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Three accused in Chicken Land slaying guilty of murder, attempted murder

Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Jun 20, 2024 • Last updated 2 days ago • 3 minute read

Guilty on all charges.


There’s nothing that will bring Naim Akl back to his family but three accused in his heinous, ISIS-inspired slaying being convicted of first-degree murder was a start.

A jury in a Brampton courthouse took less than one full day to find the three defendants guilty of Akl’s slaying on May 29, 2021, at his family’s famous Chicken Land restaurant while also coming in with guilty verdicts for attempted murder of his mom, dad, sister, brother and an employee.


“This was an incredibly violent incident which carried tragic outcomes for innocent people, their families and our community,” Peel Regional Police deputy chief Nick Milinovich said. “As a result of the commitment and professionalism of our investigators and Crown attorneys, the people responsible have been held accountable.


“Hopefully, this brings closure and comfort to the innocent people still struggling to heal from it.”



The collective fate of Anand Nath, 24, Suliman Raza, 28, and Naqash Abassi, 34, all charged with one count of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder, was in the hands of 12 men and women who have sat through three weeks of difficult testimony surrounding this dark crime that shocked the Erin Mills neighbourhood.

This was one disturbing case.


For more than 30 years, Chicken Land had been a popular takeout place run by a beloved family at Glen Erin Dr. and The Collegeway in the heart of Mississauga.


In an instant, that local treasure became a bloody homicide scene.

The motive? The Crown successfully argued this was an ISIS-inspired attack toward a family out of fear the son they converted to a radical form of Islam had found they had pledged allegiance to the terrorist group and was going to tell authorities.

Naim, 25, was struck twice by gunfire and killed. His father Jihad, mother Rania, 56, brother Daniel, 22, and an employee, Rohullah Rawi, were all hit by 9mm shells, while sister Sandra, 13, was shot at but the bullet missed her.


A masked gunman wearing a hoodie did a lot of damage over 18 seconds to the small storefront in the Esso gas station plaza, which also houses a Domino’s Pizza and a convenience store. Fleeing by getting into the trunk of a getaway car, the killers left a community in shock and a family shattered.


Peel Regional Police’s legendary homicide squad went to work and within weeks arrested three men who were working in an online fulfilment business near the airport and alleged a conspiracy that would see them take out this family for fear that Naim, who they had converted from his Druze religion at birth into Islam, would squeal that they had pledged allegiance to ISIS and were working with the banned-in-Canada terror organization.


They all pleaded not guilty and mounted a beyond-reasonable-doubt-type defence.

The jury heard about this group’s business, its dedication to a fundamentalist form of Islam and a star witness from within their pack who alleged the conspiracy and named names. But the defence made assertions that this witness was comprised, had credibility issues and could not offer smoking gun-style evidence that would make it easy for a jury to convict.


The jury was presented with a strong case by Peel police, which included evidence from cellphones, surveillance cameras, computers and insider witnesses.

It was a very professionally run trial by Justice David Harris, featuring great lawyering by counsellors for the Crown Brian McGuire, David D’Iorio and Madeline Lisus, while for the defence Kendra Stanyon representing Nath, Susan Pennypacker on behalf of Raza and Elliott Willschick for Abbasi.

Everybody did their job. In the end, so did the jury.

jwarmington@postmedia.com

WARMINGTON: Three accused in Chicken Land slaying guilty of murder, attempted murder

There's nothing that will bring Naim Akl back to his family but the three accused in his slaying being convicted of murder was a start.

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ISIS death cult smuggled 400 migrants into U.S. -- and 50 are still on run

Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Jun 26, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read

A terrifying new report claims the Islamic State terror cult has smuggled more than 400 migrants from Central Asia into the U.S.


The Department of Homeland Security identified the illegals and has deported many but at least 50 terror-friendly travellers remain at large.

NBC News reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is hunting those involved on immigration charges.

“In this case, it was the information that suggested a potential tie to ISIS because of some of the individuals involved in (smuggling migrants to the border) that led us to want to take extra care,” a senior Biden administration official told NBC.

