(AAP) An accused Australian jihadi has refused to respond to a magistrate as he ordered the former rapper to stand trial for terrorism offences. Once branded as Australia’s most-wanted alleged terrorist, Neil Christopher Prakash appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court via video link […]
(AAP) The detective who led the investigation to bring home one of Australia’s most wanted alleged terrorists believed he was too good to be killed despite reports of his death. Neil Christopher Prakash is facing Melbourne Magistrates Court accused of six terrorism-related […]
(AAP) A young woman felt like her voice and future were being taken away when her mother allegedly coerced her into marrying an older man from another state, a jury has been told. Prosecutors have accused Sakina Muhammad Jan, from Victoria’s north, […]
(AAP) A man accused of terrorism-related offences will again be granted bail despite facing allegations that he breached the conditions of his release. Ahmed Luqman Talib was arrested by the Australian Federal Police in Victoria in March 2021, then aged 31, and […]
(AAP) A Melbourne man who admitted setting two bushfires while declaring civilians would be “tasted by the fire of Allah” has been found not guilty of attempting to commit terrorist acts. But jurors found Aran Sherani guilty of doing acts in preparation […]
(AAP) On his day off, the counter-terrorism case officer for Raghe Abdi was out Christmas shopping when he received a phone call. Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Danni McCann was notified that a man who had been shot dead by police on a […]
(AAP) Attacked by a terrorist in Somalia, Mohammed Abdi sought protection and relocated to Australia. Years later his son Raghe Abdi was shot dead by police on a highway south of Brisbane in what was described as a “terrorism event.” Investigations suggested […]
(AAP) Two men who pleaded guilty to planning a terror attack targeting a mosque in an attempt to impress an Islamic State mentor will spend less time in prison after their 20-year terms were quashed on appeal. The pair pleaded guilty to […]
(AAP) A legal fight is on to repatriate eight Australian women and their 18 children from a refugee camp in Syria. The group is being detained in the country’s northeast by the Autonomous Administration of North East Syria and its defence arm, […]
(AAP) More than two dozen Australian women and children trapped in dire conditions in Syria could die if they don’t get the help they so desperately [need], a humanitarian group says. The 17 children and nine women demanded to be [repatriated] in […]
(AAP) The continuing use of two risk assessment tools for convicted terrorists has been supported by the home affairs department after a report raised doubts about their efficacy. VERA-2R and Radar are used to determine the risk a terrorist poses, which is […]
(AAP) A secret assessment of how terrorists are able to be kept behind bars despite completing their sentences has found serious problems. The report, released to AAP under freedom of information laws, found strong doubts about the reliability of the way authorities […]
(AAP) More than seven years after the brutal murder of police accountant Curtis Cheng, the man who supplied the revolver to the teen terrorist shooter is now guilty. Mr Cheng’s death shocked the nation and led police to arrest, charge and then […]
(AAP) Terrorists left to rot in Australian jails long after their prison sentences expire could soon be offered a major reprieve. The national security watchdog has recommended the government scrap the power to detain terrorists on so-called continuing detention orders. The orders […]
(AAP) A Sydney man who allegedly provided the pistol used in a fatal terrorist plot against police shared images of ISIS beheadings and suicide bombings and referred to the “enemies of Allah,” a jury has been told. Mustafa Dirani is accused of […]
(AAP) How Australia detains suspected terrorists could undergo a major overhaul as a result of a secret report. Abdul Nacer Benbrika has been detained on a continuing detention order (CDO) after serving a 15-year sentence stemming from two terrorism offences. The order […]
(AAP) A convicted terror supporter who secretly deleted his violent pornographic browser history from an Australian Federal Police-monitored phone and laptop has been sentenced to more than a year behind bars. Nurse and paramedic Adam Brookman supported Chechen fighters on the frontline […]
(AAP) The federal opposition has claimed the repatriation of the so-called ISIS brides has turned a western Sydney issue into a nationwide problem after one was granted bail in a NSW regional court. At the same time the former NSW counter-terrorism minister […]
(AAP) Jailed after planning a Syria trip to fight for ISIS and thrown back behind bars for owning a prohibited firearm, a Sydney man will now be watched carefully after release. On Friday, the NSW Supreme Court made an extended supervision order […]
(AAP) An imam who claimed a Melbourne man he had never met was an “ISIS promoter” has been ordered to pay $20,000 in aggravated damages. Imam Mohammad Tawhidi made the claims on social media, where he has hundreds of thousands of followers. […]
(AAP) The impending resettlement of more relatives of Islamic State fighters has reared as a Victorian election issue, with the state opposition objecting. A group of 17 Australian women and children who have been in the al-Roj camp in Syria since the […]
(AAP) Nineteen jailed terrorists are due for release from custody in Australia in the next five years. The latest annual report by the Australian Federal Police noted there were 55 people serving jail time for terrorism offences. The AFP monitors what are […]
(AAP) A Melbourne woman who tried to recruit extremists to join Islamic State will be released from prison this week, but her freedom will be limited. Hadashah Sa’Adat Khan tried to recruit an American teen to join the terrorist organisation when she […]
