CEP in the News

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March 27, 2025

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ignited controversy after revealing a previously unnoticed tattoo on his right forearm that reads "كافر" (kafir) in Arabic—a word that translates to "infidel" or "nonbeliever." "Extremist recruiters and...

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March 26, 2025

Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler of the international nonprofit research organization Counter Extremism Project considers it extremely unlikely that US authorities failed to notice that the server was located in the United States. He suspects...

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March 25, 2025

CEP Non-Resident Fellow Ari Heistein writes: "Recent reports from the U.S. intelligence community and other sources indicate that Houthi activity along the Horn of Africa is increasing. The northeastern tip of the African continent has long been a...

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March 25, 2025

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: After nearly 18 months of war in Gaza, Israel's aim of destroying Hamas, the militant Islamist organization, is still unfulfilled. In recent days, the Israeli military has killed more Hamas...

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March 25, 2025

Witkowski is, among others, a journalist, deputy director at the Gabriel Narutowicz Institute of Political Thought and assistant professor at Collegium Civitas. He collaborates with the think tanks Counter Extremism Project and International Centre...

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March 21, 2025

"The villa was bought by the American NGO Counter Extremism Project (CEP), which works worldwide against all forms of extremism, hatred and racism. "We are definitely not going to turn it into a museum," says CEP director Hans-Jakob Schindler. The...

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March 20, 2025

Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the international Counter Extremism Project, tells the Tagesspiegel that the renewed escalation was unfortunately foreseeable. “The basic problem remains that no decision has been made as to who should...

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March 20, 2025

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "A new report entitled “The enduring role of ideology in terrorism and radicalisation” is a meticulously researched and timely riposte to Keir Starmer’s view that we are now facing a “changed” terrorist threat...

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March 19, 2025

CEP Analyst Gregory Waters writes: "Shortly after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) drove Bashar al-Assad out of Syria last year, the group pledged to respect the rights of minorities. Yet, since HTS took control over much of the country, some across the...

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March 18, 2025

CEP Non-resident Fellow: "For more than three decades, Oman has served in the role of mediator for the resolution of disputes in Yemen. This began after north and south Yemen unified in the early 1990s, and then Yemen and Oman officially demarcated...