Aly Hindy is the

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of the

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, Ontario,

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once called "Toronto's million-dollar radical mosque” by the ''

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''.

Career

Hindy immigrated to Canada in 1975 after graduating in

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from

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. He spent the next four years studying at the

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, where he received his

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. He worked for

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for two years, before starting his 21-year career as a safety engineer for

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While acting as 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. Upon his return from Canada in November 2003, 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

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by organising a group of 100 local Muslims to videotape the

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as part of a

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against detention of Kassim Mohamed, who had been arrested after taking footage of the tourist attraction on his video camera. Hindy has performed at least thirty

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wedding ceremonies, which are illegal in Canada.

Family

Hindy's son Imam Ibrahim Hindy is the Imam at Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre (DAT) in Mississauga. Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre (DAT) was established in 2004 to serve the GTA Community. DAT is located in the same building as Safa and Marwa Islamic School (established in 1998).

Role in legal trials

He claims to have cooperated with the

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in the past, helping them and answering questions about potential militants in Canada. Hindy claims that he ended that support when he learned that the RCMP were asking the local communities about him. In 2007, Hindy raised $15,000 from the Toronto Muslim community to add to

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'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 However, in December 2009, Federal Court judge Mosley concluded that Almrei has nothing to do with terrorism and found that security certificate is not reasonable and must be quashed.Decision Justice Mosley Quashes Almrei Certificate
justiceforharkat.com December 2014

References

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