Eye on Extremism: May 21, 2025

At least three children were among five people killed when a suicide bomber struck an army school bus in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, the military said on Wednesday, in an attack Pakistan blamed on Indian proxies. Around 40 students were...

CEP Senior Advisor Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown writes: "I worked at the United Nations in New York for five years as a co-ordinator for counterterrorism. I cherish those years at the UN, an organisation capable of doing great things for the world...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed about the arrest of a right-wing extremist terror cell in Germany.

Six Years Without Trial: Germany Must Act on its ISIS-Affiliated Male Detainees in Syria

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today released a landmark report exposing the precarious situation as a result of the detention of at least 28 German men and boys allegedly affiliated to ISIS—in overcrowded and legally ambiguous facilities in the...

Eye on Extremism: May 20, 2025

People accused of helping the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) should face the “full weight of the law” under a planned crackdown, a government adviser has said. The Home Office will this week publish a report by Jonathan Hall, the Government...

CEP Condemns Continued Availability of Ye Song “Heil Hitler” on X

(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) condemns the ongoing availability of the Ye (the artist formerly known as Kanye West) song “Heil Hitler” on X and calls on the platform to remove the video. As of May 20, the song has garnered...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed on the start of a trial against Russian saboteurs in Munich. “Three suspected Russian spies are on trial before the Munich Higher Regional Court. They are accused of spying on military...

House 88 is the former residence of the Commandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Höss recently acquired by the Counter Extremism Project supported by The Fund to End Antisemitism, Extremism, and Hate. It has been converted from a house of horror to ARCHER –...

Eye on Extremism: May 19, 2025

Top leaders of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched their Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel aiming to torpedo peace negotiations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, according to minutes of a high-level meeting in Gaza that Israel’s military said it...

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Online Group Encourages Acquiring Firearms at Shooting Ranges, Extreme Right Telegram Channels Note Recent Ye Song As Example of Effective Propaganda

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers found a guide released online by a pro-ISIS group that...