Wednesday, October 07, 2015 6:53:01 AM
Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz calls for Muslim parents to protect kids from radicalisation
Lateline By Hamish Fitzsimmons, staff
Posted about an hour ago
Photo: Ilyasah Shabazz is in Australia on a
speaking tour. (File photo) (AFP: Fernando Leon)
The daughter of African-American civil rights leader Malcolm X says parents need to take more responsibility to make sure young people stay away from radical messages.
Ilyasah Shabazz is in Australia on a speaking tour and has been visiting Islamic schools teaching young people about empowerment and being part of the global community.
But she also has a message for parents about the threats of radicalisation.
"If we don't take full responsibility for our children's development, we leave them open to prey — for other people to prey on them," she said.
Ms Shabazz said children needed to feel like they could contribute to the community.
"I want them to understand their power, the power to be their best selves," she said.
More .. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-07/malcolm-x-daughter-ilyasah-shabazz-message-to-muslim-youth/6835168
.. now this one .. i was only going to post a bit of it, too .. then on keeping on i kept feeling
there were were parts of it which had something to offer other people in all other countries .. sooo..
Parramatta shooting: Four arrested in western Sydney over terrorist attack outside police HQ; suspects linked to Baryalei terror raids
By Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, staff
Updated about 3 hours ago .. [hmm oops, that now on refresh is 36 minutes, so inside could be a tiny bit different .. sorry 'bout that :)]
Photo: NSW Police lead suspects away after raids in Sydney. (AAP: NSW Police)
Related Story: Government ponders how to tackle radicalisation after shooting
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-07/fight-against-radicalisation-debated-by-federal-government/6834398
Related Story: Police raid home of teen charged over alleged Facebook threat
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/police-raid-home-of-student-charged-over-alleged-facebook-threat/6832278
Related Story: 'Merrylands Police Station is next': Student arrested on way to school
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/student-arrested-from-parramatta-school-attended-by-15yo-gunman/6829876
Related Story: Parramatta a 'hot spot' for extremism, terrorism expert says
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/parramatta-a-hot-spot-for-extremism-terrorism-expert-says/6828106
Map: Parramatta 2150 -http://www.google.com/maps/place/Parramatta%202150/@-33.8213,151.0025,5z
Three of four males arrested this morning over last week's fatal terrorist attack at Parramatta
police headquarters were targeted in Australia's biggest counter-terrorism raids a year ago.
Police this morning arrested four males aged between 16 and 22 in counter-terror raids across western Sydney.
A fifth person, a 24-year-old man from Merrylands, was also arrested this morning but was not detained as part of the joint counter-terror raids operation.
He was arrested as a result of an outstanding warrant for identity fraud and other fraud matters.
Police allege the four men arrested in the counter-terrorism operation are directly linked to the fatal shooting of police accountant Curtis Cheng outside the Parramatta police HQ last Friday.
Eighteen-year-old Raban Alou was arrested at Lane Street, Wentworthville, the same home where his older brother Kawa was arrested in sweeping raids in September last year and released without charge.
Photo: The 2014 raids were sparked by a phone call in which Mohammad Ali Baryalei
allegedly directed the killing of a random member of the public. (ABC, file photo)
Police also arrested a 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons and who was in the same year at Arthur Phillip High School as Farhad Jabar Khalil Mohammad, the 15-year-old who shot Mr Cheng.
At Marsfield, police arrested another target of the September 2014 raids, 22-year-old Mustafa Dirani, a former student of Arthur Phillip High.
This afternoon police released two of the four who were arrested, both aged 22, after the detention period allowed in their warrants expired.
Police also returned this morning to the Guildford home of Omarjan Azari, who is in jail on a charge of conspiracy to murder after being arrested in last year's raids.
The 2014 raids were sparked by a phone call to Azari in which Australia's most senior Islamic State lieutenant, Mohammad Ali Baryalei, allegedly directed him to kill a random member of the public.
Members of the group who were raided in 2014 and Baryalei, who has since been killed in Syria, were known to congregate at the Parramatta mosque where Farhad Jabar Khalil Mohammad spent several hours before he carried out last Friday's attack.
