{"id":4240,"date":"2025-07-17T20:36:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=4240"},"modified":"2025-07-17T20:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:38:53","slug":"climate-activist-citing-allah-charged-with-terrorism-in-b-c-airplane-hijacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=4240","title":{"rendered":"CLIMATE ACTIVIST’ citing ‘Allah’ charged with TERRORISM in B.C. airplane hijacking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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<\/td>Forwarded this email? Subscribe here<\/a> for more<\/a>‘CLIMATE ACTIVIST’ citing ‘Allah’ charged with TERRORISM in B.C. airplane hijacking<\/a>

Accused Shaheer Cassim allegedly referred to himself as a “messenger of Allah” and “the messiah sent to save humanity from climate change” Quinn Patrick, True North<\/a>Jul 17\u2219Guest post\u00a0READ IN APP<\/a>\u00a0Shaheer Cassim\/FacebookU.S. fighter jets were called to Vancouver International Airport after a small plane was allegedly hijacked by a climate activist in Victoria before it flew in circles around the airport for nearly half an hour.The man who allegedly seized the Cessna 172 aircraft in Victoria on Tuesday has been charged with hijacking and terrorism offences

The pilot is believed to be a former commercial airline pilot based in Victoria named Shaheer Cassim, who had previously been involved in climate activism.In 2012, Cassim held a news conference in Victoria at the start of a cross-country bicycle trek to raise awareness of global warming.Shortly thereafter, Cassim posted to Facebook claiming that he was a \u201cmessenger from Allah\u201d and that \u201chumans will go extinct within a few years.\u201dThe post further stated: \u201cI am the messiah sent to save humanity from climate change and usher in a new era of world peace.\u201dPolice in Richmond received a report that the small plane \u201chad been hijacked\u201d and was on its way to Vancouver around 1 p.m. Vancouver air-traffic control first mentioned a \u201crogue aircraft\u201d around the same time, asking nearby aircraft to watch for the Cessna and relay to controllers should they need to \u201cmanoeuvre as necessary.\u201d

The incident resulted in what the Vancouver airport called a 39-minute \u201cground stop\u201d for arrivals.The RCMP have yet to disclose any potential motive in the incident, but a Vancouver air traffic controller was recorded suggesting the alleged hijacking appeared to be \u201csome type of protest.\u201dFlight radar showed the Cessna flew straight to Vancouver\u2019s airport from Victoria before circling the area for about 25 minutes.The U.S. fighter jets were still en route to the Canadian airport when the Cessna landed. The jets responded from Washington State\u2019s Joint Base Lewis-McChord base, while Canadian CF-18 Hornets also responded.The U.S. base is part of the North American Aerospace Defence Command\u2019s western air defence sector and is home to personnel from the Washington Air National Guard, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the United States Navy. Canada\u2019s CF-18 Hornets were coming from Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake in northern Alberta.Some CF-18s are also based at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville in Saguenay, Quebec.The aircraft landed at YVR around 1:45 p.m. Social media videos and photos show a swarm of police closing in on the plane as it comes to a halt before the pilot, who appeared to be Cassim, exited the aircraft.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What’s his immigration status? Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more‘CLIMATE ACTIVIST’ citing ‘Allah’ charged with TERRORISM in B.C. airplane hijacking Accused Shaheer Cassim allegedly referred to himself as a “messenger of Allah” and “the messiah sent to save humanity from climate change” Quinn Patrick, True NorthJul 17\u2219Guest post\u00a0READ IN APP\u00a0Shaheer Cassim\/FacebookU.S. fighter jets were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2999,2998],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4240"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4245,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240\/revisions\/4245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}