Email from Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Global News on Extremism and Terrorism Eye on Extremism April 16, 2025   Top Stories ARD: Police raid in Berlin - Suspected Hezbollah supporter arrested A suspected Hezbollah supporter has been arrested in a raid on an apartment in Berlin-Neukölln. The 29-year-old is said to have traveled to Lebanon in 2023 to be trained by the militia on firearms and weapons of war, according to the Berlin public prosecutor's office. The public prosecutor's office is investigating on suspicion of a serious criminal offense. "The aim of the training was to be able to carry out acts of violence such as murder, manslaughter, extortionate kidnapping and hostage-taking to destroy the state of Israel," it said. The training therefore took place in the first half of 2024. According to Büchner, there are indications that the accused was trained on anti-tank systems and a Kalashnikov machine gun. It is suspected that the man with German citizenship decided between November 2023 and May 2024 to take part in the conflict on the side of the Hezbollah militia following the terrorist attack on Israel by the Islamist Hamas on October 7, 2023, it said. Reuters: US military poised to slash troops in Syria, officials say The U.S. military is set to consolidate its presence in Syria over the coming weeks and months, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, in a move that could reduce the number of troops it has in the country by half. he U.S. military has about 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria across a number of bases, mostly in the northeast. The troops are working with local forces to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State, which in 2014 seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria but was later pushed back. One of the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that consolidation could reduce the number of troops in Syria to about 1,000. Another U.S. official confirmed the plan for a reduction, but said there was no certainty on numbers and was skeptical of a decrease of that scale at a time when President Donald Trump's administration has been negotiating with Iran and building up forces in the region. CounterPoint Blogs & Briefs Highlighting CEP-New Zealand Digital Violent Extremism Cooperation Guns, Drugs, and Swastikas: Europe’s Neo-Nazi Mafias CounterPoint Brief: The U.S.-Jordan Struggle to Extradite Hamas Member Ahlam al-Tamimi The Houthi Torture Industrial Complex CEP Mentions CapX: Islamist terrorism has taken on a new, insidious form CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy writes: While the official counter-terror lexicon of most states labels such outbursts as ‘Islamist terrorism’, what authorities usually mean by that is the jihadist violence of the likes of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS). Among the steady trickle of stabbings or vehicle-ramming attacks, there are indeed those either claimed by IS – such as the 2024 Solingen mass stabbings – or those attributed to IS by the perpetrator, such as the vehicle ramming in New Orleans which ushered in the New Year. There are also those where the mental health of the attacker does indeed seem the most pertinent factor. Audiatur Online: Radicalization through anti-Semitism – new study warns of systematic strategy of violence A new study by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) places anti-Semitism at the center of extremist violent mobilization – and calls for a radical rethink in how we deal with it. The study, titled "The Role of Antisemitism in the Mobilization to Violence by Extremist and Terrorist Actors," examines developments in France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, and the United States. Its central thesis: antisemitism is not a mere byproduct of extremist ideologies—it is a strategic tool for radicalization, recruitment, and the legitimization of violence. All ideological camps are affected: right-wing extremist, Islamist, left-wing extremist, and pro-Palestinian groups. The Bayerrischer Rundfunk: Imam from Nuremberg - Why deportations of Salafists often fail Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director, CEP is interviewed by The Bayerischer Rundfunk on the planned extradition of an Islamist preacher to Yemen. United States Times of Israel: In swift reversal, Witkoff says any nuclear deal must ‘eliminate’ Iran’s enrichment, weaponization White House special envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday that any agreement on Iran’s rogue nuclear weapons program would require the Islamic Republic to “stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weaponization program.” It was an about-face for Witkoff, who had indicated a day earlier, contrary to Israel’s position, that Washington would be satisfied with a cap on Iranian nuclear enrichment and would not require the dismantling of its nuclear facilities. “A deal with Iran will only be completed if it is a Trump deal,” Witkoff said in a statement from his office’s official X account. “Any final arrangement must set a framework for peace, stability, and prosperity in the Middle East — meaning