Canada: Muslim who stabbed soldier, said ‘Allah told me to do this’ is allowed to go to Mecca to meet arranged bride

The most absurd part of this story, which is riddled with absurdities, is that Canadian officials point to Ayanle Hassan Ali’s devout observance of Islam as an indication that he is turning over a new leaf and rejecting violence. They are completely uninterested in the fact that he repeatedly invoked Allah as his reason for stabbing the corporal, because they have decided that at the time of the stabbing, he was suffering from a “mental disorder.” But he has put all that behind him now, and look at all the progress he is making: he is memorizing the Qur’an and attending mosque daily! That means that he won’t be violent again, because the true Islam teaches peace — doesn’t it?

Note also that the Daily Mail, the worst paper in the Western world (and it’s not close), repeatedly refers to Ayanle Hasan Ali as “Canadian,” despite the fact that Ayanle Hassan Ali himself would almost certainly reject the label and insist that he is only a citizen of the umma, the worldwide Muslim community. The Mail also informs us in the sixth paragraph that Ali is Muslim, despite having told us in the third paragraph that Allah told him to kill people. This is because in the tiny minds of the Daily Mail’s editors, the god of Islam could never and would never tell anyone to kill people. The Daily Mail doesn’t know and doesn’t care that the Qur’an says “kill them wherever you find them” three times (2:191, 4:89, 4:91, cf. 9:5), and contains numerous other exhortations to violence. It assumes that Islam is peace, and that everyone knows that, and so when this fellow starts insisting that Allah told him to kill, the Daily Mail thinks people are out there scratching their heads and wondering what religion Ayanle Hasan Ali professes. So it duly informs them a few paragraphs down.

Meanwhile, this fellow is on the loose, with his head full of Qur’anic exhortations. What could possibly go wrong?

“Canadian terrorist who burst into military recruitment service and stabbed corporal is given permission to fly to MECCA and on to Somalia to meet arranged marriage bride,” by Melissa Koenig, Daily Mail, April 21, 2026:

A Canadian terrorist who burst into a military recruitment service and stabbed soldiers has been given permission to fly to Saudi Arabia and Somalia – even though officials say he ‘continues to pose a significant threat to public safety.’

Ayanle Hassan Ali, 38, entered the Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre in Toronto in March 2016, and immediately attacked the corporal who was seated at the entrance, repeatedly punching him in the head and using a kitchen knife to slash and stab at the soldier. He then fought off other soldiers who tried to take him down.

‘Allah told me to do this,’ he reportedly told officers at the scene. ‘Allah told me to come here and kill people.’

But in May 2018, Ali was found not criminally responsible on three counts of attempted murder, as well as two counts of assault causing bodily harm, two counts of assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose due to his schizophrenia diagnosis.

Now, he is planning to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca with his father and meet a potential bride his dad found for him in Somalia on a three-week long trip, the National Post reports.

The Ontario Review Board heard earlier this month how Ali, who is Muslim, wants to travel abroad ‘to facilitate a meeting with a woman as his father has been working on arranging a possible marriage with a woman who resides in Somalia.

‘Mr. Ali has advised that this is not uncommon in his culture and the marriage would only proceed if both parties were agreeable,’ the Review Board said in its April 15 decision allowing Ali to make the trip.

‘He is hopeful he will be able to travel to Somalia over the upcoming reporting year for an introductory meeting with the woman.’

Prior to making the decision allowing Ali to travel abroad, the Review Board heard from Ali’s doctors.

They testified that his ‘faith and religious beliefs continue to be very important to him, and he attends his mosque weekly and he prays five times a day.

‘He and his father have planned for a religious ritual of Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia,’ the doctors told the independent tribunal that reviews the status of individuals found not criminally responsible to crimes due to a mental disorder.

‘Mr. Ali is studying to memorize the Quran and attends the mosque by his father’s house daily to meet with his teacher,’ they continued. ‘He is hopeful that his tutor may assist him in securing a volunteer position at a local school to tutor in math or French.’…