Qayyum Abdul Jamal
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Qayyum Abdul Jamal is one of 17 people detained on June 2 and June 3, 2006, in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests. He and his co-conspirators are alleged to have plotted coordinated bombing attacks against targets in southern Ontario. He was the oldest of the suspects at 43 years of age at the time of his arrest.
A school bus driver by occupation and a father of four boys, he is married to a Canadian woman named Cheryfa Macaulay-Jamal, who converted to Islam. She was his second wife as his first wife died of an illness, and he may have been briefly married to both. He was an active member of directors of the Ar-Rahman Islamic Centre in Mississauga where he sometimes led the prayers.[1]
He was described by local Member of Parliament Wajid Khan as upset about the presence of Canadian troops in Afghanistan, where Jamal claimed soldiers were mistreating and "raping" Muslim women. Wajid met Jamal at a speaking occasion at the Ar-Rahman Islamic Center some time in the summer of 2005. [2]
He is represented by defence attorney Anser Farooq.
| 2006 Toronto terrorism case |
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| Accused - Steven Chand, Shareef Abdelhaleem, Qayyum Jamal, Yasim Mohamed, Jahmaal James, Mohammed Dirie, Fahim Ahmad, Asad Ansari, Ahmad Ghany‡, Zakaria Amara, Amin Durrani, Saad Khalid and five young offenders whose names have not been released‡‡‡.
Suspected colleagues - Syed Ahmed, Ehsanul Sadequee Later arrests - Ibrahim Aboud‡ Defence Attorneys - Anser Farooq, Rocco Galati, David Kolinsky, Arif Raza, Gary Batasar, Saisal Mirza CSIS Informant - Mubin Shaikh ‡ denotes a suspect was released on bail |
