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Laval: Mouna Diab facing new terrorism charges

 

Diab was part of a delegation that traveled to the Quebec town of Hérouxville to try to ‘counter violent stereotypes” of Muslims. The town had passed a code of conduct directed at immigrants that, among other things, banned stoning, female genital mutilation and head coverings.

Montreal woman faces terrorism charges

Diab arrives at the Montreal courthouse, Wednesday, May 30, 2012, on charges relating to arms smuggling.

CBC News Posted: Jul 13, 2012 12:07 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 13, 2012 12:00 PM ET Facebook
A Montreal woman accused of supplying firearms to Lebanon is now facing new terrorism charges, according to RCMP.

Mouna Diab, a 26-year-old from Laval, was charged last October with the illegal export of weapons to Lebanon. Canadians are prohibited from selling arms to anyone in Lebanon, based on a United Nations agreement.

Diab was arrested in May 2011 at Montreal Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Airport after police discovered parts from AR-15 rifles in her luggage.

Police allege that Diab was acting under the direction of a contact person in Lebanon who is associated with Hezbollah, a Shia militant group that Canada considers a terrorist organization.

Following an RCMP investigation, police also allege that Diab was shipping firearms parts through people in her community travelling to Lebanon and that her victims were unaware of what was in the packages.

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Allegedly gay Nigerian refugee claimant Francis Ojo Ogunrinde gets a second chance

Nigeria HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate:
3.6% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17/
HIV/AIDS – deaths:
220,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2

Are you gay? Prove it.

by Emma Teitel on Thursday, July 12, 2012 5:43pm - 8 Comments

News broke yesterday about a Nigerian refugee claimant named Francis Ojo Ogunrinde, who happens to be gay. Or so he claims.

Last summer a senior Canadian immigration officer rejected the 40-year-old Nigerian’s refugee application, acknowledging that even though conditions for LGBT people are not “favourable” in Nigeria (where being gay is illegal and in 12 states punishable by death) she simply wasn’t “convinced” he was a homosexual. It turns out Ogunrinde’s letters from and photos of his alleged boyfriend weren’t steamy or provocative enough to activate the immigration officer’s gaydar.  And being from Nigeria and all, he probably didn’t know a single lyric from Rent. Case closed.

Or maybe not.

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Charges that Canadian mosaic hides potential security threats triggered by reports on Iranian embassy

Reports of Iranian security threats call for a balanced response

Published on Thursday July 12, 2012

JOHN OVERMYER/NEWSARTJohn Overmyer illustration
Ronald Crelinsten

Recent reports about the Iranian embassy in Ottawa have triggered the familiar charges that Canada’s immigration policies are lax and that our Canadian mosaic hides potential security threats.

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