CEP Releases Resources on Extremism in France and Belgium Following ISIS Terror Attacks

(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing updated resources on terrorism and counterterrorism in France and Belgium following the November 13 attacks that took the lives of at least 129 people and wounded more than 350. A...

The fight against Islamic radicalisation and terrorism will take a generation to resolve, a Brussels policy briefing organised by the Counter Extremism Project Europe (CEP Europe) has heard. The meeting, which comes in the wake of the deadly Paris...

The fight against Islamic radicalisation and terrorism will take a generation to resolve, a Brussels policy briefing organised by the Counter Extremism Project Europe (CEP Europe) has heard. The meeting, which comes in the wake of the deadly Paris...

Islamic State sympathizers using social media to spread propaganda and recruit fighters are now drawing an increasing amount of return fire from activists who have been knocking some sites offline and infiltrating others.

CEP Condemns Attacks Across Paris

The Counter Extremism Project condemned the brutal murders in Paris and called on world leaders to make the creation of a unified plan of action to defeat ISIS a priority at the upcoming G20 Summit in Turkey.

Last year, the State Department put Benghalem on a list of “specially designated global terrorists,” a kind of most-wanted sheet that raises a terrorist’s profile and allows to government to block any property or assets he might have in areas subject...

The Kids are All Right

In its very brief existence, and owing to a vast, sophisticated social media marketing apparatus, ISIS has succeeded in attracting fighters from far corners of the earth. There are at least 43,000 active pro-ISIS Twitter accounts operating today...

CEP Profiles Key ISIS Recruiters, Propagandists, and Inciters to Violence Operating on Twitter

CEP released profiles of 48 key ISIS recruiters, propagandists and inciters to violence on Twitter. “The hijacking and weaponization of social media platforms by extremist groups to radicalize, recruit, and plan violent attacks against innocent...

The CEO of a non-profit group whose mission is “to combat the growing threat from extremist ideology,” testified before a House committee last week that a “designated global terrorist” who is on the UN Security Council sanctions list used Twitter to...

The threat of extremism in the Middle East constantly evolves and adapts to prevailing conditions. In recent years, extremist groups such as ISIL have embraced social media platforms as a way to disseminate their propaganda and recruit new fighters...