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Canada: Muslim who stabbed soldiers and said “Allah told me to come here and kill people” acquitted of terror charges

May 14, 2018 1:53 pm By Robert Spencer

Ali said (thanks to the Geller Report): “Allah told me to do this, Allah told me to come here and kill people.”

“‘While it is common ground that the defendant had become radicalized, there is no evidence of any connection between him and any other person or group in relation to the attack,’ MacDonnell said in his decision Monday, noting that Ali’s radical religious and ideological beliefs were largely the result of his mental illness.”

So apparently the Canadian authorities do not believe that an individual can be capable of committing an act of terrorism on his own. He has to be part of a group. That is absurd, and even more absurd is the claim that “Ali’s radical religious and ideological beliefs were largely the result of his mental illness.” Is Judge Ian MacDonnell saying that jihad is a manifestation of mental illness? So why is this peculiar pathology so widespread among Muslims, and nonexistent among non-Muslims?

“Man accused in military centre stabbing acquitted of terror charges,” Canadian Press, May 14, 2018 (thanks to the Geller Report):

TORONTO — A man with schizophrenia who attacked soldiers at a military recruitment centre in Toronto has been acquitted of terror-related charges and found not criminally responsible for lesser offences due to mental illness.

Judge Ian MacDonnell said Ayanle Hassan Ali’s actions in May 2016 did not fit the intended scope of Canadian terrorism laws.

“While it is common ground that the defendant had become radicalized, there is no evidence of any connection between him and any other person or group in relation to the attack,” MacDonnell said in his decision Monday, noting that Ali’s radical religious and ideological beliefs were largely the result of his mental illness….

His lawyers had argued that, because he committed his actions alone and had never been in contact with any terror groups, he should be found not guilty on the terror charges and ruled “not criminally responsible” for the lesser included offences of attempted murder, assault and weapons offences — a designation that acknowledges the accused committed an offence but, as a result of a mental disorder, could not appreciate the consequences, legality or moral wrongness of their actions….

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  1. jack cade says

    May 14, 2018 at 1:59 pm

    “While it is common ground that the defendant had become radicalized, there is no evidence of any connection between him and any other person or group in relation to the attack.” Except that he believes the doctrine of Satan, Judge, along with 1.5 billion misguided people!

    • Jose says

      May 15, 2018 at 5:30 am

      Certainly, the Koran doctrine is satanic and anti Christian. I read that book from cover to cover, and it instils on Muslims hate toward anything non-Muslim. That man’s eyes in the picture look possessed by evil, and its mustache even proclaims who his master is with an “M”: evil Muhammad.

  2. mike9a says

    May 14, 2018 at 1:59 pm

    Is it possible to be a muslim and not to be mentally ill?

    • Mary says

      May 14, 2018 at 2:05 pm

      NO

      • Steven says

        May 14, 2018 at 8:04 pm

        One is the definition of the other.

    • Hiram Sotomayor says

      May 14, 2018 at 6:32 pm

      No.

  3. Linda says

    May 14, 2018 at 2:10 pm

    Just because someone has a mental disorder, it doesn’t mean that the person is incapable of discerning right from wrong every minute of every day. A person can be mentally ill and still be aware that he should not behave inappropriately. However, Trudeau has jumped into police investigations and court cases in Canada before the investigations and cases were over. He has said that he does not want “extremism” in Canada. He has sufficiently influenced the judges to avoid pursuing terrorism charges even when they should. (What else can you expect from a dictator?)

    • Rarely says

      May 14, 2018 at 6:36 pm

      Canadian Superior Court justices are more independent than that. Trudeau has virtually no input or influence.

      • Linda says

        May 14, 2018 at 7:25 pm

        In any event, Trudeau should not be going public with his opinions on police investigations or court cases which have not even wrapped up yet. However, he does this. It certainly gives the appearance that he wishes to influence the outcomes of both, even though law enforcement and courts are supposed to be independent of politicians. He doesn’t know enough to keep his big mouth shut and keep his nose out of the proceedings.

        • Rarely says

          May 14, 2018 at 7:39 pm

          I unreservedly agree. He only did it once as I recall — the fatal shooting in Saskatchewan of a trespassing native on a farmer’s homestead. What made it so terrible (I searched for a worse word) was that it was a jury trial he was trying to influence. He may influence the jury (they did acquit against Trudeau’s position) but he certainly infuriated the judge and the entire Canadian legal community — including those despised left wingers.

