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Muslim from Canada convicted of jihad mass murder plot in New York City, sentenced to 40 years in prison

Dec 21, 2018 8:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

“A Canadian man was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison….for plotting to attack Times Square in New York and the city’s subway. U.S. prosecutors had asked for life in prison, while the defence argued Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy should only receive four or five years and get treatment for mental health and drug addiction problems.” After the Judge handed down the sentence, this was the reaction:

El Bahnasawy’s mother stood up and shouted in protest, “This is a sick boy! This is crazy. You have no justice,” before being ushered out of the courtroom.

His mother was proclaiming her boy’s mental illness throughout the case. By Western standards of “mental illness,” in fact, all jihadists are “mentally ill.” They are warped, obsessed, and sadistic; some even have resorted cannibalism. This is not to say that there are no mentally ill jihadis. In fact, promises of Paradise for waging violent jihad, and Islam’s proclamations of supremacy, may well be attractive to some people who are struggling with rage, psychosis and identity problems.

Deception is a also a common practice among Islamic supremacists. The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayyeb, among many others, has claimed that the unjust policies of the West were the cause of jihad terror. The widely respected el-Tayyeb spoke consistently with this after the U.S. Embassy’s move to Jerusalem, saying that because of the decision, the East and West would drown in a sea of blood. If jihadists do not get their way vis-a-vis infidels and apostates, they lie and/or get violent. If they get their way, they grow even more emboldened and violent.

Working from the same playbook as that of el-Tayyeb, back in March, El Bahnasawy pleaded for a second chance, saying that frustration with how the West treated Islam had turned him to jihad.

“Canadian convicted of terrorism in U.S. gets 40 years in prison,” CBC, December 19, 2018:

A Canadian man was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison on Wednesday for plotting to attack Times Square in New York and the city’s subway.

U.S. prosecutors had asked for life in prison, while the defence argued Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy should only receive four or five years and get treatment for mental health and drug addiction problems.

El Bahnasawy, 20, of Mississauga, Ont., pleaded guilty in October 2016 to conspiring with ISIS operatives to commit terrorist acts, which included failed plans to bomb Times Square and the city’s subway system, and to carry out mass shootings of civilians at concerts.

Judge Richard Berman said the sentence “was appropriate and necessary because of the serious and heinous nature of the offence.”

Berman said he had taken El Bahnasawy’s problems into account and wished him “the best of luck in his recovery,” but noted the chance of a relapse.

“We just don’t know, and in these matters there is no room for error.”

El Bahnasawy’s mother stood up and shouted in protest, “This is a sick boy! This is crazy. You have no justice,” before being ushered out of the courtroom.

El Bahnasawy’s lawyer, Dennis Edney, said the young man had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, experienced psychotic episodes and has been addicted to drugs since age 14.

Edney told CBC News the FBI was aware of his history because it was provided to him by the RCMP, which “unlawfully obtained” his client’s medical records.

“This information contradicts the FBI’s portrait of my client as a terrorist. Instead, he is a mentally ill youth who has attempted suicide on three occasions while incarcerated.”

Edney said the FBI entrapped El Bahnasawy.​

“Today is not only a disgrace, it’s very sad, particularly for a young, 20-year-old who’ll spend 40 years in horrible conditions in an American prison.”

El Bahnasawy’s parents had repeatedly said their son’s history of mental health and drug addiction made him susceptible to radicalization — first by ISIS recruiters, and then by the intelligence agents who were tracking him.

El Bahnasawy was 18 when he was arrested in New Jersey on a family trip. He had shipped bomb-making materials to a contact in the U.S. who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent. The agent had been communicating electronically with El Bahnasawy and two others in the months leading up to the failed attack…..

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Filed Under: Canada, Featured, Jihad in the U.S., United States Tagged With: Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, Dennis Edney, Judge Richard Berman, Mississauga, Ontario


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  1. Renate says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 8:07 am

    Good! Glad to hear it!

