Men accused of rail plot in Canada followed extreme form of Islam, one berated Muslim co-worker for

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paying Canadian taxes.


Muslim commenter Sheema Khan in the Globe and Mail writes -

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A few weeks ago, a local community leader shared the disturbing spectre of the rise of the salafist movements overseas in Tunisia and Egypt. Whereas before the salafis shunned all political participation, they took advantage of the post-Arab Spring tumult to forcefully stamp a hardline approach on wider society. Muslims who do not agree with them are labeled as disbelievers. There is no middle ground.


The concern is a spillover of the salafist trend to Muslim institutions here, as the hardliners vie for influence over local communities. Before, they were content to remain insular. And make no mistake – they are looking to bring youth into the fold, away from the decadence of teen culture.




http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/as-canadian-muslims-we-must-stand-up-to-threats-from-within/article11496517/

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1. I am always amazed that people like that think they can reap the benefits of a society..

while hating everything about that society that they CHOOSE to live in.

There are plenty of places in the world they could live more to their liking.

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2. The goal of extremists is to convert or as they say revert the world to Islam.

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3. Oh oh...Salafis again.

The mosque Tamerlan visited in Dagestan was Salafi.

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4. Salafis are are powerful becasue the y have Saudi oil money at their disposal.

Salafis gain influence because they have financed the building of enumerable mosques in the West.

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5. Now we're getting closer to what influenced recent events IMO.

This ideology says that everyone except their sect are disbelievers, even other muslims.

I wonder if their videos have some kind of hypnotic techniques (or maybe the repetition of the propaganda has an effect on susceptible minds).