Germany knew Abdul Ballout was dangerous. It let him go anyway. “The question is whether the system needs reform, or whether its application was wrong,” says Hans-Jakob Schindler, an expert on terrorism at the Counter Extremism Project, an ngo. “But...

"This is not just a national sports club or nationalist sports club. In its essence, it’s the strategy to build a neo-Nazi militia,” said Alexander Ritzmann, a senior adviser for the Counter Extremism Project.

Authorities say the suspect who attacked Berlin's Pride event was known to German police for other crimes. Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Counter Extremism Project speaks on German efforts to monitor extremists, and CBS News' Bradley Blackburn takes...

Counter-extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, who advises the German government, told local media there were more than 9,000 Islamists living in the country in 2025, including 2,590 in the capital, 1,940 of whom are believed to be violent.

A deadly terror attack on a Pride event in Berlin prompts more calls for a crackdown on Islamic extremism. Fresh off the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner, Trump signals a new phase in the Iran conflict: And, the key midterm contests are...

About a year ago, CEP acquired several lenses made during Sternfeld’s Astro-Berlin tenure. In collaboration with Focus Canning, a London-based company, CEP had the lenses restored and retrofitted to a modern camera. CEP contacted Altman and asked the...

Why was suspected Berlin Pride attacker Abdul B. not in prison, and how alert are German authorities to the threat from Islamist terrorism? DW put these and other questions to terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler

Speaking about the terrorist attack on the Berlin Pride event, Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler tells GB News that it's unclear which part of the Islamist milieu the suspect belonged to. He explains the security steps that were implemented in advance for the...

Live interview with Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler, terrorism expert and Senior Director at the Counter Extremism Project), about the terrorist attack at Christopher Street Day in Berlin during the 2026 annual Pride celebrations.

British "Active Clubs" have used the unrest to build shadow militia structures, warns Alexander Ritzmann of the European Counter Extremism Project (CEP). "Politicians are powerless when patriots organize in the streets," read a post on a British...