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Saturday, June 10, 2006

Radical steps to counter radical Islam

Heard of the Radical Middle Way project in the UK? Can we have something similar in Canada. This article from the Toronto Star among other things discusses the possibility of a Canadian Middle Way tour:

It's been going on all week and will go on for a long time yet: The investigation into how and why the seeds of violent Islamic extremism could take root in comfortably bland Toronto suburbs. Whether the 17 males arrested were armchair jihadists or for-real terrorists has yet to be determined, but the apparent
intent to wreak havoc — in the name of religion — has stunned their fellow Canadians.
That, here? A world away from the ancient rancours of the Middle East? The reaction, however, has been only an echo of the horror in Britain that greeted the terrorist bombings in London last July 7, when 52 people were killed by four British-born extremists. Read more here

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