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Articles by Stewart Bell

Children & Teens

Family asks court to order Canada to repatriate orphan from ISIS camp

July 14, 2020 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) The family of a Canadian orphan living at a camp for ISIS detainees in Syria filed legal action against the federal government on Tuesday, alleging Ottawa is violating her rights by not bringing her home. The case was filed in […]

Government & Politics

Former member of Toronto 18 terrorist group asks court to take him off no-fly list Saad Gaya is now a lawyer who speaks against extremism.

July 6, 2020 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A former member of a terrorist group that plotted truck bombings in Toronto to protest Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan is appealing a government decision to place him on the no-fly list. Saad Gaya was part of the Toronto 18 […]

Legal

Alleged ISIS recruiter is ‘don’ of Ottawa jail, inmate alleges

June 16, 2020 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) Alleged ISIS recruiter Awso Peshdary has become the “don” of his Ottawa jail and was behind the assault of another inmate, according to allegations contained in court records obtained by Global News. The allegations surfaced in court after Peshdary, arrested […]

News: North America

Canadians at camp for ISIS families fingerprinted, questioned as part of drive to support repatriation

June 15, 2020 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) Canadians detained at a sprawling camp for ISIS families in northern Syria have been photographed and fingerprinted in recent days as part of an operation to register them so they can be sent home. The Syrian Democratic Forces entered the […]

Legal

ISIS suspect to remain in custody after Ontario judge rejects bail

June 11, 2020 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) An Ontario man accused of leaving Canada with his wife a year ago to join the Islamic State terrorist group was denied bail in a decision handed down by Thursday. Ikar Mao, a 22-year-old from Guelph, Ont., was charged on […]

Government & Politics

Edmonton woman ‘committed’ to ISIS ‘facilitated extremist activities,’ secret documents allege

April 3, 2020 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) An Edmonton woman has been identified by intelligence officials as an alleged ISIS supporter and Al Shabaab member and who recruited a young Canadian to travel to Syria, Global News has learned. Top secret documents publicly disclosed in court, and […]

Law Enforcement

Suspect’s alleged statements about ISIS led to terrorism charge over Toronto hammer attack: sources

March 16, 2020 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) Every morning, Hang-Kam Annie Chiu left her basement suite in Scarborough and walked to the local Tim Hortons, where she ordered a large coffee with two creams. She would sit by the window with a group of seniors who met […]

Crime

Canada accuses doctor of crimes against humanity for virginity tests on women in Afghanistan

March 11, 2020 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) Canadian immigration authorities are trying to deport a doctor who performed “virginity tests” on women in Afghanistan, alleging her actions amounted to a crime against humanity. Before crossing the border into Canada to make a refugee claim, Saida Ahmadi worked […]

Deradicalization

Canada’s terrorism offenders are coming out of prison still radicalized

February 27, 2020 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) At Suliman Mohamed’s 2016 sentencing for trying to join ISIS, the Ottawa judge presiding over his case did not hold back, scolding those aligned with the terrorist group for “embracing the devil.” Mohamed got seven years. But three years later, […]

News: North America

Foreigners from Canada among those captured during fight against ISIS in Afghanistan, UN says

January 29, 2020 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) Foreign fighters from countries including Canada were captured during an operation against ISIS in Afghanistan last November, according to a report to the United Nations Security Council. The report said the Afghan security forces and Taliban had dealt a severe […]

Health & Medicine

National security review agency looking at complaint over arrest of Canadian ISIS recruit

January 6, 2020 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A complaint over the RCMP’s role in the arrest in the United States of a Toronto-area ISIS recruit has been referred to Canada’s new national security review agency, handing its members a challenging case early in their mandate. A copy […]

Immigration

Federal court upholds deportation of ISIS mechanic living in B.C.

December 5, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A Lebanese mechanic who fixed vehicles for ISIS before arriving in Canada and making a refugee claim is complicit in the terror group’s crimes against humanity, the Federal Court has ruled. In its decision, the court found that Boutros Massroua, […]

Law Enforcement

Ontario man arrested on terrorism peace bond after returning from Turkey

November 18, 2019 Rachel Browne and Stewart Bell  

(Global News) An Ontario man has been arrested on a terrorism peace bond after returning from Turkey, and has been released on a long list of conditions including that he not espouse extremism, Global News has learned. Ikar Mao, 22, was arrested […]

News: North America

Toronto man who tried to join ISIS was freed a month after his release was declared an ‘undue risk’

November 18, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A month before a Canadian convicted of trying to join ISIS was released from an Ontario prison in June, he was denied parole on the grounds he posed too great a risk, newly released records show. On May 24, the […]

