Bravo. Ted Cruz tried to introduce a similar measure in the Senate, but was blocked. All Western governments should be doing this.
“Canadian government begins invalidating passports of citizens who have left to join extremist groups,” by Stewart Bell, National Post, September 20, 2014:
The government has begun invalidating the passports of Canadians who have left to join extremist groups in Syria and Iraq, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander revealed in an interview on Friday.
The minister told the National Post his department had also revoked the passports of several Canadians who had not yet left the country but who had intended to travel to the volatile region to enlist as foreign fighters.
He would not disclose the number of passports Citizenship and Immigration Canada had revoked over the conflict but said there were “multiple cases.” The government says about 30 Canadians are with extremist groups in Syria and 130 are active elsewhere.
“Yes, I think it’s safe to say that there are cases of revocation of passports involving people who’ve gone to Syria and Iraq already,” Mr. Alexander said. “I just don’t want to get into the numbers, but multiple cases.”
The action means Canadian fighters in Syria and Iraq may effectively be stranded there. Their passports are no longer valid and therefore cannot be used to return to Canada. Nor could they be used to travel elsewhere.
This week the Post revealed the identity of another Canadian with the Islamic State in Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS). Mohammed Ali, a 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., left Canada in April and later wrote online about playing soccer with severed heads.
Other Canadians allegedly with ISIS and similar extremist groups in the region include Hasibullah Yusifzai of Burnaby, B.C., and Calgary’s Farah Shirdon, who this week threatened attacks on the United States, before Twitter suspended his account.
Mr. Alexander said while they were few in number, he was troubled that Canadians had joined ISIS, which has been committing widespread atrocities in an attempt to impose its militant version of Islamic law on Syrians and Iraqis.
“We are not by any means the leading contributor of foreign fighters to Syria, even though the dozens that are there and the 130 that are abroad [with other extremist groups] is a disturbing number for all Canadians. But we want to ensure that Canada’s good name is not besmirched by these people any more than it already has been and that Canadians are protected.”…
Angemon says
Good.
Erm, why? Best to let the snakes slither away than forcing them to stay.
sujith says
“Erm, why? Best to let the snakes slither away than forcing them to stay.”
C’mon , how about some jihad in canada ? Why should canadians miss the ISIS treatment of non muslims in canada ?
Its culturally enriching you know.
Bellman says
Once passports are revoked, now they should to be deported. Maybe their families as well, so these parasites learn a little bit of appreciation in the benefit for their entire family to be in Canada, and that there are consequences. Their entire family will be deported.
This way, their families and communities may also take a heads up, and not encourage them.
marena says
trust me, in Canada we have enough of these scums and their antics already. I can’t believe my country did something tough and smart for a change, although I agree maybe we should have let them slither out and not return.
Fred says
Geezz.. I never knew there was an form to fill out when leaving a country that designates one as a Jihad fighter .. Do I have to ask for one from TSA?
Clare Maloney says
As much as I don’t want these moon worshipers in Canada, I don’t want them in Syria or Iraq killing raping and strengthening the savages!
SpiritOf1683 says
At least in Syria and Iraq, they might get killed themselves, especially if we’re determined to smoke them.
Bonnie Loranger says
I agree with you. let them go and do not let them back. At least it is a start. Good for Canada.
Jay Boo says
Role play reversal
When they return
Play the ISIS role and treat them the way they treat Christians.
To hell with CAIR
gungadin says
Jay Boo…..I couldn’t have said it better myself !!
Isabella says
OK, the measure is a start. Step 2, take their Canadian citizenship away and then kick them out of the country.
Kuddos to the Conservatives. The liberal Justin Trudeau who aspires to become Prime Minister would never implement such measures.
Jay Boo says
Is it wrong that we should wish to defend ourselves from such evil as Islam?
“Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground and after you have done everything, to stand.” Ephesians
DhimmiNot says
Wonderful. Good for Canada.
All Western countries should do the same. It demonstrates the value and responsibility of citizenship.
Bellman says
If you are a citizen of a country, you must have allegiance to that country first. If not, you are being a parasite, benefitting from the standard of living, but secretly harming the country. I therefore agree with the above comment.
