Almrei’s credibility was damaged partly by helping an employee find a sponsoring husband.

Evidence

Faced with the allegation that it is his ideology that primarily counts against him, Hassan Almrei denied his commitment to Osama bin Laden or to his jihad. Clarifying that he believed in the jihad against the Russians for their invasion of Afghanistan, and not in the Bin Laden jihad, Almrei also acknowledges that he respected Ibn Khattab and did not believe that he was connected to Osama bin Laden. He continued to feel that those who died fighting the Russians are martyrs and he kept pictures on his computer of such individuals. His credibility is strained when it is noted that he lied on his first encounters with CSIS, that he received money for passing on a tip about where to get a false passport, and when the Court learned that he assisted one of his restaurant employees to find a husband who could sponsor her, an act for which he was paid. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 118