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It’s Official: Toronto Muslim Gunman Not A Terrorist — Never Mind That He Expressed Support for ISIS

Jul 25, 2018 8:34 am By Robert Spencer

The ISIS support doesn’t fit the narrative. My latest in FrontPage:

We can all relax now: the Associated Press reported Tuesday that “Authorities say no link to terrorism in Toronto rampage that left 2 dead, 13 injured.” Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale declared: “At this stage, based on the state of the investigation, which is led by the Toronto police service, there is no connection between that individual and national security.” But cracks are already forming in the narrative.

The establishment media is treating the shooting as a gun control issue, and almost everyone seems to be accepting the family’s claim that gunman Faisal Hussain had “severe mental health challenges.” As to what tripped Hussain over the edge and led him to start firing randomly into Toronto restaurants, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders is in the dark: “We do not know why this has happened yet. It’s going to take some time.”

Maybe not as much time as Saunders would have us believe – if, that is, he is willing to go where the evidence might lead him. CBS News reported Tuesday that “investigators in Canada have indications that Faisal Hussain visited Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) websites and may have expressed support for the terrorist group, a law enforcement source told CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton.”

Although it seems to have made no impression on Ralph Goodale, that is a salient detail, especially in light of the fact that the Islamic State has called upon Muslims in Western countries, explicitly including Canada, to target non-Muslim civilians in lone-wolf jihad attacks. Might Faisal Hussain have seen such a call on one of the Islamic State websites that he visited, and decided to try to gain the favor of Allah by doing as the Islamic State directed?

What’s more, the mental illness narrative ran afoul of statements from those who knew Faisal Hussain. “Toronto shooter’s neighbors unaware of his mental illness” was the Associated Press headline Tuesday on a story in which Hussain’s neighbor Ashley Robinson reported that she saw Faisal Hussain “almost every day,” and that “he always was smiling.” Aamir Sukhera, whom AP identified as “a close family friend of Hussain’s,” agreed: “He had a million-dollar smile. He was very upbeat and happy whenever I saw him.” Hussain, Sukhera said, “seemed fine.” Odd observations about someone who was supposedly “struggling with psychosis and depression his entire life.”

The establishment media, meanwhile, was busy portraying Faisal Hussain and his family as the real victims of this massacre. CTV News reported: “Hussain was one of four children. Neighbours say he had a sister who died unexpectedly and a brother who is in a coma. One neighbour, Sadaf Pathan, said Hussain’s father also appeared to be dealing with health issues. The family’s circumstances appeared to weigh heavily on Hussain’s mother. ‘She always has a very serious look on her face, and she looks like she’s in so much pain,’ Pathan told The Canadian Press.”

And Leftist politicians in Canada quickly set out to exploit the murders for their own political ends: “During a debate in City Council on Tuesday, Councilman Joe Cressy asked if Toronto could outright ban guns and was informed it would be up to the federal government to change the laws. Mayor John Tory has also questioned why anybody would need a gun in Toronto. Don Peat, a spokesman for the mayor, said the Council was considering a motion urging the federal government to ban the sale of handguns and handgun ammunition in Toronto.”

All this is evidence of a society that is, quite simply, insane. Canadian officialdom in the Trudeau era has paid scant attention to the phenomenon of jihad terror, while committing itself to stamping a largely chimerical “Islamophobia.” Accordingly, when an incident takes place that bears numerous indications of being another case of jihad terrorism, it is by this time a reflexive action for authorities to ignore or deny the evidence that it was jihad, to cast about for other explanations, and to set out to make policy upon their sand castle analyses.

And so Canada will get more gun restrictions in the wake of Faisal Hussain’s jihad, but no jihad restrictions, or even any honest analysis in the mainstream of what jihad is, and why it might attract someone who was psychically marginal – if Hussain was really psychically marginal at all.

Reality will inevitably intrude upon this ridiculous little charade. But probably only after there have been many, many more incidents like the one in Toronto’s Greektown Sunday night.

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  1. Kilfincelt says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 8:37 am

    The delusional left in action or how to destroy a free society because the left is mentally ill.

    • Kilfincelt says

      Jul 25, 2018 at 8:42 am

      I should have said “by the mentally ill left.” instead of “because the…”

  2. OldFatBaldSociallyIneptRon says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 8:59 am

    Denial of Islamic reality isn’t confined only to Toronto Canada. The Islamic motivation behind 2002’s 17 Jihad murders committed by the D C Snipers / Beltway Snipers was actively covered up to protect exposing the true nature of Islam and shield its American adherents from stigma and retribution.

    • Guy Forester says

      Jul 25, 2018 at 7:00 pm

      Yes, and even when there was info to the contrary, the narrative to look for some white guys in a white van. Maybe these incompetents were hoping the DC snipers would just get bored and just go back to robbing 7-11’s.

  3. RichardL says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 9:02 am

    When I saw the video of the allahist drawing a gun and shooting, I thought it very odd that he seemed to have a lot of practice with a pistol. Sure, the shoulders are too hunched but the movements are fluid and the gun stays on target.