Being a Citizen has a responsibility …these budding Muslim IS supporters should therefore be deported. ..they * do not have the right* to benefit from a country they are plotting to harm.
The world is in turmoil, in part because of these people. They are not peaceful. * They want a Muslim world. *
Please deport them. Let them develop and irrigate the desert where Islam is from. There is a lot of space there for them to practice Islam.
gungadin says
How can we find out who voted against Cruz’s bill
Charli Main says
Surely, none of these Muslims would want to come back to Canada ?????
They are now living in Allah’s paradise on Earth, free to practice their religion without let or hindrance.
Free to rape, loot, murder, burn, torture, crucify, behead, buy and sell slave women and abuse little boys and girls.
Why on earth would they want to return to boring old Canada ??????
Jay Boo says
in answer to:
“Why on earth would they want to return to boring old Canada ??????”
** Resentment **
They are Muslims.
Just the thought that someone, somewhere might be happy and smiling and have hearts full of joyful contentment makes their blood boil.
If they here Christians sing of joy to God in the Middle East they sharpen their butcher knives because Islam’s Allah is to be served with slavish duty and fear.
They are also jealous of apostates and atheists.
Misery loves company
brad shattler says
they want to return cause next election princess trudeau might get in an they know that he is a muslim ass kisser an they’ll get all their buddies brought over an of course we have welfare. lol
Salah says
“Mohammed Ali, a 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., left Canada in April and later wrote online about playing soccer with severed heads.”
Taliban members play soccer with severed heads (graphic)
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2013/12/soccer-la-taliban.html
What do they have in common?
Lesley says
Salah, I could only watch about half of that video to which you posted a link before my breakfast came up in my throat. I want all our American leaders to be forced to watch this video with their eyelids held open. Unless the religion of Islam is reformed, and all the allowances and directives for violence, beheading, human trafficking, rape, child ‘marriage’, and jihad are removed from the Qu’ran, then Muslims do not belong in the Western world. During World War 2, the USA rounded up the Japanese and placed them in internment camps because we were at WAR. Have we lost our grit? Not only are we not taking strong and effective measures to protect the US and civilization as we know it, but there are still far too many leaders focused on political correctness against all reason and evidence of the grave danger posed to the tenets of civilization; upholding the sanctity of human life, creating a better world through education and alignment with quantifiable truth, and uplifting the human condition with compassion. Showing tolerance to any group that is diametrically opposed to our civilized values is not socially forward, it is abysmally stupid… and dangerous.
Kepha says
Salah, I saw your video and was sickened. We do not need such scum in our countries.
Kaar says
Disgusting!! Sick people!!
Blitz2b says
What surprises me is after all that is happening everywhere in the middle East and the havoc that Muslim mobs are creating all over Europe, how can leftist politicians still object to exposing the true face of Islam. Of we are NEVER going to ever name the real enemy, how are we supposed to defeat them? There is something really diabolical in this whole ordeal, almost prophetic and apocalyptic in nature, where even the elite are deceived… Why does t the defence for this evil ideology seem so much stronger than the resistance against it, when it is obvious to anyone who knows even a little about Islam that it’s agenda is tho dominate and subjugate those who will not submit?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
This forces me to resuscitate my favorite idea: Air Islam.
Use passenger jets are cheap now, so buy a few dozen MD80s (a safe but nasty little plane to fly in). Then, put Prez Barack — and our a man frequently noted for being a genius, even by the RINOs — in front of the cameras to announce that henceforth all Moslems could fly only on Air Islam, which would always have its operations in the alternate small terminals at the big airports, where the discount vacation airlines operate. Be safer for everybody, and would finally allow the Infidel terminals to return to the laissez faire security levels of the 1970s.
Prez Barack Hussein, the vaunted genius, would explain that he had an epiphany that told him separate but equal until we Infidels learn how to be more tolerant, more understanding. He would note that Air Islam planes would be fitted with sensory electronics that if, the Moslem pilots up front try anything stupid like flying into a skyscraper or a big bridge, would immediately detonate the MD80 into relatively small pieces before impact.
That is the solution. Separate but equal, with the emphasis on the former.
