(CBC) The charge of public incitement of hatred against a Toronto man alleged to have held up what police called a “terrorist” flag during a demonstration last weekend could be difficult to prosecute and highlights the challenges of defining hate crimes, some […]
(CBC) A day after refusing to identify the “terrorist flag” held at a demonstration last weekend that led to charges being laid against a man for public incitement of hatred, Toronto’s police chief said the flag belongs to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. […]
(Global News) As Canada begins a crackdown on Iranian officials living in the country, a top science bureaucrat appeared before an immigration panel on Thursday. Majid Iranmanesh is one of nine alleged senior members of the Iranian regime who have turned up […]
(Global News) A man who allegedly waved the flag of a terrorist group while marching in downtown Toronto has been arrested and charged. Toronto police announced the “significant arrest” on Thursday. Police said that a large demonstration was held in the downtown […]
(Montreal Gazette) A Montreal resident faces a criminal charge alleging he incited hatred and called for violence toward Jewish people beginning just days after Hamas carried out the Oct. 7 attack in Israel. The charge filed against Houssem Hammami, 37, became public […]
(Canadian Press) A youth court judge has granted a one-year peace bond to a 15-year-old Calgary boy who was arrested in October as part of an ongoing national security investigation. The teen, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, […]
(Canadian Press) A judge has rejected the federal government’s request to recover legal costs it incurred during a major Muslim charity’s court bid to halt an audit of its activities. In his ruling, handed down last month, Ontario Superior Court Justice Markus […]
(Fox) An Iranian national with links to terrorism attempted to cross illegally into the U.S. via the northern border, officials announced this week — coming amid ongoing concerns about the potential for those with terror ties to enter via the border. Immigration […]
(Global News) A Moroccan man is facing charges in Canada after a series of bomb threats in Ontario last month and his arrest by Belgian police, the OPP says. The Ontario Provincial Police provided a brief update Wednesday on their investigation into […]
(Global News) The Ottawa youth arrested on terrorism charges Friday was allegedly in possession of a chemical commonly used in homemade explosives, according to court documents. The youth, who cannot be named due to his age, has been accused by the RCMP […]
(CBC) A 15-year-old Ottawa boy charged with plotting a terrorist attack against Jewish people appeared in court on Wednesday, where a bail hearing was scheduled for January. He will remain in custody until his next appearance in the Ontario Court of Justice […]
(National Post) The Ottawa youth facing five terrorism- and explosive-related charges targeting Jewish people allegedly possessed bomb-making materials, such as chemicals and metal ball bearings, when he was arrested by the RCMP Friday. A detailed version of the charges against the minor […]
(Global News) A Canadian Jewish organization wants police to investigate Facebook posts allegedly made by the father of a teenage terror suspect arrested in Ottawa. On Facebook, a user whose name and photo match the father of the youth arrested by RCMP […]
(Global News) The arrest of a teenager accused of plotting a terrorist attack against the Ottawa Jewish community is the latest sign that Canada is struggling with the radicalization of youths. The minor, taken into custody on Friday night, was the second […]
(Global News) The RCMP has charged an Ottawa youth with terrorism for allegedly plotting an attack against the Jewish community, Global News has learned. The youth, who cannot be named because he is a minor, appeared in an Ottawa courthouse on Saturday […]
(Canadian Press) A fourth person has been arrested in Calgary as part of an ongoing national security investigation related to terrorism-related posts on TikTok and other social media sites. Federal crown prosecutor Kent Brown says a 16-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday and […]
(Calgary Herald) The Calgary judge who ordered a city teen to comply with a 12-month terrorism peace bond expressed concerns Thursday about his potential success. “I wish your client every success in complying,” Justice John Shaw told defence counsel Vignesh Pillai about […]
(Global News) A second alleged senior Iranian official found living in Canada is undergoing deportation proceedings, Global News has learned. Canada has launched a case against Iranmanesh Majid, the Immigration and Refugee Board said on Wednesday. No information about Majid or his […]
(Calgary Herald) The Calgary teen who will be placed on a 12-month terrorism peace bond believed Sharia law dictated that gay people should be executed, court was told Monday. And among the materials found on the now-17-year-old’s electronic devices were videos of […]
(Global News) For 12 years, Roohollah Firooznam ran a company that installed and operated security cameras for Iran’s hardline regime. The cameras were used to monitor detainees at prisons where torture took place, and to keep watch on political opponents. Three directors […]
(Global News) Canada has launched a deportation case against a senior Iranian government official found living in Toronto, Global News has learned. Seyed Salman Samani, 42, is facing a deportation hearing under sanctions imposed a year ago against members of Iran’s hardline […]
(CBC) A Calgary man who purported to be a member of ISIS appeared to be planning to kill gay people participating in local pride events earlier this year, a judge heard during a guilty plea to a terrorism charge Friday. Zakarya Hussein, 20, admitted to […]
(CBC) A Calgary teenager and his father appeared in court on Tuesday as a hearing date was set for a terrorism peace bond application in connection with an investigation involving a video posted to TikTok. Three people — a 20-year-old and two […]
(Canadian Press) The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday it will not hear the case of four Canadian men held in Syria who argue Ottawa has a legal duty to help them return home. The mother of one of the men said […]
(Suburban) The Canada Revenue Agency alleged in March 2021 that some directors and employees of the federally funded Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) have been involved in … “an apparent Hamas support network.” The CRA, which visited the organization 30 times and […]
