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| name      = Ahmad Ghany
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| birth_date  = {{Birth-date|September 27, 1984}}
| birth_place = [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]]
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| occupation     = [[McMaster University]], health sciences student
| spouse         = Ran Farq
| parents        = Farooq Abdullah Ghany
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'''Ahmad Mustafa Ghany''' (born September 27, 1984) is a 2004 graduate of [[McMaster University]]'s health sciences program, and was one of 17 people initially arrested in the [[2006 Toronto terrorism arrests]].
Two years later, he was among the suspects in the alleged terrorism case who were released and had all charges dropped.
==Life==
Ghany is the son of [[urologist]] Ghany, who moved to [[Canada]] from [[Trinidad and Tobago]] in 1955.<ref name="second"/>
==Arrest==
On June 2, 2006, the 21-year-old Ghany was driving his [[Lexus]] car along the [[Gardiner Expressway]] in Toronto, when police vehicles surrounded him and forced the car to the side of the road, where they arrested, handcuffed and searched Ghany.<ref name="newsday">Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday, [http://www.newsday.co.tt/crime/0,39003.html Canada's TT terror suspect], June 11, 2006</ref>
Friends and family expressed disbelief at Ghany's arrest, stating that he was "the most quiet guy ever", and "kind of a nerd".{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}  People were shocked to hear this news and didn't believe what happened.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
==Charges, bail and release==
Represented by [[Rocco Galati]], Ghany was held at the [[Maplehurst Correctional Complex]].<ref name="mac">Nelson, Marissa. [[Hamilton Spectator]], "2nd Mac student one of 17 charged", June 23, 2006</ref> He was charged under the [[Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act]] with participating in a terrorist group, and training for terrorist purposes.<ref name="free">Teotonio, Isabel. [[Toronto Star]], [https://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/414672 Four have terror charges stayed], April 15, 2008</ref> The charges stemmed from the his attendance at a winter camp near [[Washago, Ontario|Washago]] that prosecutors alleged was planned as an opportunity to hone their terrorist skills. Ghany was only at the camp for three days, helping to set up the site, playing [[paintball]] and leaving early.<ref name="free"/>
Six weeks after the arrests, Ghany became the second suspect to be granted [[bail]] as he was released by Justice Hilda Weiss on a $140,000 pledge on July 20 on the condition that he could not leave his parents' house unaccompanied unless going to school, work or to see his lawyer, that he report to police weekly, and not communicate with other suspects in the case.<ref name="second">[[CBC.ca|CBC]], [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/2nd-suspect-in-terrorist-related-activities-gets-bail-1.596846 2nd suspect in terrorist-related activities gets bail], July 20, 2006</ref>
On April 15, 2008, nearly two years after the arrests, all charges were dropped against Ghany, [[Qayyum Abdul Jamal]], [[Ibrahim Aboud]] and Yasim Mohamed.<ref>[[CTV News]], [https://archive.today/20120802090620/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080415/terror_charges_stayed_080415?s_name=&no_ads= Charges stayed against four in T.O. terror case], April 15, 2008</ref>
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[[Category:Canadian people of Trinidad and Tobago descent]]