Hassan Farhat (imam)

For the Lebanese footballer, see Hasan Farhat (footballer).

Hassan Farhat (Arabic: حسن فرحات), also known as Abdul Jabbar, Abu Ossama, and Abu Khalid is an Iraqi Imam who founded the Salaheddin Mosque in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Tal Afar, Iraq.

However, he was made persona non grata by the worship centre's administration, and was allowed to return only for worship. After returning to Iraq in 2001, he was accused of being a "top Ansar commander" by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Other sources have accused him of belonging to Egyptian Islamic Jihad.

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