Eye on Extremism: February 6, 2024

“It was a rule laid down shortly after Imran Khan was elected Pakistan's prime minister in July 2018. "I remember my father didn't vote for Imran Khan in the 2018 elections. My sister and I didn't talk to him for three months. We couldn't sit...

Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Telegram Channels Encourage Violence

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread their ideologies and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located posts on neo-Nazi accelerationist Telegram...

"Understanding Antisemitism" | CEP Senior Research Analyst Josh Lipowsky

On February 5, 2024, CEP Senior Research Analyst Josh Lipowsky led a course for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Penn State University entitled "Understanding Antisemitism." Antisemitism is at its highest levels in the United States in...

Eye on Extremism: February 5, 2024

“After carrying out dozens of strikes in Iraq and Syria last week, the U.S. will take "more action" against Iran-backed militants in response to a deadly drone attack on an American base in Jordan, the White House's national security adviser said...

CEP Senior Advisor Edmund Fitton-Brown quoted: "'They are generally more war-like, violent and cruel,' says Edmund Fitton-Brown, who was UK ambassador to Yemen from 2015-17. 'I encountered astonishing instances of brutality in Aden and Taiz. The...

Eye on Extremism: February 2, 2024

“A Manhattan jury on Thursday found an Upper East Side woman guilty of funding terrorism after she used cryptocurrency to send financial support to several groups operating in Syria. The woman, Victoria Jacobs, 44, was accused by the Manhattan...

"A Manhattan jury convicted Jacobs of three felony counts of providing support for an act of terrorism, as well as conspiracy, money laundering and criminal possession of a weapon. The NGO Counter Extremism Project lists Victoria Jacobs, aka Bakhrom...

Eye on Extremism: February 1, 2024

"The United States on Wednesday attributed the drone attack that killed three U.S. service members in Jordan to the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias, as President Joe Biden weighs his options to respond to the...

"Germany can only keep repeatedly raising this, Hans-Jakob Schindler, analyst for the Middle East at the nonprofit organization Counter Extremism Project, told DW. Israeli resettlement plans for the Gaza Strip, which two Israeli cabinet ministers...

CEP Managing Director Madeleine Joelson and CEP Managing Director Daniel Roth write: "The United Kingdom just banned Hizb-ut Tahrir (HT), an extremist Islamist group with affiliates in at least 32 countries, including the United States, that calls...