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Mubin Shaikh
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<p>Mubinoddin "Mubin" Shaikh is a Canadian former <a href="/facts/Canadian_Security_Intelligence_Service/zFAuL1Lp">security intelligence</a> and <a href="/facts/Counterterrorism/XSzTcfND">counter-terrorism</a> operative, who was at one time a <a href="/facts/Jihadism/FaY0bQcQ">jihadist</a> extremist himself. He rose to prominence in his role as a confidential human source in the <a href="/facts/Toronto_18/bBzNcjdu">Toronto 18</a> case in 2006. As of April 2025 he is professor of public safety at <a href="/facts/Seneca_College/nPbHLDrS">Seneca College</a> and also a counter-extremism specialist for <a href="/facts/Parents_for_Peace/CI0BQIAW">Parents for Peace</a>, an <a href="/facts/NGO/qxQSsxsI">NGO</a> based in the United States, where he helps to dereadicalize young people caught up in extremism. </p>