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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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CEP Advisor Liam Duffy speaks with Ritula Shah about terrorism and radicalization in France, as part of a larger conversation about whether the French government is marginalizing Muslims: "France has probably been targeted more than any other Western...
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"Islamic terror groups have praised the spate of terror attacks in France. The ISIS praised the Nice attacks on RocketChat. According to the terrorism monitoring website, Counter Extremism Project (CEP), the ISIS supporters on RocketChat praised the...
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CEP Webinar referenced: "Tanya Mehra, a senior research fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism in The Hague, says the repatriation of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) is the 'only way forward' ... Speaking in a webinar hosted by...
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CEP report referenced in Irish press: "Earlier this month, a study commissioned by the German foreign ministry found far right militants were increasingly forming global links and using the pandemic to attract anti-vaccine activists and conspiracy...
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"A probe by the Counter Extremism Project and this newspaper found each of the five videos, uploaded between November 15 and 19, had an average of 200 views... And it is the latest by the CEP -- a non-partisan organisation headed by former political...
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"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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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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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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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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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...
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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