An Islamic convert facing terrorism charges was re-arrested after trying to walk out of his own trial Tuesday – saying simply that “I’m outta here” – after telling the court he wouldn’t recognize Canadian law.

The 20-year-old, who can’t be identified because he was underage at the time of his arrest two years ago, had been released on bail. But he spent last night in jail, and his legal future is unclear.

I have a question here. We have bent and invented a lot of rules for the sake of catching and holding terrorists. Security certificates ensure they can be held for amazingly long periods of time without charge, etc, yet, we still can’t name a 17 year old suspect? Don’t you think the public has a right to know?

A Toronto Muslim preacher told The Globe that the suspect had been coming to Friday prayers, saying that he’d rather return to jail than live in a non-Islamic household.

“He said ‘In jail, I can at least pray,’” Aly Hindy, imam of the Salahuddin Islamic Centre in Scarborough, said in an interview.

“I said ‘Don’t do this!’” Mr. Hindy said. He added that he counselled the young man to pray in secret, but tensions between the suspect and his father had reached a boiling point.

The family did not comment.

Mr. Hindy added that the young man is “confused” and that “lots of young people, they need guidance.” The young man had lately been expressing an interest in circumcising himself, the imam said, consistent with his understanding of what the Prophet Abraham had done.

A self-described Islamic fundamentalist, Mr. Hindy has appeared as a proposed bail surete for a variety of individuals facing national-security-related proceedings. The imam said that nothing in Islam calls for Muslims to disregard the Canadian criminal-justice system.

Another question… How come we haven’t arrested Hindy, if he’s a fundamentalist? And more importantly, why the hell is he allowed to be a surete for other terrorists?

What is with this driving need in the West to have Muslims working in our airports? Just what are we trying to prove?

Samina Malik from Southall, west London, has been found guilty at the Old Bailey of owning terrorist manuals.

The jury heard Malik had written extremist poems praising Osama Bin Laden, supporting martyrdom and discussing beheading.

Malik worked at WH Smith at Heathrow Airport until her arrest last October.

This is a 23-year old hijab wearing woman. Who worked at an airport. The mind reels. This raises many issues. First of all, when we think of terrorists and their supporters, we think of men. That’s not always the case though, as here in Toronto, we discovered that the wives of the men we arrested were pushing them hard towards jihad.

So while I am in favor of giving women in Islamic countries more rights, letting them get an education, letting them drive, keeping them from being stoned to death; I know we must be ever mindful that just because they are the “fairer sex” does not mean they don’t have the same hateful ideology running through their veins as the men do. They are Muslims first, and women second. And we should watch our backs at all times.

And maybe keep them out of the airports. Just a suggestion.

Some suspects in terror case are innocent, informant says:

Some of the suspects charged in Canada’s most high-profile terrorism case are innocent and should be released, according to a key RCMP informant and prosecution witness.

“[I'd like to see] for those who are responsible, those who are of a significant and serious threat … it’s important they face the consequences of their actions, and that those who are not guilty be released sooner rather than later,” Mubin Shaikh said in an interview yesterday.

Mr. Shaikh, whose work as an informant played a pivotal role in an investigation that led to terrorism charges against 18 Toronto-area suspects last summer, pointed specifically to one of the accused, Steven Chand, as being innocent. Mr. Shaikh also said he had seen no evidence suggesting another suspect, Jamal James, had done anything wrong.

Mr. Shaikh’s position poses a unique dilemma for the prosecution in the terrorism trial, as the informant’s testimony will likely be key in building a case against some of the accused. He made his comments yesterday in an interview at a northwest Toronto courthouse. The RCMP informant was in court on assault charges related to an April 3 incident involving two Grade 7 schoolgirls near Kane Middle School in Etobicoke.

The assault charges have not been proved in court and are unrelated to the terrorism case. “It has no relevance to the other case,” he said, adding that the schoolgirls initiated the incident by making offensive remarks about his appearance.

Mr. Shaikh, who has a long beard and wears traditional Islamic dress, said some schoolchildren passing by his father’s home in Etobicoke began calling him “Osama Bin Laden” and “Taliban boy.” When the school kids got closer to the home, he said he approached them, at which point they ran away. As she was running, one of the girls tripped and fell, Mr. Shaikh said, adding that at no point did he touch any of the schoolgirls. The girls’ story, he said, is fabricated and “exaggerated grotesquely.”

Taliban boy and Osama Bin Laden Look-alike Mubin Shaikh has never been an inspiring choice. I realize that in the world of informants the pickings are slim but Taliban Boy Mubin is clearly the bottom of the barrel.

Bet those Grade 7 girls would have whooped his sorry ass too……