Canada excels at interception. Now it must commit to prevention and uproot the conditions that allow this extremism to take hold

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Recent arrests in the Greater Toronto Area of Waleed Khan, Osman Azizov, and Fahad Sadaat lay bare a disturbing truth that Canadians can no longer ignore: violent jihadist extremism is being cultivated and operationalized here.

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What began as two armed attempts to abduct women from public streets in Toronto and Mississauga escalated into one of the most serious terrorism and hate-crime cases in recent memory. The three men now face dozens of charges involving firearms offences, hostage-taking conspiracies and sexual assault with weapons. Police said that the alleged criminals targeted women and members of the Jewish community and that the alleged crimes were motivated by antisemitism.

In a parallel national-security investigation, the RCMP laid terrorism charges against Waleed Khan, explicitly naming ISIS — also known as the Islamic State or ISIL — as the terrorist entity involved. The allegations include participating in the activities of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist........

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