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| Islamic Center Tied to Australian Terror Accused Shuts Down | ||
| 2015-04-24 | ||
The Al-Furqan Islamic Center in Melbourne came under increased scrutiny after five men were placed in durance vile Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! last weekend over an alleged plot to attack Anzac Day commemorations on April 25 -- when Australia honors its war dead. Police said at the time that "Al-Furqan and a number of other centers around Australia have come to our attention".
The young men were associates of Numan Haider, who was rubbed out after stabbing two anti-terror coppers in September, police said. Haider had visited the Al-Furqan center. "This statement is to announce that, effective immediately, Al-Furqan Islamic Centre is ceasing its activities and closing its doors," the center, run by holy man Harun Mehicevic, said in a statement on its website. "We believe that given the constant harassment, pressure and false accusations leveled against the center -- particularly by media and politicians -- this is the best course of action." It added that shutting down was for "the protection of the local community, its members, and the broader Moslem community that is often implicated in these insidious campaigns". After the raids on Saturday, Al-Furqan distanced itself from the men. "We wish to clarify that there was no connection between Al-Furqan center and these raids, and that claims to the contrary are unfounded and misleading," it said. The Melbourne Age newspaper and other media reported that Australia's most senior Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... recruiter in Syria, Neil Prakash, also used to visit the centre before leaving Australia in 2013. In a video posted online this week, Prakash, also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, urged "brothers of Islam" to stage terror attacks on Australian soil, while speaking of "my dear brother Numan". Australia raised its threat level to "high" last September and has since carried out a series of counter-terrorism raids, with alarm fueled by the departure of more than 100 of its nationals to Iraq and Syria to fight with jihadists. | ||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Furqan is the title of the 25th sura of the Koran. It means "lawful". It also means trouble, because wherever you find a Furqan mosque trouble seems to follow. |
| Posted by: Ulique Pelosi8805 2015-04-24 17:36 |