Email from Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Hamas Victims’ Families Sue Binance, Accusing It of Aiding Terrorism Eye on Extremism November 25, 2025  NOTE: Eye on Extremism media monitoring will be suspended from Wednesday, November 26, through Friday, November 28, in observance of Thanksgiving. It will resume Monday, December 1.  Top Stories Washington Post: Trump designates chapters of Muslim Brotherhood ‘foreign terrorist organizations’ President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that begins the process of designating certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood “as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.” The Muslim Brotherhood is a Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt in 1928 that achieved political power in the nation briefly in 2012 before the Muslim Brotherhood-aligned Egyptian government was overthrown in a 2013 coup. New York Times: Hamas Victims’ Families Sue Binance, Accusing It of Aiding Terrorism The families of 300 U.S. citizens hurt or killed in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel sued Binance, claiming the cryptocurrency exchange aided Hamas and other terrorist groups by transferring more than $1 billion among accounts they controlled. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in North Dakota on Monday, comes about a month after President Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, Binance’s founder, who was convicted of money laundering in 2023.  The Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization (ARCHER) at House 88 will confront not just the consequences of extremism but the quiet, everyday mechanisms that allow people to rationalize, normalize, and ultimately encourage it. Through education, research, advocacy, and art, ARCHER at House 88 seeks to inspire intervention over apathy. Learn more at archer.counterextremism.com. Support the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and ARCHER by donating today. DONATE CEP Mentions Welt: Terror suspect arrested in London - Man has connections to Hamas leadership CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses Hamas’s presence in Europe, for segment on the recent arrest in London of a suspect with alleged ties to Hamas leadership. TV4: Increased Security at Christmas Markets in Germany CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed regarding the threat to Christmas markets in Germany and ideological motivations for such terrorist attacks on soft targets. Lagebild Media: We need to improve the legal and technical capabilities of our security agencies. Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), "From Russia's hybrid warfare to organized crime, violent extremism, and terrorism, new technologies such as social media, messenger services, and AI tools now play a central role. This mass data environment can no longer be effectively investigated using the existing legal and technical powers and capabilities of the security authorities. Therefore, in addition to legally binding cooperation between platforms, we need a reform of the legal basis of the security authorities, which allows them to use AI-based tools to effectively and promptly detect and investigate such activities." Analysis National Review: Trump’s Terrorist Designation of Muslim Brotherhood Sends Right Message The Trump administration has announced a plan to designate various subdivisions of the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists, moves that enable our government to take criminal enforcement actions and seize assets. While it’s not a sweeping designation of the Brotherhood itself, which would be legally and diplomatically fraught, the announcement is a welcome development that conveys the right message about the organization. The Guardian: The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’ In the summer of 2023, I arrived in Dharamshala, an Indian town celebrated as the home of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader. The place hadn’t changed much since my last visit almost two decades ago. The roads were still a patchwork of uneven asphalt and dirt, and Tibetan monks in maroon robes filled the streets. Despite the relentless hum of traffic, Dharamshala had a rare stillness. The hills seemed to absorb the noise. Prayer flags flickered in the breeze, each rustle a reminder of something enduring. But beneath the surface, the Buddhism practised across Asia has shifted. While still widely followed as a peaceful, nonviolent philosophy, it has been weaponised, in some quarters, in the service of nationalism, and in support of governments embracing a global trend toward majoritarianism and autocracy. Times of Israel: Hezbollah’s Drug Empire in South America Operation Trident had exposed a Hezbollah terror cell, rooted in the chaotic Tri-Border Zone where Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay collide. The safe house, wired with secure comms, concealed a darker truth: operatives, some coerced by threats to families in Lebanon, had laundered $2 million in cocaine profits, funneling funds to Hezbollah’s war machine in Lebanon. One, a weathered Lebanese diaspora member with a faded Hezbollah tattoo, had boasted about “striking fear into Israel.” This bust unveiled Hezbollah’s dual grip on South America: a terrorist group driven by anti-Israel zeal, thriving as a sophisticated crime syndicate resembling a cartel, tearing at the region’s communities. United States Independent: Florida man discussed livestreaming neo-Nazi terror attack before being busted by the feds, authorities say A 20-year-old Florida man using the online handle “Devilwaffen999” discussed