News: North America

Former Calgary resident detained in Syria says ISIS asked him to conduct attacks in North America

October 16, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) Surrounded in the shrinking territory of the Islamic State nine months ago, Safraz Ali fled with his wife, walking to a military checkpoint where soldiers asked their nationalities. “I said, ‘Canadians,’” Ali told Global News at a military base in […]

Military

Among Canadian ISIS detainees in Syria, women far outnumber men

October 12, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) Sitting in a dim room at a detention camp in northern Syria, Kimberly Polman was feeling vulnerable. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had vowed to free female prisoners like herself, and she believed him. “I take it seriously,” Polman said. […]

Legal

Iran’s properties in Canada sold, proceeds handed to terror victims

September 12, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) Tens of millions worth of seized Iranian government properties have been sold off in Canada and the proceeds handed to victims of terrorist groups sponsored by the regime, Global News has learned. According to a document filed in the Ontario […]

Deradicalization

Toronto man who tried to join ISIS released from prison, official says

August 21, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A Toronto man convicted of travelling to Turkey to join the so-called Islamic State has been released from prison four months after he was sentenced, an official said Wednesday. Pamir Hakimzadah was charged with terrorism in April 2017 following what […]

Immigration

Federal Court halts release of alleged online ISIS supporter

August 4, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) The Federal Court has temporarily halted the release of an alleged ISIS supporter while it reviews a decision ordering him to be freed to a small town in British Columbia. A judge granted the urgent interim stay after the Immigration […]

Immigration

Online ISIS supporter deemed a danger to Canada ordered released from custody

August 2, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A Jordanian man who has been declared a danger to Canada’s security for spreading ISIS propaganda on the internet is being released from custody to live in rural B.C. while the government tries to deport him. Immigration and Refugee Board […]

Employment

Charity suspended over terror financing concerns gets Canada Summer Jobs grant

June 13, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A Toronto-area organization that was suspended by charities regulators and fined $550,000 over concerns it may have funded armed militants in Pakistan has been awarded a federal summer jobs grant. Although the Islamic Society of North America-Canada is serving a […]

Legal

RCMP explores crimes against humanity charges for Canadian ISIS members

June 5, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) The RCMP is looking into whether war crimes laws can be used to prosecute Canadians detained in Syria over their alleged involvement in the so-called Islamic State, Global News has learned. National security investigators are exploring not only whether terrorism […]

Government & Politics

Government removes all mention of ‘Sunni’ and ‘Shia’ extremism from terrorism threat report

May 2, 2019 Stewart Bell and Abigail Bimman  

(Global News) The government has again revised a report that is supposed to update Canadians on the major terrorist threats they face, removing all references to Islamist extremism. While the report, first released in December, had initially identified attackers “inspired by violent […]

Immigration

The ISIS mechanic: Man now living in B.C. fixed trucks for terror group. Is he complicit in war crimes?

April 25, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) Flying its black flags, the Islamic State group advanced across Syria and Iraq in convoys of pickups and SUVs, some mounted with heavy guns and reinforced with metal plates. Vehicles were central to the ISIS campaign, but like any trucks, […]

Immigration

Refugee claimant, in Canada since 2015, complicit in ISIS crimes against humanity, tribunal says

April 18, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A mechanic who came to Canada in 2015 has been found complicit in crimes against humanity for repairing vehicles for the so-called Islamic State, Global News has learned. Before arriving in Canada and claiming refugee status, the Lebanese national made […]

News: North America

Deadly export: Canadians responsible for hundreds of terrorism deaths and injuries overseas

April 9, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A suicide bomber from Calgary strikes near Baghdad. A Windsor man masterminds the torture and killing of foreigners at a Dhaka bakery. Two London, Ont., gunmen take hostages at a gas plant in the Algerian desert. Canadian terrorists have killed […]

Law Enforcement

‘We need to get ready’: RCMP planning for return of Canadian ISIS members

February 27, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) The RCMP is preparing for the return of at least a dozen Canadians detained in Syria amidst the collapse of the so-called Islamic State, a senior law enforcement official has told Global News. The capture of suspected Canadian ISIS members, […]

Deradicalization

Crown seeks six-year sentence for Toronto man who tried to join ISIS, assaulted witness

February 26, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A Toronto man who travelled to Turkey in 2014 to join the so-called Islamic State pleaded guilty Tuesday to assaulting the witness who reported him to police. Appearing in a Toronto courtroom, Pamir Hakimzadah admitted to the 2015 attack on […]

