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Police stymied in pursuing Canada’s jihadists 
Candice Malcolm    
https://torontosun.com/2016/08/26/police-stymied-in-pursuing-canadas-jihadists/wcm/2a1c3614-ca00-46f7-be4d-6a9f917139c7

Jihadists and terrorists are actively planning attacks in Canada, according to a new report from the Trudeau government.

Meanwhile, our law enforcement agencies claim that red tape and legal loopholes are stopping them from protecting Canadians.

On Thursday, the Federal Department of Public Safety released a report demonstrating that several terrorist groups and their supporters are active in Canada.

The chilling report tells us what we have long suspected.

We are, by no means, immune to the turmoil and bloodshed of jihadist insurgents.

At least 180 individuals with a connection to Canada are overseas fighting alongside terrorist organizations. That’s up from 130 known terrorists in 2015.

But those individuals aren’t necessarily the problem for Canada right now. A far greater security concern is the jihadists who are here in Canada.

The report discusses two types of terrorists in Canada: wannabe jihadists who have had their passports removed and therefore cannot travel to places like Syria and Iraq, and those who already went overseas to fight for the terrorists but have since returned to Canada.

Despite having significant information about these dangerous jihadists, there are major roadblocks in laying criminal charges and convicting both types of terrorists.

First, let’s look at the jihadists who are grounded in Canada.

Both men who murdered members of the Canadian Forces in Quebec and Ontario in October, 2014 were prohibited from leaving Canada.

So was Aaron Driver, killed by the RCMP in Strathroy, Ontario earlier this month.

In all three cases, the individuals were known and even monitored by authorities.

But this was not enough to stop them from planning deadly attacks.

Despite receiving significant information from agencies such as CSIS and the FBI, the RCMP are often powerless to act.

RCMP Deputy Commissioner Mike Cabana told CTV News Thursday that police receive information about violent jihadists, but they “cannot proceed with criminal charges” because of legal limitations placed on them by our court system.

Known terrorists are able to plan attacks and recruit new members because our law enforcement officials are bogged down with legal technicalities that prevent them from doing their job.

The second terrorist threat to Canada is from returned foreign fighters.

The Paris attacks, as well as the Brussels airport bombing, were carried out, in part, by jihadists who had travelled to Syria and then returned home to Europe.

There are about 60 known returned foreign fighters in Canada, according to the federal government’s report.

And yet, in most cases, these individuals are living freely in Canada, without any criminal charges.

Our authorities simply don’t know what to do with them.

According to Larry Brooks, a former CSIS counter-terrorism official, it’s tough to prove to a Canadian judge that an individual participated in terrorism overseas.

In an interview with Postmedia, Brooks discussed the challenges of gathering incriminating information from a foreign combat zone.

“It’s tremendously difficult to collect credible evidence that would satisfy a Canadian court for prosecution,” said Brooks.

Believing in an extreme Islamist doctrine is not illegal.

Nor should it be, in a free society.

But traveling overseas or attempting to travel overseas to join a foreign army is against the law.

We need to remove legal loopholes that allow terrorists to stay out of jail, and we need to give police and prosecutors the tools they need to charge and convict terrorists who have broken Canadian laws.

Our safety and security depend on it.

Target Africa, Book review, Nigerian activist Obianuju Ekeocha lays out a passionate defense of African tradition

How the new colonizers are forgetting the people of Africa  

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/how-the-new-colonizers-are-forgetting-the-people-of-africa?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

As a citizen of a developed nation like the United States, it's easy to believe that because we enjoy much prosperity, other nations must desire to adopt our societal ways. But should other countries embrace the degrading ideas about morality and sexual ethics so prized by Western thought?

In her well-sourced book Target Africa, Nigerian activist Obianuju Ekeocha lays out a passionate defense of African tradition and thought as based in fundamental beliefs about family, marriage, and the sanctity of human life.

From an outsider's perspective, the world's second most-populous continent is both full of potential and in need of our help. As the author explains, the new colonizers of the late 20th and 21st centuries are so influenced by what they think African nations want that they completely overlook what they need. She defines this motivation as "philanthropic racism," whereby major donors bypass education of all types in favor of quick fixes that resemble Western convention.

This ideological neocolonialism is focused on introducing abortion and contraception as a regular part of African society. According to Ekeocha, organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation looking to inject themselves quite literally into African life believe they are valiantly targeting the root causes of poverty along the way.

 But as the author passionately points out, instead of supplying tools that promote responsibility, they decrease the dignity of each African by suggesting harmful alternatives devoid of the most basic of ethical boundaries.

If a nation is ravaged by an AIDS epidemic, does supplying more condoms begin to safely target the root cause of the problem? If maternal and neonatal deaths sit at high rates, does encouraging the life-ending procedure of abortion save them? If absolutely essential medical care for men, women, and children is sorely lacking, why suggest that females begin taking contraception? 

As the author lays out in her fiery yet measured tone, attempts to address these and other issues is failing. African nations are filled with diverse and talented individuals with rich and colorful histories. 

Those born and those yet to deserve better than to be used as pawns by foreigners who want to be seen as a continuous funding source and necessity, but never an actual solution to internal ills.

Throughout the book, Ekeocha discusses radical feminism (a relatively new mindset on the continent), the desire to push an LGBT agenda, abortion as a "solution," domestic corruption, and aid addiction, among other things. Overall, she makes clear that the new colonizers must remove themselves from the equation so Africa and its many nations can rise above external pressures and blossom as healthy and as vibrantly as possible. 

"...Western societies seem not to want Africans to follow the successful responsibility-based approach to human sexuality. Rather, they seem to want Africans to imitate the rights-based approach to sexuality that is causing the demise of Western societies. For Africa to have a promising future, it needs to push back on this flawed paradigm and on the Western influence that is spreading it."

I highly recommend Target Africa, an informative work that sheds light on a corner that Westerners assume to understand. As long as there are activists like Obianuju Ekeocha who defend the lives, traditions, and inherent worth of the African people, then the possibility of a bright future is in store.

Kimberly Ross (@SouthernKeeks) is contributor to the Washington Examiner's Beltway Confidential blog and a senior contributor at RedState.com.