“And out of an abundance of caution make sure that we exercised our authority in the most expansive and appropriate way to mitigate risk because of this potential connection being made.”

However, since ICE began arresting migrants brought into the U.S. by the terror-linked smuggling ring a number of months ago, no information has tied those busted to any terror threats.


The US Border Patrol will be forced to make operational cuts if lawmakers don't authorize funding to address the border crisis, the agency's chief has warned.
The US Border Patrol will be forced to make operational cuts if lawmakers don’t authorize funding to address the border crisis, the agency’s chief has warned.
Still, many of the 400 migrants who were nabbed sneaking in from Mexico were released from custody because their names were not on the terrorism watch list, officials told NBC.

Recent terrorism attacks against Russia and a volatile situation in the Middle East have caused weighted vigilance in the American security apparatus.

The New York Post reported that the Department of Homeland Security has been monitoring migrants coming from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia and Russia. The heartland for ISIS’s little brother, ISIS-K.

Tajikistan has been one of the cauldrons of hatred. Between October 2020 and May 2024, more than 1,500 migrants from that country have entered the U.S., according to documents obtained by the Post.


Most nabbed at the border are claiming asylum. It was unclear how many had been released from custody.

ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the bloody Moscow concert hall attack on March 22 that left 145 people dead and hundreds more wounded. The massacre was unleashed by terrorists from Tajikistan.


“The fact that the whereabouts were unknown is clearly alarming,” former FBI counterterrorism section chief Christopher O’Leary told NBC, adding there is no evidence they are planning to attack the U.S.

Instead, officials have called the at-large illegals “subjects of concern” but have prioritized their arrests. Some of the 400 have already been booted from the U.S.

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ISIS death cult smuggled 400 migrants into U.S. -- and 50 are still on run

A terrifying new report claims the Islamic State terror cult has smuggled more than 400 migrants from Central Asia into the U.S.

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B.C. woman faces terrorism charges for travelling to Syria to join ISIS in 2015
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Jul 06, 2024 • 2 minute read

VANCOUVER — Mounties in British Columbia say they have charged a 51-year-old woman with two terrorism-related offences after she reportedly travelled to Syria in 2015 to join ISIS.


They say Kimberly Polman was repatriated to Canada in October 2022 and placed on a series of bail conditions as they investigated the allegations.

Police say she has been subject to a Terrorism Peace Bond — a protection order made by a provincial court when it decides there are reasonable grounds someone may commit a terrorism offence _ since Nov. 7, 2023.

Mounties say the Pacific Region RCMP Federal Policing Integrated National Security Enforcement Team arrested and charged the Squamish resident on Friday.

Polman now faces one count of leaving Canada to participate in activity of a terrorist group and one count of participating in activity with a terrorist group.

Her next court appearance is scheduled to take place on Aug. 2 in Vancouver Provincial Court.


Superintendent Jag Dhot of the security enforcement team credits the success of their investigation to the dedicated officers on the file and its “policing and intelligence partnerships.”

“Along with our Canadian and International partners, the RCMP remains committed to combating violent extremism both in Canada and abroad,” Dhot said in a news release Saturday.

“Policing partners, local communities and families are all key in the successful identification, prevention and disruption of terrorist activities, as well as individual disengagement from violent extremism.”

The peace bond imposed on Polman included several conditions, including reporting to a parole officer, remaining at her home in Squamish and wearing electronic supervision equipment.


The order also included conditions that Polman have no contact with several people, such as her ex-husband, that she have no access to driving a vehicle except an electronic bike and that she not communicate with anyone suspected to be involved in terrorism.

Polman and another woman were returned to Canada in October 2022 from a detention camp in Syria that is holding mostly women and children who were rounded up after the fall of the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an al-Qaida splinter group.

She was arrested on her return to Canada but had been out on bail prior to last year’s bond decision.

Oumaima Chouay, who returned to Canada at the same time as Polman, was granted bail in January in Quebec after being charged with leaving the country to participate in the activity of a terrorist group, providing property or services for terrorism purposes and conspiracy to participate in the activity of a terrorist group.

