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Posted on 06/05/2006 2:58:45 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
MISSISSAUGA, Canada, June 4 — Several of the people arrested by Canadian authorities in a huge counterterrorism sweep over the weekend regularly attended the same storefront mosque in a middle-class neighborhood of modest brick rental townhouses and well-kept lawns.
The eldest of the 17 Canadian residents arrested in the sweep, Qayyum Abdul Jamal, 43, was described by his lawyer as an active member of the mosque, the Al-Rahman Islamic Center for Islamic Education, though not its leader.
"He's on the board, he's there regularly, but he's not an imam," said Anser Farooq, the lawyer representing Mr. Jamal and three other people from this Toronto suburb who were arrested Friday night and who also attended the same mosque. "He's one of about a half dozen people who lead prayers at the mosque."
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
The Broad Strata And Its Narrow-Minded Origins
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The supposedly "broad strata" of society whence the Canadian terror cell sprang had an unusually narrow base: a single mosque in Mississauga. The eldest of the cell and apparently its ringleader, Qayyum Abdul Jamal, sat on the mosque's board and led prayers while organizing this conspiracy to attack Canadian targets:
See article above.......
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I want to get the closing in here:
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Truly, this enlightens us about the nature of the Islamist terror cell and of Islam in general. This is the kind of reporting that can only be done in the mainstream media, filtered through those multiple levels of editorial checks that ensures the highest quality output. The blogosphere stands in awe.
Blogosphere commenting on the Gray Lady....
MSM news here.
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