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Source: http://jcpa.org/terrorism-threat-to-canada
The Terrorism Threat to Canada
(Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi - According to data from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), more than 130 Canadian citizens have left the country to join terror organizations in other countries, including the Islamic State, and about 80 of these individuals have returned to Canada. The long list of Canadian terrorists indicates the seriousness of the country's domestic terror threat, which is fed by the trend of Islamic radicalization and by the role of the Islamic State as a source of authority and inspiration for many Canadian Muslims. Recently the caliph of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, conveyed detailed instructions for Muslims in Canada and other countries that are part of the anti-Islamic State military coalition to act immediately and in any fashion possible to kill "nonbelievers."