The return of Polman and Chouay was organized by Global Affairs Canada, with assistance from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and the United States.

Another four Canadian women and 10 children landed in Montreal in April after being held for years at a prison camp in Syria. Three of the women were arrested upon arrival, while the fourth was not detained.

B.C. woman faces terrorism charges for travelling to Syria to join ISIS in 2015

Mounties in BC say they have charged a 51-year-old woman with terrorism-related offences after she travelled to Syria in 2015 to join ISIS

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Should have left them in Syria.

 

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I guess the anti-Israeli protesters are exempt since they're calling for the genocide of Jews & are publicly attacking them on campuses & elsewhere. Guess any hate laws we have don't apply to them! Good to know diversity is our strength ain't it?

 

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Radical cleric wanted island on Canada-U.S. border to be Islamic state: Report

Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Jul 29, 2024 • Last updated 20 hours ago • 3 minute read

Sheikh Yasser al-Habib, 45, wanted to make an island on the U.S.-Canada border an Islamic state.
Sheikh Yasser al-Habib, 45, wanted to make an island on the U.S.-Canada border an Islamic state, a news report claims.
A Muslim cleric reportedly has set his sights on turning an uninhabited Scottish island into an Islamic state.


However, the Daily Mail reports that extremist scholar Sheikh Yasser al-Habib, 45, was earlier thwarted from buying an island on the Canada-U.S. border because the price tag was too steep.

The 45-year-old radical claimed asylum in Britain more than 20 years ago after fleeing his native Kuwait. The Mail reported that al-Habib already has his own private military training camps.

He had his eyes on the unnamed North American island “located on the border between the United States and Canada.” The island sold for $8 million and a Canadian charity had the winning bid, he told his followers, the Mail reported.

Al-Habib told followers that Canada would make an ideal base because the country is “generally welcoming” with lax immigration laws. Where the island is located was not made clear.


Now, al-Habib and co. want to buy the uninhabited island of Torsa off the west coast of Scotland. The firebrand is reportedly in “advanced talks” to purchase the island.


Once purchased, Al-Habib said he would institute sharia law and build schools, hospitals and mosques.

The preacher’s current HQ is in the leafy village of Fulmer in South Buckinghamshire. From there, he preaches to his millions of followers online.

Torsa is a little less than 2-km long and has just one farmhouse and is accessible only by a private boat.

Observers are horrified at the prospect.

“They will have their own army, their own justice system, they will manage their own schools and hospitals, and people from around the world will be able to migrate to this homeland,” said Sarah Zaaimi, who has researched Al-Habib and is a deputy director for communications at U.S. think-tank Atlantic Council.


“It does challenge the notion of sovereignty. It’s puzzling to me how the U.K. authorities are allowing such a discourse. You are fundraising for the creation of a sovereign country on the margins of another country.”

Now, al-Habib is asking supporters for cash to help create his Islamic “homeland” and to prepare for the coming of their messiah, known as Mahdi. So far he has raised more than $3 million of his stated $3.5-million goal.

“If you want to live free under the banner of the imam, in a special homeland where you feel everything in it reminds you of the awaited Mahdi, everything is the Shia homeland … support this project,” he said in a video.

One of his followers scoping out Torsa said in another video: “Here, my brothers, God willing, we want to build a large mosque, a school and a hawza (Shia seminary). We want this place to be a homeland to the Shias and the believers.”


Then, the camera moves to images of the cleric’s “army” named Al-Shurta Al-Khamis performing drills at his Fulmer mosque.


The cleric has repeatedly come to the attention of U.K. authorities with officials trying to shutter his TV channel without much success.

Following the Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attacks on Israel, the cleric was delighted.

“Who among us does not enjoy retaliation of the Zionist enemy? We were all buoyed by this news,” he said, adding that he disapproved of Hamas raping women and desecrating bodies.

Occasionally, Al-Habib has gotten into hot water with fellow Muslims.

His 2022 film called The Lady of Heaven was yanked from U.K. theatres after hundreds protested the film, accusing him and others for blasphemy for depicting the Prophet.