News: North America

Canadian who tried to join terror group in Syria set for release from prison despite being ‘high risk to public safety’

February 21, 2019 Stewart Bell and Andrew Russell  

(Global News) An Ontario man who travelled to Syria to join an al-Qaida faction is being released from prison less than two years after pleading guilty, even though the Parole Board of Canada is concerned he might continue to engage in terrorism. […]

News: North America

Canadian captured in Syria admits to role in gruesome ISIS execution videos

February 16, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A Canadian captured in northern Syria last month has admitted he helped produce ISIS propaganda videos that showed prisoners digging their own graves and being executed, according to a local source. Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed, who was detained by the U.S.-backed […]

Clerics & Preachers

Toronto charity disputes CRA accusation it was formed to spread ‘Iranian revolutionary ideology in Canada’

February 14, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) The Islamic Shia Assembly of Canada has operated in the Toronto area for more than two decades, attracting members of parliament to its events and once raising the flag at City Hall. But documents obtained by Global News show that […]

Children & Teens

Canadian women fleeing ISIS territory surrender to U.S.-backed forces in Syria

February 7, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) Two Canadian women have surrendered to U.S.-backed forces after fleeing the last patch of ISIS territory in Syria, amid debate over how Ottawa should deal with such detainees. “I believe in Sharia wherever Sharia is,” a 28-year-old from Toronto, who […]

Legal

Toronto man pleads guilty to trying to join ISIS

February 1, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A Toronto man admitted Friday he traveled to Turkey in 2014 to join the so-called Islamic State. At a court appearance in Toronto, Pamir Hakimzadah pleaded guilty to leaving Canada to participate in the activity of a terrorist group. “The […]

Health & Medicine

ISIS video allegedly shows doctor from Canada urging ‘jihad’

January 23, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A video released Wednesday by the ISIS affiliate in Somalia showed a man it said was a doctor from Canada urging supporters to “get on the path of jihad.” The 15-minute propaganda video introduced him as Dr. Youssef Al Majeerteyn […]

Government & Politics

Canada to ‘monitor’ case of captured Canadian ISIS fighter, Goodale says

January 18, 2019 Stewart Bell and Abigail Bimman  

(Global News) Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Friday that Canada will “monitor” the case of an ISIS fighter caught in Syria last weekend amid speculation he may be a Canadian who narrated execution videos. Asked what the government was doing about […]

News: North America

Captured Canadian could be long-sought narrator of ISIS propaganda

January 16, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) For more than four years, authorities have been trying to identify an ISIS member with a distinctly Canadian accent who was narrating the terrorist group’s English-language propaganda. He voiced videos showing mass executions and may have participated in them. His […]

News: North America

Canadian caught in Syria was commander of ISIS unit, according to U.S.-backed forces

January 15, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) The latest Canadian captured in Syria was the commander of more than a dozen fighters who clashed with U.S.-backed forces in the last remaining ISIS enclave, according to a local official. The former Toronto resident, Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed, was armed […]

News: North America

Alleged Canadian ISIS member captured in Syria, according to Kurdish forces

January 14, 2019 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) Another alleged Canadian ISIS member has been captured in northern Syria, according to local Kurdish forces, who posted a video of the man. In the 40-second video clip, the man identified himself as Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed and said he was […]

Banks & Banking

Banks told to watch for signs of ‘extremist travellers’ returning to Canada

December 13, 2018 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) Canada’s financial intelligence agency warned banks on Thursday to watch for signs that foreign terrorist fighters may be trying to return home from places like Syria and Iraq. The reactivation of a dormant bank account linked to an “extremist traveller” […]

Government & Politics

CRA suspends, fines major Islamic charity over concerns it may have ‘provided resources’ to armed militants

October 1, 2018 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A major Canadian Islamic organization has been suspended and fined by federal charities regulators following an audit that raised concerns it had “provided resources” that may have been used to support … armed militancy. The Canada Revenue Agency said it […]

Internet

Toronto terrorist leader is locked up, but was still on social media

September 13, 2018 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) The former terrorist leader Zakaria Amara is locked away at Millhaven maximum-security prison, serving a life sentence for plotting Al Qaeda-inspired truck bombings in downtown Toronto. But for the past six months, a Facebook page in his name has been […]

Apostasy

Ottawa mosque loses charity status for promoting ‘hate and intolerance’

August 9, 2018 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) The federal government has stripped one of Ottawa’s largest mosques of its charity status over “activities that promote hate and intolerance,” Global News has learned. The Canada Revenue Agency took action against the Ottawa Islamic Centre and Assalam Mosque following […]

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