        • Linda says

          May 14, 2018 at 8:04 pm

          If you remember the hijab hoax earlier this year in Toronto, in which a young girl said an Asian man cut her hijab twice while she was on her way to school, Trudeau was also making statements on that before the police had even had time to complete their investigation. Even when it was determined by police that it was a hoax, Trudeau said that it was still “part of a pattern” of Islamophobia. It couldn’t be part of a pattern of Islamophobia because it didn’t even happen. What is wrong with him? I also saw him in an interview talking about marijuana possession charges brought against his brother Michel. At the time that that happened, Pierre Trudeau told the boys that he could “make the charges go away”. If that doesn’t smack at influence and corruption, I don’t know what does then. Someone should tell him he was only elected and he can likewise be defeated in an election. He is not the dictator he may wish to be.

      • George says

        May 15, 2018 at 10:39 pm

        Trudeau has recently converted to Islam, so expect more of his interference in these cases.

  4. Zub says

    May 14, 2018 at 2:13 pm

    The eyes are windows to the soul.

    This perp very much has the dead eyes look, typical of most ardent followers of Islam. Dead eyes… dead soul.

    • Fritz Schulze says

      May 14, 2018 at 11:52 pm

      Your comment makes me think of a comment made near a century ago by Sir Winston Churchill:

      How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.

      A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.

      Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.

    • Jewcat says

      May 15, 2018 at 3:27 am

      Those dead eyes seem to be the hallmark of the jihadi.

  5. Papa Whiskey says

    May 14, 2018 at 2:15 pm

    Schizophrenia my ass.

    • Dan says

      May 14, 2018 at 4:26 pm

      Exactly what I was thinking.

      When it comes right down to it, WE are the ones who are freaking nuts because we keep going along with this charade.

  6. Danforth says

    May 14, 2018 at 2:22 pm

    Judges in Canada and around the world either cannot see the bigger picture, or are scared s—less of convicting terrorists.

    The judicial arm of all governments, it seems, are so focused on the finer points of the law, they cannot exercise the common sense everyone else possesses. Why is that?

    • Mary says

      May 14, 2018 at 2:33 pm

      They are afraid of being called racist.

    • Rarely says

      May 14, 2018 at 6:54 pm

      Danforth.
      You are being unfairly critical of judges in Canada. They can only decide a case based on the evidence in front of them and the law as they interpret it. In this case the terrorism charge was laid by the Attorney General’s department and, if they feel there was an error in interpreting the law, they have a right to appeal. If they do not then it was an “iffy” case in the first place.
      The problem, if there is one, is in the way the law was written and THAT is the responsibility of Parliament. It is rarely the fault of the judiciary. BTW Judges absolutely HATE being reversed on appeal so they tend to consider decisions very carefully and conscientiously.
      Also, to ensure independence Federal justices are appointed to sit to age 75 and are neither elected nor subject to oversight by the Federal gov’t. They can only be reprimanded or replaced by a body of their peers.

  7. Tom says

    May 14, 2018 at 2:47 pm

    Absolute balderdash (replace with any other obscene word of your choice) that this clear act of terror has been negated by a judge who is obviously influenced by the current politically correct term, “mental illness” which is used to define most individual Islamic attackers.

    They all agreed that he was radicalized. How was that achieved? Did he attend the mosque and listen to those who call for killing the kafir? Did he contact those online who post radical video’s and become part of their network? Or did he just read the Koran and become a devout follower of Mohammad? In any event he was drawn by association to become radicalized.

    He may be mentally ill, but that does not give him the right to kill others and not face any consequences for his actions prior to, and up to, the time he attacked.

    Mentally ill is too convenient an excuse and, as we have seen previously, is used all too frequently when dealing with Islamists who attack and survive.

    • Rarely says

      May 14, 2018 at 7:23 pm

      Mental illness IS a good defence (and should be) when the person is mentally ill.

      • George says

        May 15, 2018 at 10:44 pm

        BUT they (people with this severe a mental illness) should also be kept away from society, as they are a danger to all.