In addition, theatre staff feared for their safety.

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Islamic hate cleric tried to buy island on US-Canada border

Firebrand Muslim clerk Sheikh Yasser al-Habib, 45, revealed he considered an island on the U.S.-Canada border to turn into his own Islamic state.

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Radical cleric wanted island on Canada-U.S. border to be Islamic state: Report

A Muslim cleric has set his sights on turning an uninhabited Scottish island into an Islamic state, the Daily Mail reports

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Father-son's Toronto terror attack plan in 'advanced stages' when thwarted, RCMP allege
'I wouldn't call it imminent but it was close,' Mounties said of the alleged planned terror attack


Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Jul 31, 2024 • Last updated 7 hours ago • 3 minute read

The seeds of death were planted in the desert sands of Iraq.


And according to the RCMP, the “advanced” terror plot was poised to reap a bloody harvest in Toronto.

The Mounties announced on Wednesday they arrested a father and son last weekend at a Richmond Hill hotel and charged them with a number of terrorism-related offences.

The pair were alleged devotees of the Islamic State death cult.

Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son, Mostafa Eldidi, 26, are charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist group identified as the Islamic State.

The duo were also charged with facilitating terrorist activity and conspiracy to commit murder.

Investigators were tight-lipped on many aspects of the alleged massacre plan and the investigation. RCMP Supt. James Parr said that a “particular” community appears to have been the target.


Officials would not confirm whether the bull’s-eye was on the city’s embattled Jewish community.

Parr said: “(We need) a clearer picture of who their grievances might have been with.”

Inside their hotel room — police did not name the hotel — a low-tech machete and axe were recovered.

Dad was also charged with aggravated assault in connection with a 2015 ISIS-related attack in Iraq.

Cops said the Eldidis are both Canadian citizens but were unsure of when they arrived here. The father had previously been linked to ISIS so how he slipped into Canada and obtained citizenship is a mystery.

“(The father) is accused of an attack outside Canada and there was enough to charge him with it,” Parr told reporters, adding that the duo lived in a “decent home.”


But the Mountie admitted that until early July, neither father nor son were on the national security radar. Both are residents of Scarborough.



Parr said the investigation moved quickly, adding that the probe was not the result of violent and extremist posts on social media. And it does not appear the pair were funded by the Islamic State, he said.

A wide array of police, CSIS and civilians came together to “put the pieces of the puzzle together.”

“Toronto was the target,” he said. “It’s a very tense time. The (plot) was in an advanced stages of planning. I wouldn’t call it imminent but it was close.”


When the father-son alleged terrorists were arrested late at night in their hotel room, it went off without a hitch with “no damage” and “no serious injuries,” the Mountie said.

As for Islamic State, the death cult has been greatly diminished since their cherished caliphate was obliterated. Parr could not speak to the vile organization’s “bench strength.”

RCMP Asst. Commissioner Matt Peggs said that between July 1 and July 29, the two accused allegedly facilitated terrorist activity and knowingly assisted ISIS.

He added that investigators believe that in addition to Toronto, the accused may have had their sights set on other targets in York Region and elsewhere.

Officials said they do not believe there is an active threat. The Eldidis are slated to make a virtual court appearance on Thursday.


“I am very proud of the impressive team effort that made these arrests possible,” said Peggs.

“I also want to thank our law enforcement partners in the INSET group for their invaluable assistance. The RCMP Federal Police take all threats to our national security very seriously. This was an imminent threat, and we were able to prevent serious injuries or loss of life.”

Going forward, Parr added: “We’ll do what we have to do.”


Besides the RCMP, the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario, Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Toronto Police Service, the Canada Border Service Agency, Ontario Provincial Police, York Regional Police Service, Peel Regional Police Service, and Durham Regional Police Service all collaborated in the probe.


INSET (Integrated National Security Enforcement Team) is made up of representatives of the RCMP, Municipal and Provincial police forces as well as Federal and Provincial partners and agencies.

The group collects, shares, and analyzes information that concerns threats to national security and criminal extremism/terrorism.

