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Quebec: Court rejects Muslim’s claim he went to Syria out of “curiosity,” convicts him on terror charge

Jun 26, 2017 4:56 pm By Robert Spencer

Given the general credulity of the kuffar, Ismael Habib is to be forgiven for thinking this line of defense was worth a try. He might well have gotten away with it.

“Quebec man who dreamed of joining ISIL convicted of terrorism charge,” by Graeme Hamilton, National Post, June 19, 2017:

MONTREAL — Ismaël Habib wanted the court to believe he was an accidental jihadi who travelled to Syria in 2013 out of “curiosity” and took no part in the fighting. He never heard a single gunshot while there, he testified, comparing the experience to summer camp.

And when Habib began arranging for a return trip in 2016, he said it was because he was worried about the security of his wife and two small children there.

On Monday, Quebec Court Judge Serge Délisle dismissed 29-year-old Habib’s testimony as “outlandish,” saying it was “destroyed by contradictions and weighed down by elements of dishonesty and lies.” He found Habib guilty of attempting to travel to Syria to commit a terrorist act, a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Instead of accepting Habib’s sworn testimony, the judge believed another version of events that an unsuspecting Habib offered in February 2016 to an undercover RCMP officer.

Habib, who was living in Gatineau at the time of his arrest, had first come to the attention of police after the 2013 trip to Syria, which led to the cancellation of his passport.

His trial heard how police then lured him into a so-called Mr. Big operation, making him believe he was dealing with a criminal organization capable of providing false passports and smuggling him and other jihadis out of Canada by ship.

In a meeting captured on video and played for the court, he told an undercover officer posing as a Québécois crime boss that he dreamed of living under the rule of ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

He told the supposed crime boss he wanted “to do as much as I can to help the Islamic State, in all ways, financially, physically or dying for them — whatever they need.”

He explained: “We love death like you love life.” He added that he wanted to pay off all his debts before leaving for Syria because if he died in debt, he would be denied entry to paradise and the 72 virgins awaiting him there.

Habib also said that on his previous trip to Syria, he and his brother-in-law had joined up with some Chechen jihadis. Photos entered as evidence show Habib in combat attire with a knife on his belt, and he acknowledged buying an AK-47 assault rifle. He said at one point he personally whipped a captured soldier from a rival faction.

Habib told the undercover officer his form of jihad involves fighting to establish Shariah law in the Middle East, not attacking civilians in the West. “That’s not my style,” he said. But he did applaud the November 2015 Paris attacks that killed 130 people, saying they were deserved because of French intervention against ISIL….

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  1. Paul N Silas says

    Jun 26, 2017 at 6:39 pm

    What an ass wipe! This Bozo, like most of the ISIS recruits, would not last a week in Army Ranger school. Send his sorry butt to jail so he can become somebodies girlfriend.

  2. jewdog says

    Jun 26, 2017 at 9:08 pm

    No Mr. Big, no virgins, no glory, just years in a musty cell eating warmed-over poutine. He can keep a picture of Justin Moonbat over his bunk, along with Abu Bakr al Baghdadi.

    • Bob says

      Jun 27, 2017 at 8:37 am

      No koran, no muslim chaplain, no halal grub, and complete solitary….for LIFE!

  3. Matthieu Baudin says

    Jun 26, 2017 at 9:29 pm

    “… Given the general credulity of the kuffar…”

    Oh dear, how true; everyday we face our own credulity in new forms. A societal commitment to truthfulness is nowhere near universal and often blinds us to the well entrenched cultural deceits of others.

  4. mortimer says

    Jun 26, 2017 at 9:41 pm

    This is a case where removing someone’s citizenship and deporting him is the right thing to do. True-dope and his Lib-tard-medans want to allow ALL terrorists to remain in Canada.

  5. Georg says

    Jun 27, 2017 at 2:54 am

    In a just world he’d be put to death.

    • Minutes1234 says

      Jun 27, 2017 at 3:17 am

      YES !!!!!!!!!!

  6. Charli Main says

    Jun 27, 2017 at 4:03 am

    OFF TOPIC

    “Man, 21, arrested in connection with the rape of a 4-year-old girl in Salford”

    The identity and ethnicity of the alleged rapist is being withheld by police.

    So, we know straight away that he is not a singer, TV personality, sports personality or politician.

    Wonder if he could be one of those ” ASIANS”????

    • roger woodhouse says

      Jun 27, 2017 at 4:11 am

      Dont be too hasty on this one.The law will prevent immediate identification but the his true identity will be known and it might not be who you suspect.

  7. Tom says

    Jun 27, 2017 at 10:03 am

    The only consolation in this case is that it is a criminal offence to travel to join ISIS or any other radical Islamic group and that there is a judge in Quebec willing to buck the jihadists are victims mentality that pervades Canada and most western countries.

    Having said that, the fact that the Trudeau government has now made it law that we cannot remove his citizenship will only serve to encourage more of these vermin to do the same, knowing the worst that can happen is a prison sentence on the Canadian dime.

    The travesty here is that Trudeau and his bobble head Liberals along with the NDP are facilitating jihadists in Canada.

  8. Hummer says

    Jun 27, 2017 at 11:52 am

    Hope they monitor his phone contacts, visits, and associations in prison like they do in the States and any recruitment going on. Just locking up someone doesn’t always stop this and I’d like to know just how long he will really serve-he should be isolated as much as possible.

  9. moeped says

    Jun 27, 2017 at 9:27 pm

    All such traitors, ISIS brides included, should be dealt with ruthlessly…and in accordance with prevailing laws of course.

  10. jack grandville says

    Jun 30, 2017 at 8:15 am

    Perhaps it is time for a change? — before the ship sinks!

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