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Thread #154376   Message #3630640
Posted By: bobad
05-Jun-14 - 08:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Islamic radicalism . . .
Subject: RE: BS: Islamic radicalism . . .
Canada looking at how to stop the radicalization
of young Canadian Muslims who are joining foreign jihadi groups abroad:

"A prominent Calgary imam, Sayed Soharwardy, told CBC News he strongly believes that increased radicalization of young local men is happening at a "faster pace now" than a decade ago. He wonders why more potential jihadis have not been stopped at airports before even stepping foot on a battlefield.

"I am convinced that the intelligence people know who is recruiting, who is going overseas, who is fighting there," the cleric said. "If they do not know every one of them, they know some of them."

A major question is who is influencing these young men, and leading them toward becoming suicide bombers such as Salman Ashrafi, who killed at least 46 people in a 2013 Iraq suicide attack.

The attack was carried out on behalf of the extremist group ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq in Syria), a group so violent it has even been condemned by Al-Qaeda."

CBC News