Tag: Radicalization
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]