Zakarya Rida Hussein admitted he owned social-media accounts that posted ISIS recruitment videos and propaganda
A Calgary man who admitted to sharing Islamic State recruitment videos and propaganda on TikTok has been sentenced to six years in prison.
Hussein admitted that he owned social media accounts that posted ISIS propaganda. Court heard that one recruitment video, posted in May 2023, received comments from other users that included “I$I$ and proud” and “the video itself is very motivational.” The document says Hussein also posted a message to Snapchat on June 1, 2023, saying his mission would begin the next day — nearly two weeks before he was arrested by RCMP and Calgary police.The court document says Hussein shared a video to a group chat containing “extremist ideological interpretations that encouraged the killing of gay men.”
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