Five times a day, Umair Vanthaliwala’s iPhone calls him to prayer. With a flick of a finger, the iPhone’s compass points him northeast toward Mecca. With more than 100,000 applications for iPhone and the iPod touch now available through the Apple App Store and many more to come, it’s clear that Vanthaliwala and his sleek…
The 24-year-old Canadian mastermind of an al-Qaida-inspired plot to explode truck bombs in downtown Toronto has issued an abject apology to Canadians. “I deserve nothing less than your complete contempt,” Mr. Amara told Mr. Justice Bruce Durno as he read an “open letter to Canadians” during his sentencing hearing. He pleaded guilty to terrorism offences…
Twenty imams from across the country issued an edict condemning any extremists or terrorists who would launch an attack on the United States or Canada. The fatwa, or religious guideline, says that “these attacks are evil and Islam requires … Muslims to stand up against this evil.” Religious leaders have a duty to show others…
Five friends, in their early to mid-20s, grew up and attended schools in Toronto, Canada. They spoke English and Somali. At least two of them were university students.The Star has learned Canadian intelligence officials were watching at least one of the young men several months before he mysteriously left home. Mahad Dhorre, Mustafa Mohamed, Mohamed…
When police rounded up 18 terror suspects around Toronto in 2006, they found copies of manifestos with titles such as The Book of Jihad, The Virtues of Jihad, Fundamental Concepts Regarding Al-Jihad and 39 Ways to Serve and Participate in Jihad. Such reading materials now enjoy “influence and popularity” in Canada, says a secret government…
