Kassim Mohamed is a Kenyan-Canadian[1] Muslim who was detained by Egyptian officials after Canadian authorities reported he had been filming national monuments, city buildings, and subway stations.
[2] After Mohamed and another man used a camcorder to film various details of the CN Tower (including fire exits)[3] and the inside of the Bloor-Yonge subway station,[4] he was questioned by two Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers the following day as he left the Tim Hortons across from his mosque.
[2] In May 2004, he boarded a flight bound for Cairo, Egypt and was questioned by Canadian officials at the airport as he departed.
Represented by lawyer Lorne Waldman, Mohamed announced he was suing the Canadian authorities.
[2] In 2004, Imam Aly Hindy celebrated the 135th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi by organising a group of 100 local Muslims to videotape the CN Tower as part of a non-violent protest against the detention of Mohamed[6]