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| Quebec mother of terror suspect warns others |
| 2013-03-05 |
| The mother of one of the 50 to 60 Canadians being monitored by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) suspected of terrorist activities abroad says she no longer recognizes her own son. The Quebec woman said she wants to warn other parents about the risks awaiting young Muslims like her son. The woman said after her son converted to Islam, he was recruited online by a radical Islamist group. She said her son was by nature a pacifist but was perhaps an easy target. The mother said she watched her son change gradually after he converted. She said, "He stopped listening to music because it was a sin," she says. "He started to cut off contact with girls, then later, with boys who didn't share his vision." She said he became more and more critical of Canadian society, saying, "Canadian laws are not good. It's Sharia law that should be applied." "He is convinced that jihad is a part of the religion," she said, and added he told his parents he wanted them both to "burn in hell" if they did not convert as well. Her son has left Canada for Syria, and his mother is aware that CSIS agents suspect him of involvement in radical Islamist activities. Michel Juneau-Katsuya, a former CSIS agent who is now president of a private security consulting firm, said, "CSIS knows of some 50 or so young people who have left Canada to join one of these groups." |
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