Friday, March 20, 2009

Canada using intervention to extinguish muslim extremism

Now why doesn't the Canadain government have an intervention program to extinguish Christian/Buddhist/athiest extremism? Calgary Herald

The government has been using “counter-radicalization techniques” to steer Canadian Muslims away from extremism, according to a secret intelligence report obtained by the National Post.

The document outlines a little-known, government-wide, counter-radicalization strategy that aims to prevent al-Qaeda-inspired terrorists such as the London transit bombers from emerging within Canada.

The measures described in the report range from meeting with community and religious leaders and urging them to tackle radicalization to the more controversial tactic of intervention by police and security officials.[...]

The report lists four counter-radicalization techniques employed in Canada: “intervention with at-risk youth,” “arrests and incarceration,” “outreach” and “a whole of government approach.”

3 comments:

Dinah Lord said...

Okay, I LOL'd when I read this one.

kyros said...

A&E could make this into a spin off of their Intervention show

Dinah Lord said...

Kyros - you crack me up.