(AAP) The Law Council of Australia has argued that it is a slippery slope to detain people because they may commit a future offence under current terrorism laws. Council president Tass Liveris told an inquiry into the laws that it was impossible […]
(AAP) Concerns have been raised over laws that allow for convicted terrorists to be detained after they have served their sentence if they are deemed to be at risk of reoffending. Since 2016, the Commonwealth Criminal Code has had a scheme for […]
(AAP) A Melbourne man made a jihadi video in which he brandished a knife, talked of spilling blood, and pledged allegiance to Islamic State, a court has heard. Two brothers, Aran Sherani, 21, and Ari Sherani, aged 20, have been charged with […]
(AAP) A South Australian woman jailed for taking steps to join the terror group Islamic State has not fully acknowledged her offending and remains a “vulnerable person, susceptible to adverse and destructive influences,” a court has ruled. In December, the Federal Court […]
(AAP) A South Australian woman convicted of taking steps to join the terror group Islamic State will be subject to an ongoing control order which limits her movements and activities. The Federal Court on Wednesday ruled an interim order previously imposed on […]
(AAP) Undeterred by a string of recent court failures, a terror cell leader convicted for encouraging a bomb plot targeting the MCG is again fighting for his freedom. Abdul Nacer Benbrika was the first Australian convicted of leading a terror organisation and […]
(AAP) A Sydney man who [was] stopped at the airport on the way to engage in extremist violence is set to be sentenced on Monday. Nowroz Rayed Amin, 30, was on his way to Bangladesh, where he admits he planned to engage […]
(AAP) A woman serving a decades-long jail sentence has pleaded guilty to engaging in a terrorist act in prison. Momena Shoma is serving a 42-year prison sentence in Melbourne’s Dame Phyllis Frost women’s prison. Shoma, 28, on Monday faced the Victorian Supreme […]
(AAP) A Sydney Islamic State member whose online martyrdom posts included Canberra’s Parliament House flying a black flag says he was naive and brainwashed. “I have completely renounced my membership of IS and any other terrorist organisation,” Youssef Uweinat told the NSW […]
(AAP) A radicalised ISIS member had plans to target Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral and the American embassy for terror attacks and “to conquer” a rural town like Orange, a court has been told. Isaac El Matari also spoke of travelling to Afghanistan […]
(AAP) A used car salesman who became radicalised by ISIS so quickly he was prepared to fight and die in Kashmir for the terror group has left a judge concerned whether the Melbourne father is still a risk. Khaled Temssah, 32, has […]
(AAP) A Brisbane father of three who allegedly called for a Muslim jihad in Syria to “cleanse the lands of tyrants and their collaborators” will remain behind bars. Omar Saghir, 39, has been charged with the preparation of foreign incursions as part […]
(AAP) A Brisbane man has faced court charged with preparation for foreign incursions as part of a group involved in travelling to Syria to engage in hostile activity. Omar Saghir, 39, appeared briefly in the Brisbane Magistrates Court by video link on […]
(AAP) A convicted foreign fighter has agreed to be monitored 24 hours a day with a tracking device while he reintegrates into the Australian community. Adam Brookman was jailed for more than six-and-a-half years after admitting he supported Chechen fighters on the […]
(AAP) The federal government is demanding answers after the release from custody of a Victorian nurse who supported Chechen fighters on the frontline against the Assad regime in Syria. Adam Brookman, 45, had pleaded guilty to performing acts in support or promotion […]
(AAP) An alleged Islamic State fighter arrested upon his return to Australia from Turkey has been extradited to NSW to face terrorism charges. Mohamed Zuhbi arrived in Melbourne on a flight from Turkey on May 8 and was taken into custody by […]
(AAP) A Sydney man who served 12 years in prison for a terrorism offence has been arrested for breaching his control order. Belal Khazaal allegedly breached the order when he twice tried to communicate with a NSW prisoner in March and April, […]
(AAP) An Australian father of five who travelled to the Middle East as a nurse has pleaded guilty to a terror charge after more than five years of legal arguments. Melbourne nurse Adam Brookman was repatriated to Australia in 2015 after allegedly […]
(AAP) A decision by Belgium to repatriate its child citizens from Syrian refugee camps has prompted fresh calls for Australia to bring home more than 40 children and their mothers. The European nation made the decision this week to take custody of […]
(AAP) A Sydney university student with extensive connections to violent extremists will be monitored for three years, despite a finding that he hasn’t shown a current desire to become a terrorist. The NSW Supreme Court this week ordered Marsfield man Maywand Osman […]
(AAP) A man once described as being part of a “close-knit group” of Sydneysiders supporting the Islamic State’s activities is back in prison for allegedly breaching a control order. Ahmad Saiyer Naizmand, 25, didn’t apply for bail in Burwood Local Court on […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(AAP) A disability pensioner won’t spend any more time behind bars after a judge accepted he was “infatuated” by an American Islamic State supporter he sent money to. Hampton Park man Isa Kocoglu admitted sending more than $2700 over several transactions to […]
(AAP) A Melbourne pensioner sent thousands of dollars to an American fighting for Islamic State in Syria, but his lawyers say he was “groomed” after the death of his son. Hampton Park man Isa Kocoglu admitted sending more than $2700 in total […]
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