The 15-year-old was shot and killed by police at the scene of the shooting.
15yo gunman 'did not act alone'
Police are investigating where the gun came from and whether one of the four men arrested this morning supplied it to the gunman.
NSW Police Force Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn it was unclear whether or not the four arrested today inspired the terrorist attack on Parramatta Police HQ.
Photo: Police said the 15-year-old gunman, Farhad Jabar Khalil
Mohammad, was politically motivated and had links to terrorism. (Instagram)
"We have certain suspicions and we are clearly going to have to sift through all of this over the next couple of days," she said.
She said the motivation of the 15-year-old was still unknown but police definitely had the suspicion he did not act alone.
"What we are investigating is a terrorism offence so what we would suggest and we suspect is that there was some influence — whether it was ideologically, religious or politically motivated — that determined and influenced the 15-year-old to go and commit this horrendous act of violence," she said.
But Ms Burn said the teen gunman had "not been a target of ours and is not somebody we would have assessed as a threat".
Acting Deputy Commissioner Neil Gaughan told reporters no terrorist organisation had claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police raid a property at Merrylands
Photo: More than 200 officers took part in this morning's raids, which were launched at 6:00am
AEDT. (ABC News: Rachel Pupazzoni)
Meanwhile, New South Wales Premier Mike Baird said "there's no doubt" Sydney had a problem with Islamic radicalisation.
"Importantly though, this is a [MAJOR (my add)] minority. It is something that will be dealt with," he said.
"It will be dealt with on the basis of the Muslim community [and] it'll be done more broadly with the whole community."
Three arrested plus gunman went to same school
Mr Baird said he was concerned about religious radicalisation in the state's schools, but insisted the problem was not widespread.
Two of the males arrested today, along with a teenager charged with threatening police yesterday, and the teenage gunman from the Parramatta attack all went to Arthur Phillip High School.
--
But certainly my strong assurance to the people of NSW is that our schools are safe.
NSW Premier Mike Baird
--
Mr Baird said he had asked the Education Department to accelerate the work it was doing to combat radicalisation among school students, but he downplayed the extent of the problem.
"There have been some isolated incidents. They are being dealt with by police, they are being dealt with by the Department of Education together and that's what we need to continue to see," Mr Baird said.
"We need to understand that we are in a new world. The risks that are emerging are new.
"But certainly my strong assurance to the people of NSW is that our schools are safe."
Photo: Yesterday morning a student was stopped by police on his
way to Arthur Phillip High School and arrested. (ABC News: David Spicer)
Earlier, Federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan defended programs designed to stop young people becoming influenced by radical extremism.
"We are working to try and divert people if we think they are falling under the spell of ISIL in the Middle East," Mr Keenan told the ABC's AM program.
Mr Keenan said Australia was a world leader in the global response, and was also making inroads at a local level.
In a message to parents today, Arthur Phillip High School principal Lynne Goodwin said NSW Police had advised the school that "there is no ongoing threat as a result of last Friday's tragic event".
"I would like to reassure the whole Arthur Phillip High School community that the school continues to be in close liaison with the Department of Education and the NSW Police to uphold our exemplary levels of student safety and student wellbeing," Ms Goodwin said.
"Our school counsellors are available for all students, if required, today or in the future."
Photo: Police search a house and car in Marsfield during early morning raids across western
Sydney. (ABC News: Mazoe Ford)
Police reach out to Turkish counterparts to find gunman's sister
Farhad's sister flew out of the country, bound for the Middle East, a day before the NSW Police headquarters shooting.
The woman is a key focus of inquiries into the crime, with police suspicious of the timing of her travel.
"We have passed the details of that young lady on to the Turkish national police who will actively try and find her for us," Mr Gaughan said.
"I might stress at this time there is no suggestion that she has been involved in any criminal activity here, but obviously investigators are very keen to have a chat with her about what she knows about her brother's action."
Hundreds of police involved in dawn raids
Map: Map showing approximate location of properties targeted by police in raids
http://www.abc.net.au/news/interactives/map/?map=165
More than 200 officers took part in this morning's raids, launched at 6:00am AEDT.
