Imams in Canada are actually speaking out concerning their part in the recent terror bust in Toronto and surrounding area, saying:
"There is nothing wrong in saying we failed our youth, ... "We did not fail them intentionally, but our community was in a formative stage and our youth searching to fill the vacuum within received wrong advice and training.
"We should be more careful in controlling the youth in the public domain — not everybody should be allowed to talk or lead the youth. They are the most vulnerable." Imam Munir El-Kassen at the Toronto and Region Islamic Congregation in North York source Hat Tip Captain's Quarters
The Anti-Jihad Pundit has more on the Canadian terrorists.
An Internet diary examined by The Globe and Mail details the thoughts, aspirations and angst shared by a group of Muslim students at Mississauga's Meadowvale Secondary School. The students, most of whom graduated in 2003, called themselves the Meadowvale Brothers. Among their members was Mr. Amara, who faces a string of terror-related charges.
The blog, which has since been taken offline, reveals a group of students discussing everything ..."I hate flags. I hate countries... I hate man made laws.... I hate nationalism with a passion... I love for the Sake of Allah and I hate for his sake...... When the islamic [rule] comes back... there will be no palisitne flag, no philipino flag... no pakistani, somali, american, or british flag... it will just be 1 flag," he wrote, using the pseudonym "Aleph," the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. He then posted an image of Arabic script followed by an English translation: "THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS FINAL MESSENGER..." [and they call the rest imperialists!!!] ...
But Mr. Amara made perhaps his most telling comment on June 12, 2003, when he segued from a post about exams to an explanation of why the prophet Moses did not return to Egypt as a conqueror. Mr. Amara wrotethat even though it would have been more logical to return to Egypt rather than continue through the desert, that doesn't matter. "the KEY HERE IS,,,THE ORDER OF ALLAH DEFEATS LOGIC and is WAY ABOVE IT," he wrote. ...
CBC News: Teacher witnessed transformation of some bomb-plot suspects
"They would enter into the mosque to pray, and they would pray in a very aggressive manner, and they would come in military fatigues and military touques and stuff. It looked to me that they were watching a lot of those Chechnyan jihad videos online and stuff."
Amiruddin is a teacher of Sufism, a traditional brand of Islam that rejects the ideology of jihad. Amiruddin says the group was seduced by hardline propaganda financed by the Saudi government and promoting a strict, Wahhabi brand of Islam.
He says the Saudis have flooded Canada with free Qur'ans, laced with jihadist commentary. "In the back of these Qur'ans that are being published in Saudi Arabia, you have basically essays on the need for offensive jihad and the legitimacy of offensive jihad and things like that. Very alarming stuff," he said. Anti Jihad Pundit
You really MUST go read the rest. Seems there are many 'excuses' for the poor boy's deciding to blow up the world, ... love, lack of love, blah blah blah. Go on now, go read it. I'll be here when you get back!
Two Canadians, connected to the Tornoto group arrested this week, were previously arrested in the United States:
Two men believed to be part of a terrorist ring in Canada were arrested last summer while trying to smuggle guns and ammunition from the United States, authorities said.
Mohammed Dirie, 22, and Yasin Abdi Mohamed, 24, were both in jail serving two-year sentences for weapons smuggling when they were hit with new Canadian terrorism charges Friday.
The men were among 12 adults and five suspects younger than 18 charged with plotting an attack in southern Ontario. source
Canada has long prided itself for opening its doors wider than any nation to immigrants and asylum-seekers, but that tradition is coming under intense scrutiny:
Critics contend that too many newcomers are admitted without thorough screening, that asylum-seekers are routinely allowed to move about freely before their claims of persecution are reviewed, and that Canada's official policy of multiculturalism slows the assimilation of immigrant communities. source
I suggest that American immigration law, which is being considered now in committee in Congress, keep terrorism in mind as they contemplate the final bill to be voted on.
For your reading pleasure, here are the specific details on each of the Toronto Canada terrorists, the charges against them and personal information:
Details are starting to emerge about the lives of the suspected Islamic terrorists who were taken into custody in a series of southern Ontario raids.
No details are available about the five suspects who are under the age of 18, whose identities are concealed under Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act. However, sources have told the Toronto Star some attended the same high school.
One interesting fact is this: Only six of the 12 adults have been charged with intending to cause an explosion: Fahim Ahmad, Zakaria Amara, Asad Ansari, Shareef Abdelhaleem, Quayyum Abdul Jamal and Saad Khalid.
