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October 2, 2015

U.S.-designated terrorist group Kata'ib Hezbollah--an Iraqi Shiite militia--has a dot com web address. So does Greek neo-Nazi political party Golden Dawn and Hungarian neo-Nazi party Jobbik. Google them. You can peruse their propaganda, and that of...

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September 30, 2015

The global youth summit against violent extremism that started in New York on Monday had a speaker who was once inclined towards terrorism but now prevents others from going astray. Yousef Assidiq, a former recruiter for Norway's radical outfit...

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September 30, 2015

A former Norwegian Islamist extremist told youth leaders gathered at a counter-extremism summit on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York that treating militants as “humans, not monsters” would help prevent further radicalisation.

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September 30, 2015

On Monday, the Global Youth Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) summit in New York found an unusual speaker. Yousef Assidiq, a former recruiter for Norway's radical outfit, Prophet's Ummah, shared stage with youths from various countries and spoke on how...

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September 29, 2015

The US will use all means necessary to defeat ISIS, President Barack Obama said Tuesday. Obama led a UN gathering of representatives from 100 countries, dedicated to combating the Islamic State terrorist organization. While the special anti-ISIS...

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September 29, 2015

Abdul Qayyum Jumadi, a 24-year-old Malaysian, said young people had a valuable role to play in helping affected countries counter IS’s ideology. Abdul was one of two Malaysians and two Indonesians who attended a Global Youth Summit Against Violent...

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September 29, 2015

President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin dueled at the United Nations this week over how best to defeat the Islamic State. Much of their debate was over the role Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should – or should not – play in the fight...

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September 29, 2015

Government of the United States of America (USA) have on Monday said it will take the lead in the support of global efforts of youth towards the fight against violent extremism. Lisa Monaco, a US Home Land Security Advisor to the American President...

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September 27, 2015

Nearly a year ago, the Counter Extremism Project launched with a mission to combat radicalism online and in the real world. Now, they’re holding a high-profile event tied to the U.N. General Assembly — with the State Department, the White House...

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September 27, 2015

Egypt’s Dar al-Iftaa will present its experience in promoting dialogue of civilizations and countering extremism, at the Global Youth Summit Against Violent Extremism Monday, Adviser of Grand Mufti Ibrahim Negm stated. Some of Dar al-Iftaa’s efforts...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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