“While at the scene, the accused stated: ‘Allah told me to do this. Allah told me to come here and kill people,’ Saunders said at a press conference Tuesday morning….’I want to be very, very careful, when it comes to the national security piece, that we don’t through that Islamophobia nonsense,’ Saunders said. ‘I don’t want this categorizing of a large group of people. That would be very unfair and very inaccurate.’” Very well. But is Saunders going to investigate why Ali said that Allah told him to kill people? Does Saunders have any interest in where Ali got that idea, and what might possibly be done to prevent other Muslims from getting the same idea? Or is he just sure that Ali is crazy and that it would be “Islamophobic” to think otherwise?
“Suspect said ‘Allah told me to do this’ during double stabbing at Canadian Forces recruitment centre, police say,” National Post, March 15, 2016 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
A Toronto man who attacked a Canadian military recruiting centre Monday said Allah told him to do it, according to Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders.
Twenty-seven-year-old Ayanle Hassan Ali, who was born in Montreal and moved to Toronto in 2011, was arrested Monday and charged with three counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.
Ali appeared briefly in bail court Tuesday afternoon. He wore a white, prison-issue jump suit and spoke only to say his own name.
His case was put over until Friday, when a full bail hearing will be held.
Ali has a neat black beard that stretches several inches off his chin and very short black hair. He kept his eyes down throughout the hearing and shuffled at times from foot to foot.
Outside the courthouse, his lawyer, David Burke, described Ali as very scared and unhappy.
“This is a very serious incident, nobody can deny that,” Burke said. “I seen it in the news myself before I even became involved. I knew it was a serious incident…. But I think at the end of the day it remains to be seen exactly what kind of person we’re dealing with.”
Burke wouldn’t say much about his client. He refused to say if he was employed or studying or who he lived with. He did say Ali “seems like an intelligent enough young man.”
Ali was briefly hospitalized after his arrest. But Burke said he has not yet asked for a mental health assessment.
“I probably know as much about the actual facts surrounding the case as you people do,” Burke said.
Police say Ali walked into a Canadian Forces office in north Toronto and attacked several soldiers inside with a large knife.
“While at the scene, the accused stated: “Allah told me to do this. Allah told me to come here and kill people,’” Saunders said at a press conference Tuesday morning.
Ryan Kong and Jesus Castillo were taken to hospital, treated and released Monday.
“To date, there is nothing to indicate the accused is working with anyone or in concert with any organization,” Saunders said. “It will take some time to have a complete picture.”
According to police, Ali walked into the recruitment centre, on the ground floor of a large federal government building in the old suburb of North York, just before 3 p.m. Monday.
A master corporal was sitting inside, at a table near the entrance to the office. When the solider tried to engage Ali, Ali walked quickly around the table and attacked him, knocking him out of his chair.
The soldier managed to get back to his feet, only to be attacked again, this time with a knife. Ali allegedly slashed the man in the upper arm, then continued further into the recruitment centre. He tried to slash another soldier, but Tracy Ann Gerhardt escaped mostly unharmed.
While this was happening, military staff corralled a group of civilian applicants and got them to safety. A group of soldiers then subdued Ali and held him until police arrived.
The investigation has only just begun. But Saunders said there was nothing yet to indicate that Ali was working with any outside organization or individual.
“I want to be very, very careful, when it comes to the national security piece, that we don’t through that Islamophobia nonsense,” Saunders said. “I don’t want this categorizing of a large group of people. That would be very unfair and very inaccurate.”…

gary fouse says
Another case of Allah’s hit man.
Rob Porter says
gary, and another case of a politically correct police chief waffling a load of ignorant drivel about “Islamophobia” and talking utter rubbish about “categorizing of a large group of people”. That “large group of people” just happens to be producing a disproportionate number of violent people either murdering or trying to murder other people, but God forbid Police Chief Saunders should have the courage to talk about Muslim violence and ignore the phony “Islamophobia nonsense” accusation. Toronto has exchanged one politically correct police chief for another.
Christianblood says
His face is like the face of Devil!
Jay Boo says
Unbelievable that NPR can ignore this.
How do they sleep at night?
NPR routinely interviews guests who will gleefully nitpick at every Christian denomination’s perceived quirks with shameless abandon but, to bloodbath Islam they show nothing but groveling PC reverence.