  8. Walter Sieruk says

    May 14, 2018 at 2:58 pm

    The words of that Muslim terrorist which are “”Allah tole me to come here and kill people.” This might not be so much a effects of schizophrenia but the demonic religion of Islam had affected that Muslim to have such murderous intentions
    For the god of Islam likes it when non-Muslims [Kafirs] die . About the god of Islam ,the television Imam Suliman Satari said “Annihilate the Infidels… Allah count them and kill them, to the last one and don’t leave even one.” Furthermore Imam Abu Hamza Al-Masri said “What makes Allah happy? Allah is happy when Kafiers get killed. [1]
    . The above words of these Imams reflect the example of Islam’s prophet and the teachings of the Quran. “Muhammad now fell upon them [the Jews] slew all the men, nine hundred of them…”[2]
    Moreover, the Quran reads “When ye encounter the unbelievers strike off their heads, until ye have made great slaughter among them. Verily if Allah pleased, He could take vengeance on them without your assistance, but He commandeth you to fight His Battles.” 47:4
    In short, these Imams and their murderous prophet with their bloody Quran show the world what Islam really is. After all, Jesus did teach “by their fruits you will know them.” Matthew 7:20. [NKJV]

    [1] The disc documentary OBSESSION: RADICAL ISLAM’s AGAINST THE WEST
    [2] THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: THE WHOLE STORY OF MAN by H.G. Wells

    Furthermore,the God of the Bible is not really Allah the god of Islam. To explain, through the passing of time it has become widely accepted that the word “Allah” is just the Arabic word for God. This started when truth compromising Bible “translators” substituted the word Allah where the word God should have had been uses in the Arabic translation of the Bible. Furthermore, in the glossary in the book ASSASSINS! By Dr. Haha Lung it defines Allah as the “Pre-Islamic Lunar god : the god of Islam. “ Likewise, in the book entitled INSIDE ISLAM by a former Muslim who is now a Christian, Reza F. Safa on pages 22, 23 it reads “In pre-Islamic times both Allah –worship and Baal-worship involved the worship of the sun, the moon and the stars which h defines them as astral religions. [Which are condemned in the Bible, Second Kings 23:5] The crescent moon, which was the symbol of moon worship, is also the symbol of Islam.” In conclusion the Islamic god, Allah, is not the God of the Bible.

    The words in brackets are my own. In addition other some other books that expose this little known truths are WHO IS THIS ALLAH ? by G..J.O.. Moshay also UNVEILING ISLAM by Ergun Mehmet Caner and Emir Fethi Caner and THE ISLAMIC INVASION by Robert Morey . There is also PHILISTINE by Ramon Bennett and ANSWERING JIHAD by Mabeel Qureshi

    In addition, , in the Bible it gives the account of the Prophet Elijah declared “If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal be ,then follow him.” First Kings 18:21.[N.K.J.V.] In other words follow one of the other. Not both.
    Moreover, many people say that the God of the Bible and the god of Islam are one the same. Is the majority always right? That’s not always the case. As an example the Christian pastor and scholar, Michael Youssef, who is also an Arab in his book entitled JESUS, JIHAD AND PEACE on page 69 informs the reader that “The name Allah comes from pre-Islamic times, and it corresponds to the Babylonian mane Bel or Baal. According to the Middle East scholar E.M. Wherry, pre-Islamic Arabs worshiped gods they called Allah. Both pre-Islamic Allah-worship and Baal –worship involved worship of the sun, the moon and the stars, which is why they are called astral religions. The crescent moon, the symbol of pagan moon worship, is also the symbol of Islam. It is printed on flags of many Islamic countries and placed atop minarets and mosques.” Likewise, a former Muslim who is now a Christian, Dr. Daniel Shayesteh, who used to live in the Middle East but now he lives in America . In his book ISLAM AND THE SON OF GOD. On pages 7,8. Reads “Allah is the generic term for God in many Middle –Eastern cultures. Allah is identified as one of the 360 or so idols worshiped by the Arabian people for centuries before Muhammad was born. Many do not know that Allah was the good god of the Arabians. This explains the crescent moon found on minarets and mosques and the flags of Muslim nations. .. .Historic writings also identify Allah with Baal.” It’s also worth mentioning that the Bible condemns such astral religions. As in, for example, Second Kings 23:5.
    Therefore, now in modern times, it may be rightly said “If Yahweh Lord of the Bible , be the one True God follow Him. Yet if Allah the lord of Islam be the one true god then follow him.” The case is very clear cut.
    There is the Christian site http://www.answering-islam.org

  9. Walter Sieruk says

    May 14, 2018 at 3:21 pm

    If a voice really did instruct that Muslim to”kill people” for the jihad it was certainly not the voice of the false god and nothing god of Islam, Allah. It was the voice of a demon masquerading as the Islamic god ,Allah. For according to the Bible demons are vicious ,malicious and in any way they are able they harm humans Islam is a very deceptive and demonic religion.