And Prez Obama could offer the fig leaf to Canada that they could join up too.
Don McKellar says
It is mind-boggling that there are ANY countries who are NOT doing this!
But this is a mistake:
“…his department had also revoked the passports of several Canadians who had not yet left the country but who had intended to travel to the volatile region to enlist as foreign fighters.”
DJM says
Don’t worry. America will take in all those Canadians.
Lesley says
We should be revoking passports for American citizens in the United States who align with Islamic State. I think it’s just madness that we’re not doing this (yet). Joining Islamic State constitutes an act of treason against the United States and against all the things that Western Civilization has built and holds dear. The thing that frustrates me the most is that I consider myself liberal, and yet I mostly find conservative voices speaking reasonably about these matters. We should only show tolerance to those who give us the same consideration in kind. I’m certain that my grandfather, who fought in World War II and was decorated for his part in D-Day, would be aghast at our lack of common sense in dealing with Islamist violence. What has to happen for President Obama, John Kerry, and the US Senate to wake up to reality?
Clare says
Won’t they just walk across the Rio Grande?
Judi says
I have forwarded this article to the Home Office here in the UK. You never know, they might, just might, follow suit (and pigs will fly)!
Bezelel says
Ya Knowhat? If you launched pigs from a trebuchet with explosives attached into the ISIS camps or just drop them from aircraft. They would fly for a little while.
Did you know moHAMed was caught having sex with a pig? Yep, How did they catch him? The pig squealed on him of course.
Bezelel says
I would rather launch PETA members.
Petey says
DUDE YOU GOT A REFERENCE??? or are you just kidding, would love to throw that quote in a muslims face!!!
Charli Main says
The Home Office ???? let me think—-
Ah, yes. Isn´t that place, also the headquarters of the Muslim Council of Britain and the Sharia4 UK organisation ??????
SpiritOf1683 says
I’m sure writing to Santa will have more effect than writing to Obama, Kerry or Cameron.
Paul says
C’mon Robert. Show us that you’re more nimble-minded than paranoid multiculturalists would have us believe. So, instead of writing “….to join jihad groups”, write…
No, not “Islamic State” groups but Islamic statism groups. Do you see? All Islam, or at least Sunni Islam and Shia Islam, is statist, no? And is it not also true, as our humble president asserted, that a state has a monopoly upon violence?
Now of course Canada is rife with Islamic statism groups. So why would a Muslim need to leave Canada to join one? Well, you leave that to the reader to figure out from the context. And you invite questions about whether or not a free pass is being granted to Islamic statists who are not leaving to go fight but to engage in related political activity.
Barook says
Way to go Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander – I can say Canadians will stand behind you all the way. I am really PROUD to be CANADIAN.
Next step would be round up all those sympathizers and those who have engaged in terrorist acts and have returned – deport them to their countries of origin.
MESSAGE TO THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER
Dear Honourable Minister
I just read the best news for 2014. I can proudly speak on behalf of all free Canadians that the decision you took to have the Canadian passports of all those who left to join ISIS and other terrorist groups invalidated….. Sir, I am proud of you and our government and I can say with authority that all Canadians are proud of you and our government. Your decision has given respect and honour to all our brave men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice fighting terrorism. YOU Sir have earned the respect of every freedom loving Canadian. Thank you Sir for the decision and steps you have taken. You certainly make us proud.. you have made Canada proud. I hope the leaders of every civilized country follow your stellar example and make the same decision. Thank you sir
SallyA says
The elected officials, Ted Cruz and the rest of the Senate, red and blue sides from Hawaii or elsewhere, are posturing as usual for the ill-informed American voters. Newcomers to Congress unlikely to be any different.
Republican bills, introduced for grandstanding purposes and vote-getting when they will never pass or be enforced by the executive branch regulators, are irrelevant. The current Congress on both sides of the red-blue aisle, if it really represented the majority of Americans, would lobby the current Obama administration to enforce already existing legal provisions based on enabling legislation enacted by Congresses of the past.