If you have concerns that someone is considering, planning or preparing to commit an act of violence or to help others in committing acts of terrorism, contact your local police service. If there is an immediate threat to your safety, or the safety of others, police advise to dial 911.

Non-emergency tips can be reported to the RCMP National Security Information Network by phone at 1-800-420-5805 or online at rcmp.ca/report-it.

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HUNTER: Father-son's Toronto terror attack plan in 'advanced stages' when thwarted, RCMP allege

The RCMP say a father and son in the Greater Toronto Area are accused of conspiring to commit murder for the Islamic State.

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Tory public safety critic demands answers on alleged terror twosome

Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Aug 01, 2024 • 2 minute read

Tory shadow justice and public safety minister Frank Caputo is appalled.
This is an open public letter to Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc from Conservative Public Safety critic Frank Caputo (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo):


Dear Minister LeBlanc,

I, like millions of other Canadians, was shocked to learn yesterday (Wednesday) of a planned terrorist attack in Toronto. The planned attack, which I am thankful was foiled by police and security services, involved an individual who previously travelled to Syria to join ISIS and participate in its genocidal campaign of terror.

As we know from the RCMP, this individual was charged with committing aggravated assault on behalf of the terrorist group while abroad in 2015.

What is even more shocking is that this individual was allowed to return to Canada and to freely walk the streets for nearly a decade before being arrested.

It is completely unacceptable that Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi was allowed to return to Canada without facing arrest; this situation raises important questions about how many other ISIS fighters have returned to Canada without repercussions and may be living in our communities.


With the revelation by Global News that Eldidi appeared in an ISIS propaganda video where he is [allegedly] dismembering someone, it is even more incomprehensible that your government did not prevent him from returning home without being arrested.

Canadians deserve to know how this occurred and whether other ISIS fighters have been allowed to return to Canada in the same way. Your government must release information on how Eldidi managed to get back into Canada without facing repercussions for his [alleged] terrorism, and how many other ISIS fighters are believed to be walking free in Canada.

We call for the immediate public release of this information.

I hope you will refrain from using the active criminal proceedings as an excuse to not release this information. With that said, I urge you to do the right thing as you have previously demonstrated that releasing such information is not only possible but is in the public interest.

This kind of a failure is unacceptable, but all too common for your government, which has failed to keep Canadians safe since 2015.

The release of the information surrounding this matter is the minimum you must do to address serious lingering questions.

I look forward to the answers to these critical questions and the prompt publication of the information that Canadians deserve.

Sincerely,

Frank Caputo, MP
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
Public Safety Critic

Tory public safety critic demands answers on alleged terror twosome

This is an open public letter to Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc from Conservative Public Safety critic Frank Caputo.

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How did accused father-son Toronto terror team get into Canada?

Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Aug 01, 2024 • Last updated 11 hours ago • 3 minute read

The shocking Islamic State-inspired mass casualty terror plot targeting Toronto has scores of loose ends.


Foremost among them: How did the alleged father-son terror tag team get into Canada? When did they arrive? Under what circumstances? And were they vetted?

On Wednesday, law enforcement announced that they had thwarted what RCMP Supt. James Parr described a targeted attack in its “advanced” stages.

Father and son Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son, Mostafa Eldidi, 26, were arrested in their third-floor room at a nondescript Richmond Hill hotel last weekend.


The Mounties said the duo — devotees of the Islamic State death cult — are charged with participation in the activities of the terrorist group. Father and son are also charged with facilitating terrorist activity and conspiracy to commit murder.


It is suspected the Eldidis planned on targeting the city’s Jewish community.

Law enforcement did not have any answers about the Eldidis on Wednesday except to say they are Canadian citizens.

“The recent discovery of two accused ISIS-affiliated terrorists in the advanced stages of planning a terror attack on Canadian soil is deeply disturbing,” Conservative Public Safety critic Frank Caputo told The Toronto Sun.


“Canadians have every right to demand answers. The Liberal government must be transparent with the public and answer all questions surrounding this alarming threat to Canadians.”

A spokesman for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada offered this: “Due to privacy legislation, we cannot comment on individuals.”


