CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy writes: While the official counter-terror lexicon of most states labels such outbursts as ‘Islamist terrorism’, what authorities usually mean by that is the jihadist violence of the likes of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State...

Eye on Extremism: April 16, 2025

A suspected Hezbollah supporter has been arrested in a raid on an apartment in Berlin-Neukölln. The 29-year-old is said to have traveled to Lebanon in 2023 to be trained by the militia on firearms and weapons of war, according to the Berlin public...

The soldier's social media activity also includes participation in Nazi-era WWII reenactments, according to public posts reviewed by experts consulted by The Guardian. "The TikTok account affiliated with the group includes a clear statement...

Eye on Extremism: April 15, 2025

Hamas is said to have rejected an Israeli proposal for a six-week ceasefire in Gaza which called for the armed group to give up its weapons. A senior Palestinian official familiar with the talks said the plan gave no commitment to end the war or for...

The Houthi Propaganda Machine Meets Reality

Over nearly a decade, the Houthis have strengthened their grip on Yemen’s economy, built a ruthless and efficient security apparatus, acquired and deployed advanced weaponry, and indoctrinated around 20 million people living under their control...

Hashem Abedi, 28, inflicted "life-threatening" injuries on the officers at HMP Frankland in County Durham on Saturday. He is being held at the jail for his role in the deadly bombings eight years ago and his latest attack has outraged many, including...

Extremist Content Online: CEP Continues to Find Content Glorifying White Supremacist Mass Shooters on TikTok, ISIS Propaganda on Instagram

he 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 eight accounts on TikTok that glorified white...

New CEP Report Exposes Strategic Use of Antisemitism in Extremist Violence Across Five Nations

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released a groundbreaking research and policy report titled The Role of Antisemitism in the Mobilization to Violence by Extremist and Terrorist Actors, commissioned by the German Federal Foreign Office. CEP Senior...

The threat of violence has never been far away from crowded jails but the problem is now endemic. The rehabilitation of offenders cannot happen within an unstable system. As the former prison governor Ian Acheson says: “Broken staff cannot help fix...

Ian Acheson, a former prison governor who carried out a review of Islamist extremism in jails in 2016, described Hashem Abedi, 28, as the second most dangerous prisoner in the UK after the serial killer Robert Maudsley.