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Down Under
Young Muslim leader faces sack over drugs claim
2006-12-14
A high-profile young Sydney member of the Federal Government's Muslim Community Reference Group is fighting off tabloid media claims about a drug raid.

Twenty-two-year-old Iktimal Hage-Ali from the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl was announced as the New South Wales Young Australian of the Year last month.


Where's your burkha, uncovered meat?

She now works in the NSW Attorney-General's Department.

But today it was revealed Ms Hage-Ali was one of four people questioned by Sydney detectives after a drug bust.

Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper says she was one of four people arrested by detectives from the Middle Eastern organised crime squad last month.
Posted by:anonymous5089

#3  from the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl

Punchbowl? Doesn't that sound like a party town!
Posted by: SteveS   2006-12-14 21:55  

#2  She handed back her award, but now is playing the victim of "unfair media coverage".

Former NSW Young Australian says media coverage unfair
"All this media beat-up is - I have not been charged," she said.

"I haven't been charged, I was taken in but I was released a few hours later without charge and I think throughout all this reporting, that is one thing that seems to get lost is that I was not charged."
Posted by: Whiskettes4Hilali   2006-12-14 20:54  

#1  "Where's your burkha, uncovered meat?"

She may use RAID - "Keeps mozzies away outside"

She's given up her Young Australian award, and taken leave of absence from NSW Attorney General's dept.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1811630.htm
Young Muslim gives up award

The New South Wales Young Australian of the Year, Iktimal Hage-Ali, has relinquished her award.
Posted by: Whiskettes4Hilali   2006-12-14 10:53  

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