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Posted Tuesday by the National Post:

“To understand the appeal of ISIS to young Canadians, you have to understand it as a religious sect within Islam, one made up of conservative Salafism, mixed with the more violent ideology of thinkers like Sayed Qutb,” said Amarnath Amarasingam, a postdoctoral fellow at Dalhousie University’s Resilience Research Centre.

“ISIS follows the thinking and writing of early 20th century thinkers like Maulana Maududi and Qutb, both of whom argued that the establishment of an Islamic state was a necessary prerequisite for the fulfillment of a Muslim’s faith,” said Mr. Amarasingam, who is involved in a study of Canadian foreign fighters.

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