyad Ag Ghaly the head of the Group to Support Islam and Muslims, a terrorist organization and an AQIM ally. Ghaly...

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November 24, 2020

"Analysts at the Counter Extremism Project say al-Annabi’s relations with his predecessor may have been tense, another potential sign of strategic divisions in the ranks. That, in turn, could complicate AQIM’s relationships with Iyad Ag Ghaly, the...

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November 24, 2020

"The two groups 'support different tactics and ideologies,' Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher at the Counter Extremism Project, told VICE. Fisher-Birch said that groups like Patriot Front helps more militant groups like the Base as it becomes a...

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November 23, 2020

Reporting on CEP study: "Le Counter Extremism Project (CEP) vient de publier un rapport sur les violences et radicalisations violentes d’extrême droite dans une perspective transnationale. Si vous pouvez lire l’intégralité de ce rapport dans ses...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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