Private ‘non-religious’ funeral planned for terrorist sympathizer: mosque
Posted Aug 18, 2016 06:09:21 PM.
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STRATHROY, Ont. – A terrorist sympathizer killed in police takedown in southwestern Ontario last week was to be laid to rest Thursday in a private “non-religious affair,” according to a local mosque that had offered support to the man’s family.
The London Muslim Mosque said Aaron Driver’s family declined its offer of support and chose to have his body cremated, which is against Islamic burial rules.
But the mosque said in a statement it respects the family’s decision and hopes Driver’s relatives “find peace in this difficult time.”
Driver died during a confrontation with RCMP in Strathroy last Wednesday after making a martyrdom video that suggested he was planning to detonate a homemade bomb in an urban centre.
Driver had been under a court order not to associate with any terrorist organizations or to use a computer or cellphone, but he wasn’t under continuous surveillance despite concern he might participate or contribute to the activity of a terrorist group.
A taxi driver who was in the car when Driver was gunned down by officers has slammed police, saying they needlessly put his life in jeopardy.
