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TORONTO — The Canadian Council of Imams said Monday it would open “deradicalization clinics” in the Toronto area next fall to serve as hubs for dealing with community members who have been drawn into violent extremism.

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“We just want to take a proactive approach,” Imam Hamid Slimi said of the plan, to be announced at a CCI dinner on Monday night. The council also recently formed a National Security Committee, the Toronto imam said.

“We need to take action because this is a growing problem worldwide. And at least we want to create a successful model,” said Slimi, the CCI’s former chairman. “There is a will in the community. Nobody wants to see another Brussels or Paris.”

Like other Western nations, Canada is experiencing a growing radicalization problem, underscored by the October 2014 terror attacks that resulted in the deaths of two Canadian Forces members in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Ottawa.