that Iran must stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weaponization program.” MSNBC: A 'neo-Nazi' allegedly planned to kill Trump. Federal cuts could slow foiling similar plots. A newly unsealed affidavit from the FBI alleges that a Wisconsin teenager charged with killing his parents earlier this year also appears to be a white supremacist who plotted to set off a race war by assassinating President Donald Trump. The affidavit alleges 17-year-old Nikita Casap of Waukesha, Wisconsin, killed his parents in February to "obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary" to carry out his plan of killing the president. He hoped the assassination would cause the United States to collapse, an outcome he claimed was necessary to topple the “Jewish occupied” government and save the white race, according to a document the FBI referred to as Casap's "manifesto." Bloomberg: Georgetown Extends Qatar Contract Amid Trump Fight With Colleges Georgetown University is renewing its contract for its foreign services school in Qatar by a decade, extending an overseas partnership at a time when the Trump administration has frozen federal funding to other US colleges. The partnership with the Qatar Foundation now ends in 2035 and could later be expanded to additional programs, said Francisco Marmolejo, president of higher education at the government-backed foundation. Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Harvard defends its response to antisemitism in rejecting White House demands Harvard University was hit by a $2.2 billion federal funding freeze on Monday, hours after the school’s president announced they would not bend to a list of demands by the Trump administration that included expanding efforts to combat antisemitism on its campus. In a letter to the Harvard community, Harvard’s President Alan Garber lambasted the Trump administration’s demands, writing that the school has actively fought antisemitism on campus and the administration’s conditions infringed on the school’s First Amendment rights. NBC News: Some Jewish Americans wrestle with Trump's sweeping crusade against antisemitism In recent weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has pointed to the fight against antisemitism as one reason it is threatening to pull hundreds of millions in funding from Ivy League universities and attempting to deport international student activists who protested against Israel’s war in Gaza. In some instances, Jewish organizations have cheered what they view as Trump’s crackdown on the antisemitism that has swelled since the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks on Israel and the subsequent invasion of Gaza. But in many other cases, leading Jewish groups and advocates have expressed deep discomfort with what the government professes to do in the name of Jewish safety. ABC 7: Antisemitic graffiti found on Northwestern campus; school officials searching for suspects Antisemitic graffiti has been cleaned up on Northwestern's campus. It was reported about 4 a.m. Monday morning outside University Hall and Kresge Centennial Hall, which houses the school's Holocaust Educational Foundation in Evanston. The vandalism took place on the second day of Passover, which the university president says "makes it all the more despicable." Times of Israel: 10 leading US Jewish groups denounce Trump administration’s campus crackdown Ten US Jewish groups, including representatives from the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements, on Tuesday denounced the Trump administration’s crackdown on non-citizen activists and universities. The Jewish organizations said the federal actions threaten Jews’ safety, despite the administration’s claim that the effort is in response to antisemitism. Washington Post: No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found Days before masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk to deport her, the State Department determined that the Trump administration had not produced any evidence showing that she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization, as the government has alleged. The finding, contained in a March memo that was described to The Washington Post, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not have sufficient grounds for revoking Ozturk’s visa under an authority empowering the top U.S. diplomat to safeguard the foreign policy interests of the United States. Canada Algemeiner: Canada’s Conservative Leader Condemns Antisemitic Crime Surge, Says Visa Holders Who Break Law ‘Will Be Deported’ Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has announced plans to crack down on visitors to the country who promote hate against Jews, asserting that anyone in Canada on a visa who breaks the law will be deported. “We will bring in tougher laws to target vandalism, hate marches that break laws [and] violent attacks based on ethnicity and religion,” Poilievre said at a campaign event in Ottawa on Saturday. “Anyone who is here on a visitor visa who carries out law-breaking will be deported from this country.” Canada has criminalized hate speech, leveling a maximum punishment of two years imprisonment for anyone who