Abu Nudnik says
NPR doesn’t cover Canadian news much.
gary fouse says
Maybe we should start worrying about Infidelphobia.
Abu Nudnik says
!
Richard says
Islamophobia is a highly rational response to Muslims’ Islamopathic behavior.
John Marks says
Can I quote you? You are right on target.
Richard says
Absolutely John – please do.
Angemon says
And by the time they have their “complete picture” (meaning, arrive at the conclusion that this was a “lone wolf” attack, completely unrelated to all the other “lone wolf” attacks) the story will have slipped out of the public mind.
“Yes, yes, I don’t want to categorize a large group of people adhering to the same ideology based in what that ideology teaches, therefore I’ll refuse to look at what their ideology teaches”.
mortimer says
Police Chief Saunders, of course, has become an expert on the doctrine of jihad as soon as he stood in front of a camera! How unbelievable.
How does Saunders know WHAT the ‘majority’ of Muslims believe about jihad? Which surveys is he referring to?
A recent UK survey of prominent Muslims revealed that most supported terrorism and violent, aggressive jihad:
-76% “strongly agreed”, while another 15% “agreed” or a total 91% that “JIHAD, as mandated in the Quran, is used to maintain or restore order, peace and security or to remove oppression and injustice.” (‘oppression’ is Islamic code for ‘rule by kafirs’…that would mean democratic rule by non-Muslims would be ‘oppressive’)
-Islam can never be criticized or changed or improved in any way was “strongly agreed” to by 80% while another 10% “agreed”
-“Authentic prophetic practices and teachings (known as Sunnah) are revelation from God and are infallible”, with 75% “strongly agreed” and another 8% “agreed”, taking the total approval rate to 83%.
If Muslim leaders in Toronto believe as they do in UK, mullahs in Toronto also support terrorism.
Chief Saunders is trying to be politically correct. Somalis will prove to be major players in jihad in North America, imho. Statistics of attacks per number of population should be kept.
mccode says
It appears that to be a public official almost anywhere in the world today one must be a complete idiot.
Chief Saunders certainly measures up.
celticwarriorcanada says
“I don’t want to categorize a large group of people ” I don’t want to either ! and when the Black Panthers Label Police Officers as” Pigs” I’m Offended ! A much better Description Of “Some” Police Officers, Especially Like you; would be: ” Ambitious” , “Self Absorbed Narcissist” who is willing to surrender Their Mind, Will and Emotions (SOUL) in order to Occupy A Position Of Prominence, for Selfish Gain and Ego Gratification . P.S. Hay your Just like your Commander and Chief Justin Trudeau !!!
Abu Nudnik says
Sow some respect! Fart when you say that name, eh?
Lynne says
Does it matter what kind of a person he is? He’s a murderer and he’s unhappy because he got caught and did not accomplish his mission to kill an infidel and get in to the kingdom with his 72 virgins. If it were a Catholic or a Jew, the police wouldn’t hesitate to say it or a native Canadian.
dumbledoresarmy says
Quote: “I want to be very, very careful, when it comes to the national security piece, that we don’t through that Islamophobia nonsense,” Saunders said. “I don’t want this categorizing of a large group of people. That would be very unfair and very inaccurate”.
Now, supposing a zealous Neo-Nazi shouting “Heil Hitler!” had attacked a group of blacks, First Nations people, or Jews….would the police chief be wagging his finger at Canadians and telling the public that they *mustn’t* think bad things about other Neo-Nazis and that ‘categorizing of a group of people’ would be ‘unfair and very inaccurate’?
Omi-san says
Why are islamists so UGLY? Are they rotting from the inside?
Richard says
The “ugliness” is the physical manifestation of inbreeding – alteration of morphology and aspect due to depletion of genetic variation. Muslims have high levels of hereditary illnesses both physical and mental, including decreased IQs. It isn’t bigotry, racism or Islamophobia to point this out; just a sane and sober public health warning. The IOC countries (and Western ones that are taking in large Islamic migrant populations) MUST condemn and outlaw first cousin marriages, the Sunna of Mohammed be damned.
