Islamic terrorism

==== Canada ====
{{See also|Terrorism in Canada}}

According to recent government statements, Islamic terrorism is the biggest threat to Canada.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/09/06/harper-911-terrorism-islamic-interview.html|title=Harper says 'Islamicism' biggest threat to Canada  |date=6 September 2011 |publisher=CBC News – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.ca |access-date=16 October 2011}}</ref> The [[Canadian Security Intelligence Service|Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)]] reported that terrorist radicalization at home is now the chief preoccupation of Canada's spy agency.<ref>{{cite news |last=Macleod|first=Ian|url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=09fe30f3-84ad-458e-b8e7-8add2a9fc8c7|title=CSIS focuses on homegrown terrorism threat|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|date=14 March 2008|access-date=16 October 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317192234/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=09fe30f3-84ad-458e-b8e7-8add2a9fc8c7 |archive-date=17 March 2008}}</ref> The most notorious arrest in Canada's fight on terrorism, was the [[2006 Ontario terrorism plot]] in which 18 Al-Qaeda-inspired cell members were arrested for planning a mass bombing, shooting, and hostage taking terror plot throughout [[Southern Ontario]]. There have also been other arrests mostly in Ontario involving terror plots.<ref>{{cite web |last=Seymour |first=Andrew |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/canada-in-afghanistan/RCMP+homegrown+terror+suspects+were+preparing+build+IEDs/3445591/story.html |title=RCMP say homegrown terror suspects were preparing to build IEDs |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=26 August 2010 |access-date=16 October 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>