engages in “communicating statements in any public place” which “incites hatred against any identifiable group where such incitement is likely to lead to a breach of the peace.” France The Independent: Multiple prisons in France hit by ‘co-ordinated’ attacks involving gunfire and arson Multiple prisons in France have been attacked, the country’s justice minister has said – with reports of gunfire and arson. France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s department is investigating the attacks alongside the national security agency, while local media reports claim the attacks were co-ordinated. Vehicles were set alight in prison car parks, according to Le Parisien, while a prison in the southern city of Toulon was fired at with an automatic weapon. “Attempts have been made to intimidate staff in several prisons, ranging from burning vehicles to firing automatic weapons,” Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed on social media platform X. The wave of attacks comes as lawmakers are poised to approve a sweeping new anti-drug trafficking law that would increase the powers of police investigating narcos and create a new prosecutors’ office for organised crime. Record cocaine imports from South America to Europe have increased drug violence in France, where cocaine seizures are at an all-time high. Germany Jüdische Allgemeine: "Fatwa": Islamic scholars call for jihad against Israel The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), founded in 2004, has called on all Muslims worldwide to wage jihad against Israel. In a "fatwa" entitled "The ongoing aggression against Gaza and the suspension of the ceasefire", the association calls for, among other things, the complete international isolation of Israel and the formation of a joint Islamic army as a first step. According to the text published at the end of March, the "Zionist entity" is carrying out a "systematic campaign of genocide against our brothers and sisters in Gaza". Israel is the aggressor in this conflict. The West, in particular the USA, is supplying it "with deadly bombs and devastating weapons", while "the Arab regimes are shamefully silent and many Islamic governments are committing treason". The German-Israeli Association (DIG) sharply criticized the IUMS call. The fatwa also has a direct impact on the security situation in Germany, the association explained in a press release. According to the DIG, the IUMS has a relationship with more than a thousand mosques in Germany. Politicians, and in particular the federal and state governments, must demand that the Islamic associations in Germany reject the fatwa as "un-Islamic" and condemn it in public. Yahoo! News: Afghans at risk of persecution by Taliban board plane for Germany A plane chartered by the German government took off from Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Wednesday carrying Afghans who have been granted admission to Germany. The passengers have all received a legally binding admission, a spokesman for the German Foreign Office said. The plane is expected to land in the eastern German city of Leipzig later on Wednesday. The passengers are then to be taken to a camp in central Germany before being distributed among the federal states two weeks later. Poland Daily Mail: The Nazi 'fashion house' where Jews were forced to make clothes for the rich... using fabric looted from murdered Holocaust victims At first glance, it looks much like any mid-20th century factory scene. Women seated at tables, hard at work making clothes. But it is their shell-shocked expressions that are the giveaway - signs that they are unwilling participants in one of the lesser-known horrors of the Second World War. As a new exhibition highlights, it was amidst the death and disease of the Lodz Ghetto in occupied Poland that Jewish men, women and children were forced to make clothes and luxury goods for the Nazi regime and Third Reich civilians. Romania Bloomberg: Romania’s Mainstream Gains Against Far-Right in Vote, Poll Shows Romanian’s ruling coalition could beat back a far-right surge in May’s presidential election as its candidate gains momentum, a poll showed. Crin Antonescu, who is backed by the three ruling parties, would lose to far-right party leader George Simion in the first-round on May 4, but secure an overall victory in a runoff two weeks later, according to a survey by AtlasIntel. United Kingdom Financial Times: Far-right activist Tommy Robinson loses appeal against prison sentence Tommy Robinson, founder of the far-right group English Defence League, has lost his appeal against an 18-month prison sentence for contempt of court. Three of England’s most senior judges, including the lady chief justice Baroness Sue Carr, dismissed a challenge Robinson brought against the sentence that he received last October. BBC: Farage clashes with teaching union over 'far right' claim A row has erupted between Nigel Farage and Britain's biggest teaching union after it branded Reform UK a "racist and far-right" party. National Education Union (NEU) members at their annual conference called for funds to be used to help campaign against Reform UK candidates. The NEU's general secretary, Daniel