Of course. What could this possibly have to do with terrorism?
The Islamic State issued this call in September 2014:
So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him….
When authorities react in this manner to what was quite obviously a jihad terror attack, it is hard to take seriously their dismissals of evidence that other attacks were jihad-related.
“Man charged with 5 counts of attempted murder for Edmonton attacks,” CBC News, October 2, 2017 (thanks to Joan):
The man accused of stabbing an Edmonton police constable on the weekend and running down four pedestrians on Jasper Avenue has not been charged with terrorism-related offences.
Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, 30, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder, four counts of criminal flight causing bodily harm, and one count each of dangerous driving and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, RCMP announced at a news conference at Edmonton police headquarters on Monday.
The RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) has taken over the investigation.
“We are still very much in the infancy stage (of the investigation),” said RCMP Supt. Stacey Talbot, who heads up INSET in Alberta.
RCMP Supt. Stacey Talbot speaks about the weekend attacks in Edmonton at a news conference Monday. Behind Talbot is RCMP Chief Supt. George Stephenson. (CBC)
Asked why Shariff wasn’t charged with participation in a terrorist attack, Talbot said: “The complexities of a terrorism investigation are vast. If warranted, further charges will be pursued.”
On Sunday, Edmonton police said Sharif was facing possible charges for participating in a terrorist attack and commission of an offence for a terrorist group.
The incident began Saturday when a Chevrolet Malibu plowed into a police crowd-control barricade, striking Const. Mike Chernyk and sending him five metres into the air. The driver got out and stabbed the officer repeatedly, then ran off.
Hours later, police pulled over a U-Haul cube van at a checkstop on the city’s north side and noticed the driver’s name was similar to the registered owner of the car that had struck the officer.
Police pursued the U-Haul from Wayne Gretzky Drive to Jasper Avenue in two marked police vehicles and four tactical vehicles, Insp. Carlos Cardoso said Monday.
The U-Haul struck pedestrians along Jasper Avenue at 107th Street before the van was flipped on its side on 100th Avenue at 106th Street….
“If we hadn’t pursued this vehicle, in light of the use of the car earlier to run over a police officer, and the history of large vehicle attacks in Germany, Spain and other European countries, the outcome would have been much worse,” Cardoso said.
Four pedestrians suffered injuries ranging from “broken arms to brain bleeds,” police Chief Rod Knecht said during Sunday’s police news conference….
Sharif, a Somali refugee, was investigated in 2015 for allegedly espousing extremist views, but investigators said there was insufficient evidence for an arrest and decided he was not a national security threat.
Came to Canada in 2012Sharif came to Canada in 2012, and at the time raised no red flags for immigration officials, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Monday.
Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Goodale said Sharif arrived through a “regular port of entry” and obtained refugee status at the time.
The minister said events in Edmonton over the weekend in no way indicate that Canada’s screening process needs to be enhanced, or that the system failed.
“The procedures that are in place, that I have had the opportunity to observe and that Minister [Ahmed] Hussen is vigorously administering, are procedures that place a very high premium on public safety and security,” Goodale said….
What nonsense. This was an obvious failure, and a clear sign that Canada’s screening process needs a massive overhaul.
Mike says
As an aside, I’ll also point out that if this terrorist arrived in 2012, that was during the Harper Administration.
Now, imagine what they’re letting through under the Idiot Trudeau Administration?
john spielman says
you mean truDOPE!
gee says
I kind of think TURDeau is more apt
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Mike.
Krazy Kafir says
Mainstream media, thy name is deciever.
PATRICIA FRANCES KOENIG says
It is the Globalists (international secret societies + banksters) who are protecting and promoting Islam for the obvious reason that Islam is anti-Christian. Islam is also anti-Jewish and anti-everyone who is not Muslim. But the Globalists are using Islam to destroy already weakened Christian nations.
mortimer says
Agree with PFK times ten !
gravenimage says
Most people who are for Muslim immigration are deep in willful denial over their being “needy refugees”.
Believing that it is instead all a deliberate plot by a shadowy elite to use the poor Muslims to destroy us is not particularly helpful.
le mouron rouge says
PFK,
Amen!
“There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.”
– Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
Jaladhi says
The usual claptrap – he must be mentally unbalanced so did it! ThWest has become an expert in self deceit, delusion and come up with these absurdities!
PaulM says
And so, Canada circles the drain and is about to head down the shit hole of the Islam worshiping, globalist elite like trudeau and his antisemitic good squad. None of these political cowards will ever admit that this is a terrorist act. It would require them to admit that they have erred greatly in putting out the red carpet for the slime that is islam and muslims.
