Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
News
Thought puzzle for liberals: Does calling ISIS “homophobic” qualify as “Islamophobia?” Seems that way given the scant media attention to the group’s murderous persecution of gays since they rose to power. But a little-noticed report issued this month...
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The suspect in the mass shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida, has been named by officials as 29-year-old American citizen, Omar Mateen. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) issued a statement on 12 June in response to the deadly Sunday...
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Tara Maller of the Counter Extremism Project joined MSNBC's Brian Williams to provide updates on the shooting at the Orlando nightclub, and explained how the United States might prevent future mass shootings.
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Fifty people were killed and 53 injured when 29-year-old U.S. citizen Omar Mateen opened fire inside gay night club Pulse, in Orlando, Florida. Gary Adshead spoke to Marielle Harris from the Counter Extremism Project about whether this attack was...
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This article about the killing of 49 people at an Orlando, Florida, gay nightclub quotes heavly from CEP's research report, "ISIS's Persecution of the Gay Community."
Press Release
CEP released new resources documenting the formation, structure and tactics of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), and its mysterious, Indian-born emir, Asim Omar. AQIS is al-Qaeda's fifth official chapter.
Press Release
CEP today released the report, ISIS's Persecution of the Gay Community, an in-depth exploration of ISIS's brutal and sadistic execution of gay men in areas under its control in Iraq and Syria.
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CEP Spokesperson and Senior Policy Advisor Tara Maller offered expert analysis of both the military and civilian dimensions of the continuing battle for Fallujah, a city in the majority Sunni area of western Iraq that has been held by ISIS for...
Videos
CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller Speaks with Shepard Smith About Fallujah and ISIS online on Fox News.
Press Release
CEP today released the report, European Responses to Terror, a detailed examination of European government policy responses to acts of political and religious violence from the end of World War II to the present.
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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