Kebede, claimed there were "an awful lot of racists who are getting involved in Reform". BBC: Prison unit emptied after Manchester bomber attack All prisoners held in the terrorism prison unit where Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi attacked guards have been moved, the BBC has been told. There were seven prisoners in the HMP Frankland separation centre at the time of Abedi's attack on Saturday, including the extremist preacher Anjem Choudary. The centre has now been emptied and is the subject of an ongoing counter-terrorism investigation into the attack, which saw Abedi throw hot oil at officers and stab them with improvised blades. Russia CBS News: 4 journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny convicted of extremism, sentenced to prison A Russian court on Tuesday convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced each to 5 1/2 years in prison. Antonina Favorskaya, Kostantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labeled as extremist. All four had maintained their innocence, arguing they were being prosecuted for doing their jobs as journalists. The closed-door trial was part of an unrelenting crackdown on dissent that has reached an unprecedented scale after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. Israel NBC News: Hamas has 'lost contact' with group holding American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander Fears are growing for Edan Alexander, the last living U.S. citizen held hostage in Gaza, after Hamas said it lost contact with the group holding him following Israeli strikes on the area it was based in. “We are still trying to reach them,” Abu Obeida, spokesman for Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, said in a statement Tuesday, adding that the group had come under “direct bombardment” from Israel. As of Wednesday morning, it was unclear whether that had changed. Times of Israel: Defense minister: Aid will enter Gaza only once civilian mechanism built to bypass Hamas Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that Israel has no intention of allowing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip until a “civilian” mechanism is established to bypass Hamas’s control of supplies. The minister was forced to clarify his position after his initial statement on the matter sparked uproar in the coalition for asserting that Israel would resume aid to the enclave through private firms, without clarifying that there was no immediate plan to do so. Associated Press: Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely Israel’s defense minister said Wednesday that troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, remarks that could further complicate talks with Hamas over a ceasefire and hostage release. Israeli strikes across Gaza meanwhile killed another 22 people, according to local health officials, including a girl who was not yet a year old. The girl’s mother, who was wounded, embraced her daughter, still wearing a bloodied blue dress, before she was taken for burial. Washington Post: Hamas seeks to silence Gazans who criticize it over war with Israel The move by Hamas in recent weeks to try to stop a wave of protests against it in Gaza reflects the group’s determination to continue silencing dissent even as the war with Israel has left the militants badly weakened. The demonstrations, which broke out in late March, represented the boldest challenge to Hamas in years and underscored the desperation among Palestinians in Gaza to end the war. The protests have now largely petered out, with Gazans attributing the decline to Hamas pressure and the preoccupation of the enclave’s besieged residents with searching for food and fleeing Israeli strikes and evacuation orders. New York Times: ‘Now You’re Dead’: Freed Hostage Recounts Captivity in Gaza Hamas gunmen picked the female hostage out from a cluster of captives in an apartment in Gaza. They threatened her with a pistol and led her away into a separate room. Then they commanded Keith Siegel to follow. It had been about a month since Mr. Siegel, the woman and roughly 250 others were kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, during the Hamas-led attack that set off the war with Israel. The conditions of their captivity in Gaza were unbearable, Mr. Siegel said. Meals were intermittent. Water was scarce. And any failure to follow their captors’ instructions risked violent retribution. Jordan New Arab: Jordan foils Muslim Brotherhood plot to stage attacks in kingdom Jordan said on Tuesday it had arrested 16 people linked to the Muslim Brotherhood who were trained and financed in Lebanon and had plotted attacks on targets inside the kingdom involving rockets and drones. Authorities said at least one rocket was ready to be launched as part of an operation that had been under surveillance by security forces since 2021. A security source said the suspects were connected to the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's largest opposition group, while the head of the cell who trained some of its members was based in Lebanon. Lebanon Financial Times: How Hizbollah moved into the rubble business in Beirut The Dahiyeh Union works