Faheem Khalid Lodhi: Terrorist pens letter from jail in latest parole bid The first man convicted of terrorism in Australia has now washed his hands of extremism and wants forgiveness, a court has been told.

August 26, 2020   

(NCA NewsWire) Australia’s first convicted terrorist has disavowed his previously deeply held extremist views and admits he misunderstood his religion as he appeals against a decision to deny him parole.

Faheem Khalid Lodhi confessed to breaking an “unspoken agreement” with the community in a handwritten letter to the attorney-general, who his lawyers say made an “unreasonable decision” to reject his latest bid for release.

Lodhi has served 16 of his 20-year sentence after being convicted in 2006 of a plot targeting the nation’s energy grid and military bases under federal terrorism laws passed three years earlier.

The Pakistan-born former Lakemba architect’s 15-year non-parole period has now expired.

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