Amarnath AmarasingamVerified account

@AmarAmarasingam

Senior Research Fellow, | Postdoctoral Fellow at | Work: terrorism, social movements, sociology of religion, MENA, South Asia.

Toronto, Canada
Joined August 2010

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    1. My new report with Lorne Dawson for , based on years of research with foreign fighters and those close to them is now out. You can read it here. A few key findings and comments:

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  2. He’s so adorable. And stupid. More stupid than adorable.

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  3. 12 hours ago

    Scoop from me for : Canadian company tried selling missile technology to Iran.

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  4. Somewhere, White House aides are screaming into pillows

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  5. “A refugee is someone...forced to flee his or her country because of persecution,war or violence...for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or...social group. Most likely,they cannot return home or are afraid to do so.” —UNHCR It is not a synonym for poor.

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  6. 15 hours ago
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  7. Sep 12
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  8. 11 hours ago

    "...the suspect was planning to attack a gay nightclub in Frankfurt and a Catholic church..."

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  9. 14 hours ago

    Alleged Ottawa ISIS recruiter Peshdary loses latest try for disclosure from CSIS.

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  10. “He’s a veteran state rep. who has railed against immigrants ‘getting everything’ at the expense of people born and raised in the state. She’s a 27-year-old former Afghan refugee making her first run for political office.” She crushed him 329 votes to 143

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  11. “Why is the US helping to kill kids In Yemen?” - my podcast is back for a new season, featuring an exclusive interview with ⁦⁩, the US senator who’s trying to stop this horrific war. Listen (and subscribe!) here:

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  12. Holy shit is this guy ever a horrible person.

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  13. 18 hours ago

    It has arrived! New book on rise of the populist radical right with an article by yours truly and analysing efforts to influence UK, US and French elections.

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  14. Sep 12

    Shout-out to all the white columnists and pundits who told us before the election that there were adults in the room to prevent this exact scenario.

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  15. Sep 12

    Trying to find free/affordable housing in NJ/NY for a refugee family of 5 leaving North Carolina to avoid Hurricane Florence. Two of the children have serious disabilities and the family is financially strapped. Please reply/DM me if you can offer any assistance. Thanks!

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  16. Sep 12

    1. Ottawa man ordered to surrender passport, keep away from ISIS.

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  17. Sep 12
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  19. This dumbass. Refugees don’t have to meet some image you have in your head about what they are “supposed to” look like. There is nothing that says a refugee with money or nice clothes is not a refugee. Go read something.

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  20. Sep 12

    New for : "From Goods and Services to Counterterrorism: Local Messaging in Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s Propaganda," by &

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  21. 📺 It's more challenging to be Muslim in America today than in the months after 9/11. Why? The GOP and Trump have embolden and mainstreamed anti-Muslim hate. But Muslims are responding by running for office +winning elections. Open of My show:

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