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Originally Posted by _Q_
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I do agree the system mostly abandoned him if he was looking for help. It is quite possible he converted to Islam to help deal with his issues, no one will ever know. But it is becoming just as clear he went through a process of radicalization, something he chose to believe in. Converted years ago and may have used his religion as basis to try and clean-up in an effort to become more devout. This is the same guy who attended the same B.C. mosque as Hisbullah Yusufzai and was kicked out for weird behaviour, bought into radicalized extremist content online from jihadist websites, has been found to have email links to other radicalized Canadians, and tried to leave Canada numerous times to go support radical elements from both Vancouver and Ottawa, but couldn't because of Passport issues. All of this cannot be ignored because he felt going to jail to cure his cocaine addiction was the best way.
It also doesn't help that his dad went back to Libya in 2011 to fight the Gaddafi regime, after being a business owner in Canada for many years.
Drugs may have started his life down the road of instability, but extremist radicalization compounded it.