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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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To better identify the risks of radicalization among young people, two NGOs (the European Foundation for Democracy and the Counter extremism project) publish a practical guide for adults. It aims to better recognize signs in adolescents and presents...
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CEP hosted a roundtable discussion in Paris on November 13 and launched a practical guide for French educators designed to help them promote integration and respond to instances of youth radicalization. This article describes the guide and contains...
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CEP hosted a roundtable discussion in Paris on November 13 and launched a practical guide for French educators designed to help them promote integration and respond to instances of youth radicalization. This article includes an interview with Jean...
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"Facebook remains an important weapon of choice for pro-Islamic State supporters, who continue to proliferate terrorist content across the world's largest social platform to recruit and incite attacks. A recent report from Counter-Extremism Project...
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"But some analysts caution that the figures Gen. Dunford cited are relative and that the Islamic State’s online presence still must be taken seriously. In addition to the magazine, propaganda videos and the group’s periodic Amaq News Agency videos...
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CEP President Fran Townsend discusses details of the Investigation into pipe bombs sent to politicians and CNN on the CBS Evening News.
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Hate preacher Anjem Choudary was a free man last night despite fears that he will "wage war" on Britain. The Islamic extremist, who was released from prison yesterday, smiled as he posed for photographs outside his bail hostel. Lucinda Creighton...
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: “I am in no doubt that Anjem ¬Choudary poses a genuine, serious risk to national security when he returns to our streets. He is clearly a narcissist whose ¬attention-seeking behaviour is driven by a deep-seated...
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Social media and delivery services have become new outlets for organised crime activities when it comes to illicit cigarette trade, according to a new study that has raised eyebrows among EU policymakers. The study published on Wednesday (17 October)...
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Order of Dawn, which claims to be based in either the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, or Slovakia, is crowdfunding the Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency to support a sickening planned wave of violence, according to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), an...
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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