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Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam and Social Media
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has released the first-ever study of what radical Saudi Wahhabists are preaching to their followers about the United States and non-Muslims on social media sites.
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Iran in Focus: Current Issues for Canadian Foreign Policy
Sheryl Saperia from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies testified: Even a nuclear-capable Iran, [distinguished] from a nuclear-armed Iran, is extremely dangerous. more...
When Multiculturalism Becomes a Threat
Canadians remain divided on whether multiculturalism is salutary or injurious to our country. Perhaps the answer can only be reached on a case-by-case basis, as we work through the constant tension... more...
How to Define Terrorism Without Getting Political
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Canada began hearing an appeal from Mohammad Momin Khawaja, a former Ottawa software developer convicted of several terrorism-related offences. more...
Omar Khadr Doesn’t Deserve a Dime
The UN Committee Against Torture recently recommended that Omar Khadr receive redress for any human rights violations he may have experienced during his imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay. more...
Canada’s Vulnerability to Bombs Made of Bits and Bytes
Our ever-increasing reliance on cyber technologies has generated a parallel vulnerability to cyber attacks on an individual, industry-wide and governmental level. more...
Government was Right Not to Rush Omar Khadr Home
This week, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced that Toronto-born terrorist Omar Khadr could be brought back to Canada. The government has been criticized for not moving faster to repatriate Khadr. more...
Are Iranian Spies Slipping Through our Immigration Loopholes?
Just what is being allowed into Canada that shouldn't be? And as importantly, who is being allowed into the country? more...
Iran Exposed: GPM Interviews the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
The FDD is a non-partisan institution focusing on national security and foreign policy. FDD was founded by a group of former U.S. officials and visionary philanthropists shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001 to help free nations defend themselves. more...
Bill C-10 Will Finally Punish Terrorists AND Their State Sponsors
Bill C-10, the government's controversial omnibus crime bill, recently passed third reading in the Senate and has been sent back to the House of Commons for a final vote. The legislation is expected to pass as early as this week with the support of the ruling Conservatives. more...
America is Ready to Fix Our Sanctions Mess for Us
It’s also getting a bit much for the fiercely pro-sanctions Foundation for Defense of Democracies, based in Washington, D.C. “Targeting Chinese companies may present a significant political cost,” more...
Enacting Sanctions on Iran Isn’t Enough
Sheryl Saperia, the Canadian policy director of the Washington, D.C.-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, says Canada should be making a serious effort, now more than ever, to ensure that sanctions work. more...
The Charles Adler Show
Is Iran prepared to conduct attacks in North America? more...
What Canada Can Do to Thwart Iranian Threat
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has described Iran in recent interviews as the gravest threat to international security, expressing certainty that the regime is striving to build nuclear weapons. more...
Biggest Story of 2011 for Me? The Uncertainty of the “Arab Spring”
The dramatic protests and revolutions that swept across Muslim countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa in 2011 were the biggest story of the year. This is a story -- or rather a multitude of stories -- of heroism and tragedy set against the backdrop of realpolitik. more...
Hitting Terrorists Where They Live—as in, Here
Over the last five years, I have worked closely with Canadians who have been directly impacted by terrorism. A few have survived attacks themselves. Most have lost family members in terrorist acts like 9/11 and the Air India bombings. more...
Getting Our Multiculturalism Right
Earlier this week, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney made headlines when he announced that a person's face may no longer be covered while taking Canada's oath of citizenship. more...
The Source
The implications of sanctions and the storming of the British embassy in Tehran. more...
The Next Step in Sanctioning Iran
But the Canadian government can do even more. As Mark Dubowitz and Sheryl Saperia argued recently in a column published in the National Post, Ottawa should add Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps Qods Force (IRGC-QF) more...
Why Has Canada Not Yet Banned Iran’s Terrorist Organization?
According to press reports, a United Nations organization has revealed that, "Iran's government has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon." more...