(NZ Herald) Labour leader Jacinda Ardern wants to make it illegal to discriminate on the grounds of someone’s religion as well as possibly sexual orientation or disability. Her commitment follows a visit to Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch today where Imam Gamal […]
(NCA NewsWire) A man involved in the shock execution of police accountant Curtis Cheng has had his sentence reduced after arguing he was joking when he stroked his chin and told a constable, “My beard is for ISIS.” Talal Alameddine pleaded guilty […]
(Age) All the Australian women and children captured after the fall of Islamic State in Syria last year have now been taken out of the squalid al-Hawl camp, with local authorities saying they have been moved to another camp. A group was […]
(SBS) Muslim immigration detainees in Brisbane have filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission saying they have not been given certified halal food for more than 12 months. They are among more than 100 men detained in a Kangaroo Point […]
(SBS) IS bride Zehra Duman is currently in a Turkish prison and believed to be under investigation by Turkish authorities. Her four-year-old son and one-year-old daughter are being held at a child protection centre in the Turkish border province of Şanlıurfa where they […]
(ABC-Australia) Reports are emerging from Syria some Australian women and children have been forcibly removed from the al-Hawl refugee camp, where families of Islamic State fighters are detained. A spokesman for the Australian families said the women were stripsearched and handcuffed before […]
(ABC-Australia) How do you join a terrorist organisation? That’s the question before the High Court today. Adelaide woman Zainab Abdirahman-Khalif, 25, was nabbed by police in 2016, as she tried to leave Australia on a one-way ticket to Turkey with only $180 […]
(AAP) A former Qantas cabin cleaner jailed for producing a do-it-yourself terrorism manual will be subject to an interim control order when his 12-year sentence expires within days. Belal Saadallah Khazaal, then 39, was in 2008 found guilty in the NSW Supreme […]
(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 […]
(Radio NZ) Reporting of potential terrorist financing has more than doubled in New Zealand since the 15 March mosque shootings. Police said people are far more vigilant when it comes to potential terrorist acts after the Christchurch attacks, which killed 51 and […]
(News.com.au) Hackers are hijacking people’s social media accounts, using them to post terrorist propaganda and stopping the account owners from getting them back in a new tactic affecting ordinary Australians and prominent public figures. One lawyer says Facebook is not doing enough […]
(News.com.au) Auburn Gallipoli Mosque has been granted a one-off exemption from the restrictions limiting places of worship to 100 people, allowing it to mark one of Islam’s holiest days, Eid al-Adha. The mosque can welcome up to 400 people — still far […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Dozens of Australian-born women married to Islamic State fighters in Syria face an even tougher battle to return home, after Foreign Minister Marise Payne warned coronavirus had stretched the resources needed to deradicalise and reintegrate women and children. Speaking […]
(ABC-Australia) One of Australia’s most notorious terrorist prisoners could be held in detention even after he finishes his prison sentence later this year. The ABC has been told that Abdul Nacer Benbrika, jailed in 2008 for being a leader of a terror […]
(ABC-Australia) An Adelaide woman acquitted of being an Islamic State member will have her social media use, employment and movements controlled by the Federal Police for a further four months, a court has ruled. Federal Court Justice Natalie Charlesworth today ruled that […]
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(Radio NZ) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it’s not her place to decide if Sir John Key should apologise over false claims brides were leaving New Zealand for ISIS in 2015. The Islamic Women’s Council says the later-disproven comment to the Parliamentary […]
(NZ Herald) The Labour Party has sacked one of its list candidates after revelations he publicly praised an anti-Islam column in 2013. Kurt Taogaga, ranked 68th on the list, said he wasn’t sure he agreed with then-NZ First MP Richard Prosser’s racist […]
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(ABC-Australia) An Adelaide woman acquitted of being an Islamic State member has never trained with the terror group, can no longer travel to IS-controlled strongholds in Syria and wants to use her second chance “wisely,” the Federal Court has heard. Zainab Abdirahman-Khalif, […]
(ABC-Australia) An Adelaide woman who was acquitted of being a member of Islamic State believed she had an “influence” over the timing of a terror attack at a Kenyan police station in 2016, the Federal Court has heard. Zainab Abdirahman-Khalif, 25, spent […]
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(NZ Herald) Todd Muller’s Make America Great Again cap represents more than a trip to the United States and has no place being in his Parliamentary office, says a Muslim community leader. Aliya Danzeisen of the Islamic Women’s Council said she understands […]