In a statement, spokesperson Rebecca Purdy said the Canada Border Services Agency is unable to provide information regarding the screening of a specific case.

“What we can tell you is that security screening of foreign nationals is a joint collaboration between Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), CSIS and the CBSA. Foreign nationals seeking entry to Canada are screened against specific sections of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) to identify potential security concerns and are preformed based on IRCC referrals.”

Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi and his son had not been on the national security radar until early July when the pair came to the attention of authorities.


Global News reported that father and Scion had travelled to Syria to join ISIS around 2015. The network reported that the Eldidis were videoed in front of an ISIS flag.


During its brief reign as a caliphate, the terror organization slaughtered thousands, sold sex slaves and engaged in an endless stream of crimes. The Mounties charged the father with committing a violent, aggravated assault while overseas.

In an open letter to Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc, Caputo demanded answers.

“What is even more shocking is that this individual was allowed to return to Canada and to freely walk the streets for nearly a decade before being arrested,” Caputo wrote.

“It is completely unacceptable that Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi was allowed to return to Canada without facing arrest; this situation raises important questions about how many other ISIS fighters have returned to Canada without repercussions and may be living in our communities.”


More shocking, Caputo claimed, was the stunning revelation from Global that the elder Eldidi appeared in an ISIS propaganda video that shows him apparently dismembering a person.

“It is even more incomprehensible that your government did not prevent him from returning home without being arrested.”

As the country grapples with explosive growth due to immigration, concerns are growing that malevolent actors are slipping into the country.

The alleged Toronto terror plot is the third such incident involving Canadians in the past three weeks. On July 22, Zachareah Adam Quraishi, 21, of Airdrie, Alta. was gunned down when he attacked Israeli soldiers with a knife.

The following week, former Edmonton gas jockey Khalid Hussein, 29, was caged for terror-related offences in London. He was an acolyte of hate preacher Anjem Choudary who was sentenced to life in prison.



“Canadians deserve to know how this occurred and whether other ISIS fighters have been allowed to return to Canada in the same way,” Caputo wrote in his letter.

“Your government must release information on how Eldidi managed to get back into Canada without facing repercussions for his [alleged] terrorism, and how many other ISIS fighters are believed to be walking free in Canada.”

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Toronto terror suspects recorded video with weapons, ISIS flag | Globalnews.ca

The video of Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 26, showed them holding an axe and machete, according to three sources.

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How did accused father-son Toronto terror team get into Canada?

The shocking Islamic State-inspired mass casualty terror plot targeting Toronto has scores of loose ends.

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Don't downplay alleged Toronto terror plot

Author of the article:Michele Mandel
Published Aug 01, 2024 • Last updated 9 hours ago • 3 minute read

It was not a father and child reunion.


Instead, the accused terrorist duo of Ahmed Eldidi, 62, and his son Mostafa, 26, made separate video appearances Thursday from the Central East Detention Centre where they’re both being held since their shocking arrest last week at a Richmond Hill hotel.

According to the RCMP, the Scarborough pater et filius were in the “advanced stages” of planning a serious, violent attack in Toronto on behalf of the Islamic State. Who were their alleged targets? The police wouldn’t say.

But with the frightening rise of anti-Semitism since the Hamas massacre of Israelis on Oct. 7 and ensuing Gaza war, it’s not difficult to guess.

The Eldidis had been under investigation since early July by the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) and were arrested by an RCMP tactical team after they allegedly acquired an axe and a machete for the benefit of ISIS. According to Global News, they allegedly recorded a video while wielding the blades before an ISIS flag.


It’s terrifying to imagine the maiming and murder that could result with those weapons let loose on an unsuspecting crowd of people.

The elder Eldidi is accused of having already done such a horrific deed.

He faces five terror-related charges, including possessing an axe for the benefit of the terror group and aggravated assault outside of Canada at the direction of ISIS in 2015. Global News has reported that latter charge relates to an ISIS propaganda video where he allegedly uses a sword to dismember a prisoner.


His son is charged with four terror-related counts, including the alleged possession of the machete.

