A Video Recruiting Terrorist Converts To The Cause Makes The Rounds In Toronto
Posted June 21, 2006 12:00 pm.
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The words are as chilling as the pictures.
“Come forth to kill the Jews and Americans.”
“Killing them is the greatest form of worship.”
“Do not consult anyone about killing the Americans. Go forth with the blessing of Allah.”
It’s the kind of message you’d expect to hear on the streets of a terror-plagued country in the Middle East.
You wouldn’t be surprised to see it being peddled to some radical believers in a dark corner of the world.
But a 45-minute-long DVD containing those words and more are being given out to followers on the streets of Toronto.
Muhammed Heft claims it was handed to him by Fahim Ahmad outside of a Scarborough mosque, just two months before Ahmad and 16 others were taken into custody in the G.T.A. terror plot.
The video praises Osama bin Laden and calls September 11th a ‘blessed day’.
It’s been used to fuel the anger many radicalized Muslims here feel and get them to join the violent cause.
But Heft doesn’t believe those distributing the videos are real terrorists.
“I just thought they were brainwashed,” he attests calling it a twisted version of the Islam he practices.
“Their solution is to act in a vengeful manner, not rational and not with knowledge from the religion,” he explains. “They’ve taken their anger and they’ve been blinded by hatred.”
It’s a hatred he hopes others won’t be drawn into by a video that distorts the truth and attempts to fan the flames of hatred.
To see an excerpt from the video, click here.
Do terrorist videos really work?