the idea of torturing non-white children, sexually assaulting a man with an electrified baton, and provided bomb-making instructions to associates in a neo-Nazi group chat that the members didn’t realize was under surveillance by the feds, according to court filings reviewed by The Independent. The Guardian: Anti-fascist groups named as US terror threats ‘barely exist’, experts say Experts have told the Guardian the same anti-fascist groups the US state department recently named as foreign terrorist organizations and accused of “conspiring to undermine foundations of western civilization” barely qualify as groups, let alone terrorist organizations, and pose no active threat to Americans. Long War Journal: US offers $10 million reward for leader of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program has offered a $10 million bounty for Osama Mehmood, the leader of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), and a $5 million reward for his deputy, Atif Yahya Ghouri. AQIS, which is based in Afghanistan with the support and approval of the Taliban, is a key Al Qaeda branch that facilitates the operations of the jihadist group’s central leadership and coordinates its operations in South and Central Asia, including in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, India, and Pakistan. Germany Reuters: German family-business association lifts ban on contacts with far-right AfD Germany’s association of family-owned companies has lifted its ban on contacts with AfD lawmakers, signalling the far-right party’s growing acceptability in parts of the business community as it climbs in the polls. Just two years ago, prominent business leaders warned that the rise of right-wing extremism threatened Germany’s reputation as a destination for foreign investment and skilled labour. BBC: German 'hammer gang' trial for seven accused of extreme-left violence Seven people have gone on trial in Dresden, eastern Germany, charged with being members or supporters of a militant, criminal left-wing extremist group, Antifa Ost - also known as the "hammer gang". Earlier this month the United States designated Antifa Ost as a terrorist organisation, along with several other far-left European groups. Sweden Jerusalem Post: Taxpayer-funded Swedish schools tied to Islamist extremist welfare fraud - report Over a billion Swedish kronor, or more than $100 million, in taxpayer-backed funds intended to support preschools and schools in Sweden have been siphoned off through an Islamist-affiliated network engaged in welfare fraud, an investigation by the Swedish newspaper Expressen revealed last Wednesday. Afghanistan Agence France-Presse: Taliban accuses Pakistan of killing 10 – including nine children – in strikes on Afghanistan Pakistan strikes on neighbouring Afghanistan have killed 10 people – among them nine children – a Taliban government spokesperson has said, a day after a suicide attack on a security compound in Pakistan’s Peshawar city. “The Pakistani invading forces bombed the house of a local civilian resident ... As a result, nine children (five boys and four girls) and one woman were martyred” in Khost province, Zabihullah Mujahid said on X. Air strikes targeting the border regions of Kunar and Paktika wounded another four civilians, he added. Gaza Strip/West Bank Jerusalem Post: Turkey, Egypt, Qatar discuss second phase of Gaza ceasefire deal Turkish spy chief Ibrahim Kalın on Thursday met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign affairs minister in Cairo to discuss transitioning to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal and increasing joint efforts in coordination with the US. Egypt’s General Intelligence Service Director, Hassan Rashad, was present as well. During the meeting, they also agreed to continue strengthening coordination and cooperation with the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) to remove all obstacles to the continuation of the ceasefire and to prevent violations. Reuters: Gaza truce progress slow as Israeli-Hamas violence persists Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in Gaza near the line demarcating areas of Israeli control on Monday, underlining the struggle to broaden a fragile ceasefire deal approved over six weeks ago to global acclaim. Palestinian medics said Monday's incidents involved an Israeli drone firing a missile at a group of people east of Khan Younis, killing two and wounding another, and a tank shell killing a person on the eastern side of Gaza City. Jerusalem Post: IDF kills five terrorists who evaded troops for hours after emerging from Rafah tunnel The IDF killed five terrorists who had emerged from tunnels and initially evaded troops in eastern Rafah near the Yellow Line in IDF-controlled territory, the military said Tuesday. The incident occurred while the troops were conducting searches in the area. Iran Naharnet: Iran Guards urge 'revenge' after Israel kills Hezbollah chief Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps called Monday for "revenge" for the killing in an Israeli air strike on Beirut the previous day of Hezbollah's top military commander Haytham Ali Tabatabai. "The right of the Axis of Resistance and Lebanese Hezbollah to avenge the blood of the brave fighters of Islam is unquestionable," the IRGC, Hezbollah's main military and financial backer, said in a statement. Israel BBC News: Israel receives coffin that Hamas says contains Gaza hostage's body Israel has received, via the Red Cross, a coffin that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) say contains the body of one of the last three deceased hostages still in Gaza, according to the