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February 2, 2022 | Tzvi Kahn |

Canada must hold Iran accountable for downing of Ukrainian airliner

It is now clear that if Ottawa and its partners wish to achieve justice for the victims, they must impose harsher penalties on Iran.

September 9, 2016 | Sheryl Saperia

No Panacea for Radicalization

The case of Aaron Driver, the 24-year-old Muslim convert killed by police before he could carry out a terrorist attack against a major urban centre, has again focused public attention on Canada&r...

February 20, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Doomed Diplomacy

Not long after his inauguration in January 2009, President Barack Obama penned a letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran. As a presidential candidate, Obama had promised...

November 26, 2014 | Sheryl Saperia

Understanding Lone-Wolf Terrorism

Last month, two lone wolf attacks occurred in Canada. Martin Couture-Rouleau ran over a pair of soldiers with his car, killing one and injuring another, before police shot him. Days later, Michae...

July 2, 2014 | Sheryl Saperia |

The Enemy of My Enemy is Not Necessarily My Friend

In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan received a group of Afghan Mujahadeen in the White House. The US president sought to arm these fighters to resist an Afghan incursion by their mutual enemy:...

May 7, 2014 | Sheryl Saperia

Revocation of Citizenship for Terrorism, Treason and Armed Conflict with Canada

Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting me here today. My comments will focus exclusively on the provisions in Bill C-24 that deal with the revocation of citizenship for terrorism, treason, an...

July 18, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Global al Qaeda: Affiliates, Objectives, and Future Challenges

Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by al Qaeda. We have been asked to “examine the nature of...

June 3, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn |

See No Evil

During his speech at the National Defense University on May 23, President Obama sought to reassure Americans that they are “safer” because of the administration’s “efforts...

May 22, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Assessing the Threat to the Homeland from al Qaeda Operations in Iran and Syria

Chairman King, Ranking Member Higgins and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by al Qaeda’s operations inside Iran and Syria. These ar...

April 29, 2013 | The Long War Journal |

Details Emerge on Suspects in Canadian Terror Plot

By David Barnett On April 22, Canadian officials said the plotting of Chiheb Esseghaier and...

April 29, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Canadian Terror Plot Linked to al Qaeda in Iran

Canadian police officials have linked the plotting of two Muslim men to destroy a Toronto passenger train to al Qaeda's network inside Iran. The two suspects, neither of whom are Canadian ci...

April 23, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn FDD Policy Brief |

Canada Plot Revives Concerns about Ties Between Iran and al-Qaeda

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced on Monday that it disrupted a plot to derail a VIA passenger tra...

June 28, 2011 | |

How Much Should the State Intervene in Islam’s Internal Debate?

In the years following the 9/11 attacks, Western intellectuals and politicians spent a lot of time thinking about how to encourage Islam down a more “moderate” path. Our police agenci...

June 13, 2011 | Weekly Standard

The Canadian Peril: Why They’re Checking Passports at the Border Now

In terms of Islamic extremists in Canada [as] they regard the proximity of Canada to the U.S., it's making Canada a kind of Islamic extremist aircraft carrier for the launching of major assa...