Canadian Jihadist May Be Dead But His Video Is Still Being Used To Recruit Foreign Fighters For ISIS

This Canadian Jihadist Died In Syria, But His Video May Recruit More Foreign Fighters -- Washington Post

"I watched hockey. I went to the cottage in the summertime. I liked to fish," says the bearded man in fatigues in the video, a rifle propped up on his shoulder. "I was like your everyday regular Canadian before Islam," he concludes.

Andre Poulin, a Canadian convert to Islam from the town of Timmons, Ontario, journeyed to Syria in 2012 to join the extremist militants of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. He is believed to have died in battle in the summer of 2013. But a new video released by a Web site affiliated with the Islamic State appears to be using his story to spread the word of jihad to other foreigners in the English-speaking world. (The above video is an edit of the full 11-minute version, which can be watched here.)

It's unclear when the video was filmed. But in it, Poulin, who went by the name Abu Muslim al Canadi and was believed to be 24 when he died, describes himself as a "regular person" who had a salary and a normal life in the West. And, he insists, "mujahideen are regular people, too." He calls on his "brothers" in the West to reject paying taxes to regimes that wage war in Muslim lands and to lend all their professional skills -- even as as doctors or engineers -- to the cause of the Islamic State.

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Update: Canadian Killed in Syria Lives On as Pitchman for Jihadis -- New York Times

My Comment: I live in Canada .... so I know how life is here. The idea that fighting for Jihad in a place like Syria (and dying there) is preferable than living a life in Canada .... what an idiot.