"Ian Acheson, a senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project, a think tank, said the eight organisations were not breaking any British laws as the UK had not proscribed the Muslim Brotherhood even though it is banned in some countries including Syria and Austria."

"The newsletter bulletin, obtained by the Counter Extremism Project, a terrorism watchdog, appeared to mock the American news media for “holding its breath” while waiting for ISIS to claim the attack...

“Unlike other attacks in the past, where ISIS has released a claim of responsibility for the attack, in this case, the group has stated that the attacker was inspired by ISIS propaganda messaging but does not claim they had a direct relationship,” said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher at the Counter Extremism Project.

The ISIS statement’s emphasis on the importance of people who translate and share ISIS content, Mr. Fisher-Birch said, “speaks to the efforts to continue the spread of the group’s official messaging and unofficial propaganda efforts made by supporters.”"

"A translation of ISIS’s Al-Naba newsletter provided by the Counter Extremism Project shows ISIS wrote a wide-ranging piece on the attack. The piece said Jabbar had been influenced by its discourse and propaganda, noting the costs of the attack were negligible.

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"ISIS's al-Naba statement confirmed that the terrorist group's propaganda helped inspire the New Year's Eve attacker and noted the significance of his claim of allegiance to the organization,” said Joshua Fisher-Birch, researcher at the Counter Extremism Project.

Fisher-Birch added that ISIS emphasized its propaganda network and encouraged other attacks on public events, part of a pattern of content encouraging lone-actor attacks."

"The Counter Extremism Project, pointed out that The Base is “influenced by the race war called for in the book Siege by neo-Nazi James Mason.” The group claims it trains it members for a ‘hypothetical time in the future when law & order breaks down to such an extreme degree … that the authorities are unable or unwilling to restore it’” (https://www.counterextremism.com/supremacy/base)."

"The group emerged in England in 1987 from the skinhead music scene, according to The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a non-profit policy organisation working to combat extremist ideologies.

Founded by Ian Stuart Donaldson, who died in a 1993 car crash, it has since spread across Europe, Russia, Australia, and North America, the CEP noted."

“Britain on Wednesday froze the assets of international neo-Nazi group Blood and Honour, the first use of the UK's counter-terrorism sanctions to target a far-right entity. The finance ministry said it had "reasonable grounds" to suspect that Blood and Honour was "promoting and encouraging terrorism, seeking to recruit people for that purpose and making funds available" for terror activities… The group emerged in England in 1987 from the skinhead music scene, according to The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a non-profit policy organisation working to combat extremist ideologies. Founded by Ian Stuart Donaldson, who died in a 1993 car crash, it has since spread across Europe, Russia, Australia, and North America, the CEP noted.”
 

“... Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project also sees a growing danger from IS terror for Europe and Germany . However, a special fund alone will not provide a solution, Schindler warned in an interview with the Münchner Merkur . "Money alone is not a solution. The legal basis must first be created, only then can the money from a special fund be used effectively," said Schindler. Above all, the online powers of the security authorities need to be modernized, says the expert: "This involves data retention, IP data storage independent of the reason and, above all, the evaluation of mass data from social media using AI."”

"Don Mihalek, Retired Sr. Secret Service agent and Hans-Jakob Schindler, Sr. Director at the Counter Extremism Project break down the impact of the New Orleans terror attack on U.S. security -especially in Washington, D.C."

"Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project also sees a growing danger from IS terror for Europe and Germany . However, a special fund alone will not provide a solution, Schindler warned in an interview with the Münchner Merkur . "Money alone is not a solution. The legal basis must first be created, only then can the money from a special fund be used effectively," said Schindler.”"

"From Hans-Jakob Schindler's point of view, the fact that Hamas decided to publish Liri Albag's video in such a sensitive situation can be explained primarily by negotiating tactics. "With such videos of the hostages, Hamas always aims to put pressure on the Israeli government through their families and the public in order to persuade it to make concessions in the negotiations," says the senior director of the international Counter Extremism Project.”