Heldigvis har man optrævlet jihad-grupper i mange lande inden for den sidste
måned, men der ser ikke ud til at være mangel på nye rekrutter til kampen
mod Vesten. Selv i det ekstremt indvandringsvenlige og multikulturelle
Canada finder man forberedelser til at slå til mod det land, som har givet
en en gæstfri og varm modtagelse, - og igen pga forhold i "ummaen", som ses
som vigtigere end forholdene i ens selvvalgte indvandringsland. (og Pia
Kjærsgaard ødelægger endda ikke "debatklimaet" i Canada, - hvad er
undskyldningen så?)
Jihadists born here pose new threat
Hard to detect, CSIS says
Stewart Bell
Saturday, November 19, 2005
TORONTO - Counter-terrorism investigators are finding an increasing number
of "homegrown" Canadian extremists like those who bombed the London transit
system in July, and some have undergone training inside Canada, a new report
says.
A "secret" intelligence study obtained by the National Post says a "high
percentage" of the Canadian Muslims involved in extremist activities were
born in Canada, a marked shift from the past when they were mostly refugees
and immigrants.
"Increasingly, we are learning of more and more extremists that are
homegrown," says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service document, adding
that the "Canadianness" of the new generation makes them more difficult to
detect.
"These radicalized Canadians are involved in a wide range of extremist
activities, including downloading and translating documents from the
Internet that promote violence, networking and physically training for
jihad," it says.
"Some undergo training abroad or in Canada, including commando-like
paintball and extreme martial arts," says the report. "In a few cases,
Canadian extremists have participated in jihad and a few have been killed in
the process."
The 73-page report, "Paths to Radicalization of Home-Grown Islamic
Extremists in Canada," was distributed internally after suicide bombers
struck the London underground and a double-decker bus on July 7, killing
more than 50.
The revelation that the bombers were British -- three were born in the U.K.
and one was a Muslim convert from Jamaica -- highlighted the disturbing
phenomenon of homegrown terrorists, those who were either born in the West
or immigrated as children and yet are virulently anti-Western and
pro-al-Qaeda.
A handful of such terrorists have already emerged from Canada. Mohammed
Jabarah of St. Catharines, Ont., joined al-Qaeda and tried to blow up the
American and Israeli embassies in Southeast Asia. His brother Abdul Rahman,
a member of a Saudi al-Qaeda cell, was killed in 2003.
Canadian-born Momin Khawaja was arrested in Ottawa last year on charges he
was part of a British bombing plot and is awaiting trial. U.S. authorities
recently charged Canadian-born Omar Khadr with joining an al-Qaeda faction
in Afghanistan and killing a U.S. soldier.
"A small number of Muslims in Canada have adopted the path of violence and
jihad in the pursuit of political and/or religious aims," the CSIS report
says. "The reasons for this are varied, and include parental influence, the
efforts of charismatic spiritual leaders with extremist views and a general
sense of anger at what is seen as Muslim oppression.
"There does not appear to be a single process that leads to extremism; the
transformation is highly individual. Once this change has taken place, such
individuals move on to a series of activities, ranging from propaganda and
recruiting, to terrorist training and participation in extremist
operations."
In the past, those involved in terrorist activities in Canada, such as Fateh
Kamel, ringleader of the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA); and the
al-Qaeda-trained bomb maker Ahmed Ressam, were migrants who brought their
hardline views with them from their homelands.
But the study claims that is no longer the case. Today, many of the
extremists on the CSIS radar are second- and third-generation Canadians, or
recent converts to Islam. "The high percentage of Canadian-born subjects
illustrates the changing nature of Islamic extremism in Canada," the study
says.
"The implications of this shift are important."
It means that the screening of immigrants is becoming less central to the
fight against terrorism. As well as investigating newcomers, authorities
must also now be on the lookout for radicals emerging from within Canada's
Muslim and convert community.
Converts are fast becoming a major worry to security authorities. Officials
fear an overzealous convert to Islam's radical fringe may try to prove his
devotion by staging a terrorist attack in Canada.
The report calls conversion to extremist Islam "a phenomenon of increasing
concern to Western governments" and notes that, "It is possible that an
attack will be carried out by a radicalized individual -- possibly a convert
to radical Islam -- seeking to punish Canada for its actions abroad."
The study says Canada's extremists do not come from any one level of
society, but it lists several factors that it says are driving Canadian
Muslims to adopt extremist views.
Fathers who have embraced extremist Islam have "passed their fervour to
their children," it says. But some Muslims disagree with that conclusion,
noting that extremist youth have also come from moderate pro-Western
families.
The report says extremist rhetoric espoused by Islamic leaders is also a
powerful factor in radicalization. "Several Canadian Muslims adopted an
extremist interpretation of Islam through the advice and influence of such
spiritual leaders."
Sympathy for the global Muslim community, which is perceived as suffering at
the hands of the West, Russia and Israel, is another factor, CSIS writes.
Extremists believe they must take action to help their "spiritual brethren."
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=cb4b3799-46b2-4bff-b42e-852d05978222&page=1