Under already enacted legislation of Congress and the existing federal regulations to carry out the law through the executive branch, the State Department (22 CFR 51.60-65) may, assuming that it is willing, deny (or later revoke) a passport on the grounds that: “The Secretary determines that the applicant’s [or passport holder’s] activities abroad are causing or are likely to cause serious damage to the national security or the foreign policy of the United States.”
http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/information/legal-matters/passpoirt-information-for-criminal-law-enforcement-officers.html states: “When the Department revokes a U.S. passport, revocation information is shared through various databases accessible by law enforcement and various border agencies around the world to prevent persons from traveling on revoked passports.”
Obviously by failure to act where there is regulatory authority to do so (and expedited judicial processes available if a court order would serve to expedite) the Obama administration’s State Dept. does not want to revoke the passports of U.S. Muslims who have gone to fight with either IS or the Syrian “rebels” Obama is arming. The Syrians will ultimately default to join IS, too, or some renamed version of Islamic jihad, after the U.S. taxpayers have armed and trained our enemy and its U.S. passport holders in Syria through the bad decisions of Obama and the Congress that supports him and the global oligarchy’s Caliphate (as enforcement arm against the West’s middle class), not us.
We in the U.S. are living in a virtual dictatorship on everything important to life and liberty. Only consumer details, like which new phone to buy, are left to us in propaganda America, land of media, home of the brainwashed. And yet some of us do break mentally free.
pdxnag says
What about those who fight for Islamic State, or for similar Islamic causes, without ever leaving the country? It triggers precisely the same renunciation of loyalty as a citizen to a free nation.
It should not require a conviction as in Kawakita_v._United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawakita_v._United_States
but rather only an acknowledgment of a voluntary renunciation by way of conduct, without the predicate step of leaving the country to engage in Jihad. Vacation Jihad is mostly against people who are not citizens. The case against a local jihadi is stronger because their target most certainly is a citizen.
The value of Islamic State is that it is a place to deport people who have voluntarily renounced their citizenship in favor of Islam.
Susan Borden says
Maybe Americans need to invalidate Obama’s passport and those of all his merry men, the muslim botherhood on staff at the white house. Just a thought.
dumbledoresarmy says
From the article – “The government has begun invalidating the passports of Canadians who have left to join extremist groups in Syria and Iraq”.
Translation: “The government has begun invalidating the passports of Canadian-passport-holding Muslims who have left Canada to join Muslim combat jihad gangs in Syria and Iraq”.
They are not Canadians. They were never Canadians. They were members of the Allah Gang or Mohammedan Mob, known as the “Ummah”, the world’s oldest and nastiest death-cult-/cum/crime “family”, who (or whose parents) had established advance operating bases in Canada with a view to ultimately Islamising Canada.
paddy says
I hope the UK does the same
Ronald Parsons says
Three cheers for Canada!! Let us hope that its action of revoking passports is truly enforced and not just a sop to other people having my view of things.
Here in Virginia I ask my elected representative and senators, Mark Warner, Tim Caine and Robt. Wittman to take note of Canada’s action. I’m sure that I am not the only person in Virginia who agrees with Canada’s passport revocation program.
eric says
Bring them back to face trial. if found guilty (of aiding the enemy, etc) they warrant life without parole. This way they are prevented from continued Jihad killing. If we just leave them overseas they will continue to assist ISIS and other radical Muslim terror groups.
Mirren10 says
”Bring them back to face trial. if found guilty (of aiding the enemy, etc) they warrant life without parole”
What on *earth* for ? If you are a Canadian, why would you want your tax dollars spent on trying, and *maintaining* these scum, for the rest of their natural lives ?
” If we just leave them overseas they will continue to assist ISIS and other radical Muslim terror groups.”
Yep. And hopefully, **die** doing it.
There are only two things wrong here; 1) Don’t publicise the revoking of passports, because that might stop some of them from going. Then they will plot murder in Canada. 2) Don’t revoke any passports, until the scumbags have **gone**.
Still, it’s a start.
robeaver says
i disagree only because my tax dollars will support them for a long time.
Johny Canuck says
Stephen Harper and the Canadian government should be lauded for invalidating the passports of jihadis who have left Canada to fight for ISIS. It would be uplifting if the U.K. and the U.S. would do the same.
Stand up for Israel.