'The DA-ESH - foreign fighter influence on home grown violent extremism and its

impact on our communities.'

Al Salam Alaykoum‘Peace be upon you’

Wa Alaykoum Al Salam, Wa Rahmatu Allah Wa Barakato

‘And may peace be upon you with gods mercy and blessings’

•‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing’ –

Edmund Burke

•‘People are of two kinds, either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity’

– Imam Ali (AS)

The Scanlan Foundation

2014 National Report mapping social cohesion research showed that people from different

backgrounds get on well

25% negative towards Muslim faith groups while only 5% negative towards Christian and

Buddhist faith groups.

Age Group Males Females

0-14 Years 52 346 49 552

15-24 Years 32 943 31 007

25-44 Years 59 488 54 580

45-64 Years 27 437 22 826

65+ Years 5 536 4 669

Muslims in Australia – Age Demographics

•Islam was the faith of 2.2% of Australia’s population in 2011 and is growing, driven by migration from countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey.,

• Victoria and NSW contain the bulk of this population.

•The top 10 Local Government Area list for Islam is dominated by Western Sydney, particularly Auburn (25.5%) and Bankstown (19.1%).

•More thank %80 of Muslims in Australia speak english

Main Language Identified

Number

Arabic 114 034

Turkish 46 914

English 43 139

Urdu 18 142

Bengali 15 304

Dari 13 786

Muslims in Australia; Language and Geographical Demographics

Home Grown Terrorists 2004 – Operation Pendennis ** Uncovered a network of terrorism cells in Melbourne and Sydney which had plotted terrorist attacks on Australian soil, including bombing the Melbourne Cricket Ground on AFL Grand Final Day.

•* Radical Muslim cleric Abdul Nacer Benbrika sentenced to 15 years imprisonment

•Aimen Joud sentenced to 10 years

•Fadl Sayadi sentenced to 8 years

•Abdullah Merhi sentenced 6 years

•Ezzit Raad sentenced to 6 years

•Amer Haddara sentenced to 6 years

•* Found guilty in 2009: Khaled Sharrouf sentenced to three years, 11 months and seven days Released on October 15, 2009. joined the IS fighters in Syria. He shocked the public earlier this year in putting a photo on social media of his son holding up a severed head.

•Khaled Cheikho sentenced to 27 years

•Moustafa Cheikho sentenced to 26 years

•Mohamed Ali Elomar sentenced to 28 years

•Abdul Rakib Hasan sentenced to 26 years

•Mohammed Omar Jamal sentenced to 23 years.

•Omar Baladjam

•Mirsad Mulahalilovic

The photo that will shock the world: jihadist Khaled Sharrouf’s son, 7, holds severed head

Mother has lost 4 sons

Abdul Numan Haider

Martin Place Siege

Sydney shows its heart to the world with a #illridewithyou after

Lindt cafe siege December 16 2014

Dr Jamal Rifi gave character reference to convicted terrorist Mirsad Mulahalilovic

•The Positive Intellect Project aims to provide young community members with skills to encourage dialogue and empower them to engage with, and positively contribute to society.

The program curriculum will have a special emphasis on

•education to build peace, •foster acceptance

•promote coexistence.

•Objectives1.Improve religious literacy both to increase young peoples’ knowledge and awareness of

their faith, and as a means of rehabilitating those enticed by extremist movements.

2.Provide young people with mentors with whom they can relate and enable them to think critically about how to relate religious principles to their lives.

3.Encourage dialogue, build understanding and equip young people with the theological fundamentals to argue against extremist ideologies and dispel misconceptions.

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Community Response

Muslim community defies the extremists

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Muslims 4 Australia BBQ

Community Response

• The Australian Multicultural Foundation has released a Community Awareness Training Manual for Building Resilience in the Community • The manual is designed for Australian Communities to:

• Assist in building resilience to help prevent radicalisation which can lead to a violent extremism

• Increase awareness and understanding about processes of radicalisation using The Radicalisation Indicator Model (TRIM) developed by Monash University

• Dispel some of the misconceptions and misinformation about counter terrorism and radicalisation .

• The manual was designed in consultation with the community, religious leaders, police and government.

Offence Date: 16th December 2014

Time: 03.18AM

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