Hassan Ahmed Almrei , a Syrian citizen, arrived in Canada in 1999 claiming refugee status. He has been since held, and accused of terrorist connections and ideology, for his reputation... for obtaining false documents, and his relationship with Ibn alKhattab following time shared together during the Civil war in Tajikistan. He had not supported Khattab financially or otherwise, but admired Khattab... had pictures of Khattab on his computer and visited Chechen extremist websites.
Although born in Syria, Almreis family moved to Dammam, Saudi Arabia when he wassince his paternal uncle had been sentenced to ten years imprisonment for his role in the Muslim Brotherhood his father was sentenced to death in absentia in Syria, as he worked as a teacher in Saudi Arabia. He has eight siblings in Saudi Arabia, and one sister who moved to Lebanon with her husband. He memorised the Quran while he was young.
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