Shmooviyet says
“political cowards”– agreed!
paul says
M-103 says you are an islamophobe for noticing the terrorist
Bob says
Shooviyet – all western politicos’re terrifified of islam and try to pretend it doesn’t exist, so it’s “mentally disturbed” or leave it to the next flock of cowards in off ice to put right!
mortimer says
The Lib-Jihad Party of Canuckistan appears to have INTERFERRED with the RCMP laying terrorist charges.
The Lib-Jihad Party must be taken to task for their treachery.
Shmooviyet says
What an infuriating joke.
Insp. Cardoso cannot use the word ‘terrorism’ when mentioning the vehicular jihad horrors in Europe, only calling them “large vehicle attacks”.
Somehow I doubt that everyone accepts that “complexities of terrorism investigations are vast” line. In EACH case? Maybe some ‘allahu akbars’ would’ve helped. Well at least they threw some “dangerous driving” charges in amongst the rest.
Please excuse the rant– but those superintendents and ministers are no more forthright than FBI who could absolutely proclaim, within 12 hours, that jihad was not involved in Las Vegas. (Particularly since FBI is still convinced on the Trump/Russia connex.)
Dawn says
Looks like UK and Europe where the same things have happened we as Canadians are in deep trouble because the government is in denial of what it truly is, it is a terrorist attack. Call it what it is
Jaladhi says
The Government is complicit in this silent invasion of Muslim”refugees”! There was a time when Muslims were strong and invaded infidel lands by force now they are invading “peacefully” taking full advantage of West’s narcissistic delusion of helping “human” beings. We are paying the pice and will be paying for generations until nothing is left!
mummymovie says
Elementary, Jaladhi.
You’ve hit the nail on the head: The silent invasion is working masterfully, just as Gadafhi said it would, in Europe, and now here, crazily enough, since Canada and the U.S. think we need to emulate everything Europe is doing.
Normally, I’d say let the exodus of Somalis continue to Canada, and build a wall to keep them there; Trudeau’s can have his beloved muslims; were it not for the fact that the taxpayer-funded Refugee Resettlement contractors have us by the balls anyway; We are already starting to import -as of yesterday, in fact- tens of thousands of really nasty advocates of the religion of peace that Austrailia wouldn’t let in.
Any hopes that North America might remain the last bastion of hope for western civilization are repeatedly being dashed.
The ‘great’ muslim conquest of the civilized world will no doubt go down in history as one of the strangest mysteries of all time.
Jaladhi says
Ha, ha, .. there will be revisionist history written by Muslims extolling the Muslim armies that conquered the Western world!
Only if the West drops its moralistic narcissism, there could be some hope for the humanity otherwise the world is going to live live the present day Muslim world – just killing each other until they reach allah’s brothel paradise!
mummymovie says
Not to mention that most of it will have happened within a decade!
Yes, the ever-elusive desire to feel good about oneself and continue to entertain the illusion that by helping those seemingly in need, we can somehow fill the void in our souls and remedy our human condition by doing so -that if we are just are just kind and generous enough to muslims, they will appreciate it, and like us- is exactly what will get us killed and/or enslaved in the end, I’m afraid.
For those without children, it is more important to know that you are ‘doing the right thing’ for other people than it is to protect abstract concepts like liberty and freedom.
But this is where we are.
Unbelieveable!
gravenimage says
True, Jaladhi.
Just one point. You wrote:
Ha, ha, .. there will be revisionist history written by Muslims extolling the Muslim armies that conquered the Western world!
………………….
Actually, Muslims will probably say that we invited them in because we wanted to embrace Islam.
Jaladhi says
True, that is possible too!! Anything that shows them in a good ight will be embraced by Muslims!
le mouron rouge says
gravenimage says:
“Actually, Muslims will probably say that we invited them in because we wanted to embrace Islam.”
How true!
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
gravenimage says
Thanks.
Adm says
CBC is the CNN of Canadian media – in other words the absolute worst of the leftist propaganda media. They are complete Muslim and Trudeau apologists – which makes sense since now it is obvious that they are one and the same – what an amazing coincidence that the immigration minister is a some Molly Muslim no conflict of interest there
Adm says
*Speech to text error – “Somali” Muslim
Dan says
CBC is CNN on STEROIDS!
As far as I know CNN doesn’t get almost a billion in government tax dollars, so CBC may as well change their name to PRAVDA.
Jaladhi says
Trudeau made this Somali Muslim Immigration Minister with the sole purpose of bringing in more Muslims!
Michael says
This is not so much an Islamic invasion, as the conversion of the Canadian state and legal system to Islam.