Fahim Ahmad:
Ahmad is a 21-year-old devout Muslim man from east-end Toronto.
Friends say he had a reputation as a friendly person who played basketball with a group of teens every Friday and never missed prayer at the Islamic Foundation of Toronto in Scarborough.
He is said to have become friends with two other suspects -- Saad Khalid and Zakaria Amara -- at Mississauga's Meadowvale Secondary School.
Ahmad faces five charges: Knowingly participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group, importing weapons and ammunition for the purpose of terrorist activity, receiving training in terrorism, providing training in terrorism, intent to cause an explosion.
Shareef Abdelhaleen:
The 30-year-old unmarried son of an engineer who immigrated to Canada from Egypt 20 years ago. A neighbour told the Toronto Star that the computer programmer lived at his Mississauga home for about four years.
He is said to be still recovering from a heart operation he had in April.
Abdelhaleen faces two charges: Knowingly participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group and intent to cause an explosion.
Qayyum Abdul Jamal:
The 43-year-old father of four boys is married to a Canadian woman who converted to Islam.
Neighbours said the Karachi-native drove a school bus and was an active member of his Mississauga, Ont., community where he lived in a townhouse. According to the Star, Jamal's first wife died a few years ago of an unknown illness.
Jamal was considered something of a role model for teenagers at the Ar-Rahman Islamic Centre in Mississauga, the same strip mall mosque that six of his co-accused attended.
The devout Muslim was also known for his fiery rhetoric at the mosque where he also volunteered as a caretaker and sometimes led prayers.
In one public confrontation at the mosque, Jamal who was supposed to introduce federal MP Wajid Khan, attacked the Canadian military's mission in Afghanistan.
"He said Canadian troops were (in Afghanistan) to rape Muslim women," federal MP Wajid Khan told CTV News, recalling the year-old incident.
"That's exactly where I stopped him and said, 'don't talk nonsense'."
One of the mosque's board members, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The Globe and Mail a few parents barred their children from attending the mosque because they were worried about his mounting influence.
Jamal faces three charges: Knowingly participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group, receiving training with a terrorist group, intent to cause an explosion.
Mohammed Dirie:
The 22-year-old landed immigrant is currently serving a two-year sentence in a Kingston, Ont. jail for attempting to smuggle a gun across the American border.
He pleaded guilty last October, saying he had bought the gun for his protection.
Also known as Ali Dirie, he came to Canada from Somalia at the age of seven.
The Star reports Dirie previously worked as a carpenter but wanted to go to college to become an X-ray technician.
Dirie faces two counts: Knowingly of participating in a terrorist group as well as charges of importing weapons and ammunition for the purpose of terrorist activity.
Yasim Abdi Mohamed:
Currently serving a two-year sentence on weapons-smuggling charges at the same jail as Dirie for attempting to bring a gun across the U.S. border.
He was born in Somalia and immigrated to Canada when he was 7 along with his younger brother and parents.
The family lived in Cambridge before moving to Toronto nearly five years ago.
The 24-year-old lived in his mother's Toronto home before his arrest.
His mother Asha Muhyadin recounted a conversation she had with her son soon after his parole hearing last year.
"Mummy, they are changing my story around. They want to know about terrorism," he told her.
He said that the officers questioned him about terrorism and links to al Qaeda instead of asking how he came to possess a gun, the Star reported.
Mohamed faces two counts: Knowingly participating in a terrorist group and importing weapons and ammunition for the purpose of terrorist activity.
Amin Mohamed Durrani:
Described as friendly and cheerful by younger brother Ibrahim, the 19-year-old was not well known among his neighbours.
Ibrahim told the Star his brother used to disappear for weeks at a time.
"I heard he was going to some camp," he said. "But I don't know anything about it."
He said that Durrani and his friends would reappear usually with gifts in tow.
"They brought me a lot of stuff, like army suits and caps," he said. "Sometimes, he'll go get pizza."
Durrani faces three charges: Knowingly participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group, receiving training in terrorism, providing training in terrorism.
Steven Vikash Chand:
A recent Muslim convert, the 25-year-old also went by the name of Abdul Shakur. A member of his mosque said Chand attended Salaheddin Islamic Centre two to three times a week.
Chand moved into a basement suite near his mosque about six months ago.
The homeowner told the Star that Chand had just started a job at a nearby shawarma shop at the time of his arrest.
According to the Globe and Mail, Chand regularly distributed reading material about Islam at local public schools, encouraging youths to accept God.
