Ali has been found “not criminally responsible” for his knife attack, and he has been determined to be not a terrorist — by people who don’t have any clear idea of what Islamic jihad terrorism is.
At the time of his attack, Ali himself said: “Allah told me to do this, Allah told me to come here and kill people.”
And he hasn’t changed. “Mr. Ali still believes that military are a legitimate target, and this belief remains a risk issue.”
But relax — he is not a terrorist.
“MANDEL: Appeal Court finds mentally ill ‘lone wolf’ who attacked Canadian soldiers not a terrorist,” by Michele Mandel, Toronto Sun, December 20, 2019:
Ayanle Hassan Ali, the mentally ill man who attacked military personnel at a Yonge St. recruiting centre three years ago, will not be retried as a terrorist.
Ontario’s highest court agreed with the trial judge who found section 83.2 of the Criminal Code — the anti-terrorism section enacted by Parliament after 9/11 — isn’t designed to capture a “lone wolf.”
In May 2018, Superior Court Justice Ian MacDonnell acquitted Ali on the terror part of the indictment, finding that while he was motivated by extremist beliefs linked to his mental illness, he wasn’t acting on behalf of any terror group.
Instead, the judge found him not criminally responsible for the lesser included offences of attempted murder, assault causing bodily harm and possession of a dangerous weapon….
And so when Ali, 31, is deemed mentally healthy enough to be released from his current residence in the secure forensic unit at Hamilton’s St. Joseph’s Health Centre, he will not be saddled with the terrorist label.
Yet Ali’s belief system hasn’t changed much since he stormed into the Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre in North York on March 14, 2016.
Suffering from untreated schizophrenia and in the midst of a psychosis, his frenzied attack lasted less than a minute.
“I have a licence to kill, I have a green light to kill,” he had written in his diary. “One soldier is all it takes, just one. I can’t let those fools play games with me. I’ve been ready and willing for a while now.”
He repeatedly punched the first uniformed soldier in the head, then lunged at him with a large kitchen knife he’d hidden in a folder, leaving a three-inch gash in the corporal’s arm.
When a sergeant rushed out of her office, Ali gave chase and narrowly missed slicing the back of her neck. He then tried to slash and stab another sergeant who, in the chaos, had slipped on spilled coffee and fallen to the ground.
With Ali’s first blow, the blade hit the floor. He then continued stabbing the man in the head and torso but, luckily, was now using the wrong end of his knife.
After Ali was disarmed and restrained, he “appeared to be laughing, smiling, and giggling, and on something.” Others described him as “not present” and “lost in the clouds.”
At his latest Ontario Review Board hearing held in July, all agreed the mentally ill man has improved with medication but continues to pose a “significant threat” to the community.
According to his psychiatrist, he’s still receiving messages from the Internet and TV telling him he’s being watched by the military. More troubling, “Mr. Ali still believes that military are a legitimate target, and this belief remains a risk issue.”
The good news, the ORB says, is “Ali is no longer looking to become a martyr.”
If they get “his beliefs under control,” the review board predicts there’s a “reasonable likelihood” he’ll be allowed passes of up to 48 hours to visit his family in Toronto — to be supervised only by his father and sister….
Crusades Were Right says
Looks like captured Islamic State personnel just got themselves a defence, courtesy of Ontario’s Superior Court!
mortimer says
The lawyers failed to teach the judges above the history of jihad. They could easily have called Robert Spencer to explain jihad to them.
The judges were out of their depth. Their lack of knowledge on jihad-terrorism is a shameful abdication of their responsibility … they didn’t get a complete understanding of the Islamic teaching on terrorism before the decision.
TERRORISM is considered by many Islamic authorities to be the SINE QUA NON of jihad warfare against the dirty kufaar.
How do they know this man was alone? Someone trained him. All Muslims are part of a jihadic organization called the ummah.
Ned Kelly says
ALL police + judges should be made to read jut the 1st 2 pages of the quran, I did, + felt sick for a week. it explains in black + white exactly what is going on.
gravenimage says
Most authorities in the West understand nothing about Islam.
Crusades Were Right says
“Atheists don’t just believe there is no god…
…they also believe that anyone who believes in a god is mentally ill!”
Discuss.
Honest Ali says
Why should we discuss a blatantly false statement?
Honest Ali says
And FYI, many of Muhammad’s first critics were Atheists. Also the Atheist Arab Philosopher Abu Al Ala Al Maari… was a very big critic of Islam as well. and he contributed to the enlightenment of humanity.
People who are true believers, who murder because God commanded them to murder, in exchange for Paradise… are not mentally ill.
FYI says
Criticisms by atheists are certainly welcome because religions DO need to be scrutinized.
islam especially.
islamic apologists tend to dislike dealing with Arabic speaking ex-muslim atheists in particular,especially when the Scientific Errors in the koran are exposed because islamic apologists play the following deflection games.
1}Deflection{change the topic..}
2}whataboutery{what about the Jews..the Bible..etc}
3}The “oh you couldn’t possibly understand Arabic” mullarkey
A trick which will NOT work on Arabic speaking atheists,Christians and ex-muslim critics of islam.
So an Arabic speaking atheist is in good position to expose the nonsense of the koran.
I was an atheist myself so I know exactly where atheists are coming from:a combination of a subjective personal experience and an objective reading of the Gospel {on my own} convinced me otherwise.
