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Jahanzeb Malik and Immigration Refugee Board

Islamic State: And then there was Jahanzeb Malik, the radical who trained with Al Qaeda in Libya, learned how to use explosives, was his unit commander right-hand man and tried to radicalize an undercover police officer by showing him videos of Islamic State beheadings and mass executions, according to Toronto Star. The former description came from Malik himself at the hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board, which must decide whether to deport the 33-year-old permanent resident back to Pakistan, in light of government allegations that he wanted to blow up the consulate and other downtown Toronto buildings. There was Jahanzeb Malik, the simple Muslim who travelled to Libya to teach English, enjoyed long walks along the beautiful Mediterranean Sea and had a pet cat named Simba. The undercover RCMP officer, who befriended Malik during a Canada Border Services Agency investigation last year and cannot be identified under a publication ban, painted a very different portrait of the separated father of two. He also supported the Islamic State. He said he was absolutely supportive of the cause, supportive of Al Qaeda, the officer testified under questioning from government counsel Jessica Lourenco. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.