Eye on Extremism: December 17, 2025

The surviving gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach terror attack at a Jewish community event was charged Wednesday with 59 offenses, including 15 charges of murder, as Australian authorities were investigating the two perpetrators’ links to the Islamic...

In an interview with ZDFheute live, extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler also sees this as a warning signal for Western security authorities.

Following the attack in Sydney, terrorism expert [CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler warns that the abstract threat of terrorism in Germany remains high: “We have IS and Al-Qaeda networks that continue to try to spread their narrative on...

Eye on Extremism: December 16, 2025

A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett said Tuesday. The suspects were a father...

Marius Müller-Hennig | CEP Webinar: From Caliphate to Prison – How Germany is Rehabilitating ISIS Returnees

Marius Müller-Hennig Advisor on Freedom, Law, and Internal Security, Analysis, Planning, and Consulting Department, Friedrich Ebert Foundation On December 16, 2025, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) hosted a webinar, "From Caliphate to Prison – How...

Torben Adams | CEP Webinar: From Caliphate to Prison – How Germany is Rehabilitating ISIS Returnees

Torben Adams Head of Division, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in Bremen, Germany On December 16, 2025, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) hosted a webinar, "From Caliphate to Prison – How Germany is Rehabilitating ISIS Returnees,"...

Sofia Koller | CEP Webinar: From Caliphate to Prison – How Germany is Rehabilitating ISIS Returnees

Sofia Koller Senior Research Analyst, CEP On December 16, 2025, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) hosted a webinar, "From Caliphate to Prison – How Germany is Rehabilitating ISIS Returnees," based on a report by CEP Germany Senior Research Analyst...

For terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, one thing is clear: anti-Semitism has long since followed its own rules. He told Nau.ch: "The rapid increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Europe, North America and Australia is closely linked to the...

"That a father and son would carry out such an attack is certainly a distinctive feature," says terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter Extremism Project, in an interview with the Munich-based newspaper Merkur, published by...

Hans-Jakob Schindler, Counter Extremism Project, talks to DW about reactions to the Bondi Beach attack.