Enemies united by imagined threats.

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.