Under the terms of the peace bond, which is reserved for those who officials fear may commit terroristic acts, Mr. Choudhury must live in Ontario for the following year and live with his parents. He is prohibited from owning any weapon, must continue to receive counseling and is required to report any change in his virtual or physical address to the police.
The statement of facts said that even though the stories of Mr. Chowdhury’s participation in the Islamic State executions are untrue, “they provide reasonable grounds for the fear that Mr. Chowdhury may be committing a crime of terrorism.”
Mr. Chowdhury’s lawyer, Mr. Hassan, said his client “confessed that he made a mistake.”
An Instagram post that began in 2016 – made under Mr. Chowdhury’s name and posted with a recognizable photo of his face – said Mr. Chowdhury had traveled to Syria in 2014 and was assigned to the Islamic State’s Amniyat section. was assigned to. part, a group responsible for internal security. , “For a little less than a year.”
“I’ve been on the battlefield,” Post said. “I support the brothers fighting on the ground.”
However, Mr. Choudhury lived full time in his family home in Burlington or was working at a restaurant in neighboring Oakville, Ontario.
In November 2016, the Middle East Media Research Institute, a Washington-based group, compiled online claims of Mr. Chowdhury’s terrorist activity into a report, which was distributed to Ms. Kalimachi and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.