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Montreal anti-radicalization centre gets $500K budget increase

Montreal’s anti-radicalization centre is getting a financial boost: a $500,000 increase to its $2 million budget.Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre and Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux held a news conference Thursday […]

March 4, 2016

RCMP racked up $900,000 in overtime during undercover anti-terrorism operation

The RCMP spent just over $900,000 in overtime pay over the course of a five-month undercover operation that led to the arrests of two terrorism suspects in British Columbia.Documents obtained […]

February 28, 2016

John Doyle: Homegrown a gripping doc on counterterrorism

It scares us. It was a simmering issue in our recent federal election. It scares everybody. The issue makes people frightened and irrational. Fear does that. Ignorance does that. And […]

February 7, 2016

Criminal organization, religious extremists? Words matter when it comes to ISIS

Justin Trudeau’s government continues to grapple with what to do next in the battle against ISIS.Still, clues are emerging for what the government at least wants to do from the […]

January 4, 2016

RCMP’s portrayal of Islam in B.C. terror sting ‘dubious,’ expert says

Police officers posing as spiritual guides in an undercover terrorism sting offered “dubious” and “eyebrow-raising” interpretations of Islam to a British Columbia man with extremist Muslim views, an Islamic expert […]

January 4, 2016

Winnipeg terrorism suspect agrees to a peace bond

A Winnipeg man labelled a terror threat by law enforcement has agreed to a peace bond.Aaron Driver, 23, will have to abide by a number of conditions laid out in the […]

January 2, 2016

Concern for young Quebecers believed to have joined ISIS

Sources close to seven young Quebecers who left Canada one year ago to join militants in Syria are speaking out, expressing deep worry about their well-being and future ability to return […]

January 16, 2016

CSIS may have helped radicalize B.C. couple convicted on terrorism charges: lawyer

A person with alleged ties to Canada’s spy agency may have helped radicalize a man who was eventually arrested for plotting to blow up the British Columbia legislature, a court […]

January 14, 2016

Return to society after terrorism conviction a ‘formidable’ challenge

When Ibrahim Downey got out of jail, it was hard to get back on his feet. He knows what it’s like to leave a life where crime seems justified, to […]

January 14, 2016

Opinion: Our culture under assault from Muslims? I think not

Last week, French President Francois Hollande unveiled a commemorative plaque outside the Paris office of the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo on the one-year anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack that […]

January 11, 2016

Respect a weapon against terrorism, says professor

One of the best ways to fight terrorism is by treating everyone in society with the same level of respect, says a local professor. Abdie Kazemipur, a professor of Sociology […]

January 10, 2016

Winnipeg Muslims speak out against extremists in Letter to a Terrorist

Winnipeg Muslims are speaking out against extremists in Letter to a Terrorist, an online film produced by a local filmmaker to counter people’s fear of Muslim people in the community. Nilufer […]

December 8, 2015

Canadian school worried about being linked to terrorism

The Canadian branch of an Islamic foundation distanced itself Monday from the woman who carried out last week’s mass shooting in California following reports she had attended one of the […]

December 7, 2015

Halifax mosque opens its doors for panel discussion on terrorism and national security

The Ummah Mosque in Halifax held an open house Sunday afternoon to invite the public to learn more about Islam and discuss “the elephant in the room.” The event included […]

December 6, 2015

Boonaa Mohammed’s Tug of War takes frank look at radicalization

Islamophobia feeds right into ISIS’ “you’re not wanted here” narrative, cautions Boonaa Mohammed. His debut feature film Tug of War follows one of the many paths to radicalization for young Muslim men in the West. The actor, […]

December 3, 2015

Muslim Voices against Extremism, a conversation

DAESH, ISIL, ISIS or IS. It has as many names as conceptions of what it’s really about. It would like to call itself the Islamic State but its detractors would […]

December 2, 2015

Man acquitted of breaking terrorism-related peace bond conditions

A Montreal man who was accused of violating the terms of a terrorism-related peace bond was acquitted of the charge on Thursday. Merouane Ghalmi, a 23-year-old from Pierrefonds, had signed […]

November 26, 2015

Windsor Islamic Association hosts film screening on dangers of radicalization

Radicalization of Muslim youth is the issue at the core of the film Tug of War – which is being screened Friday by Muslim students at the University of Windsor. […]

November 24, 2015

Video: Humza Arshad, Muslim Comedian Fighting Radicalization

Humza Arshad is using comedy to reach out to British youth and steer them away from radicalization. »»» Subscribe to The National to watch more videos here: https://www.youtube.com/user/CBCTheNational?sub_confirmation=1 Voice Your […]

November 23, 2015

Combating radicalization at home and abroad

The ISIS fighters who killed 129 people in Paris were French citizens, following an extreme version of Islam. There have been charges that radical Imams in some mosques are spreading […]

November 22, 2015

In Quebec, like France, security fears may deepen rift with Muslims

By Richard Valdmanis MONTREAL (Reuters) – Reluctance among residents in Quebec to accept thousands of Syrian refugees is deepening a rift with the province’s Muslim community, raising worries that more […]

November 20, 2015

How the crazies and the pundits give ISIS exactly what it wants

Given that Islamic State is a brutal, repugnant terrorist organization responsible for innumerable deaths and that the position offers no remuneration, I was surprised to see how many people jumped […]

November 20, 2015

Why ‘Islamic State’ is the wrong name

It is essentially a rag-tag army of Sunni Arab extremists that hived off from the remants of al-Qaeda and took control of parts of Syria and Iraq under the cover […]

November 19, 2015

To combat extremism, we must work together

Last week, evil struck. There were vicious attacks in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad. I grieve with the families and friends of the victims and hope the perpetrators are brought to […]

November 19, 2015

Paris attacks: RCMP investigating whether voice on ISIS recording is Canadian

The RCMP is examining whether the voice on an audio recording attributed to ISIS and released in the wake of the Paris attacks belongs to a Canadian. CBC News asked […]

November 18, 2015

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