Eye on Extremism: July 28, 2025

The death toll from an attack on a Catholic church in eastern Congo by Islamic State-backed rebels has risen to 34, according to a civil society leader. "The bodies of the victims are still at the scene of the tragedy, and volunteers are preparing...

Extremist Content Online: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Releases Guide Praising June Boulder, Colorado Attack

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. In the last three weeks, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a guide on...

I was at 88 Legionów Street because, with the help of Dr. Thomas Kaplan and the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) — founded and led by my friend Ambassador Mark Wallace — I had helped to acquire the house. In doing so, our purpose was to turn this...

“Due to police raids, arrests, and convictions for violent actions in the past, (the neo-Nazi youth group) Deutsche Jugend Voran is in an existential crisis with a high turnover of membership," explains Alexander Ritzmann from the Counter Extremism...

Eye on Extremism: July 25, 2025

The Israeli government and President Trump’s Middle East envoy said on Thursday that they were recalling the teams that had been negotiating on a Gaza cease-fire with Hamas, perhaps imperiling the hope for the return of some of the last surviving...

Eye on Extremism: July 24, 2025

Israel brought its delegation home from Gaza ceasefire talks for consultations on Thursday after Hamas delivered a new response to a proposal for a truce and hostages deal. The Israeli Prime Minister's office thanked mediators for their efforts and...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "That is the end of people not being listened to, not the beginning. Violence like what we’ve seen in Epping and will see elsewhere should never be endorsed. But dismissing legitimate fears as bigotry and...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted by Funke Mediengruppe on Iran and the nuclear program.

CEP Senior Advisor, former UK Ambassador to Yemen and coordinator of the UN Security Council's sanctions monitoring team, Edmund Fitton-Brown appeared on "Times Radio Drive with John Pienaar" to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the loss...

Foreign Fighters in a New Syria: How the Uyghur TIP Might Shape the Future of Terrorism

This blog is the second entry in a four-part series about the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an al Qaeda (AQ)-affiliated, originally Uyghur Islamist terrorist group. While remaining an AQ-affiliate, TIP is also closely linked with Hayat Tahrir al...