Fahim Ahmad was born on August 10,1984 and is one of 11 people convicted in the 2006 Toronto terrorism case.
16 Facts About Fahim Ahmad
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Fahim Ahmad was 21 years old at the time of arrest, and married with two children.
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Fahim Ahmad was born in Afghanistan and immigrated to Canada at age 10.
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Fahim Ahmad attended Meadowvale Secondary School with fellow suspects Saad Khalid and Zakaria Amara.
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Fahim Ahmad's wife, Mariya, was a student at the University of Toronto and went by the online moniker "Zawjatu Faheem".
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Fahim Ahmad has been described by law enforcement and the police as the primary ringleader in the plot and a spiritual leader among the men.
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Fahim Ahmad's group became the Scarborough group and Amara's became the Mississauga group.
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Shaikh later stated that Fahim Ahmad had told him that "if CSIS ever came to my door," he would shoot them, imitating a gun with his fingers.
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Fahim Ahmad organized a training camp in December 2005 and held a second camp the following spring.
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Fahim Ahmad sought a safe house in northern Ontario to use as a hideout.
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Fahim Ahmad claimed to have ordered a shipment of weaponry from Mexico.
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Fahim Ahmad was charged with receiving and providing terrorist training, and intent to harm or kill with explosives.
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Imam Aly Hindy, referring to the four suspects who attended Salaheddin Islamic Centre, said that Fahim Ahmad was the only one who might be guilty of a crime, although not terrorism, for his role in renting a car that Ali Dirie and Yasim Mohamed used to smuggle two handguns across the border.
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Fahim Ahmad was tried simultaneously with Steven Chand and Asad Ansari, and all pleaded not guilty at the beginning of the trial.
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On May 10,2010, in mid-trial, jurors learned that Fahim Ahmad had changed his plea to guilty.
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On October 25,2010, Fahim Ahmad was sentenced to 16 years in prison, with double credit for the four years he had already spent in custody.