    • vlad says

      Dec 22, 2018 at 4:18 am

      Even better: “click-clack-bang”. Repeat as often as is necessary

  2. Ferd III says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 8:14 am

    Moslems are by definition mentally ill as is anyone who follows a 7th Meccan moon cult of Hu’Baal who is the real Al Lah of Mecca (whose sanctuary was guarded by protected by Muhammad’s family, Al Lah is the moon deity, not God).

    Over half of Moslems are inbreds, and apparently, that does not produce clever people.

    When they commit crimes Moslems claim: mental illness, entrapment, racism, drug usage, societal , stress and Koranimal non-law as excuses.

    I am sure the CBC pen the usual litany in an open letter castigating anyone who would dare to believe, that this Moslem loser was just another moron waging war on his host societies, which he despises so much.

    Remember, Turdope the Canadian’s People Princess, always intones like a 5 year old, ‘diversity is our strength’. There is no diversity within Islam, just varying shades of Fascism. And apparently for the rest of the world – Chinese, Black, Mongolian, Hindu etc there is no cry for diversity. Just for Whites.

  3. PABLO says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 8:37 am

    “Muslims” carrying out atrocities in their respective homeland are a result of the effects of global warming.
    “Muslims” carrying out or attempting to carry out, jihadi attacks on western soil are a result of mental illness.
    I guess the followers of other religious beliefs are are immune to global warming and this type of mental illness.

  4. alley oop says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 8:47 am

    Surely Justin Trudeau will view Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy as a poor misunderstood victim who deserves to be financially compensated with $10 million dollars for his troubles.

    It wouldn’t be the first time Trudeau thumbed his nose at the American Justice system and gave $10 million to a convicted Islamic terrorist.

  5. Kilauea says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 8:58 am

    All these medieval savages claim mental illness when they get caught. Since they admit Islam is a mental illness, all these roaches should be deported or confined in mental institutions

  6. James Lincoln says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 9:00 am

    “ … he is a mentally ill youth who has attempted suicide on three occasions while incarcerated.”

    Interestingly, he apparently did not attempt suicide BEFORE he was incarcerated.

  7. Krishna says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 9:13 am

    That kid should know that Islam is not solution for drug addiction and mental health issues

  8. mortimer says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 9:43 am

    If Muslims don’t like the way Islam is JUST ANOTHER RELIGION in the West and is not treated as SUPREME AND ABOVE criticism, they should pack their bags and go to Berzerkistan.

    The deal of becoming a citizen in a Western country is the acceptance of EQUALITY and UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS including the freedom to criticize a RELIGION or IDEOLOGY (Islam is both).

    People like El Bahnasawy prove that Muslims are incompatible with modernity.

  9. European pagan says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 10:49 am

    ‘Mental health’ 》》terrorists are all mental sick psychos. A normal human being doesn’t want to harm to other people.
    40 years in prison? Cool

  10. Singer says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 10:55 am

    El Bahnasawy’s lawyer, Dennis Edney, also represented terrorist Omar Khadr whom Canadian Actor PM Trudeau awarded $10.5Million in Canadian tax-payer money in 2017.

    Khadr actually lived in Edney’s home in Edmonton, Alberta for several years, during the charade that resulted in the murderer receiving the $10.5M.

    Something rotten in Edmonton.

  11. Jedothek says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 11:14 am

    Canada should be on the travel ban list.

  12. Tom says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 12:20 pm

    Dear Jihadi
    Not to worry your friend Justin Trudeau will have a nice little nestegg waiting for you when you get out. He has probably already told you to expect your $10 million so your family can live it up and make sure you don’t want for anything during your time in the hole, courtesy of the overtaxed Citizens of Canada.

    P.s. Justin sends his best regards from all the suckers in Canada who voted for him.

  13. gravenimage says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 3:03 pm

    Muslim from Canada convicted of jihad mass murder plot in New York City, sentenced to 40 years in prison
    ……………………..

    *Good*.

  14. Jake says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 5:13 pm

    Isn’t odd that the way these people express their mental illness is always through blowing up non-Muslims? I mean why is it never they think a Tiger is chasing them through Times Square? Or Martians are beaming rays into their heads? Nope – it is ALWAYS they have to kill the infidel. Isn’t that just a bit odd?

