Egyptian Mohamed Mahjoub loses long legal fight against terrorist branding
TORONTO — An Egyptian man branded as a threat to Canada’s national security has failed in what could prove to be his final attempt at lifting the terrorist designation that has hung over him for the past 15 years.
In a decision that upholds in glowing terms earlier court rulings, the Federal Court of Appeal rejected a concerted challenge from Mohamed Mahjoub to the government’s case against him.
The unanimous decision leaves Mahjoub, 56, of Toronto, who has always denied terrorism ties or associating with known terrorists after coming to Canada, with little chance of now escaping a designation that has haunted him since 2000.
“Terrorist organizations do not issue membership cards or keep membership lists,” the Federal Court of Appeal said in a lengthy decision that runs to 356 paragraphs.