He appeared first in the virtual Newmarket courtroom dressed in prison-issue orange, his hair a wild ‘fro. His father appeared about an hour and a half later in a similar outfit, his grey hair shorn close to his head. Both used an Arabic interpreter who helped explain that they were being remanded in custody to Aug. 7 when they should hear about their Legal Aid requests to fund lawyers.


Their bail hearings are still a while away.

At the request of the federal and provincial Crowns, Justice of the Peace Tina Rotondi imposed a non-communication order — the father and son are not allowed to communicate directly or indirectly except through their lawyers to prepare their legal defence.

Asked if they had any questions, both made statements that can’t be reported due to a publication ban in place.



They are hardly the first accused of planning to wreak terror on our city. We’ve long been immune to believing that it couldn’t happen here.


In 2006, it was the Toronto 18 who were charged with plotting al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist attacks on home soil. In 2013 came the RCMP’s stunning arrest of Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier who were convicted two years later of terrorism charges — Esseghaier wanted to blow up a bridge and derail a VIA Rail train while Jaser favoured a Toronto sniper plot targeting prominent Jews and national leaders.

In 2017, Rehab Dughmosh attacked workers at a Canadian Tire store in the city’s east end, armed with a golf club and a knife and while wearing a homemade ISIS banner and bandana. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt.

Three years later, Annie Hang-Kam Chiu would not be as fortunate. Selecting her at random, Saad Akhtar was intent on committing multiple murders in the name of ISIS and attacked her with a hammer, beating her to death on the sidewalk of a street in Scarborough.

Most recently, it was the disturbing Chicken Land case where three ISIS-supporters were convicted of first-degree murder in the Mississauga shooting that killed Naim Akl and injured four other family members because they feared he was going to the authorities.

So it would be nice to downplay the arrests and believe the alleged plot didn’t pose much actual danger.

But then you wouldn’t be a Jew living in this increasingly frightening city.

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MANDEL: Don't downplay alleged Toronto terror plot

The pair are hardly the first accused of preparing a terror plot in our city.

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Syrian Islamists linked to ISIS, al-Qaida and sex slavery

Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Dec 15, 2024 • Last updated 37 minutes ago • 2 minute read

The Islamic terrorists who have toppled Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad didn’t just crawl out from under the usual rocks.


Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) exploded into the news as they raced across Syria in just days in a seemingly suicidal quest to oust the dictator.

And now, the country’s bloodthirsty leader has fled to Moscow and into the warm arms of Russian President Vladimir Putin.


But what is HTS? This isn’t their first terror rodeo and the globe is watching the group’s next move in what is expected to be a re-run of the mad mullahs of Iran.

Founded in 2012, it was formerly named Jabhat al-Nusra before switching to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham. Its members are drawn from the Sunni arm of Islam.

The Grand Poohbah is a former top al-Qaida operative named Abu Mohammad al-Jolani. Like HTS itself (and terrorists in general), he has a bit of a public relations problem. Not that that seems to matter to western undergrads.


Jolani joined the insurgency against the allies in neighbouring Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion.


Following the revolt against Assad in 2011, the leader returned to the country that year. By the next year, he established Jabhat al-Nusra — otherwise known as the Nusra Front, its midwife being the ISIS death cult.

But the Islamic State saw the Syrian operation as subordinate to the mother ship of mayhem. And that put some terror noses out of joint.


As Assad ruthlessly cracked down on pro-democracy protests, a litany of terror groups emerged. Islamic State and al Qaida battled for homicidal hearts and minds.

HTS opted for al Qaida who were behind the terror attacks on 9/11, killing 3,000 people. Sources said the group provided with HTS with fighters, guns and cash. Then, HTS ditched al Qaida in 2017.


Like the older, more established terror organization, HTS has a dark history of sex trafficking and abuse involving young women and girls. Some of the terrified girls have been given as “gifts” to HTS big wigs.

One young woman told Al-Monitor her uncle sold her to the terrorists for $5,000. The girl was taken to a bordello owned by the terrorists and repeatedly raped.


