Variantes du nom / Name variations

Hassan al-Hashemi
Hassan Hachimi
Hassan Hashmi

Informations essentielles / Basic information

– 1963 – www.syriancouncil.org: Hassan Hachimi was born in Aleppo (Syria) in 1963 (This information was on Hachimi’s profile on the Syrian National Council’s website.)
– 1979 – Haroon Siddiqui (The Toronto Star – February 12, 2012): Hassan Hachimi left Syria in 1979
– 1979 – Aljazeera (October 4, 2011): Hassan Hachimi was 16 when he left Syria
– 1996 – Haroon Siddiqui (The Toronto Star – February 12, 2012): Hassan Hachimi came to Canada from Saudi Arabia in 1996
– Canada Revenue Agency (2000): A man named Hassan Hachimi is listed as the treasurer of the Muslim Association of Canada (We cannot confirm that former MAC treasurer and the Syrian MB leader are the same person. However, the Syrian MB leader was described as a Mississauga resident in 2013 and the CRA provides a Mississauga postal code for MAC’s treasurer in 2000.)
– Canada Revenue Agency (2001): A man named Hassau Hachini is listed as the treasurer of the Muslim Association of Canada (See note for 2000.)
– Canada Revenue Agency (2002): A man named Hassan Al-Hashemi is listed as a director of the Muslim Association of Canada (See note for 2000.)
– Youm7 (August 9, 2013): The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood identifies Hassan Hachimi as “the head of its political bureau” (This document in Arabic was revealed by Jonathan D. Halevi in his August 29, 2013 article about Hassan Hachimi.)

Articles / Point de Bascule

– Point de Bascule (August 16, 2012): Canada gives then cancels a $2 million donation to MB-linked Canadian Relief for Syria
– Point de Bascule (September 11, 2013): Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird’s dealings with two Canadian leaders of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood

Références / References

– Mideast Monitor (April-May 2006): The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood
– www.amude.net (May 4, 2006): Hassan Hachimi, Sami Aoun and others attend a meeting of the Syrian opposition in Montreal in 2006
– November 2010 – Graeme Smith (The Globe and Mail – October 7, 2011): Hassan Hachimi attended a Damascus Declaration meeting in Brussels (Hassan Hachimi is described as “a Toronto architect… (who) now heads the North American section of the SNC’s new foreign-affairs committee.” / Original title of the article: Canadian seeks role in new Syria)
– GMBDR (April 18, 2011): U.S. Secretly Backed Syrian Opposition Groups; TV Station May Have Ties To Syrian Muslim Brotherhood
– Voice of America (August 22, 2011): Syrian activists form opposition coalition (Picture of Hassan Hachimi, Louay Safi and other Syrian opposition leaders)
– Lee Berthiaume (National Post – November 17, 2011): Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird met several times with Hassan Hachimi (internet edition)
– Nathan Vanderklippe (The Globe and Mail – December 12, 2011): Suncor shuts down in Syria (Hassan Hachimi is described as “a member of the opposition Syrian National Council who is heading foreign relations with North America.”)
– Robert Sibley and Lee Berthiaume (The Ottawa Citizen– December 24, 2011): Foreign Minister John Baird denies al-Qaeda’s involvement in Syria, freezes Syrian regime’s assets
– Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs (August 11, 2012): $2 million donation to Canadian Relief for Syria, an organization part of the Muslim Brotherhood infrastructure
– Michael Petrou (Maclean’s – August 12, 2012): Canada gives $2 million to group collecting for the charitable alma mater of Omar Khadr’s dad
– CTVNews.ca (August 15, 2012): Ottawa backtracks on aid pledge to Canadian-Syrian group
– Valeria Serpentini (ItaliaOggi – November 1, 2012): Hassan Hachimi described as a member of the Syrian National Council exiled in Turkey
– Lysiane Gagnon (La Presse – 1 juin 2013) : Le renversement de la dictature du régime Assad provoquerait l’avènement d’une dictature islamiste
– Jonathan D. Halevi (Alternative Angle – August 29, 2013): Canadian appointed chief of the political bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria
– Michael Coren (August 30, 2013): VIDEO Jonathan D. Halevi comments about Hassan Hachimi’s involvement with the Muslim Brotherhood
– Justin Ling (National Post – August 31, 2013): Canada has given $5.3M to Syrian opposition (Hassan Hachimi, presented as “a Mississauga, Ont(ario), resident and member of the Syrian National Council”, says that part of the money will serve to buy communication equipment.)
– Robert Sibley (Ottawa Citizen / Blog – September 16, 2013): John Baird and the Muslim Brotherhood (Ottawa Citizen – Archives PdeB)

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