When asked why he told Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi that he participated in an execution, Huzaifa said, "I was being childish. Abu Huzaifa said the official told him CSIS wants to meet with him next week to discuss the allegations. In the podcast, Abu Huzaifa makes an apparent confession to taking part in the communal, execution-style killing of Sunni Muslim men. Abu Huzaifa told CBC that he's been taking medication to dull the emotional trauma of his experiences in Syria. Abu Huzaifa describes in the podcast growing up in a normal family of Pakistani immigrants — Muslims who were not "particularly religious."

Source: CBC News May 11, 2018 17:44 UTC