Aly Hindy

Aly Hindy is the current Imam of the Salaheddin Islamic Centre in Scarborough, Canada, notable for his alleged connections to militant and fundamentalist elements, as well as his defence of Canadians accused of terrorism. [Freeze, Colin. Globe and Mail, [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040116.wterr0116/BNStory/Front Arar case began amid fear of attack on Ottawa] , January 16, 2004] [Faisal Kutty: The Dirty Work of Canadian Intelligence http://www.counterpunch.org/kutty04282004.html ]

A noted friend of the Khadr familycite news
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According to the 2005 interrogation of Abdullah Khadr in Pakistan, Hindy's son Ibrahim briefly attended the "Musab al-Surri " Afghan training camp in the late 1990s,Freeze, Colin. Globe and Mail, "I only buy and sell weapons for al-Qaeda", November 3 2006] and is believed to have stayed with the family.Cribb, Robert. Toronto Star, "Four terrorism suspects linked to local mosque", March 15, 2003]

The director of the Canadian Islamic Congress in Toronto,Layden-Stevenson, Justice. "Hassan Almrei and the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Solicitor General for Canada", "Reasons for Order and Order", December 5 2005] Hindy was arrested by Egyptian security forces in February 2003 and held for two days before being released.Homes not Bombs, " [http://www.homesnotbombs.ca/hassanstaygranted.htm Stay of Deportation Granted to Secret Trial Detainee Hassan Almrei] ", November 28 2003] Upon his return to the country in November, he was questioned for three hours at the Cairo Airport and twice brought to the State Security bureau for interviews.

In 2004, Hindy celebrated the 135th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi by organising a group of 100 local Muslims to videotape the CN Tower as part of a non-violent protest against detention of Kassim Mohamed who was arrested after taking footage of the tourist attraction on his videocamera. [ [http://www.homesnotbombs.ca/gandhihindy.htm gandhihindy ] ]

Although illegal in Canada, Hindy has performed at least thirty polygamous wedding ceremonies.cite news
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title=GTA's secret world of polygamy
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author=Noor Javed
date=May 24, 2008
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Role in legal trials

He claims to have been cooperative with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the past, helping them and answering questions about potential militants in Canada. He claims that he abruptly ended that support when he learned that they were also asking the local communities questions about "him". He began distributing leaflets encouraging non-cooperation with Canadian Security Intelligence Service alleging that CSIS intelligence agents had "roughed up" Muslims, following up on an accusation he first mentioned in a meeting between Muslim leaders and Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan in May 2005. [ [http://www.truthandgrace.com/clericscarborough.htm Scarborough muslim cleric hate ] ]

In 2007, Hindy raised $15,000 from the Toronto Muslim community to add to Hassan Almrei's application for release on bail.Lemieux, Justice. "Hassan Almrei and the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Public Safety. ""Reasons for Judgment and Judgment", October 5 2007]

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