(Age) The brother of the man who killed restaurant owner Sisto Malaspina in the Bourke Street terror attack has been jailed for a decade over his own plan to kill New Year’s revellers in Federation Square in the name of Islamic State. […]
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(Anadolu) The Islamic call to prayer will ring out from two mosques in Melbourne, Australia, throughout Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. The municipalities of Hume and Dandenong, both home to large Turkish communities, have allowed the call to prayer, or […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Police have arrested a western Sydney man who they will allege was involved with the terrorist organisation Jabhat al-Nusra more than seven years ago. Police will allege the man travelled from Sydney to Syria between September and December 2012 […]
(ABC-Australia) South Australia’s Department for Education has been ordered to apologise to a Muslim family over an Adelaide public school’s handling of their attendance of Friday prayers during teaching hours. State ombudsman Wayne Lines has released the findings of an investigation into […]
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(Age) Two convicted terrorists who firebombed a mosque, amid planning an Islamic State-inspired attack on Melbourne landmarks, are to spend at least 28 years in prison after losing appeals against their convictions. Ahmed Mohamed and Abdullah Chaarani were last year found guilty […]
(Stuff) Police are investigating allegations that bribes were paid from funds belonging to the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) to help halal meat sales. FIANZ, a large charity that represents seven Muslim associations, is caught up in a leadership battle, […]
(AAP) A terrorist will remain in jail for at least 20 years for plotting a Christmas Day attack in Melbourne’s CBD, with appeal judges ruling he got off lightly. Ibrahim Abbas is serving a maximum 24-year jail term after admitting to conspiring […]
(TVNZ) The government says it’s looking into whether halal butcheries should be allowed to open during lockdown so they can cater to New Zealand’s Muslim communities. Butcheries and bakeries are supposed to be closed under level four restrictions, but some suppliers of […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Australia’s eSafety commissioner will be able to order internet providers to block websites hosting terrorist content under comprehensive rules developed in the wake of the livestreamed Christchurch attack last year. The new protocol will be invoked during crises where […]
(AAP) A woman accused of recruiting an Islamic State fighter has faced a Melbourne court on terrorism charges. She is accused of being in contact with an Islamic State terrorist in 2015 and later allegedly helping someone travel overseas to fight with […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Police have raided homes in Sydney and Melbourne in an attempt to gather evidence against some of the 67 family members of Islamic State fighters living in a Syrian refugee camp. The Australian Federal Police has stepped up investigations […]
(BBC) Sonny Bill Williams will be allowed to cover up the logo of Super League sponsors Betfred on his Toronto Wolfpack jersey for religious reasons. The cross-code star, who converted to Islam in 2009, previously covered up the logos of banking sponsors […]
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(Sydney Morning Herald) Two Australians in Syria have been stripped of their citizenship over links to Islamic State, sparking family concerns about the status of their young children. The stripping of the couple’s citizenship has been backdated to 2016 — before the […]
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(3AW) A couple were left stranded and out of pocket after a rideshare driver refused to pick them up because they had a Christmas ham. The couple had been for dinner at their local RSL in Melbourne’s south-east on Tuesday night, and […]
(Age) Victoria’s private Islamic schools are the fastest growing schools in the state, almost doubling their population in just eight years. Combined, student numbers at the state’s 10 Islamic schools grew at six times the rate of enrolment growth at government schools […]
(Age) In an unassuming family home in the heart of Werribee, a 16-year-old boy watched the atrocities of Islamic State with his brother for up to three hours each night. Videos of beheadings and bloody executions in the Middle East consumed his […]
(Age) A failed Melbourne terrorist says the death of his terrorist brother in the Bourke Street attack was the “icing on the cake” in realising his plan to kill innocent people at Federation Square was wrong all along. New Year’s Eve terror […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) A convert to Islam who said he was “gearing up for martyrdom” weeks after he approached police with a knife and threatened to behead them has told a court he recently requested the Jewish holy book in prison and […]
(AAP) Australia could be a regional leader in Islamic finance but tax issues are holding the sector back domestically, advocates say. The worldwide Islamic finance industry is estimated to be worth $US3.5 trillion ($A5.2 trillion) by 2024, according to a report launched […]
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