Said Namouh
Said Namouh is a Moroccan-Canadian jihadist. He emigrated to Canada in 2003 and settled in Maskinongé, Quebec. A divorced man, Namouh worked on the Khidemat web forum under the name "Ashraf"[1] and is alleged to have edited videos for the Global Islamic Media Front.[2][3]
In 2009, he was convicted under the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act of distributing "jihadist" propaganda online and sentenced to life imprisonment.[1][4][5]
2007 arrest[edit]
Two days after his arrest, Canada stated that they would not extradite him to Austria, where two men and a woman were also arrested.[3][6] He was accused of making the images "widely available on the internet",[1] and helping publicise a threat against Austria and Germany that threatened to detonate a car bomb unless the countries withdrew their troops from Afghanistan.[2][6]
His defence lawyer, Rene Duval, argued there was a slippery slope between disseminating religious materials and "propaganda".[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Hamilton, Graeme. National Post, "Where do you draw the line? Quebec man accused of terror activities was expressing religious freedom, defence, February 20, 2009
- ^ a b MacLeon, Ian. Ottawa Citizen, "The warning lights were all blinking red Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine", February 23, 2008
- ^ a b CBC, "Quebec man held in Europe bomb plot won't be extradited", September 14, 2007
- ^ Toronto Star, Quebec man gets life sentence, February 17, 2010
- ^ Homegrown Canadian terrorist with jihadist ideals found guilty, October 1, 2009
- ^ a b CTV News, Quebec man arrested in connection with terror plot, September 13, 2007
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