German Federal Government Appoints CEP’s Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler to Task Force on Islamist Extremism

(Berlin, Germany) — Counter Extremism Project is delighted that Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler has been appointed to the reformed Task Force for the Prevention and Combat of Islamist Extremism in Germany. His extensive expertise in terrorism finance...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler appointed to new German government Task Force. “The Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) is replacing its advisors in the fight against Islamism. The previous Task Force on Islamism Prevention, which...

A new permanent advisory board on the prevention of Islamism is being established at the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI). This new group of experts replaces a task force founded only last year by former Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD). The board...

Eye on Extremism: November 21, 2025

Islamic State-linked rebels have killed 89 civilians in multiple attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Lubero territory, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Central African country, known as MONUSCO, said on Friday. The attacks were...

Eye on Extremism: November 20, 2025

Recently foiled Hamas terrorist plots in Europe were planned in Qatar and possibly Turkey, the Mossad intelligence agency said Wednesday, detailing results of a lengthy probe into the busted schemes. The spy agency said in a statement that it carried...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed regarding Hamas fundraising. “Global News has learned of alleged Canadian links to the operations of the Palestinian terrorist group, Hamas. Among them, a Canadian is alleged to be part of the...

Eye on Extremism: November 19, 2025

The United Kingdom has voiced its concern about the continued expansion of Islamic State and Al-Qaeda affiliates across West Africa and the Sahel. James Kariuki, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, issued the alert on Tuesday during a United Nations...

“From Nuremberg to Now” | ARCHER at House 88

Rudolf Höss, Commandant of Auschwitz, testified at Nuremberg as a witness with no attempt to deny his crimes. His highly consequential words changed the course of the trials and exposed how atrocity can be made ordinary.

Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter-Extremism Project think tank, pointed to the failure of neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali in their "indifference" towards their faraway northern regions. "You need to reassure the civilian population so...

Hans-Jakob Schindler is director of the NGO Counter Extremism Project and has been investigating how extremist and terrorist organizations finance themselves for more than 25 years. He knows the pattern: "On the one hand, extremist groups try to...