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 21, 2018 at 5:51 pm

      Important point, Jake.

    • Tom says

      Dec 21, 2018 at 7:06 pm

      With the overwhelming disproportion of mental illness that experts have said exists in the Muslim community compared to other communities one would think this would be a factor in restricting immigration of such high levels of mentally ill people into our country.

      After all the experts always declare that muslims who are involved with the Islamic jihad against unbelievers are mentally ill, and considering the many thousands of jihad attacks or radicalized muslims that attempt such attacks, wouldn’t it be crazy to allow such a dysfunctional community into our country. If not for the safety of our citizens, then for the drain such a high proportion of mentally ill people will create on our medical and social support systems.

    • Older Canadian says

      Dec 22, 2018 at 4:37 am

      Jake: Not odd at all to those in the know.

  15. Battle says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 8:28 pm

    According to El Bahnasawi’s mother then Islam is a religion the “sick.” According to El Bahnaswai’s lawyer Dennis Edney, then Islam is a religion of “bipolar disorder, psychotic episodes and drug addiction.”

  16. infidel says

    Dec 21, 2018 at 11:57 pm

    Pleading mental illness is the classic jehaadi getaway clause and now this taqiyya has begun to wear thin even on the judges…
    Yesterday in India, a very famous Bollywood Muslim star by name of Naseeruddin Shah suddenly claimed that he felt UNSAFE in India among Hindus after all these years of adulation, money being showered, a Hindu wife forcefully abducted in love-jehaad and breeding Muslim children of her.. which was the original plan anyways… Shameless ungrateful creature now suddenly feels unsafe in his old age…

  17. Older Canadian says

    Dec 22, 2018 at 4:29 am

    Edney claims medical records “unlawfully obtained” by the RCMP! Police “entrapment”?

    And at first I was wondering how and why Edney was representing this person. I am sure coming from Edmonton to a court in New York to represent someone from Mississauga would be very expensive.

    I will not even raise an eyebrow in surprise if this becomes a similar repeat to Edney’s Khadr win.

  18. TERRA NOVA says

    Dec 22, 2018 at 5:23 am

    Why spending so much money on expensive court cases on muslims anyway? You know beforehand that they are radicalised, mentally disturbed, didn’t know they are not aloud to do that, or it was Allah’s doing, because he told them so.
    That is what almost every case is, so cases can be closed “fast”

    And this poor 20 year old will thank his Allah that he gets into an American Prison, obviously, he has never been in an Arab prison for a long time, and his lawyer should go with him.
    All those kind of lawyers should be out!.
    And isn’t it “odd” that these muslims who are mentally ill, always kill the people who are NOT mentally ill? And the “mentally ill” always remember it, or his family when they are in court and hear the sentence. You ought to be kidding and he can be glad that in American jails you still get a bed and your”special halal. In Arab jails, you don’t even have a mattress to sleep on..
    I hope that that lawyer does not get him 10.000.000,– dollars for this poor soul, so his family and him can get a new holidays and buy houses in his country of origin. If that happens, there should be a massive protest, but…..

  19. WASP says

    Dec 27, 2018 at 12:28 am

    ‘Thank You American justice!….We in Canada are with our American brothers and Sisters in the never ending battle against these Islamic scum. May this little swit die in prison…and when he is gone there will be no paradise….only darkness.

  20. Mahendra Singh says

    Dec 29, 2018 at 8:38 pm

    Love the news !

  21. Khadiga Metwally says

    Jan 10, 2019 at 8:23 am

    Abdulrahman Elbahnasawy is a victim of racism entrapment for mental sick boy.
    Abdulrahman never commit any violance during his life and this is his personality is in all reports.
    Mainly what he did was chatting during his mania with your U.S. called FBI.
    We are Canadians, shocked of that hapoen.
    You are Americam needs to feel shame of what had happen and of you give tax to somebody as FBI, you need to think well as it doesn’t go actually to orotect you from real terrorrists but to entrap your mental health nighbours…
    Shame on all of you who are happy for that to happen…SHAME ON YOU Islamophopia stupid disorder!!!

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