Chand faces three charges: Knowingly participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group, receiving training in terrorism, providing training in terrorism.
Ahmad Mustafa Ghany:
Ghany is a recent health sciences graduate of McMaster University in Hamilton.
The 21-year-old is the son of a urologist who immigrated to Canada from Trinidad and Tobago more than 40 years ago.
Ghany spent his early years in Saudi Arabia where his father was hired at the King Saud University as a medical professor and consultant.
When the Ghany family's eldest son died, they sold their Brampton home and left the country temporarily, the Globe reports.
While abroad, they bought a Mississauga home and rented it out.
When they returned to Canada during the first Gulf War, Dr. Ghany and his wife Umaima Ghany took on a prominent role in Mississauga' Islamic community.
According to the Star, Ghany is the brother-in-law of another suspect, Zakaria Amara.
Ghany faces two charges: faces three charges: Knowingly participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group and receiving training in terrorism.
Zakaria Amara:
The 20-year-old man moved into his mother-in-law's Mississauga, Ont., home last week where he planned to live with his wife and their eight-month-old daughter.
His wife told the Globe he was going to school and working in a gas station.
According to the Star -- another suspect -- Ahmad Mustafa Ghany is Amara's brother-in-law.
Ghany is said to be married to Amara's wife's sister.
He is said to have become friends with two other suspects -- Fahim Ahmad and Saad Khalid -- at Mississauga's Meadowvale Secondary School.
Amara faces four charges: Knowingly participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group, receiving training in terrorism, providing training in terrorism, intent to cause an explosion.
Asad Ansari:
Few details are available about the 21-year-old who lived in Mississauga with a family of four or five people. Neighbours told reporters the family moved into the home about two years ago.
Ansari faces three charges: Knowingly participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group, receiving training in terrorism and intent to cause an explosion.
Saad Khalid:
The 19-year-old is said to be a business student at the University of Toronto's' Mississauga campus.
When he attended a mosque, he went to Mississauga's Al-Rahman Islamic Centre for Islamic Education, the same mosque attended by the eldest suspect, a relative told Globe.
Khalid, who moved to Canada from Pakistan when he was 8, told his parents he was attending a job fair in Toronto on the day police stormed his parents' townhouse.
The Star reports Khalid created the "Religious Awareness Club in high school, where he would preach Islam during the lunch break.
He is said to have become friends with two other suspects -- Fahim Ahmad and Zakaria Amara -- at Mississauga's Meadowvale Secondary School.
Khalid faces three charges: Knowingly participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group, receiving training in terrorism and intent to cause an explosion.
Jahmaaal James:
The 23-year-old was described as being "just a normal guy" by his father.
James recently moved into an east-Toronto townhouse with his father and paternal grandmother, his father, a West Indies native told the Globe.
After graduating from a Scarborough-area high school, James worked several part-time jobs but was unemployed at the time of his arrest.
James, who regularly prayed at the Salaheddin Islamic Centre, recently married a woman in Pakistan but she remained there.
James faces two charges: Knowingly participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group and receiving training in terrorism. source
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Infidel Bloggers Alliance, "School Ties Link Alleged Plotters Arrested Canadians Had Bonded at Clubs and on Soccer Fields"
Jihad Watch, "Canada jihadists gres more devout, began to plot"
Gina Cobb, "Canadian Imams Taking Responsibility, It's a Start"
AL-MUHAJIROUN IS THE TERROR LINK FOR BOTH ARRESTS IN THE UK ON 6/06/06 SEE BELOW.
ABED KHAN ARRESTED AT U.K. AIRPORT TUESDAY 6/06/06, LINKED TO TORONTO TERROR GROUP; Ismail Khan confirmed in an interview with Canadian Press that his 21-year-old nephew Abed Khan was arrested after arriving at Manchester airport on a flight from northwest Pakistan tuesday night 6/06/06. http://story.canadastandard.com/p.x/ct/9/id/e8f8a388b373368f/cid/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6/
SYED HASHMI, QUEENS NY AL-MUHAJIROUN MEMBER, ARRESTED AT U.K. AIRPORT TUESDAY 6/06/06; The defendant, Syed Hashmi, 26, was arrested at Heathrow Airport in London on Tuesday night as he was trying to board a flight to Pakistan, according to the United States attorney's office in Manhattan. Prosecutors said he was carrying a large amount of cash. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/08/nyregion/08terror.html?ex=1307419200&en=a2eb1a62bc7b3975&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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