under the purview of Hizbollah’s political leadership, according to Mohanad Hage Ali, deputy director of research at the Carnegie Center in Beirut. Hizbollah’s health institution finances and jointly runs the union’s civil defence centre and jointly operates its food and health inspection unit, according to the union’s website. Hizbollah’s opponents worry that giving a role in the reconstruction process to the Iran-backed Shia group could allow it to retain political leverage and channel government funds to its base following its worst ever defeat last year. Hizbollah’s role in reconstruction following its previous 2006 war with Israel was vital to helping it shore up its power. CNN: Lebanon’s president says he seeks to disarm Hezbollah this year Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said he hopes Iran-backed Hezbollah can be disarmed this year, following an Israeli military campaign that left the group decapitated and significantly weakened. “We hope that Hezbollah’s weapons will be withdrawn or that their possession will be restricted to the state in 2025, and this is what I am striving for,” the United States-backed president said during an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed published on Tuesday. Israel Hayom: Hundreds of Hezbollah commanders flee Lebanon for South America Approximately 400 Hezbollah field commanders are slated to leave Lebanon for various South American countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, according to a report on Wednesday by a Latin American diplomatic source to the Saudi news outlet Al Hadath. The report comes amid growing discourse in Lebanon surrounding the possible disarmament of the Shiite terrorist organization, following its defeat in the war with Israel. According to the source, 200 commanders have already reached South America, with the rest expected to depart Lebanon in due course. Times of Israel: IDF: Two Hezbollah members killed in southern Lebanon drone strikes Two Hezbollah members were killed in separate Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, the military said. The first strike, in southern Lebanon’s Qantara, some seven kilometers from the Israeli border, eliminated a member of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force, the Israel Defense Forces said. The second strike targeted another operative in the town of Hanine, some five kilometers from the border. New Arab: Lebanon pledges full cooperation with Jordan on foiled sabotage plot A day after Jordan announced it had foiled several sabotage plots targeting national security and claimed that some of the suspects had received training in Lebanon, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun held a phone call with King Abdullah II to discuss the investigation into a suspected missile-manufacturing cell uncovered on Jordanian soil. According to a statement from Lebanon's presidency on Wednesday, Aoun expressed his full readiness to cooperate and coordinate with Jordan, and instructed Justice Minister Adel Nassar to liaise with his Jordanian counterpart. The aim, the statement said, is to facilitate information-sharing between the two countries’ security and judicial agencies. New Arab: Qatar's emir pledges support for Lebanon in meeting with President Aoun Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has expressed his country's readiness to provide Lebanon with essential support across key sectors, including electricity and energy, during official talks held on Wednesday with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Doha. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations and regional developments in a meeting at the Amiri Diwan, according to a statement from the Qatari royal court. Syria Middle East Monitor: Syria leader Jolani privately promised to normalise ties with Israel by 2026, ex-UK diplomat says Former British diplomat, Craig Murray, has claimed that Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, previously known as Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani, has privately assured the UK that Syria will normalise ties with Israel, formally recognising the occupation state, and exchange ambassadors by the end of 2026. “The move by the Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) militant group leader Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani is aimed at attracting substantial Western financial support and the lifting of sanctions on Syria,” Murray explained. Afghanistan Geo News: Taliban govt has expressed willingness for return of Afghan migrants from Pakistan, says diplomat Afghan Consul General Mohibullah Shakir has acknowledged Pakistan's four-decade-long support for Afghan refugees, saying that the Taliban-led government is prepared to facilitate the return of its nationals. Speaking to journalists in Peshawar, he noted that a special commission has been formed by the Afghan authorities to oversee the repatriation process. Khyber News: Ahmad Massoud Declares Growing Afghan Resistance Against Taliban Rule The spirit of Afghan Resistance is growing stronger, says Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front. He revealed that more and more Afghans are