(AAP) A man accused of being a member of a terrorist cell which allegedly planned to carry out an attack in Sydney for Islamic State has smiled as the case was detailed in court. Federal and NSW counter-terrorism police arrested three men […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Two Sydney-based Islamic State members had reached out to contacts overseas to obtain weapons and explosives as part of a plot to carry out attacks on city churches, courts, police stations and defence locations, police allege. Counter-terrorism police raided […]
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(Sydney Morning Herald) Prime Minister Scott Morrison has gained an agreement from world leaders to put new pressure on Facebook and other social media giants to halt the spread of violent terrorism online in the wake of the Christchurch attacks in March. […]
(AAP) A Sydney man who planned to fight for Islamic State overseas got cold feet because his views were even more extreme than the terrorist group’s, a court has heard. Amin Elmir, 29, pleaded guilty in February to preparing to travel from […]
(AAP) A radicalised NSW inmate has told a court he’s sorry for waterboarding and carving an Islamic State slogan into his cellmate’s forehead but not for attacking the former soldier. A “physical attack would be OK,” Bourhan Hraichie said from the dock […]
(9 News) Jesse Morton, a former Al Qaeda recruiter and propagandist from the US who turned FBI informant, can vividly remember his final communications with Robert “Musa” Cerantonio, the jailed Melbourne ringleader of the so-called tinnie terrorist plot. Cerantonio, who was already […]
(AAP) A young Sydney man who was stopped at Sydney Airport when trying to join Islamic State in Syria has walked free from jail on a five-year good behaviour bond. Moudasser Taleb had a bag of military-style clothing but no plane ticket […]
(Stuff) Up a long flight stairs in an industrial part of west Auckland, a group of school children from 32 different countries celebrated the opening of their new school on Wednesday. Iqra Elementary School is a private Islamic school located atop a Work […]
(ABC-Australia) The reach of laws against female genital mutilation (FGM) will be tested in the High Court today, as it considers calls for a retrial of three people accused of carrying out a practice known as khatna on two young sisters in […]
(AAP) Roger Singaravelu opened his heart and home to a young woman who had left her native Bangladesh to study in Melbourne. Less than 48 hours later, while napping with his five-year-old daughter, the woman plunged a knife into his neck with […]
(AAP) An “unequivocally committed terrorist” who repeatedly stabbed a Sydney stranger in a “violent, ferocious and inhumane attack” after seeing him wearing an American flag t-shirt has been jailed for at least 27 years. Ihsas Khan had planned to attack Wayne Greenhalgh […]
(ABC-Australia) One of Australia’s most progressive Muslim leaders is taking legal action in Lebanon to clear his name after being labelled a “collaborator” with Israel. The allegation was initially made by a newspaper aligned with Shia militant group Hezbollah. Sydney GP Dr […]
(AAP) NSW Police has apologised for using headscarves on two officers playing the part of terrorists during a training exercise after it was found it racially vilified Palestinians and Arabs. The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal in May said it was unreasonable […]
(AAP) A prominent member of Sydney’s Muslim community has reportedly been threatened over his work with a charity set up to help sick Palestinian children. Dr Jamal Rifi’s support for Project Rozana has led to him being branded an “enemy” by anti-Israel […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) As the dust from the 2019 election begins to settle, it seems controversial Queensland senator Fraser Anning has lost his Senate seat. Remembered widely as the victim of an egging by teenager Will Connolly, the right-wing politician has failed […]
(AAP) A Queensland man jailed for plotting a terror attack has had his prison term extended over the assault of a prison officer in a disturbance sparked by a halal meal. Agim Kruezi, 26, didn’t commit the assault. But he pleaded guilty […]
(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand’s premier Jacinda Ardern will Wednesday host other world leaders and leading tech chiefs to launch an ambitious new initiative aimed at curbing extremism online. The initiative, known as the “Christchurch call,” was pushed by […]
(AFP) New Zealand’s leader Jacinda Ardern will join other world leaders in launching a “Christchurch call” to curb online extremism at an international meeting in Paris on Wednesday, following the worst mass killing in her country’s recent history. Participants will be asked […]
(9 News) A Queensland Police Service Facebook post wishing the public Ramadan Mubarak to mark the start of the Muslim holy month has sparked fierce debate online. “From all of us, to all in our Muslim community observing the start of the […]
(AAP) The Melbourne ringleader of a terror plot who encouraged others to join him sailing from Queensland to help overthrow the Philippines government has been jailed for up to seven years. Islamic State sympathiser Robert “Musa” Cerantonio shared his “putrid views” with […]
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(Sydney Morning Herald) The NSW Police Force has been ordered to publish an apology and implement racial vilification training for senior officers after a tribunal found a police training exercise in October 2017 racially vilified Palestinians and Arabs and portrayed them as […]
(AAP) A Sydney pharmacy student who repeatedly stabbed a passer-by with a machete, shouting “I will kill you, you will die,” has been found guilty of carrying out a terrorist act. “He got me probably three or four times and I didn’t […]
(Age) Victoria’s Islamic leaders are dispatching moderate preachers to universities as it emerges a suspected ringleader in Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday terror attack studied at the same Melbourne university as two other terrorists. Sri Lankan suicide bomber Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed was […]
(Stuff) A Wellington convert who describes himself as “probably the most radical Muslim” in the city says he is happy to co-operate with police and understands their concern. The man, in his 30s, said he was probably on a top secret list, obtained […]
