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Two CEP reports, Qatar: Extremism and Counter-Extremism and Qatar, Money and Terror: Doha’s Dangerous Policies , reveal the extent to which Qatar shelters and finances extremists and terrorists, undermining regional and international security. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, and the Maldives severed diplomatic and commercial ties with Qatar as a result of that country’s support for extremism and terrorism.

CEP issued a statement condemning the terror attack on London Bridge and at the nearby Borough Market that claimed the lives of seven people and wounded dozens more, and applauded Prime Minister May’s call for a crackdown on extremist ideology that is freely being espoused on the Internet and social media platforms.

CEP released a new resource on the Iraqi Islamic Party, founded as a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and the largest Sunni Islamist party in the country. The IIP is perceived as a sectarian party and has been accused of nurturing the wave of sectarian violence that swept the country in the mid-2000s . In 2012, the IIP congratulated the Egyptian Brotherhood on its rise to power, calling that group “our brothers in Egypt.”

CEP Senior Advisor and Dartmouth College Computer Science Professor Dr. Hany Farid, the world’s leading authority on digital forensics and hashing technology, was interviewed by Scientific American , The Verge , and On the Media, regarding the failure of tech companies to control the proliferation of radicalizing extremist propaganda on their platforms.

The suicide attack that claimed the lives of at least 22 people outside the Manchester Arena on May 22 fits a pattern of terrorists targeting crowded areas to maximize civilian casualties, CEP said, in releasing updated reports on terror targets and extremism and counter-extremism in the United Kingdom.

CEP released a statement of strong condemnation following the apparent terror attack in Manchester, England that claimed the lives of at least 19 people.

On May 22, 2013, British soldier Lee Rigby was rammed with a car and then brutally hacked to death. Four years later, CEP has found that the plague of online radicalization and vehicle attacks still haunt the U.K., prompting lawmakers in a May 1 report to say that stiff fines should be imposed on tech firms for refusing to remove illegal and dangerous online content.

CEP released a new report that traces the rise of Sudan’s National Congress Party and longtime President Omar Hassan al-Bashir , who was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court in 2008. The NCP has hosted Osama bin Laden and other terrorists and carried out genocidal violence against the country’s non-Muslims.

Regardless of the outcome of the Iranian presidential election May 19, total political and military power will continue to rest in the hands of Iran’s supreme leader, due to a system of rules established 38 years ago by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. CEP's report, Khomeinism , illuminates the many ways in which the Khomeini doctrine continues to dominate Iranian society.

CEP released 10 new reports on extremism and counter-extremism efforts, expanding to 38 the number of countries profiled in conjunction with an interactive map tool that pinpoints the geographic scope and impact of extremist and terrorist groups.