"...officials stressed there's no direct link between those charged to the terrorist network." Thats from an article listed in the first post.

Any attempt to categorize the people arrested according to ethnic or religious group is premature. We do know that they were either Canadian citizens or Residents. If they are guilty of planning a terrorist attack, they were planning to strike their own country. Thats a very serious allegation.

I'm glad they interrupted their plans but, as their lawyer indicated, the net may have been cast too widely. We will see.