Fact:
On January 23, 2019, two car bombs exploded outside of a mosque in Benghazi, Libya, killing 41 people and injuring 80 others. No group claimed responsibility for the blast, but remnants suggested an ISIS affiliate was responsible.
Press Releases
Press Release
June 19, 2017
Under Pressure From EU Regulators, Facebook Explains How It Will Tackle Extremist Content
CEP issued a statement in response to Facebook’s published blog pledging to develop new technology to root out extremists on its platform. While commending the objective, CEP noted that Facebook's messages were vague, lacking in terms of specifics...
Press Release
June 15, 2017
A Decade of Hamas, the Terrorist Regime Enabled by Qatar’s Deep Pockets
CEP called on Qatar to cease its financial and political support for the terror group Hamas, whose mismanagement, corruption, and neglect has brought crushing poverty to the people of Gaza in the 10 years since it violently took control of the...
Press Release
June 13, 2017
Sermons by Jibril, Haleema, Awlaki Remain Pervasive and Accessible on YouTube
Khuram Shazed Butt—the leader of London Bridge attackers—was reportedly radicalized and driven to violence in part by watching online lectures from extremist clerics. CEP reiterated that social media companies like YouTube still are not doing enough...
Press Release
June 9, 2017
Who Are the Terrorists in Qatar?
Qatar’s Continued Hosting and Supporting Extremists and Terrorists (New York) – Certain senior Hamas leaders were reportedly asked to leave Qatar. If true, Qatar should be commended for finally taking action to expel known extremist actors...
Press Release
June 8, 2017
One Year After Orlando Massacre: Radicalizing Influence of ISIS Continues
CEP's new resource, Orlando Nightclub Attack, clearly shows that one year after an American ISIS follower Omar Mateen carried out the deadliest gun attack on American soil in killing 49 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, the power...
Press Release
June 7, 2017
ICYMI: Dr. Hany Farid Discusses eGLYPH Technology for Detecting Extremist Content Online
CEP Senior Advisor and Dartmouth College Computer Science Professor Dr. Hany Farid was interviewed on June 5 by CNN’s Jake Tapper about the eGLYPH technology and the reluctance of Internet and social media companies to utilize it. In an editorial in...
Press Release
June 6, 2017
Will Qatar Ever Expel Terror Leaders?
CEP launched its HARBORS Campaign: Qatar, today, an effort to convince the country to arrest, expel, and end its financial and material support to 12 sanction-designated or wanted individuals. Prior to Gulf state neighbors announcing the severing of...
Press Release
June 5, 2017
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Others Cut Diplomatic Ties with Qatar
Two CEP reports, Qatar: Extremism and Counter-Extremism and Qatar, Money and Terror: Doha’s Dangerous Policies , reveal the extent to which Qatar shelters and finances extremists and terrorists, undermining regional and international security. Saudi...
Press Release
June 4, 2017
CEP Applauds Prime Minister May’s Call to Action Against Ideology of Islamic Extremism and its "Safe Space" Online
CEP issued a statement condemning the terror attack on London Bridge and at the nearby Borough Market that claimed the lives of seven people and wounded dozens more, and applauded Prime Minister May’s call for a crackdown on extremist ideology that...
Press Release
June 1, 2017
Who Speaks for Iraqi Sunni Arabs?
CEP released a new resource on the Iraqi Islamic Party, founded as a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and the largest Sunni Islamist party in the country. The IIP is perceived as a sectarian party and has been accused of nurturing the wave of...
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