"“... According to the international organisation Counter Extremism Project, Dr Naik follows a conservative brand of Wahhabi Islam and has allegedly 'expressed sympathy for terrorists'.

"According to the Counter Extremism Project, March 2024 marked the deadliest month of ISIS’s insurgency in the Syrian desert since late 2017, with eighty-four Syrian soldiers and forty-four civilians killed. The escalation of ISIS activity coincides...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Prisons aren’t a new problem. Ian Acheson wrote about the decay of the high-sec estate for us last month; David Gauke painted a bleak portrait of the current spending settlement in December. A year ago, I...

"The government of Niger has asked the U.S. military to leave — even though there’s a critical drone base there that’s keeping terrorism in check. On this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,” Dr. Hans-Jakob...

Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremist Actors in Russia: Wagner Group – Part 2

During the past decade and a half, extremist non-state actors in Russia have become a central element of the violent transnational right-wing extremist milieu. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and particularly its re-invasion of the country in...

Extremist Content Online: Main Telegram Channel For French Active Club Allegedly Making Money From Telegram Ads

(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers identified an advertisement on the...

CEP ENDORSES IHRA DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM

Today, in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel (Yom HaShoah), the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), including more than one dozen signatories from CEP’s board of global leaders and experts, is officially endorsing the International...

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in April 2024

Following is the April 2024 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. All previous 2024 monthly installments can be found here, as well as a review of...

Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremist Actors in Russia: Wagner Group – Part 1

During the past decade and a half, extremist non-state actors in Russia have become a central element of the violent transnational right-wing extremist milieu. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and particularly its re-invasion of the country in...

CEP Online Book Launch Discussion: “Screwed: Britain’s Prison Crisis and How to Escape It” by Professor Ian Acheson in Conversation with CEP Advisor Liam Duffy

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to an online discussion on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 to discuss the publication of Screwed: Britain’s Prison Crisis and How to Escape It, by CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson. Professor Ian Acheson will be...