Ottawa is looking into reports that a Canadian who starred in an ISIS propaganda video has been killed in northern Syria while fighting for the terrorist group, as the Conservatives prepare to table new anti-terror legislation. John Maguire, 23, who used the name Abu Anwar Al-Canadi, was killed in the city of Kobani, according to a pro-ISIS Twitter account. Maguire, a former University of Ottawa student, had tried to encourage attacks on Canadian soil in a video posted online last December. He also directly threatened Canadians in the video, which was shot among the ruins of an unidentified town. "Your people will be indiscriminately targeted, as you indiscriminately target our people," he said. In the video, Maguire said he was a typical Canadian kid who "grew up on the hockey rink," had good grades at school and no criminal record. The Prime Minister’s Office said it was aware of reports Maguire had been killed, and was “seeking additional information on them.” The Public Safety Minister’s office released a statement saying it could not speak about specific cases, but warned other Canadians planning to join ISIS, also known as ISIL and the Islamic State.
TERROR MOSQUE: Al Rahman Islamic Center for Islamic Education Mississauga, Ontario, Canada west of Toronto. Qayyum Abdul Jamal, 43, was among six regulars at the mosque who was arrested. MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, June 4 — At least 6 of the 17 people arrested by Canadian authorities in a sweeping counter-terrorism operation over the weekend regularly attended the same storefront mosque in this middle-class Toronto suburb of modest brick rental townhouses and well-kept lawns, fellow worshipers said Sunday. Their attendance at the mosque, Al-Rahman Islamic Centre for Islamic Education, is one of the few public pieces of information that clearly link any of the suspects — 12 adults and 5 youths — in one of the biggest anti-terrorism arrests in North America since the Sept. 11 attacks.
2020 Terrorist Incidents: The following terrorist attacks occurred in Canada: On February 21, Saad Akhtar allegedly killed a Toronto woman in a hammer attack inspired by violent radical Islamic beliefs. He faces a charge of “first-degree murder — including terrorist activity.”
In December 2020 the Parole Board granted “closed day parole” to Shareef Abdelhaleem, a member of the Toronto 18 convicted of terrorism offenses and sentenced to life in prison for plotting to blow up CSIS Headquarters, a Canadian military base, and the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2006.
An Ontario Superior Court in February ordered Omar Khadr in 2020 to answer questions related to a wrongful death suit emanating from a confession he signed during his time as a detainee at Guantanamo Bay. Khadr claimed he did not present a defense to the Utah-based suit, owing to lack of funds, and argued that enforcement of the Utah judgment would be contrary to Canadian public policy.
On August 26 2020, authorities arrested Toronto resident Haleema Mustafa on two terrorism-related charges, alleging she departed Canada in 2019 for Turkey to join ISIS in Syria. Her husband, Ikar Mao, was arrested later that year on the same charges.
On July 28 2020 a Kingston, Ontario, minor pled guilty to four terrorism charges. The minor, initially charged in 2019, admitted to viewing ISIS as his inspiration for seeking martyrdom. The Crown sought his sentencing as an adult.
In July 2020, Mohamed Mahjoub filed a legal request for information the government used as the basis for a national security certificate that would require his deportation to Egypt. The filing marks the latest step in the two-decade case.
On October 8 2020 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled VIA Rail terror offenders Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier did not require new trials because of improper jury selection.
In an opinion published in July, Canada’s Federal Court ruled May 15 2020 that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) obtained some terrorism-related warrants for alleged foreign fighters based on illegally acquired information
TORONTO 18 TERROR PLOT: One was a plan to bomb the Toronto Stock Exchange and other prominent buildings. The other, Gillespie says, was "the attempt to create a large al-Qaeda type cell in Toronto — to arm themselves with weapons, and then to create some sort of mayhem that would scare the Canadian public into withdrawing troops from Afghanistan." Seven adults admitted guilt in the affair. The courts also convicted four men, one of whom was a minor at the time of his arrest. Charges against seven other individuals were stayed or dropped.
Here is the latest status of all 18 cases:
Shareef Abdelhaleem Participating in a terrorist group and intending to cause an explosion Convicted, February 2010 Not yet handed down
Ibrahim Aboud Participating in a terrorist group, training for terrorist purposes Charges stayed, April 2008 —
Fahim Ahmad Importing firearms, participating in a terrorist group and instructing others to carry out activities for that group Guilty plea, October 2010. 16 years in prison
Zakaria Amara Participating in a terrorist group, intending to cause an explosion for the benefit of a terrorist group Guilty plea, October 2009, Appeal dismissed 2010 Life in prison
Asad Ansari Participating in a terrorist group Convicted, June 2010. 6½ years in prison
Steven Chand Participating in a terrorist group Convicted, June 2010. 10 years in prison
Ali Dirie Participating in a terrorist group Guilty plea, September 2009. 7 years in prison
Amin Durrani Participating in a terrorist group Guilty plea, January 2010. 7½ years in prison
Saad Gaya Participating in a terrorist group and intending to cause an explosion Guilty plea, September 2009, Appeal allowed 2010. 12 to 18 years in prison
Ahmad Mustafa Ghany Participating in a terrorist group, training for terrorist purposes Charges stayed, April 2008 —
Abdul Qayyum Jamal Planning to cause a deadly explosion (dropped in November 2007), participating in the activities of a terrorist group and receiving training from a terrorist group. Charges stayed, April 2008
Jahmaal James Participating in a terrorist group Guilty plea, February 2010. 7 years in prison
Saad Khalid Participating in a militant plot with the intention of causing an explosion Guilty plea, May 2009. 20 years in prison
Yasim Mohamed Participating in a terrorist group, training for terrorist purposes Charges stayed, April 2008 —
Nishanthan Yogakrishnan (previously tried as a youth, publication ban lifted on his name in September 2009) Participating in and contributing to a terrorist group Convicted, September 2008. 2½ years in prison
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