Noreen says
If his work permit expired and he didn’t try to renew who is financing him? He obviously he has some money coming from somewhere. He has been trying to stay under the radar for some reason.
gravenimage says
Edmonton: No terror charges for Muslim who stabbed police officer and ran down pedestrians
……………………..
Insanity.
Jim Heller says
What is really frightening is this. The Ontario bar, the largest in the country, is trying to force lawyers to commit to a totally Orwellian level of political correctness. Unbelievable. Well, not really — but the fact that it isn’t is itself unbelievable. Unbelievable all the way down:
http://nationalpost.com/opinion/bruce-pardy-law-societys-new-policy-compels-speech-crossing-line-that-must-not-be-crossed#comments-area
gravenimage says
Very disturbing, Jim. Canada cannot defend against Jihad terror if they cannot even name it.
Islam_Macht_Frei says
And whatever happened to that Muslim killer cop in Minneapolis who murdered that Australian woman in cold blood last summer? Last I heard – nothing…
gravenimage says
Yes–I haven’t heard anything more on this, either.
Carlos Danger says
You Canadians need to get in the faces of your MPs. Mock them, question them
Call them out in public places, restaurants, etc.
Encourage others to do likewise.
When election time comes, send them packing.
Karen says
The ingratitude and hatred that Sharif expresses toward his adopted country is beyond belief. He could be back right now in his native hellhole, living in a garbage pit. Instead he’s in a very nice country that is free of war and warlords, deprivation, and mob violence and rule. He had a future in Canada; now he’s ruined even that. Jackass.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
https://ca.yahoo.com/news/man-charged-weekend-attacks-makes-170620957.html
Sounder says
No surprise here, refugees are Trudeau’s golden ones.
Andrew Klinzmann says
Of course no terrorism charges will be laid. That might OFFEND muslims ! Gee, I hope all those infidels lying bleeding in the streets didn’t offend any muslims, as well. Now what happens ? Oh, I know ! Jihadi-Justin Trudeau will drop by, and give this muslim terrorist a nice big fat liberal cheque !
Kim Bruce says
Canada is F**KED!
Politicianaphobia says
They, the politicians are not cowards, they know exactly what they are doing. All Canadians need to call their MP and tell them what they think of M-103 and good luck with that. Carol Hughes, MP for Algoma, Manitoulin, Kapuskasing sent me an electronic e-mail, the NDP mantra, stating one should not get caught up in internet hysteria. What we the people do not understand, is that we are all stupid and can not think for ourselves, were my thoughts after reading this long, insulting bull sh t. Not all the politicians are plotters, some are just plain, damn stupid. They can make M-103 a law but they may also find out there are not that many cowards who will follow it. Please all Canadians remember all the Liberals and all the NDP voted for M-103. Justine Trudeau was not in the house for the vote, he sent Khalid, the poor, abused, Muslim woman to do his dirty work. When I was a little girl, many moons ago, my Grandmother told me Islam is not a religion, just a controlling cult. Grandma was right, it is all about control. The guy in Edmonton was just out for a fun night, the guy in Edmonton was just out for a fun night…………………
Jack Holan says
Soon coming to you O’Canada thanks to your kid Socialist PM Pierrie Trudeau, the Far Left and Islamist Axis M-103. Effectively raising one religion to a Special Class above other, not by the letter of the law but by practice and Communist like tribunals. This will certainly promote a cohesive forward looking society of Wholneness and commonality. As an outsider I believe I’m witnessing the rebirth of a Nation born to fail either through Civil War or worse when the non-Muslim population refuses to move 1-millimeter more and the Believers insist on more movement towards Sharia or more Specia Exceptions.
DogOnPorch says
Of course there are no charges. We Canadians wouldn’t want to offend out Muslim hosts.
DogOnPorch says
‘our’
Tom says
So if this attack or attacks are not considered to be terrorism then what is, in the eyes of the police and politicians ? What criteria does one have to meet to be designated a terrorist or an attack terrorism ?
Does one have to write down in some form that they are going to commit an act of terror in the name of a specific organization or ideology ?
Does one have to openly espouse whichever ideology it is that the act is being committed ?
Or are there only specific tools or weapons one has to use to be considered a terrorist ?
Of course the expectation of such criteria as proof of one being a terrorist is ridiculous.
The act itself and the person involved as well as any evidence of radicalization should be all that is necessary, and those were in abundance in these two attacks.
Could it be that there may be some politics involved in the decision not to charge this guy with terrorism ?
Lioness says
He IS charged with terrorism and attempted murder, according to latest reporting by Toronto Star.