  10. GreytigerTX says

    May 14, 2018 at 3:28 pm

    This is the face of a total mental pissant. He probably needs help remembering which hand to wipe with. Off him and make the world great again.

    • Linda says

      May 14, 2018 at 3:51 pm

      I agree.

  11. PMP says

    May 14, 2018 at 3:55 pm

    He is just practicing his religion. Now he should be given his ten million dollars of tax payers money and bend over, so trudeau can kiss his muslim ass and apologize properly.

  12. Sylvia says

    May 14, 2018 at 5:57 pm

    I agree with Mr. Spencer, Committing an act of terror does not require being part of a group.
    There could though be something to the mental illness aspect. There is a group that has and still does to this day marry first cousins with regularity.
    Science has proven in clinical studies where a set of parents who are second cousins or closer, this being an important risk factor for mental retardation and inbreeding is correlated with reduced cognitive performance amongst other problems.
    Going forward we can expect to see many many more of these rulings. Just as in Eurabia.

  13. Hiram Sotomayor says

    May 14, 2018 at 6:35 pm

    While it is obvious that his crime is motivated, even commanded by Islam, the fact remains that he is a diagnosed schizophrenic and that must take precedence in considering his culpability. He belongs in an asylum for the mentally insane.

  14. Mirren10 says

    May 14, 2018 at 7:46 pm

    Insofar as this creep is a muslim, of *course* he’s mentally I’ll.

    Interesting, isn’t it, that the exculpation of muslim murderers has now descended from “Islam is a religion of peace, they have hijacked it”, to ” Oh, they’re mentally iill.

    I wonder what the next excuse will be, when the idiots governing us realize this too has run it’s course ?

  15. LAURA says

    May 15, 2018 at 4:08 am

    He is probably referring to the Koran where, if I remember correctly when I read it years ago, it tells them to kill unbelievers of Islam.

  16. Kasey says

    May 15, 2018 at 6:09 am

    When will the World wake up to the fact that Islamic lethal indoctrination produces, in susceptible people, a form of insanity which erupts whenever an opportunity to act out the directives for killing all Infidels presents itself?

  17. Heliograph says

    May 15, 2018 at 8:02 am

    Orwell’s observed there are some political theories so absurd only an intellectual could believe them. The judges in Canada do breath a rarified strain of intellectual air.

  18. Kim Bruce says

    May 15, 2018 at 11:13 am

    All Muslims welcome to Canada, where you can kill the unbelievers and get off the crime because you aren’t considered a terrorist but a mere soldier of Allah. Canada is the new western caliphate…the U.S. is next once Canada’s conversion is complete.

  19. Mark W says

    May 15, 2018 at 12:44 pm

    Islam instructs TERRORISM by name in at least 3 verses of the Quran:

    Sura 8:12 “cast terror into hearts of disbelievers, so strike their necks and strike every fingertip”

    Sura 8:60 “prepare whatever steeds of war that you may terrify the enemies of allah”

    3:151

  20. UNCLE VLADDI says

    May 15, 2018 at 6:24 pm

    Re: ““While it is common ground that the defendant had become radicalized, there is no evidence of any connection between him and any other person or group in relation to the attack,” Judge Ian MacDonnell said.”

    So if it isn’t an “organized” crime, then it’s not really a crime at all! Whee!

    But wait!
    There IS a connection between him and a group in relation to the attack: ISLAM!

  21. gravenimage says

    Jul 14, 2018 at 11:41 pm

    Canada: Muslim who stabbed soldiers and said “Allah told me to come here and kill people” acquitted of terror charges
    …………………………

    Utter madness. Of course this is terrorism.

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