One of the more interesting – and controversial – topics that came up at the Wilton Park conference on religion and radicalisation last month was the news that the UK is revisiting its counter terrorism strategy to include rules on how to deal with extremism that is not necessarily violent. We have been inured to […]
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In the 1950s, some religious leaders were behind a campaign to ban shorts in public. Today that would be seen as an extreme move. What is it about religious extremism that in the worst case scenario turns violent? A regular weekly look-back at some offbeat or interesting stories that have appeared in the Ottawa Citizen […]
Some are demanding group worship at a time when collective physical distancing is necessary. Have a listen to why I think these are religious extremists.
A lot of people in Canada, particularly Muslims and even more narrowly Muslims in Quebec, are frightened today. The massacre at the Islamic Cultural Centre in the provincial capital of la belle province has many worried about their safety and mosques across the country are upping security and receiving special attention from local law enforcement. […]
The shooting deaths of two police officers and a civilian in Australia last December has been labelled ‘Christian terrorism’. What does this mean?
India is a multiethnic country with a huge Muslim minority: is that minority at risk of violence by Hindu extremists?
Is the threat to national security and public safety from violent incels as serious as some say? A conversation with Canadian journalist MJ Banias
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What to do with online extremism
Efforts to remove content online is essentially ‘Whack-a-Mole’. New items are posted as quickly – or even more quickly – than old items are removed. Do we really want to play this game with terrorists?
Hindu fundamentalism and extremism in India are complicating efforts to control COVID-19 and leading to unnecessary deaths
Just because someone says something about terrorism does not make it so: claims are made all the time but not all these are backed up by any data.