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Qaeda recruiting Canadian Muslim converts

MONTREAL: Canadian converts to Islam have become a major source of Al Qaeda combatants, posing a risk to the country’s security, according to an intelligence report cited by the Toronto Star newspaper. “Converts are highly prized by terrorist groups for their familiarity with the West and relative ease at moving through Western society,” the newspaper wrote on Saturday, quoting an internal Canadian Security Intelligence Service report. “There is a direct threat to Canada and Canadian interests from Al Qaeda and related groups,” said the document, adding that converts “are prone to extreme views because of their new-found zeal.” The report said Islamists are also spurred by “the perception that the West is attacking Islam on multiple fronts.” The perception “continues to anger the Muslim world and contributes to support for radical views.” afp

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