    What I am saying is that we will hear more about this scumbag and connections to IS or other jihadis.

    • Kay says

      Jul 25, 2018 at 9:24 am

      Please elaborate on what you notice about his skill/practice with a pistol.

      • RichardL says

        Jul 25, 2018 at 9:55 am

        I just gave a first impression. It is the fluidity of the left hand joining the gun hand and the forward movement. There is no hesitation, no stumbling.

        • Linda says

          Jul 25, 2018 at 11:28 am

          His brother had guns in relation to gangs in past years, so I’ve heard. That could be where he has gotten his practice.

        • El Guapo says

          Jul 25, 2018 at 12:37 pm

          Recoil control, stance, grip, movement cues…yes, this individual had some combat pistol training.
          When you consider that a policeman in canada cannot decide which donut to eat without a three year investigation with a fifty million dollar budget, the ‘extensive’ and ‘thorough’
          2 day investigation doesn’t exactly inspire any confidence in the finding.

    • Guy Forester says

      Jul 25, 2018 at 7:03 pm

      Remember, there may be some more info coming on him and his trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan. You know, they have summer camps there where they all stand around and sing Kumbaya. When tired of that they learn to sing Hava Nagila.

      • Linda says

        Jul 25, 2018 at 9:17 pm

        Yes. That’s Trudeau’s lovely “foreign travellers” for you. What I want to know is: When he got back here, did he enrol in his poetry classes?

  4. Gary says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 10:25 am

    Trudeau and his henchpersons can play this game all they want but, Canadians won’t.

    This government has done nothing but lie lie lie since being elected , this is not the first time they have tried to sweep this under the, preverbal carpet; Edmonton, Quebec.
    Us real Canadians know the truth and will take care of it in a little over a year..

  5. revereridesagain says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 10:30 am

    Appreciation is due to the Toronto Sun, which is also publishing these facts. As for Public Safety Minister Goodale, Police Chief Saunders, Mayor Tory, and, one assumes, Prime Minister Justin “Shiny Pony” Trudeau, they are apparently too busy memorizing the Shahada (just in case they need to be able to recite it perfectly in the future) to perform the duties of the offices to which they were appointed or elected.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 25, 2018 at 8:50 pm

      +1

  6. Ren says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 10:31 am

    A supporter of terror is not a terrorist.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 25, 2018 at 8:50 pm

      A supporter of a terrorist who commits terrorism is a terrorist.

  7. Terry Gain says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 11:09 am

    With the greatest respect Mr. Spencer, Canada will not get more restrictive gun legislation. Our gun laws are already very restrictive. In Canada you can’t get a permit to carry a handgun unless you require one for your job ( e. g, a Brinks Guard).

    As a lawyer, Toronto Mayor John Tory would know this and he is therefore deliberately deflecting attention from the real problem. The gun used by Faisal Hussein was clearly illegal. With his criminal record he would not have received a permit to purchase any kind of firearm, let alone a handgun.

    This site is of some help in explaining the law in Canada.

    http://www.howtogetagun.ca/

    • Guy Forester says

      Jul 25, 2018 at 7:17 pm

      Not only that, but scientific evidence shows the reality of “GUN VIOLENCE” and ISLAMOPHOBIA!

      Yes indeed, it now appears that despite missing frames from numerous CCTV security cameras and civilian cell phones, these damned guns float about in the atmosphere just looking for victims! And not only the ones shot are the victims! NO! The shooters themselves are the REAL VICTIMS! These nasty, evil, free floating guns appear to launch themselves from the manufacturers warehouses and assembly lines of the even nastier Trumpistan (AKA the USA) and into the air to travel far and wide to look for likely victims.

      These evil, nasty guns then swoop down on unsuspecting migrants from various countries, but seem to have predilection for those with ties to the religion we dare not name. To be honest though, if a muslim is not available it will find a recently released felon to victimize. Said nasty firearm then proceeds to force its victim to randomly shoot unarmed citizens of the host country, especially women and children.

      So, you see, the politicos are right. We need to confiscate and ban all firearms from the civilian population so that only our enlightened protectors can protect us from such things as liberty and the truth.

      There, does that help?

  8. Guest says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 12:52 pm

    I am Canadian, and it appears to me that this country is ruled by a Man and Government who will happily sacrifice it’s people upon the altar of multiculturalism and diversity.

    Islamists from the Brotherhood have wormed their way into Trudeau’s ear and are leading and guiding him down the garden path. He and the others in his government are blinded by their leftist ideology into believing that all cultures are equal.

    They cannot face the fact that Islam is different than any other religion, in that it is mandated to be uppermost above all others, in all aspects of society. Islam embodies a supremacist ideology which is cloaked in the sheeps clothing of religion. Trudeau has thrown the gates open wide to those who would see our country fall.

