Mubin Shaikh

Mubin Shaikh
Shaikh in 2015
Born (1975-09-29) September 29, 1975 (age 48)
Toronto, Ontario

Mubin Shaikh is a Canadian former security intelligence and counter terrorism operative, currently a Professor of Public Safety at Seneca College and also Counter Extremism Specialist for the U.S.-based NGO, Parents for Peace.[1]

He rose to prominence in his role as a confidential human source in the Toronto 18 case.

He has testified as an expert for the United Nations Security Council,[2] the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs[3] with NATO, the National Counterterrorism Center, and Special Operations Command Central and he is an external expert with the Joint Staff SMA for CENTCOM Command Staff.[4]

He has also appeared on media outlets such as CNN,[5][6] CBC,[7] ABC,[8] and NBC[9] MSNBC,[10] on matters related to extremism and terrorism.

  1. ^ "Our Team - Parents for Peace". June 6, 2019.
  2. ^ Lederer, Edith (October 31, 2017). "Expert haunted by video of 3-year-old cutting teddy's head". ABC News. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Hearing on Social Media and Terrorism". c-span.org. May 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "Multi-Method Assessment of ISIL". Archived from the original on February 16, 2015.
  5. ^ "Why would U.S. Teens try to join ISIS? - CNN Video". CNN. October 22, 2014.
  6. ^ "Shaikh: 'This is do-it-yourself terrorism' - CNN Video". CNN. January 13, 2015.
  7. ^ "Mubin Shaikh | CBC.ca".
  8. ^ "Senators Suggest Trolling Terrorists with Memes, Presidential Campaign Staffers". ABC News.
  9. ^ "Is this the new normal?". NBC News.
  10. ^ "How Westerners enter into extremism". MSNBC.