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Counter Extremism Project Praises Arrest Of Ohio Man Allegedly Inspired By Isis
(New York, NY) – The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: “The Counter Extremism Project applauds the swift actions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in arresting Christopher Lee Cornell, alias Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah...
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CEP Releases Updated Resources on AQAP Attacks in Paris, Extremism and Counter-Extremism in France
The January 7, 2015 shooting at the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was the deadliest terrorist attack in France in more than 50 years. In the wake of those murders and the killing of a policeman and hostages at a kosher...
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CEP Calls for National Cyber Terrorism Center as Urgent Threat Grows
The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project regarding today’s hacking of the U.S. Central Command Twitter account: “The brazen cyber-attack on the United States Central Command’s Twitter account today reveals both a gaping digital...
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CEP Responds to Attack on Charlie Hebdo, Releases Report on Extremism in France
The Counter Extremism Project President Fran Townsend and CEO Mark Wallace released the following statement today in response to the gruesome attacks on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper offices in Paris: "The Counter Extremism Project strongly condemns...
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Counter Extremism Project Launches Arabic and Turkish Language Websites
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a not-for-profit, international policy organization dedicated to combatting the global threat of extremism, today launched Arabic and Turkish language versions of its resource-rich website. "The reach of many...
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Counter Extremist Project Condemns Despicable Attack on School in Pakistan
The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: "The Counter Extremism Project condemns in the strongest terms possible today’s brutal, horrific and merciless murder of more than 140 children at the Army Public School in Peshawar...
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Counter Extremism Project Condemns Violence in Sydney
COUNTER EXTREMISM PROJECT CONDEMNS VIOLENCE IN SYDNEY The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: “The Counter Extremism Project strongly condemns the violent attack that occurred in Sydney, Australia. While we wait for more...
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Counter Extremism Project Praises Exposure of Prominent ISIS Twitter Propagandist
(New York, NY) – Yesterday, Channel 4, the United Kingdom’s award-winning flagship news program, exposed the identity of @ShamiWitness, one of the most influential, English-speaking, Twitter-based ISIS sympathizers. The prolific ISIS propagandist, an...
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Counter Extremism Project Condemns Threatened Execution of U.S. Citizen by Al-Qaeda
The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: “The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) strongly condemns the threatened execution of Luke Somers, an American journalist kidnapped and held for more than a year in Yemen by Al-Qaeda. Once...
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Counter Extremism Project Continues to Highlight Danger Posed by Extremists Online
The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: “The Counter Extremism Project remains deeply concerned about the unchecked proliferation of extremist rhetoric on social media platforms. The specific, violent incitement flagged by...
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
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.