Eye on Extremism: October 8, 2025

The assailant in last week’s attack on a synagogue in the British city of Manchester that left two congregants dead pledged allegiance to Islamic State group, police said Wednesday. The attacker, Jihad Al-Shamie, called emergency dispatchers during...

Al-Qassam Brigades Propaganda Content: Evolution Since October 7

This is the first entry in a three-part blog series discussing the evolution of al-Qassam Brigades’ content, dissemination strategies, and the relevant policy implications for combating terrorist content online.

October 7: Lamenting Hamas’s Victory Two Years On

On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out the worst attack on Jewish life since the Holocaust, murdering approximately 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage. Over the ensuing two years, widespread protests broke out across the Western world against Israel...

"Overall, the ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to radicalize various milieus, including the Islamist extremist milieu," says terror expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, Director of the Counter Extremism Project in Berlin, in an interview with...

CEP and ACAMS Germany Chapter e.V. Sign Cooperation Agreement

(Berlin, DE) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Germany gGmbH and the ACAMS Germany Chapter e.V. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their cooperation in combating terrorism, extremism, and terrorism financing. To date...

Eye on Extremism: October 7, 2025

On October 7, 2023, Hamas’s massacre shocked the conscience of the world. The brutality was undeniable; the grief and sympathy were relatively widespread. Yet, almost immediately, another shock unfolded – a moral inversion in parts of civil society...

British police say Jihad Al-Shamie, the 35-year-old man who attacked a synagogue in the U.K. city of Manchester, called emergency services during the attack, saying he did it for ISIS. On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP National Security...

Report mentions Counter Extremism Project, ARCHER at House 88, CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann, and ARCHER Director Jacek Purski: "The conflict in the Middle East in general, and especially since 7 October 2023, has led to a significant...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed on the situation with Hamas and antisemitism.

[CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler, security expert and long-time observer of extremist groups in the Middle East, talks in an interview about the current negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Egypt. Trump's peace plan already shows...