Now 19, she said: “I told my uncle about what I was going through in this house, but he did nothing to save me.”

The group’s human rights abuses stretch further than women and girls. HTS has committed numerous massacres, bombings, kidnappings and a staggering array of twisted torture.

Even the soft-on-terror United Nations has described the group as “brutal.”


Now, HTS is trying to soften its image.

Before taking power, they stated that Syrian Kurds have “full right to live in dignity and freedom” and would “not allow anyone to disrupt or attempt to undermine the brotherhood and cooperation between all parts of Syrian society.”

In addition, since 2017 HTS has slackened on imposing Sharia law but still enforces gender segregation in schools and universities. Nor do they force women to cover their faces.

However, they don’t like TikTok and other social media. They have detained some users who posted what is considered to be “immoral” content.

bhunter@postmedia.com

@HunterTOSun

VICTORY FOR TERROR: Syrian Islamists linked to ISIS, al-Qaida and sex slavery

The Islamic terrorists who have toppled Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad didn't just crawl out from under the usual rocks.

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Syrian Islamists linked to ISIS, al-Qaida and sex slavery

Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Dec 15, 2024 • Last updated 37 minutes ago • 2 minute read

The Islamic terrorists who have toppled Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad didn’t just crawl out from under the usual rocks.


Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) exploded into the news as they raced across Syria in just days in a seemingly suicidal quest to oust the dictator.

And now, the country’s bloodthirsty leader has fled to Moscow and into the warm arms of Russian President Vladimir Putin.


But what is HTS? This isn’t their first terror rodeo and the globe is watching the group’s next move in what is expected to be a re-run of the mad mullahs of Iran.

Founded in 2012, it was formerly named Jabhat al-Nusra before switching to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham. Its members are drawn from the Sunni arm of Islam.

The Grand Poohbah is a former top al-Qaida operative named Abu Mohammad al-Jolani. Like HTS itself (and terrorists in general), he has a bit of a public relations problem. Not that that seems to matter to western undergrads.


Jolani joined the insurgency against the allies in neighbouring Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion.


Following the revolt against Assad in 2011, the leader returned to the country that year. By the next year, he established Jabhat al-Nusra — otherwise known as the Nusra Front, its midwife being the ISIS death cult.

But the Islamic State saw the Syrian operation as subordinate to the mother ship of mayhem. And that put some terror noses out of joint.


As Assad ruthlessly cracked down on pro-democracy protests, a litany of terror groups emerged. Islamic State and al Qaida battled for homicidal hearts and minds.

HTS opted for al Qaida who were behind the terror attacks on 9/11, killing 3,000 people. Sources said the group provided with HTS with fighters, guns and cash. Then, HTS ditched al Qaida in 2017.


Like the older, more established terror organization, HTS has a dark history of sex trafficking and abuse involving young women and girls. Some of the terrified girls have been given as “gifts” to HTS big wigs.

One young woman told Al-Monitor her uncle sold her to the terrorists for $5,000. The girl was taken to a bordello owned by the terrorists and repeatedly raped.


Now 19, she said: “I told my uncle about what I was going through in this house, but he did nothing to save me.”

The group’s human rights abuses stretch further than women and girls. HTS has committed numerous massacres, bombings, kidnappings and a staggering array of twisted torture.

Even the soft-on-terror United Nations has described the group as “brutal.”


Now, HTS is trying to soften its image.

Before taking power, they stated that Syrian Kurds have “full right to live in dignity and freedom” and would “not allow anyone to disrupt or attempt to undermine the brotherhood and cooperation between all parts of Syrian society.”

In addition, since 2017 HTS has slackened on imposing Sharia law but still enforces gender segregation in schools and universities. Nor do they force women to cover their faces.

However, they don’t like TikTok and other social media. They have detained some users who posted what is considered to be “immoral” content.

bhunter@postmedia.com

@HunterTOSun

VICTORY FOR TERROR: Syrian Islamists linked to ISIS, al-Qaida and sex slavery

The Islamic terrorists who have toppled Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad didn't just crawl out from under the usual rocks.

torontosun.com

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