A new book by a Montreal journalist says that 30 Muslims in the area are under heavy police surveillance, and that the city is a center of militant Islamic activity. (Hat tip: sr_soph.)

Thirty Montreal-area Muslims suspected of being terrorists are under heavy police surveillance, a Journal de Montreal reporter contends in a new book.

Montrealers are wrong to think they’re safe from terrorism, Fabrice de Pierrebourg says. In fact, he says, the city is a haven for planning, preparing, and financing terrorist acts.

Pierrebourg’s book, Montrealistan, profiles 20 of the 30 suspected terrorists, including a man believed to have played a role in a wave of terrorist acts in France in the 1990s who now works as a taxi driver in this city. The book is to be released next week.