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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Perspectives

What ever happened to Sikh terrorism?

Sikh extremists in Canada carried out the largest act of aviation terrorism prior to 9/11 in 1985: do they still pose a threat?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Pakistan and (counter) terrorism? It’s complicated

Pakistan is faced with a serious Islamist terrorist threat and accusations that it supports other terrorists: what gives?

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Canadian courts need to change how they consider terrorism

Canadian courts have an unfortunate tendency to not take terrorism seriously and treat it appropriately. How can we change this?

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We do not benefit from the whitewashing of terrorism

Looking back at a terrorist plot 15 years later only to force it through the filter of ‘racism’ is just plain wrong and unhelpful.

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When it come to Islamophobia who is actually behind it?

Canada appoints an Islamophobia ‘czar’, convinced that it is all too ‘prevalent’. But who are the real Islamophobes? Spoiler alert: not who you may think.

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How to prevent real terrorism threats in Canada

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, so they say. Does this describe the UK’s Prevent counter terrorism programme?

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China’s supposed fight against terrorism a lesson in how not to fight terrorism

You would think that doing something to combat terrorism but only creates more terrorism would make you stop doing that, right? Tell China.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Is the UK Prevent strategy broken?

Prevent is part of the UK’s CVE – countering violent extremism – strategy. Has it come off the rails?

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Who are the real Islamophobes? Jihadis, that’s who

Why is it that jihadis, who are responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Muslims worldwide are not called ‘Islamophobes’?

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Is it possible that the Somali Islamist terrorist group Al Shabaab is going the way of the dodo?

The Somali government and military have been making bold claims of late that Al Shabaab is on its way out. Is this true?