1. Enemies united by imagined threats.
- Author
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Richler, Noah
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ISLAM & politics , *FEAR & society , *FRENCH-Canadians , *ENGLISH-speaking Canadians , *NIQAB (Islamic clothing) , *NATIONAL security , *NATIONAL security laws , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *LAW , *POLITICAL attitudes ,CANADIAN politics & government, 1980- - Abstract
The article discusses how the fear of Islam has united English- and French-speaking rivals in Canada as if 2015, and it mentions the political aspects of Canadians' views about the Islamic State terrorist group and a concept known as Islamism. An international jihadist movement is mentioned, along with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's vow to overturn a law which deals with the niquab form of Islamic clothing. Islamist terrorism and Canadian national security laws are examined.
- Published
- 2015