This was his first appearance before the Parole Board of Canada, despite being eligible for parole on his life sentence since 2016. Abdelhaleem answered that awkward question as plainly as it was asked by parole board member Veronique Buisson. The parole board recognizes that, so does the prison that holds him, as do other inmates. There his anger over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the death and damage they caused Muslim civilians was stoked, he told the parole board. For almost three hours two parole board members questioned him.

Source: National Post March 29, 2019 00:45 UTC