(Canadian Press) A judge has placed a terrorism peace bond on a British Columbia woman who was repatriated to Canada last year from a Syrian prison camp after she married an ISIS fighter. Chilliwack provincial court Judge Kristen Mundstock has ruled Kimberly […]
(Montreal Gazette) The leaders of Quebec’s four main political parties are calling for well-known and controversial imam Adil Charkaoui to be investigated for possible hate crimes after he delivered a prayer calling for the extermination of “Zionist aggressors” during a pro-Palestinian demonstration […]
(Global News) A B.C. woman who returned home from Syria last year was part of the all-female battalion of the Islamic State, according to RCMP allegations unsealed on Tuesday. Kimberly Polman served in the Katibah Nusaybah, an ISIS branch that provided weapons […]
(London News Today) Western University has cut ties with its Muslim chaplain over social media posts it says “do not align with Western’s commitment to peaceful and respectful dialogue.” The announcement regarding Sh. Aarij Anwer was made in a statement issued Thursday by President […]
(CBC) RCMP and Calgary police have arrested a third person in connection with an “ongoing investigation” into terrorism-related offences. A 15-year-old boy is the latest person to be arrested in the national security investigation and the second youth. He has since been […]
(CBC) The principal of an Ottawa public school has apologized for asking an elementary school student to remove the Palestinian flag as their profile picture. The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) confirmed the incident took place during an online class last week. […]
(CBC) Markham Public Library removed Islamic Heritage Month displays from its branches after it received complaints from the community amid the Israel-Hamas war, but put the displays back the same day following a management review, its CEO says. At a news conference on Tuesday, Catherine […]
(CBC) A Canadian woman whose marriage to a notorious ISIS fighter is being made public for the first time says she was “oblivious to what was going on” when she lived with him in Syria. In an interview with CBC and U.K. public […]
(CBC) Markham Public Library apologized on Monday for an employee email posted online that suggested it was going to take down Islamic Heritage Month displays. According to images shared on social media of the email, Markham Public Library (MPL) was going to […]
(Vancouver Sun) Any Canadian Muslims who voted for Justin Trudeau should be shamed, says a longtime imam in Victoria who on Wednesday called Israel “a terrorist, illegal, occupying, settler, murdering, apartheid state.” [Younus] Kathrada, head of Muslim Youth of Victoria, this week used […]
(Toronto Sun) Toronto Police have all eyes on any hate directed toward the Jewish community right now but did not expect that would include people from within their own ranks. The police service has been forced to investigate two of its own […]
(CTV) Ontario Premier Doug Ford is speaking out against a series of events being held that celebrate attacks against Israel that have left more than 700 people dead and thousands more injured. In a post on social media Sunday, the premier called […]
(Iran International) A grassroots group of lawyers and concerned Iranians in Canada is working to disrupt Iranian government influence operations in the country with the community’s help. StopIRGC’s efforts, however, are insufficient to shut the open path the clerical regime in Tehran […]
(CTV) The RCMP say a 29-year-old woman in Canada is facing a terrorism-related offence for her alleged participation in the activities of ISIS. Police say Ammara Amjad returned to Canada from Syria on April 4 and was arrested by way of a […]
(CBC) When Iftekhar Ahmed’s child came out as transgender four years ago, the situation was difficult for him to comprehend. Raised in Pakistan in a Muslim household, Ahmed had little experience with the concept. But after about a year of conversations with […]
(Canadian Press) When Pierre Poilievre pitches the Conservative party to Muslim Canadians, he talks about “faith, family and freedom.” For months he has been pointing out what he sees as their overlapping values during visits to mosques, at community celebrations, with businesses […]
(CityNews) Parents of six Muslim girls who attend Collège Citoyen, a private high school in Laval, north of Montreal, have written an open letter denouncing what their daughters went through, alleging staff at the school met with them in early September and […]
(CBC) A Quebec mother of six who is being held in Syria is bringing the government to court over its decision not to repatriate her to Canada. The woman and her children are among many foreign nationals being held in Kurdish-run camps for […]
(Canadian Press) An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a major Muslim charity’s bid to halt a Canada Revenue Agency audit, saying it is too early to intervene in the federal examination. In his ruling, Justice Markus Koehnen said while he is […]
(Montreal Gazette) Embroiled in controversy, a private high school in Laval says it has not forbidden students from wearing religious symbols — but it does require that parents request a “religious accommodation.” An online petition that collected 6,900 signatures over two days […]
(VOA) Canadian officials have so far shown little interest in repatriating any of the Canadian nationals still imprisoned among the former Islamic State fighters in Kurdish-run prisons in Syria, illustrating the wider problem confronting their U.S.-backed captors. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces […]
(National Post) Another year, another conference, another tableau of speakers associated with antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny and hatred. The convening organization is not the grotesque Goyim Defense League, a Hitler-admiring American neo-fascist groupuscule linked to a spate of graffiti, leaflets and posters the […]
(CTV) A humanitarian delegation was able to get proof of life from some Canadians who have been held without charge for years in prisons and detention camps in northeast Syria. In a news conference, Senator Kim Pate, who led the delegation, told […]
(CTV) Immigration Minister Marc Miller has announced that Canada will prevent an Iranian former minister of health from becoming a temporary resident of Canada for 36 months, citing the regime’s human rights record. Seyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi served as the minister of […]
(Canadian Press) A 20-year-old Calgary man facing four terrorism-related charges stemming from a TikTok video has retained a new lawyer. Zakarya Rida Hussein was charged in June with two counts of facilitating terrorist activity and two counts of participating in or contributing […]
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