    Trudeau and his acolytes will not see because they cannot see outside the self-hating paradigmn. They see the perpetrators as victims, and the victims as somehow deserving of what they get for being part of a society which just hasn’t done all that needs to be done to compensate the aggreived perpetrators for us having lived our better lives.

    Trudeau who is kind and considerate of everyones feelings, has and will increasingly lay us wide open to the designs of the Jihad warriors in their quest to fulfill the sole objective of the deen of Muhammad, which is to remake the whole world for Islam.

    • Mary says

      Jul 26, 2018 at 11:35 am

      I am also a Canadian but I must correct you we are not ruled by a man but by an imbecile.

  9. James Lincoln says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 12:52 pm

    The vast majority of people with mental health issues are not violent and are being stigmatized by the whitewashing of Islam.

    Even if gunman Faisal Hussain had “severe mental health challenges,” without the addition of Islamic indoctrination the chances are good that this mass attack would have never happened.

  10. Sam says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 1:50 pm

    Well I have to agree that this is not a terrorist attack as everything indicates a continuous isolated instance of attacks by people who claim to be Muslims But really they are not.

    Just ask a Muslim!

  11. Lydia Church says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 3:22 pm

    Typical.

  12. Handsome Jack says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 4:46 pm

    “Ashley Robinson” goes to show how easily women are duped emotionally

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 27, 2018 at 2:36 am

      There are many female Anti-Jihadists here.

  13. Guy Forester says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 7:19 pm

    Let’s call it gun violence, mental illness, make signs, burn candles, leave teddy bears and flowers. Let’s do anything except go down to the offices of the elected officials, en masse and demand that they stop this headlong rush to demolish our nations and our systems of law and order. Instead the average bobble head voter will bobble along with all of the taxpayer funded schemes and layers of laws that hobble liberty and reward these invaders with perks that I cannot get. I just need to shut up and pay for them.

  14. gravenimage says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    It’s Official: Toronto Muslim Gunman Not A Terrorist — Never Mind That He Expressed Support for ISIS
    ………………..

    Just ludicrous. What does it take?

  15. Bowie says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 10:41 pm

    Whatever he was he is not dead and burning in the bottomless pit.

    • Mary says

      Jul 26, 2018 at 11:37 am

      I hope you mean he is NOW dead.

  16. SHUALI says

    Jul 26, 2018 at 6:36 am

    Authorities in Toronto and elsewhere in Canada are scared shit-less of identifying the problem as emanating from those who practice Islam. They mask this fear behind arrogance and ignorance because if the problem is identified then something will have to be done about it…namely resistance and most probably violent resistance to it. So fear is at the bottom of the open mindedness and progressive agenda in Canada with respect to Islam. Unless this changes quickly Canada will become a shit-hole country like the UK or Sweden and we will have lost much of our cultural values to fear.

  17. UNCLE VLADDI says

    Jul 26, 2018 at 1:31 pm

    Ottawa Citizen & National Post Libs Tell Us To Love The Muslims Who Murder Us, Or Else We’re Racists!
    http://unclevladdi.blogspot.com/2018/07/ottawa-libs-tell-us-to-love-muslims-who.html

  18. Sam says

    Jul 26, 2018 at 2:59 pm

    It’s Official: Toronto Muslim Gunman Not A Terrorist — Never Mind That He Expressed Support for ISIS

    Thank God! That is so comforting he is not a terrorist. Imagine what more he would do if he were a terrorist.

    OK this is settled, lets worry about Trump and Russia collusion.

    Am I going crazy or the whole world is getting nuts in their effort to whitewash Islam for no good reason at all.

    • Mary says

      Jul 26, 2018 at 3:04 pm

      Your not crazy, but the world is whitewashing islam.

  19. Darlene says

    Jul 26, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    Trudeau and Goodal are nothing but lying pigs. They have created this mess and set out to destroy our country and Mr. gender boy and his lying puppets are the cause of the racism, hatred, and division. Trudeau won’t stop until we are under siege by radical Islam. He is a disgrace to the country and the Canadian flag and to the true Canadian’s that made this country what it used to be. 2019 will never come fast enough. Canadian’s must rally together and get rid of this traitor.

    • Guest says

      Jul 26, 2018 at 10:37 pm

      I suspect Trudeau will be elected again. His CBC (Canadain Broadcasting Corporation) controls the narrative. They guide us Canadians to think what we think, and we are being guided to believe that all is well. No Terrorism here, look away, move along you racist bigots.

      Trudeau was ripe and ready to turn out the full force of every level of law enforcement, and marshalled wide public condemnation for the FAKED Muslim Scarf incident. He did so to reinforce the narrative that Canadians are racists.

      Now a another Muslim who was reportedly acting in support of goals and directives of The Islamic State has murdered innocent bystanders and wounded many others right there in Toronto, and Trudeau is oddly silent. Nowhere to be found! His CBC comrades will handle the problem though, and this too shall pass.

      • Mary says

        Jul 27, 2018 at 11:49 am

        Do you realize that you just insulted pigs?

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