Radical Islamist Was Nuclear Safety Engineer
Charles Johnson
Sun Aug 14, 2005 at 8:42 am PDT • Views: 299
Here’s a story that will make you feel warm and safe; one of Canada’s most insane Islamist fanatics, a man who was not allowed to meet with Prime Minister Paul Martin, spent his earlier life designing safety measures to protect nuclear facilities in Canada and the US. (Hat tip: Newsbeat1.)
TORONTO - Behind a veil of trees along a little-used railway in suburban Scarborough stands a nondescript building that many believe is the epicentre of Islamic fundamentalism in Canada. Inside this converted warehouse, now called the Salaheddin Islamic Centre, Aly Hindy holds sway.
Mr. Hindy left Egypt for Canada 30 years ago and went on to enjoy a successful career here as an engineer. Only late in life did he re-make himself into a spiritual leader or imam — an imam who says that the 9/11 attacks could not have been carried out without the collaboration of U.S. security services; who refused to join 120 other Canadian imams in condemning the London transit bombings; and who denies that Muslims carried out the London bombings or that the attack was committed in the name of Islam.
“After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the West had to have a new enemy. And Islam became the enemy,” he said.
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