Israeli prime minister's office. Israeli forces will now transfer the body to Israel's National Centre of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv for identification. Earlier, PIJ and Hamas announced that the body of an Israeli hostage had been found in central Gaza on Monday. Lebanon Naharnet: Will Hezbollah respond to Tabatabai's assassination? A source close to Hezbollah has said there were "two opinions within the group -- those who wish to respond to the assassination of Hezbollah's top military chief in an Israeli strike on south Beirut and those who want to refrain from doing so. The source told AFP on condition of anonymity that the leadership tends to adopt "the utmost forms of diplomacy at the present stage". Haytham Ali Tabatabai is the most senior commander from the Iran-backed group to be killed by Israel since a November 2024 ceasefire sought to end more than a year of hostilities between the two sides. Naharnet: Damush says Israel 'should be worried' about Hezbollah's response Senior Hezbollah official Ali Damush said Monday during the funeral of Hezbollah's top military chief Haytham Ali Tabatabai that his killing aimed to push Hezbollah into "surrendering and submitting, but this goal will never be achieved". Israel was "worried about Hezbollah's possible response -- and should remain worried", he said, urging Lebanese authorities to "confront the aggression by all means... and reject the pressures that seek to push Lebanon to comply with American dictates and Israeli conditions". El Pais: Wounded Hezbollah has no response to Israel’s escalation in Lebanon With a curious air, a man and a woman on a motorcycle with two small children stop the vehicle when they see the wall that has dominated the country’s news broadcasts since the previous day. When the children finish counting the six holes that Israeli missiles left in an apartment building on the fourth and fifth floors, the adults smile at them in approval and continue on their way. In the suburbs of Beirut, where one can travel for miles without finding any streets untouched after last year’s Israeli offensive during the war with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the scar left on Sunday by the assassination of the group’s military chief, Haytham Ali Tabatabai, is indistinguishable from the others. Media Line: At Hezbollah leader’s funeral, locals see terror group as their only hope - feature Hundreds of men beat their chests in unison. They sing with their hearts in their throats. They sing, and they weep. They weep openly. This Monday, the streets of Beirut's southern suburbs were filled with tears, chants, and lamentations. The funeral for Hezbollah's second-in-command, Haytham Ali Tabatabai, was the catalyst for it all. Syria Jerusalem Post: Syrian forces kill two, arrest several terrorists in anti-ISIS operation Syrian police killed two terrorists and arrested several members of an Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) terror cell in Latakia, Syria, on Monday, according to the Syrian Ministry of Interior. The cell, deemed “the most dangerous terrorist cell carrying the ISIS ideology in the Albadrosia region," by the Lajat region’s internal security commander, was reportedly plotting multiple terror attacks on the Syrian coast. Nigeria BBC News: Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria - reports Fifty of the 303 children kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria on Friday have escaped, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria (Can). Can has since clarified that they escaped on Friday and Saturday and have been reunited with their parents in Niger state. However, the police say they haven't been able to confirm these reports. A major military-led search and rescue operation is under way for the remaining 253 children and 12 teachers who remain missing. Reuters: Nigeria faces record hunger amid insurgent attacks, aid cuts A surge in militant attacks and instability in northern Nigeria is driving hunger to record levels, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, warning that nearly 35 million people could go hungry in 2026 as it runs out of resources in December. The projection, based on the latest Cadre Harmonise - an analysis of acute food and nutrition insecurity in the Sahel and West Africa region, is the highest number recorded in Nigeria since monitoring began, WFP said. Technology Fast Company: The real AI threat is algorithms that ‘enrage to engage’ Media personalities and online influencers who sow social division for a living, blame the rise of assassination culture on Antifa and MAGA. Meanwhile, tech CEOs gin up fears of an AI apocalypse. But they’re both smokescreens hiding a bigger problem. Algorithms decide what we see, and in trying to win their approval, we’re changing how we behave. Increasingly, that behavior is violent. The radicalization of young men on social networks isn’t new. But modern algorithms are accelerating it. NewsChannel 5: Neo-Nazi's online stunts expose the dangers lurking for kids on roulette-style video chats If you had trouble processing shocking video showing how a Hitler-loving, Jew-hating character targets innocent children online, Lauren Martin wants you to know you're not alone. That video, showing neo-Nazi Jon Minadeo interacting with kids, was first uncovered by NewsChannel 5 Investigates. "I had a very visceral reaction to it,” Lauren Martin, a licensed counselor, said. “I was shocked but also not shocked—because anything is possible in this season. And my brain just immediately went to: How is this able to continue?" 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