A 33-year-old Toronto man is facing a terrorism charge for “public statements that advocated for the detestation and harm against members of the Israeli and Jewish communities,” police say.
Ahmad Hassan Hajahmad attended pro-Palestinian rallies in the Bay Street and Front Street W. area on May 25 and Sept. 7, 2024, where he used “amplification devices” to make the statements, Toronto police said in a news release Wednesday.
Investigators carried out a search warrant at a Toronto home on March 7, 2025.
Toronto police’s hate crimes unit and a multi-agency Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) led by the RCMP later collected evidence suggesting Hajahmad “acted for the benefit of, and in association with, Hamas, a designated terrorist group,” the news release says.
Hajahmad, who police say also went by the name Ahmad Jarrar, has been charged with participating or contributing to activities of a terrorist group, police say.
The charge comes after the attorney general of Ontario and the federal government provided consent to proceed with the charges on July 10, the news release says.
Hajahmad appeared at the Ontario Court of Justice Tuesday.
Police say they are unable to provide any further information due to a court-imposed publication ban related to the investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
