Accused Raed Jaser // Copies of the identity documents of Jaser’s parents

Man charged in VIA derailment plot fled Germany after family ‘terrorized’ by anti-immigrant groups: documents
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Accused Raed Jaser // Copies of the identity documents of Jaser’s parents

TORONTO — A Toronto man charged with plotting to derail a VIA Rail train fled to Canada from Germany after his family was “terrorized” by anti-immigrant groups there, according to federal refugee documents.

Before arriving in Canada, Raed Jaser and his family spent two years in Berlin, where a Molotov cocktail was thrown at their home. The incident “terrorized his entire family,” their lawyer argued during their refugee proceedings.

Syrian refugees flock to Turkey and Jordan

Canada pledges $13M in aid for Syrian refugees in Jordan
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CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Sunday, March 31, 2013 11:02AM EDT
Last Updated Sunday, March 31, 2013 4:36PM EDT

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird committed to an additional $13 million to Jordan to help deal with the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees who have arrived in the Middle Eastern county over the last two years.

During a stop Amman, the country’s capital, Baird said Jordan has demonstrated a “leadership” role in promoting peace in the region.

“Jordan’s generosity in hosting an influx of Syrian refugees is a model for all,” he said in a statement. “Some 2,000 desperate Syrians arrive in Jordan daily. Accepting them is not without sacrifice or risk domestically. It is done in the finest tradition of promoting human dignity.”

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-pledges-13m-in-aid-for-syrian-refugees-in-jordan-1.1217947#ixzz2PVofZpHS

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Terrorists Xristos Katsiroubas, left, and Ali Medlej

How do middle-class Canadian kids become international terrorists?
By Matthew Coutts | Daily Brew – 21 hours ago

Xristos Katsiroubas, left, and Ali Medlej.
There are no straightforward answers when it comes to understanding what led Xristos Katsiroubas and Ali Medlej to abandon their lives in London, Ont., to join an Al-Qaida-linked militant group that attacked and took hostages at an Algerian gas plant.

The two boys have been described recently as average, everyday-type Canadians. That seemed to be the case right up until shortly before they flew overseas and died in the Algerian attack in January.

CBC News reported on Wednesday that a third schoolmate had travelled with the pair to North Africa and was jailed shortly before his cohorts died participating in the attack in Algeria.

Aaron Yoon was another average Canuck, a boy of Korean descent who was quiet and friendly and converted to Islam in his final year of high school.

A day after being acquitted of sex-related charges, a former Toronto imam was arrested Wednesday for extradition to the United States. Mohammad Masroor, 50, is wanted in Michigan and Florida on charges of criminal sexual contact with a person under 13, Toronto Police said.

Imam acquitted on sex charges re-arrested
By Maryam Shah ,Toronto Sun 
First posted: Thursday, March 28, 2013 07:30 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013 07:36 PM EDT

TORONTO – A day after being acquitted of sex-related charges, a former Toronto imam was arrested Wednesday for extradition to the United States.

Mohammad Masroor, 50, is wanted in Michigan and Florida on charges of criminal sexual contact with a person under 13, Toronto Police said.

CANADIAN taxpayers forced to foot most of the bill for Muslim-only prayer room, body cavity & foot washing facilities at Emmanuel College, a Christian college at University of Toronto

By BareNakedIslam

Bare Naked Islam

The new Muslim prayer space at Emmanuel College, a Christian seminary at the University of Toronto, cost $25,000, and was shared by the Canadian Jaffari Muslim Foundation, the Islamic Foundation of Toronto, the Islamic Institute of Toronto, the Muslim Chaplaincy, and the Muslim Students Association. However, the higher cost of the $75,000 ablutions (Muslim-only washing) facility was paid for mainly by non-Muslim students, their parents, and taxpayers.

Gavin Boby not misguided
By Janice Fiamengo, The Ottawa Citizen February 4, 2013

Re: Mistaking Islamism For Islam, Jan. 28.

Valerie Price (ACT! For Canada) and I are bringing British lawyer Gavin Boby to Ottawa to discuss his legal initiative to resist the spread of mosques in British neighbourhoods.

Contrary to Fred Litwin and Salim Mansur’s charge in their opinion piece that he is a misguided man making war on “all Muslims and Islam,” Boby is a reasonable person concerned about community safety; he acts not from prejudice but from knowledge of the intimidation and violence that the mosques regularly bring in their wake.