Judge rejects a portion of anti-terror act
An Ontario Superior Court judge struck down a section of Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Act, saying it violated guarantees of freedom of religion and thought.
Judge Douglas Rutherford made the decision in the case of Mohammed Momin Khawaja, a Canadian man charged with conspiring to carry out bombings in Britain.
Rutherford said a clause that limits the definition of terrorist activity to acts motivated by religion, politics or ideology was unconstitutional.
He left the rest of the act in place.
Some experts said the ruling would make it easier to prosecute terrorism suspects.
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