On Monday, the Global Youth Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) summit in New York found an unusual speaker. Yousef Assidiq, a former recruiter for Norway's radical outfit, Prophet's Ummah, shared stage with youths from various countries and spoke on how...

The US will use all means necessary to defeat ISIS, President Barack Obama said Tuesday. Obama led a UN gathering of representatives from 100 countries, dedicated to combating the Islamic State terrorist organization. While the special anti-ISIS...

Abdul Qayyum Jumadi, a 24-year-old Malaysian, said young people had a valuable role to play in helping affected countries counter IS’s ideology. Abdul was one of two Malaysians and two Indonesians who attended a Global Youth Summit Against Violent...

President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin dueled at the United Nations this week over how best to defeat the Islamic State. Much of their debate was over the role Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should – or should not – play in the fight...

Government of the United States of America (USA) have on Monday said it will take the lead in the support of global efforts of youth towards the fight against violent extremism. Lisa Monaco, a US Home Land Security Advisor to the American President...

Nearly a year ago, the Counter Extremism Project launched with a mission to combat radicalism online and in the real world. Now, they’re holding a high-profile event tied to the U.N. General Assembly — with the State Department, the White House...

Egypt’s Dar al-Iftaa will present its experience in promoting dialogue of civilizations and countering extremism, at the Global Youth Summit Against Violent Extremism Monday, Adviser of Grand Mufti Ibrahim Negm stated. Some of Dar al-Iftaa’s efforts...

Microsoft Corp. & Facebook to Lead Tech Discussion at Global Youth Summit Against Violent Extremism

Counter Extremism Project to Co-Host Event Featuring Youth Activists from Around the World on September 28 in New York City (New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) announced today that the leading platform and productivity company...

Yousef Bartho Assidiq was on the path toward terrorism, part of a group whose members discussed beheadings and mass attacks. Now he tries to stop other youths from getting radicalized in his native Norway. Assidiq’s story of conversion to Islam and...

National security hawks pressing social media companies to help the U.S. government's online fight against the Islamic State are adopting a new strategy: single out Twitter as the most uncooperative. That message will be on display next week in New...