Toronto 18

Legal

Lawyer for Calgary terrorism suspect wants charges thrown out because of unreasonable delay Under the Supreme Court's decision in the Jordan case, the nation's top court said any trials which conclude more than 30 months after a person is charged are presumptively unreasonably delayed

April 2, 2024   

(Calgary Herald) The more than 3 1/2 years it will take to get Calgary terrorism suspect Jamal Borhot to trial amounts to an unreasonable delay in breach of his Charter rights, his lawyer says. Defence counsel Pawel Milczarek has filed a notice […]

Deradicalization

Toronto 18 jihadi terror boss now works in an Ontario watch shop on day parole 'There has been no evidence of radicalization ... You appear to be committed to your long-term rehabilitation and your reintegration into the community has gone well'

August 10, 2023   

(National Post) Zakaria Amara, once the firebrand leader of an al-Qaida-inspired terrorist group planning mass casualty attacks in Ontario, has been working at a watch shop and engaging in de-radicalization therapy while on day parole. No longer deemed a danger by the […]

News: North America

Convicted terrorist Momin Khawaja denied full parole The Ottawa-born man was handed a life sentence in connection with his role in an al-Qaida-inspired plot to bomb targets in the United Kingdom.

July 10, 2023   

(Ottawa Citizen) Ottawa’s Momin Khawaja, the first person convicted under Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Act, has lost his bid for full parole. The Parole Board of Canada denied Khawaja’s application in a recent decision, saying he still represents an “undue risk to society” even […]

Deradicalization

Toronto 18 terrorist leader gets parole after RCMP interrogation to show he isn’t a threat The intense scrutiny of Zakaria Amara's radicalization and subsequent deradicalization while in prison for the past 17 years was his idea. And it paid off

October 27, 2022   

(National Post) Zakaria Amara, leader of an al-Qaida-inspired terrorist plot to explode truck bombs in Ontario in 2006, recently faced two days of interrogation by RCMP national security investigators to assess what threat he might still pose as he sought release on […]

News: North America

Toronto 18 terror attack plotter denied full parole; still ‘an undue risk’ despite progress 'It was the opinion of the board that the seriousness of your actions and their potentially devastating nature called for caution,' parole board says

September 14, 2022   

(National Post) Shareef Abdelhaleem, one of the Toronto 18 terror plotters who tried to detonate large bombs in 2006, has been denied full parole despite his gregarious chat with parole board officials. His day parole, living in a halfway house in Montreal, […]

News: North America

Architect of Toronto 18 terror plot is loud and sometimes still angry — but not dangerous, he says 'I hope the board does not base their decision on whether for the next 30 years of my life I will ever get angry — of course I’ll get angry. It’s a human thing'

September 13, 2022   

(National Post) Shareef Abdelhaleem, an architect of the Toronto 18 terror plot to blow up Canadian infrastructure, can be hard to stop once he starts talking. He’s brash, sometimes angry. His voice is loud. He can look intimidating. That doesn’t mean he […]

Internet

Toronto 18 terror plot architect wants more computer access, but may not have to reveal passwords to parole officers Shareef Abdelhaleem has whined a lot about not having unlimited internet and being allowed only a single device [since] granted day parole 10 months ago, records say

October 27, 2021   

(National Post) While a key architect of the Toronto 18 terrorism plot to detonate truck bombs in Toronto is pushing for more access to electronics while out of prison, the parole board is worried that requiring him to give his computer passwords […]

Academics & Education

When CSIS comes knocking: Amid reports of Muslim students contacted by spy agency, hotline aims to help Creators of University of Toronto-based student support line say spy agency often on ‘fishing expeditions'

August 7, 2019   

(CBC) When Ramz Aziz received a nervous phone call from his mother-in-law two years ago, it wasn’t to check in on his new baby. Instead, two men were at her door, looking for him. The pair identified themselves as public safety officers, and […]