Amarnath Amarasingam and Dalhousie University

social response: It hard to pinpoint one factor why it happens, say researchers, but what surprises them is the fact that, in some cases, religion only plays a very small role, according to CTV. I think they feel that it a legitimate religious and social response to how they feel and how Muslims are treated in the west in general, explained Amarnath Amarasingam, a post-doctoral fellow at Dalhousie University who is researching Canadian foreign fighters. Since January, at least 19 Quebec teens have either left or are suspected of wanting to leave Canada to join jihadi forces in Syria. One of the girls said, ‘I feel dirty being here. At first I feel like I don't fit in, but at the same time my continuing to stay here make me feel like I'm responsible for what happening to Muslims over there, said Amarasingam. I feel dirty and deadly being here,’ she puts it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.