Cleric Receives Death Threat: ’IS’ Recruiting in Canada
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A Canadian cleric known for his pacifist sermons warned Friday that extremist "IS" group was actively recruiting in Canada and said one member issued him a death threat.
Syed Soharwardy, founder of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada [ISCC], called on Canadian and Western authorities to intensify the fight against the extremist movements.
"Absolutely I am convinced that this recruitment is going on right here in this country, under our noses, in our universities, in our colleges, in the places of worship, in our community," he told CBC public television.
Soharwardy added that a Muslim man from Ottawa who was fighting with "IS" in Mosul in northern Iraq had sent him a death threat on Face book.
"He was condemning me for condemning IS, and he was saying that 'You are a deviant imam and your version of Islam is not the right version,'" Soharwardy said, using another acronym by which "IS" is known.
The Calgary-based imam said such threats were nothing new.
"I get death threats from everybody," he said, adding that "just last month I had a death threat posted on a website."
In February, intelligence services said at least 130 Canadians were fighting with "IS" in Iraq and Syria.
"Three young fellows died in Iraq and Syria fighting for the "IS". One of them was very known to me," he said.
"These people are brainwashing people here in this country," he added.
Soharwardy also began a 48-hour hunger strike "to create awareness about the dangerous nature of IS".
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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