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About the Course
This course covers violent radicalization in the context of national security
investigations. It brings together academic and operational insights on models of
radicalization but against the backdrop of a group of young Muslim men whose
process of violent radicalization starts in high school and culminates in a plot to
detonate three, one-ton ammonium nitrate truck bombs at the stock exchange, a
military base, and an intelligence service building in Canada. Using actual surveillance
videos from the operation as well as a first-person narrative by the police agent in the
case, viewers will understand how and where radicalization can occur, what possible
counter radicalization methods can be used, and how quickly local investigations can
become international ones.
Your Instructor
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Mubin Shaikh
Mubin Shaikh is a former undercover operator with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Integrated National Security Enforcement Team. He was a fact witness at the Superior Court of Ontario in five legal hearings spanning over four years. Mubin obtained a Masters of Policing Intelligence and Counterterrorism, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Psychological Sciences Department of the University of Liverpool. He is currently a government-level National Security and Counterterrorism [JR1] subject matter expert to civilian and military agencies, with a specialization in Jihadist ideology and ISIS, in particular. Mubin is also the author of the book, Undercover Jihadi.