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Sombre crowd at Montreal vigil honouring Brussels victims
It’s a cityscape that has become disturbingly familiar in recent years: candles, flowers and heartfelt messages to victims of terrorism piled or scrawled on a sidewalk or stoop to memorialize the dead....
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ISIL defectors speak out to counter recruiting drive
In one video, a 15-year-old relates his experience with the Cubs of the Caliphate — ISIL’s child soldiers — and why he had to leave, even after he graduated from training with the compulsory beheading...
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Editorial: Yazidis need Canada's help
Members of a House of Commons immigration committee were left visibly shaken this month by emotional testimony about horrors committed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant against minority Yazidis...
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Opinion: Religious communities have a key role to play against ISIL's...
Ideologies of modern extremism are invading the sanctuary. In recent decades, thousands of believers, in a myriad of settings, have been victims of religiously motivated terror. The ISIL-inspired...
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Ex-girlfriend, passport officials testify against Ismael Habib
Already in March 2013, Ismael Habib was on Passport Canada’s watchlist, suspected of terrorist activities. But it wasn’t until three years later that the Montrealer was charged with attempting to...
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Judge in Ismaël Habib case to rule on 'Mr. Big' scenario
The terrorism trial of Ismaël Habib continued Monday with an undercover RCMP agent being cross-examined about what he was offering the alleged jihadist, and the information he gleaned in return. But in...
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Ismael Habib had trouble following orders, court told
Ismael Habib had difficulty following the simplest of orders while he was targeted in an RCMP sting operation carried out to see if he was planning to travel to Syria to fight for the terrorist group...
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RCMP paid for info from civilian source during Habib investigation
While investigating Ismael Habib in late 2015, the RCMP was paying a Montreal clothing store owner who was well-connected in the Muslim community to feed them information. The man was described as a...
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Ismael Habib trial: Judge to rule on admissibility of evidence from police...
A Quebec Court judge will render his decision Feb. 24 on whether the statements made by Ismael Habib and secretly recorded by undercover police are admissible in court — a decision that could derail...
View ArticleFather of Paris attacks victim sues social media companies
By Barbara Ortutay NEW YORK — The father of a young woman killed in the Paris massacre last November is suing Google, Facebook and Twitter, claiming that the companies provided “material support” to...
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