by Tom | Oct 29, 2015 | Extremism, Terrorism, Women's Rights
QUESTION: In what year did the first Muslim Brotherhood adherent enter Canada with the intent on setting up an extremist network and support system? Was this person successful? ANSWER: Ismail Faruqi arrived in Montreal in 1958 where he resided until 1967. He was later murdered by one of his own converts in Philadelphia, but not before he founded the International Institute of Islamic Studies (IIIT) in 1981, the main Muslim Brotherhood think tank in the West. QUESTION: In ballpark terms, how many Muslim Brotherhood members (bay’at sworn) are in Canada? ANSWER: According to Therwat Kherbawi, a former Masul (leader) in the Muslim Brotherhood, there are some 700+ members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Canada. Mr Kherbawi formerly had responsibility for a number of financial and travel arrangements for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt before leaving the group. The number of 700 has been confirmed by another individual in Canada with close ties to the Brotherhood. Both of them suggest the number is probably low, as it does not account for those individuals who have arrived in Canada since the Muslim Brotherhood was ejected from power in Egypt in 2013. QUESTION: Air India Flight 182 was blown up in 1985 by individuals who supported the “Free Khalistan” movement in India which would create a separate Sikh state. What is the status of this movement in India? What is the status of this movement in Canada and the UK? ANSWER: The movement is at a low ebb in India itself and poses no major security threat at this time. However, the movement in growing again in both Canada and the UK. ...
by Tom | Oct 16, 2015 | Extremism, Terrorism
According to the Journal de Montreal, Zunera Ishas, “the Niqab Woman” works for a radical organization. The original article in French can be seen here. (Google Translation) Zunera Ishaq is a volunteer for an association linked to the terrorist group Jamaat-e-Islami Zunera Ishaq became a central figure in the election campaign when the Supreme Court allowed him to be sworn with her niqab, after two years of fighting. Below is a copy of the invitation to a meeting of the Islamic Circle of North America, which took place at home. The woman in the niqab, which deflects the campaign work within an organization linked to the Jamaat-e-Islami, a Pakistani Islamist party that several Western countries consider a terrorist organization. Zunera Ishaq is the mother of family that oath of citizenship with a niqab, October 9, after having fought to the Supreme Court to be able to. This woman Mississauga also work within the feminine branch of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA Sisters). Specialists consider this organization as a North American subsidiary of Jamaat-e-Islami, a Pakistani Islamist party considered a terrorist organization, including the European Union. Last January, Zunera Ishaq even hosted at his home in Mississauga a ICNA Sisters charitable activities planning meeting for the year 2015, according to a document found by our Investigation Bureau on the organization’s website . On his blog, the Canadian terrorism expert Tom Quiggin stressed this week its support to the ICNA and the Jamaat-e-Islami on his Facebook account. The documents has found our Bureau of Investigation show that it actively took part in meetings of the ICNA. Funds for the...
by Tom | Oct 11, 2015 | Extremism, Terrorism
According to her own sources, the woman who sued the Government of Canada to wear a niqab at her citizenship swearing-in ceremony works for an Islamacist extremist organization and openly supports a known terrorist group. The niqab debate is not about religious choice, as nothing in Islam actually requires wearing a niqab. It is about civilization jihad. Zunera Ishaq works for Islamic Circle of North America (Sisters) in Ontario[1] and previously worked for ICNA main group. The ICNA is an ideological mirror image of the Muslim Brotherhood and Jamaat-e-Islamia (JeI). These are, not coincidentally, the same groups that have worked for years to infiltrate the Liberal Party of Canada and run candidates in the federal election. (See Has the Liberal Party of Canada been Infiltrated by Extremist Candidates? ) According to the ICNA itself, their role in Canada is: “to obtain the pleasure of Allah (SWT) through working for establishment of Islam in all spheres of life.”[2] Ms. Ishaq also shows on her Facebook page that she is a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami Facebook group. The JeI was founded by al-Maududi. His view, according to his own book, is that: “Islam wishes to destroy all States and Governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and programme of Islam regardless of the country or the Nation which rules it.” It should be noted that the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) of Mississauga had its charitable status revoked for funding terrorism (The ISNA Development Fund). The terrorist group in question was the Jamaat-e-Islami. Like the ICNA, the ISNA is a front group for...
