Khomeinism Continues To Influence Radical Islamic Thought

Last Friday, Hadi Matar allegedly stabbed Salman Rushdie while the author was lecturing in western New York. The attack came over 30 years after the Islamic Republic of Iran’s first supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a 1989 fatwa...

"A group of experts gathered by the Counter-Extremism Project believes the number of pro-Ukraine foreign fighters present in-country ranges from 'several hundred… to a few thousand.' Fighters from Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics still seem...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Shindler interviewed: "Al-Shabaab is, if not the largest, one of the largest al-Qaeda affiliates around the globe, only rivaled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria. And in difference to in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria...

"Joshua Fisher-Birch, an expert and analyst on the far-right at the Counter-Extremism Project, said some extremists may see the conflict as a chance to become battle hardened and gain military skills. 'Some right-wing extremists have viewed the war...

CEP Researcher Joshua Fisher-Birch interviewed on podcast: "The myth of stolen elections has the potential to be used in the future to sow discord and distrust, promote violence, and delegitimize future elections. Denying the results of an election...

Extremist Content Online: Cloudflare Hosting Holocaust Denial Website And Store

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers identified a Holocaust denial website and a...

Afghanistan Terrorism Report: July 2022

Afghanistan Terrorism Report: July 2022 Following is the July 2022 installment of “Afghanistan Terrorism Report.” The authors provide a monthly analysis concerning the developing terrorist threat in Afghanistan as well as a comprehensive overview of...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "The attempted murder of Salman Rushdie is not shocking. That’s the shocking thing about it. In due course we will see whether, as is alleged, his assailant was acting in conjunction with the Iranian Islamist...

Attacks And Assassination Plots Highlight Threat Of Iranian Terror

Last Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against Shahram Poursafi, a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), for plotting a murder-for-hire attack against former U.S. National Security Adviser...

CEP Analysis: One Year Since The Taliban’s Takeover In Afghanistan

Today, on the first anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, CEP Senior Director and former coordinator of the ISIL (Da’esh), al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Team of the U.N. Security Council Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler observed...