Fahim Ahmad

Fahim Ahmad

Fahim Ahmad is one of 18 people arrested in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests. He was 21 years old at the time of arrest, and married with two children. [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060612.wxterror12/BNStory/National/home "Globe and Mail" 12 June 2006] ]

He was attending Meadowvale Secondary School with fellow suspects Saad Khalid and Zakaria Amara. Friends suggest that he made statements supporting the September 11, 2001 attacks. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2006/06/16/to-bombplot20060616.html CBC.ca 16 June 2006] ]

He reportedly handed out DVDs extolling the virtues of Jihadist martyrs at the Salaheddin Islamic Centre in Toronto. [ [http://www.macleans.ca/shared/print.jsp?content=20060619_128953_128953 Macleans.ca 19 June 2006] ]

Ahmad is charged with receiving and providing terrorist training, and intent to harm or kill with explosives. He is being represented by attorney Dennis Edney.

Internet useage

Ahmad had been under surveillance since 2002, when the 17-year old's internet useage demonstrated that he was in contact with "jihadists in Alberta." [ [http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/torontoterror/timeline.html CBC.ca "fifth estate"] ] [ [http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/about/episodes/602_transcript.html PBS.org] ]

In 2004, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) noticed that he joined had Clearguidance.com a year earlier [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FLAC.20060819.TERRORFRONT19%2FTPStory%2FFront&ord=60951522&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true "Globe and Mail" 19 August 2006] ] , an "anti-Western" website on which he logged 754 posts [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060819.wterrorahmad0818/BNStory/National "Globe and Mail" 19 August 2006] ] .

Among his posts were statements like:

"Parents' anti-jihad/anti-'religiousness' talks are starting to effect [...] come on bros, i need some jihad talks, anything! its like so dead my sources for videos is no more either, [...] i know u guys can hook me up."

"Now a days, for the most part, parents dont practice their [religion] much to begin with, and when a kid says, 'o mommy, daddy, i want to fight for ALLAH' automatically they say "NO! U WILL GO TO SCHOOL AND HAVE A FUTURE."

When moderator Salmaan Ziauddin resigned from the website, CSIS approached him several times, asking about specific members of the website, including Ahmad and Zakaria Amara. [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060819.wterrorahmad0818/BNStory/National "Globe and Mail" 19 August 2006] ]

Ahmad's wife, Mariya, was a student at the University of Toronto and went by the online moniker "Zawjatu Faheem" [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060629.wblog29/BNStory/National/home "Globe and Mail" 29 June 2006] ]

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