Richard says
Sorry – typo. It’s the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation), not the IOC (International Olympic Committee)!
gravenimage says
Canada: Muslim says “Allah told” him to stab soldiers; top cop worries about “Islamophobia”
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This pretty much sums up the Jihad against the West and the suicidal dhimmi response to it in a single sentence.
Mirren10 says
Bingo.
Blind Druid says
Posted this on the CBC page. Doubt if it will get past the Stazi —
He’ll be fine in the slammer. Mohammed Shafia (the self appointed Imam of Canadian Corrections) will issue a fatwa that he be treated like a jihadi hero. His a$$ will be safe from the brothers.
Mahendra Singh says
Is he from planet earth? He looks very different from ordinary humans.
Mirren10 says
It’s all that first cousin marrying. That’s the end product.
George S. says
Mahendra – I was happy to hear someone already saying something about that.
I don’t judge a book by its cover, usually; and I prefer not to judge a person by his/her looks. But just look at the guy – his eyes are too close together, and he looks retarded. As you say it’s all that consanguination – first-cousin marriages through countless generations.
No wonder muzzies have only won 12 Nobel Awards (and seven of them were the controversial andf rubbish Peace Prize), out of the over 850 individuals have been awarded the Prize
Nobel Prizes have been awarded to over 850 individuals, of whom at least 20% were Jews, although Jews comprise less than 0.2% of the world’s population (or 1 in every 500 people). Overall, Jews have won a total of 41% of all the Nobel Prizes in economics, 28% of medicine, 26% of physics, 19% of chemistry, 13% of literature and 9% of all peace awards.
God, those effing muzzies are not only barbaric murderers and pedophiles but they are also VERY thick.
Champ says
‘Allah told me to do this. Allah told me to come here and kill people,’
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Of course he did, since allah is the ‘god’ of the underworld …
“Allah is Satan, Jesus is God!”
https://youtu.be/tCGYVbMze5Y
Demsci says
It is ALSO very unfair to excuse that same WHOLE group and the religion that inspires them. As if it is some kind of beneficial or neutral religion. That can result in dereliction of duty and treason.
What Saunders is saying is so common place in a guilt-driven Western culture it seem to me, for more than 14 years since 9/11 we keep running against this “”brick wall”
But If we can’t “paint all Muslims with a black brush”, don’t you do it with a white brush either”.
Mirren10 says
“I want to be very, very careful, when it comes to the national security piece, that we don’t through that Islamophobia nonsense,” Saunders said. “I don’t want this categorizing of a large group of people. That would be very unfair and very inaccurate.”…
Saunders has had his orders from Trudeau.
Demsci says
In the days when communism was the greatest threat to the Western countries, these countries called themselves “The free world” and knew they were following the free market liberal democracy system, which they were prepared to defend to the death.
Now, Western leaders don’t know how to call themselves or their countries any more, taking no more pride in their accomplishments. They don’;t seem to know their mortal enemies anymore. And they want to treat the enemy’s co-religionists, comrades only “fair”, no more.
My hope is that Politicians like Trump, Cruz also will make our countries proud of themselves and their political system again. And get to the bottom who the enemies of the free world now are; I think Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic State, Taliban, Iran and perhaps Russia still.
UNCLE VLADDI says
Because you still refuse to believe that islam itself is the enemy.
To you, since the Qur’an “is contradictory” then all the clearly offensively violent passages in it are only “opinions” which muslims can disregard at will, as if they were cafeteria Catholics picking and choosing which verses to believe, despite how many times I’ve pointed out that they must accept it all:
2.85 prohibits dividing the Qur’an, its all or nothing.
richard courtemanche says
It would take more courage than usual for the Chief of Police in Toronto to call it like it is. You see, Toronto is not only a sanctuary but also the Islamic Capital of Canada with a pusillanimous city council to follow. Down we go again!
Lioness says
Already there are the usual reports of “mental illness”. Much more palatable than jihad.
steve says
Good looking,for a Muslim.
UNCLE VLADDI says
The elite’s usual bullshit excuse:
“If it wasn’t an “organized” crime, then no crime happened at all!”
Someone tries to murder people? “Let’s wait and see what sort of person this is!”
DUH – HE’S AN ATTEMPTED MURDERER, THAT’S WHAT KIND OF PERSON HE IS!
Mark says
Another DEAD INSIDE muslim