The Golden Rule and the 2 chief commandments of Love impressed me:these are NOT even to be found in islam.
i don’t like religion or religious authorities much and I think many ‘holy’ men in ALL religions are phoneys:and to be fair some militant atheists can be as unreasonable as religious zealots.
Do consider the Golden Rule if you are an atheist….
gravenimage says
Not all Atheists are like this, Crusades Were Right. There are many Anti-Jihad Atheists and Agnostics here on Jihad Watch, including long-time contributor Hugh Fitzgerald.
No Muzzies Here says
Canada has just authorized Muslims to do what they do best. There will be more of the killing, and few will remember the fact that a Canadian court declared murder that carries out the dictates of Islam a mental illness, not murder.
Maryann Hurley says
I will always remember and they are already killing people every day by running them over with their cars or stabbing them just as ISIS told them to do. The fact that our highest courts seem to think it is ok for these murderous pieces of crap to keep killing is absolutely disgusting. We should fight for a law in Canada that forces judges to house with their families all these murderers they seem to want to let out in the public, give us the options to take them out on our own terms.
Eric Rearden says
He may be nuts. He is also committed to fighting the enemy (the military and law enforcement). Will he change his outlook when he is no longer nuts?
warren nicodemus says
Who hired Mr. Ali “Shrink” ? Islam’s money at work ? (i.e. “head shrinker”)
Norger says
So Canadian Appeals Court, are you saying that anyone who actually believes what Islamic theology in fact teaches is “mentally ill?” What nonsense.
Rob says
Welcome to Canada. I’m ashamed of what my Country has become.
temp says
I know the terrorism headline is great for the click bait but this really needs to stop. It is not possible to conduct terrorism against the military or any government worker. Terrorism is specific to attacking non-government civs with the goal of causing fear or terror. This ever shifting definition where any violence done is now terrorism needs to stop. Many US states and democrats are encouraging this shift so they can label anyone who disagrees with them, refuses to obey them, etc as terrorists. This post is giving them what they want. A chance to label any person who exercises there rights as terrorists. Thus letting them use all kinds of secrets courts, laws and bypass oversight. This has also helped and expanded by the whole trump joke thats going on. If people stood up more and pointed to the truth maybe the joke of congress wouldn’t be able to get away with such BS in broad daylight….
elee says
Hey Canadians why dont you all send packets of smelling salts to this judges chambers? Annotated Korans optional.
Hoser says
A voice said I should blow his head off with a 12 Gauge. YAY
Hoser says
Canuck Judges are just as Stupid as US Judges. Weird…
Donovan Nuera says
Just like U.K. Judges, they probably spend half of their leisure time not researching helpful references that would give them insight to their current cases…but obsessing over which powder they should use on their stupid wigs!
gravenimage says
Canada: Appeal Court says Muslim who attacked soldiers and said Allah told him to do it is not a terrorist
……………….
This kind of willful denial is deadly.
Swearbox says
No weekend passes to see family, just 4 walls of a padded cell is all this maggot should see for the rest of his days.
jackcondobutwont says
PC BS is killing us!! How long before we stop this PC nonsnese??
James Stewart says
Canada is falling my friends…fast and hard. By the way, you are on your own here in Canada and don’t forget it. If you are killed by these friendly new immigrants, they will not be punished, you will just be dead. I would suggest you ponder that hard. M103 in parliament has also now made it illegal to criticize Islam in any way, or you will be punished. You may freely criticize every other religion. Christianity is pissed on constantly by pretty much everyone. Bashing Israel seems to be pretty popular lately as well. Losing freedom of speech with motion 103 passing in parliament was hardly even noticed by the media. You are now seeing the results of a general attitude our government has toward its own citizens. Classifying people as worthy or unworthy and bringing in laws to support that idea, has led to some bad events in history. If events were to follow historically dangerous trends, the next thing would be gun bans. Thegunblog.ca has reported, “Bill C-71 began coming into force today as the governing Liberal Party of Canada’s new law against hunters, farmers, sport shooters and gun shops, with mass gun bans.” Freedom in Canada is dying. The sad fact is, not many even look up from their phone long enough to notice. I open my big mouth as much as I can now. I am sick of all of this politically correct nonsense destroying my country. I hope my fellow Canadian’s don’t leave me hanging…literally. But lets face it, why cower to any of this? We all know where it ends if it isn’t stopped. No one will be left to speak for you, if you don’t speak up now. Someone said something like that once…a long time ago. Now those thoughts are mostly lost in history, by this brave new world.
Donovan Nuera says
M-103 was authored by an ungrateful Pakistani immigrant lady MP.
It’s a de facto “Blasphemy” law that only protects a certain cult. Canada has fallen!
Giacomo Latta says
”the mentally ill man has improved with medication”
Like what exactly? 24-hour sleeping pills? So, he is not a terrorist after all. Let me correct the statistics: Canada now has -2,185,578 terrorists.
Donovan Nuera says
Wasn’t the lone wolf jihadi who slaughtered the Canadian guard of the War Monument on Parliament Hill who then tried to storm Parliament itself and kill legislators similar to this ugloid fiend? It would be the equivalent if a jihadi murdered a Tomb Guard at Arlington then goes over to the Capitol and tries to enter the House of Reps. These lefty judges have critical levels of fake-guilt in their veins. Then again our vaunted and brave Reps and Senators fight against every reasonable measure to go after the root cause of terrorism by forgetting that jihadis wanted to crash Flight 93 into the Capitol and kill them! But we get Schumer’s tears and Hillary’s fantastic claim that Islam has nothing to do with Islam!