Hey Canada! Resorting to generic, meaningless terminology to describe terrorism is inaccurate, unhelpful and deters from broader understanding.
Tag: Extremism
We have been ‘doing’ preventative work in the terrorism sphere for a few decades: is it time for a rethink?
How far should intelligence and law enforcement agencies go in investigating terrorist threats?
On January 26, 2007 a suicide bomber killed a security guard and himself in an attack outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The disturbing practice of calling opposition groups and politicians terrorists is not only unhelpful but conducive to the undermining of democracy.
On November 6, 2015 a young man killed one member of the Ansar enforcement body and wounded three others at Dhaka’s airport
Life sentences for terrorism are appropriate. Why does the Canadian justice system fail to appreciate this very simple concept?
On November 3, 2008 a car bomb blast at a fruit market and another explosion minutes later at a nearby teashop wounded 73 people in Muslim southern Thailand.
Are mental illness and violent extremism necessarily mutually exclusive? Can an individual suffer from some kind of psychological disorder and still be a terrorist?
On October 23, 2014 a radical Muslim convert attacked four NYPD officers in Queens, injuring two, one critically.