by Tom | Sep 25, 2015 | Extremism, Terrorism
Canada’s most infamous terrorist, Ahmed Sayed Khadr, was radicalized while a part of the Muslim Student Association at the University of Ottawa.[1] Calgary suicide bomber Salma Ashrafi was the President of his Muslim Student Association.[2] Others such as Awso Peshdary, John Maguire, Khadar Khalib, Chiheb Esseghaier, Youssef Sakhir, Samir Halilovic, Zakria Habibi and Ferid Imam all had ties to the Muslim Student Association in Canada. The list of individuals who have been a part of the Muslim Student Association and then gone on to be suicide bombers, jihadist fighters, propagandists or to have leadership role in the Muslim Brotherhood is extensive. (See biographies below). What is the Muslim Student Association? Where did it come from? Who founded it? Is it just a coincidence that so many extremist have come from its alumni? Or is something going on? The Muslim Students Association (MSA) of the United States and Canada was established in January 1963 by members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign campus.[3] Its creation was the result of Saudi Arabia-backed efforts to create a network of international Islamic organizations in order to spread its Wahhabist ideology. It was essentially “an arm of the Saudi-funded, Muslim Brotherhood-controlled Muslim World League.”[4] Since its inception, the MSA has emerged as the leading and most influential Islamic student organization in North America. Today, there are nearly six hundred MSA chapters in the United States and Canada.[5] This report will investigate the key principles the MSA is founded upon to gain a greater understanding of its current activities. This requires establishing its clear nexus to the MB and its...
by Tom | Sep 24, 2015 | Extremism, Terrorism
Canadian youth are dying overseas as suicide bombers and jihadist fighters. Who is recruiting them and how is it done? Canada has a series of deep networks which have the ideology, money and infrastructure to support their objectives of developing extremism. They have the ability to develop the political, social and cultural spaces for extremism to flourish. Radicalization and political violence (terrorism) are two offshoots of this overall process. Canada’s first suicide bomber – Salman Ashrafi of the Muslim Student Association/Calgary Alberta These networks have been developed by the Muslim Brotherhood, the Iranian Khomeneists, the Saudi Wahabbi and Hiz ut-Tahir. Extremism Extremist organizations are those whose primary values and organizational objectives run directly contrary to the Canadian values expressed in the Constitution, the Charter of Rights and the Criminal Code of Canada. Not only do their values run contrary to those of Canada – but they are intent on changing laws, regulations and cultural norms so we are forced to accept their values on their terms. The objective is to impose an extremist form of extremist Islam in Canada (and elsewhere) and force Canadians to adopt to their practices and customs. This does NOT mean that they always openly espouse violence or terrorism. Many, and indeed most of them, recognize that open violence in Canada may attract negative attention to their objectives and organization. Individuals such as Canadian Al Qaeda financial backer Ahmed Sayid Khadr believed that violent jihad was for “over there” and not for “over here.” This belief, however has been changing since about 2004/2006. Discussions about violence “over here” are increasingly common. The Organizations that Create...
by Tom | Sep 23, 2015 | Extremism, Terrorism
The City of Mississauga’s Living Arts Centre hosted the 2015 annual conference of an extremist group that calls upon Muslims not to vote, advocates the execution of anyone who leaves Islam and supports a global caliphate. The group also says that jihad is a duty and it should be commenced even if the enemy does not attack. The organizer, who calls all Canadian soldiers war criminals, has told Canadian Muslims it is Haram (forbidden) to vote in elections because Muslims can only vote for leaders who support Sharia Law. An audio tape recorded at the meeting reveals the extremist content of the presentation. The guest speaker invited by the organizer has so far only been indentified as “Malik.” In terms of radicalization and extremism in Canada, the question has to be raised about why the City of Mississauga would allow an extremist group to use its property to promote extremism and anti-democratic themes. Hizb ut-Tahir advocates violent jihad in its Constitution and tells Canadians not to vote unless it is for Sharia Law supporters.[1] Why did the City not take steps to block such activity, especially given that the group openly advertised its presence?[2] Mississauga is one of the major centres of extremism and radicalization in Canada,[3] so politicians and other civic leaders cannot claim ignorance. Where are Mayor Bonnie Crombie and Councillor Chris Fonseca, Councillor Sue McFadden and Councillor Jim Tovey on this issue? The extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir represents Canada’s fastest growing Islamacist ideology. It advocates an Islamic caliphate which would dominate all other religions and political systems. Its tells its followers they must be loyal to...
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