(Brisbane Times) An Australian man already accused of funding an overseas fighter to travel to [Syria] to join terrorist groups battling government forces has also been charged with advocating for a terrorism act.
Omar Saghir, 40, was arrested on July 16, 2021, by Australian Federal Police officers when he landed at Sydney Airport from Saudi Arabia, where he had been since 2019.
The AFP allege Saghir played a senior role in a Brisbane group that held a “religiously motivated violent extremist ideology” and a desire to travel to Syria to fight.
Saghir has also been accused of co-founding an organisation that provided funds to people who later fled Australia to join Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group fighting against Syrian government forces.
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