Shareef Abdelhaleem

Shareef Abdelhaleem

Muhammad Shareef Abdelhaleem is one of 17 people initially arrested in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests. He is alleged to have plotted coordinated bombing attacks against targets in southern Ontario.

Born in Egypt, Abdelhaleem moved to Canada with his parents when he was 10 years old.

His father, Tariq Abdelhaleem, is an engineer on contract with Atomic Energy of Canada, and is well-known for his own writings as an Imam, including a fatwa against watering down the message of Islam. He was interviewed prior to his son's arrests, denouncing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. [http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=bd31f5c1-3426-43e8-8446-911c2e3e6bf0&k=81005&p=1] Tariq was among those who posted bail for security certificate detainee Mohammad Mahjoub earlier in the year.

Shareef was a 30-year-old computer programmer at the time of his arrest, he underwent open-heart surgery just two months before the arrest. He is alleged to have been brought into the fertilizer purchasing by Zakaria Amara. [http://thestar.workopolis.com/servlet/Content/fasttrack/20060607/TERRORFAHIM07?section=Legal]

External links

* [http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=2043]
* [http://captiveincanada.com] CaptiveInCanada.com - site dedicated to shareef abdelhaleem and rest of captives


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