(AP) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday that she and French President Emmanuel Macron will host a meeting in Paris next month seeking to eliminate acts of violent extremism and terrorism from being shown online. Ardern said she and Macron […]
(Religion News) Since President Trump tweeted a provocative video juxtaposing clips of Rep. Ilhan Omar and the falling Twin Towers, Omar has faced a surge of criticism along with direct threats of violence, both online and offline. But how did a video […]
(ABC-Australia) Australia is not ready for the children of Islamic State terrorists to return, after the caliphate’s fall in Syria, according to a leading developmental psychiatrist. Approximately 70 children or young people of Australian IS fighters are stranded in refugee camps, according […]
(Age) A week before Year 12 exams, Abshir heard an unexpected knock on his front door. The Canberra student’s family say he was confronted by two Australian Federal Police officers who were responding to a tip-off from his teacher. The teacher was […]
(NZ Herald) A plan to have a Muslim cleric say a prayer at an Anzac Day service has been cancelled after the local RSA received a number of “frightening threats.” The Returned and Services Association (RSA) branch at Titahi Bay near Wellington […]
(NZ Herald) A decision to invite a Muslim cleric to say a prayer at an Anzac Day service has sparked an anguished backlash from veterans. The Returned and Services Association (RSA) branch at Titahi Bay near Wellington has moved the Muslim prayer […]
(AAP) Independent senator Fraser Anning has been censured by parliament for “shameful and pathetic” comments linking the Christchurch terror attacks to Muslim immigration. The Queenslander was rebuked by his colleagues on Wednesday for blaming Muslim migrants for the horrific attack last month […]
(AFP) UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday against growing hatred of Muslims, less than a month after a deadly attack on mosques in New Zealand killed at least 50 people. His remarks came during a speech at Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim […]
(AAP) Australia is to become the first country in the world to introduce jail terms and multimillion-dollar fines for social media giants that do not quickly remove violent material. In what is expected to be the final week of parliament before the […]
(ABC-Australia) A Sydney man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after planning to behead up to seven random Australians a month. Omarjan Azari, 26, refused to stand as his sentence was delivered at the Supreme Court in Parramatta. Azari was […]
(JTA) A Muslim community leader in New Zealand dismissed claims by the head of the country’s biggest mosque that Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency was behind the killing of 50 Muslims at two Christchurch mosques. Mustafa Farouk, president of the Federation of Islamic […]
(Newshub) New Zealand’s Jewish community is outraged and revolted after a prominent mosque leader blamed Mossad for being behind the Christchurch terror attack. On Saturday, a group called Love Aotearoa Hate Racism organised a rally for the victims in Auckland’s Aotea Square. […]
(Reuters) A campaign by New Zealand women including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to don headscarves as a sign of solidarity with Muslim women after the nation’s mosque shootings has divided opinion over whether the gesture was a help or a hindrance. Ardern […]
(AAP) An extremely sick Queensland mum who took her two daughters to Somalia for painful genital mutilation has been sentenced to four years prison as a deterrent to others. The woman, who cannot be named to protect the identities of her children, […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Prime Minister Scott Morrison says an eight-year-old report claiming he once urged the Coalition to score political points with Muslim immigration is an “ugly and disgusting lie.” The story, which was published by the Sydney Morning Herald in 2011 […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) One of Australia’s most senior Muslim clerics, Sheikh Shady Alsuleiman, was refused entry to New Zealand following the Christchurch massacre — but the ban was overturned following a complaint to the Australian government. The revelation will raise questions about […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Two brothers accused of planning an IS-inspired terrorist attack in Sydney plotted to put a bomb on a plane at Sydney Airport and separately planned to release lethal gas, a jury has been told. Mahmoud Khayat, 34, and Khaled […]
(AFP) White supremacist Brenton Tarrant, who is accused of killing 50 people in the New Zealand mosque massacre in what he claimed was a blow against Muslim “invaders,” played into jihadist hands by following their strategy, experts say. From the Islamic State […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Former prime minister Tony Abbott says he no longer stands by his controversial 2017 claim that “Islamophobia hasn’t killed anyone.” Mr Abbott made the remark in June 2017 in the immediate aftermath of the London Bridge terror attack, arguing […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Scott Morrison has led a swift and strong repudiation of Queensland Senator Fraser Anning, who linked Muslim immigration to the terror attack carried out at two mosques in New Zealand by suspected far-right extremists. The prime minister tweeted late […]
(Age) When students at Thomas Mitchell Primary School sit their NAPLAN tests, many won’t have eaten or touched a drop of water since before dawn. About one-third of students at the Endeavour Hills state school are Muslims who observe Ramadan, a month-long fast […]
(Jerusalem Post) A Muslim activist in Australia named Sam Ekermawi who has filed numerous racial vilification and discrimination complaints against prominent Australians was found guilty on Friday of assaulting pro-Israel activist Avi Yemini during a scuffle outside a courthouse in Sydney in […]
(ABC-Australia) A New Zealander serving with the Islamic State group has been captured in northern Syria and is being held in a Kurdish prison. Nicknamed the Kiwi Jihadi, Mark Taylor told the ABC he fled the Islamic State group in December and […]
(ABC-Australia) A Melbourne man who was part of a group planning to sail to the southern Philippines to work with Muslim militants to overthrow the government has been sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison. Shayden Thorne is one of […]
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