Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Thursday, February 02, 2012

Saad Allami, Montreal Muslim: Workplace Quip Made Me A Terror Suspect

MONTREAL - A Muslim man alleges he's become a terror suspect simply because of a workplace quip -- he says all he did was tell his sales staff to ''blow away'' the competition at a trade show.

Now Saad Allami is seeking $100,000 from the Quebec provincial police force, one of its sergeants and the provincial Justice Department.
Allami says in a Quebec Superior Court filing that he was arrested in January 2011 and accused of being a terrorist because of a pep talk he gave fellow employees.

Allami was a sales manager for a telecommunications firm when he sent out a text message to staff urging them to "blow away" the competition at a New York City convention.

He alleges that, three days later, he was arrested without warning by Quebec provincial police and detained for over a day while his house was searched.

Allami says he has no links to terrorist organizations or the Islamic movement and that police acted without any evidence or research.

Allami worked for a telecommunications company. Some of his colleagues later said they were held at the Canada-U.S. border for hours on account of the false allegations against their work associate.

Provincial police spokesman Guy Lapointe says he is aware of the filing, but the force won't comment any further on the case as it is before the courts.

The allegations have not been proven in court and the application is to be presented at the Montreal courthouse on March 5, according to the documents filed.

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