sending him messages. These citizens are ready to support the struggle against Taliban rule. Massoud spoke during an online event on Monday. The ceremony marked two years since the deaths of key fighters from the Afghanistan Freedom Front. These men were killed in April 2023 during a Taliban assault in the Salang district of Parwan province. Massoud honored their sacrifice and used the occasion to highlight the growing momentum of the Afghan Resistance. Amu: Khalilzad says Pakistan might be using migrant expulsions to infiltrate ISIS into Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US special envoy for Afghanistan, has said that he is concerned that Pakistan might be using the expulsion of Afghan refugees as a cover to infiltrate ISIS (Daesh) fighters into Afghanistan. In a post on X on Wednesday, April 16, Khalilzad said: “Knowledgeable people tell me that they are concerned that the Pakistan establishment might well be using the expulsion of Afghan refugees as a cover to send ISIS terrorists to Afghanistan. I share this concern.” His remarks come as Pakistan continues the second phase of its campaign to deport Afghan nationals, a move that has drawn condemnation from international rights groups and humanitarian organizations. The International Committee of the Red Cross recently warned that forced deportations could destabilize Afghanistan’s already fragile social and economic fabric. Iran Times of Israel: Iran insists military capabilities and proxy groups are ‘red lines’ in talks with US Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Tuesday the country’s military capabilities were off limits, ahead of a second round of talks with the United States on its nuclear program. “National security and defense and military power are among the red lines of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which cannot be discussed or negotiated under any circumstances,” Guards spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini said, quoted by state broadcaster IRIB. Iran and the United States will hold another round of talks on Saturday, a week after top officials met in the Omani capital for the highest-level discussions since the 2015 nuclear deal collapsed. Report News Agency: Iran summons Argentina’s chargé d’affaires to deliver strong protest Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Argentine charge d’affaires in Tehran to deliver a strong protest against recent allegations by Argentina’s judiciary against Iranian officials, Report informs via Mehr News Agency. The Chargé d’affaires of Argentina in Tehran was summoned by Issa Kameli, Director General for the Americas at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Chargé d’affaires was delivered the Islamic Republic of Iran’s official note of strong protest. Pakistan Afghanistan International: Pakistan Victim Of Terrorism It Once Fostered In Afghanistan, Says Indian FM Idia’s Minister of External Affairs, S. Jaishankar, on Tuesday accused Pakistan of playing a “double game” with both the Taliban and the former Afghan government — a strategy he said has ultimately backfired following the withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan. Speaking at Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Jaishankar asserted that Islamabad had long supported terrorism in the region, only to fall prey to the very extremist networks it once cultivated. Agence France-Presse: ISIS Takes Blame For Pakistan Bomb Blast Killing Three Policemen The ISIS group has claimed a bomb explosion targeting police in Pakistan's turbulent southwest that killed three policemen and wounded more than a dozen. A bomb planted on a parked motorcycle on Tuesday targeted a passing bus carrying 40 policemen in Mastung city of impoverished Balochistan province, where security forces have been battling sectarian, ethnic and separatist violence for decades. Associated Press: Roadside bomb kills 3 in southwest Pakistan as 2 polio workers are abducted in the northwest A powerful roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying security personnel in Pakistan’s restive southwest on Tuesday, killing three officers and wounding 18 others, officials said. Separately, gunmen also abducted two polio workers in the northwest. Taiwan Focus Taiwan: Taiwan denounces citizen who wore Nazi symbols in political stunt Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Wednesday denounced a political activist for wearing a Nazi armband and giving a Nazi salute in public, saying that Nazi-related symbols and flags are "detested" in Taiwan. "Nazi-related symbols and flags are detested and spurned by most countries, including Taiwan," MOFA said in a statement, noting that Nazi ideology and actions led to the "historical tragedies of mass murder and genocide."   The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is a nonprofit and non-partisan international policy organization working to combat the growing threat posed by extremist ideologies. CEP depends on the generosity of its supporters. If you value what we do, please consider making a donation. DONATE Were you forwarded this email? Subscribe for yourself here. 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