WAMY Runs Jihad Camps in Ontario
Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 3:38:49 pm PDT
The World Assembly of Muslim Youth, founded by the nephew of Osama Bin Laden in the US, is operating openly in the Mississauga area of Ontario, running jihad camps for Muslim teens and sharing offices with the Islamic Society of North America and the Islamic Centre of Canada: U.S. links Toronto group to bin Laden.
In an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia, David Kane, a senior special agent with the Department of Homeland Security, quoted provocative sections of books published by WAMY. One of the books said, “Teach our children to love taking revenge on the Jews and the oppressors, and teach them that our youngsters will liberate Palestine and al-Quds [Jerusalem] when they go back to Islam and make jihad for the sake of Allah.”
Special Agent Kane said another book compiled and published by WAMY listed “Heroes of Palestine” who had been killed in attacks against Israelis, including a terrorist who hijacked a bus and drove it off a cliff, killing 14.
“The Jews are the enemies of the faithful, God and the angels,” Special Agent Kane quoted another WAMY book, entitled A Handy Encyclopedia of Contemporary Religions and Sects, as saying. “The Jews are humanity’s enemies; they foment immorality in this world; The Jews are deceitful, they say something but mean the exact opposite.”
WAMY Canada runs a series of Islamic camps and pilgrimages for youth.
A spokesman for WAMY Canada was not available for comment yesterday.
Special Agent Kane quoted from a publication prepared by the Camps and Conferences Unit of WAMY that said: “Hail! Hail! O Sacrificing Soldiers! To Us! To Us! So we may defend the flag on this Day of Jihad, are you miserly with your blood?! And has life become dearer to you? And staying behind sweeter?”
The special agent said 14- to 18-year-olds are the target audience for these teachings.
WAMY has been under FBI investigation in the United States since 1999 for possible terrorist links. Special Agent Kane said there are possible financial links between WAMY and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
WAMY is being examined as part of a massive probe into a series of related companies and charities in Virginia suspected of being part of a terror-financing network.
But the Canadian branch of WAMY continues to operate near Toronto. It shares a building with the Islamic Society of North America and the Islamic Centre of Canada.