[Polite, patient police]
Video: Woman at Merrylands home raided by police lashes out at media (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-07/woman-at-merrylands-home-raided-by-police-lashes/6833136
Neighbours living across the road from the Marsfield property confirmed it was not the first time police had visited the home.
Elaine Archer told the ABC when she saw police vehicles this morning she thought to herself, "Ok, here we go again".
"We went through it the last time they raided the same house," Ms Archer said.
This morning's operation followed last night's raid on the home of an Arthur Phillip High teenager who allegedly used his Facebook page to
threaten police .. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/police-raid-home-of-student-charged-over-alleged-facebook-threat/6832278 .
Photo: Dozens of police, detectives, forensic officers, and sniffer dogs raided a property in
Merrylands this morning. (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-07/police-raid-properties-across-western-sydney/6832618
Lateline By Hamish Fitzsimmons, staff
Posted about an hour ago
Photo: Ilyasah Shabazz is in Australia on a
speaking tour. (File photo) (AFP: Fernando Leon)
The daughter of African-American civil rights leader Malcolm X says parents need to take more responsibility to make sure young people stay away from radical messages.
Ilyasah Shabazz is in Australia on a speaking tour and has been visiting Islamic schools teaching young people about empowerment and being part of the global community.
But she also has a message for parents about the threats of radicalisation.
"If we don't take full responsibility for our children's development, we leave them open to prey — for other people to prey on them," she said.
Ms Shabazz said children needed to feel like they could contribute to the community.
"I want them to understand their power, the power to be their best selves," she said.
More .. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-07/malcolm-x-daughter-ilyasah-shabazz-message-to-muslim-youth/6835168
.. now this one .. i was only going to post a bit of it, too .. then on keeping on i kept feeling
there were were parts of it which had something to offer other people in all other countries .. sooo..
Parramatta shooting: Four arrested in western Sydney over terrorist attack outside police HQ; suspects linked to Baryalei terror raids
By Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, staff
Updated about 3 hours ago .. [hmm oops, that now on refresh is 36 minutes, so inside could be a tiny bit different .. sorry 'bout that :)]
Photo: NSW Police lead suspects away after raids in Sydney. (AAP: NSW Police)
Related Story: Government ponders how to tackle radicalisation after shooting
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-07/fight-against-radicalisation-debated-by-federal-government/6834398
Related Story: Police raid home of teen charged over alleged Facebook threat
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/police-raid-home-of-student-charged-over-alleged-facebook-threat/6832278
Related Story: 'Merrylands Police Station is next': Student arrested on way to school
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/student-arrested-from-parramatta-school-attended-by-15yo-gunman/6829876
Related Story: Parramatta a 'hot spot' for extremism, terrorism expert says
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/parramatta-a-hot-spot-for-extremism-terrorism-expert-says/6828106
Map: Parramatta 2150 -http://www.google.com/maps/place/Parramatta%202150/@-33.8213,151.0025,5z
Three of four males arrested this morning over last week's fatal terrorist attack at Parramatta
police headquarters were targeted in Australia's biggest counter-terrorism raids a year ago.
Police this morning arrested four males aged between 16 and 22 in counter-terror raids across western Sydney.
A fifth person, a 24-year-old man from Merrylands, was also arrested this morning but was not detained as part of the joint counter-terror raids operation.
He was arrested as a result of an outstanding warrant for identity fraud and other fraud matters.
Police allege the four men arrested in the counter-terrorism operation are directly linked to the fatal shooting of police accountant Curtis Cheng outside the Parramatta police HQ last Friday.
Eighteen-year-old Raban Alou was arrested at Lane Street, Wentworthville, the same home where his older brother Kawa was arrested in sweeping raids in September last year and released without charge.
Photo: The 2014 raids were sparked by a phone call in which Mohammad Ali Baryalei
allegedly directed the killing of a random member of the public. (ABC, file photo)
Police also arrested a 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons and who was in the same year at Arthur Phillip High School as Farhad Jabar Khalil Mohammad, the 15-year-old who shot Mr Cheng.
At Marsfield, police arrested another target of the September 2014 raids, 22-year-old Mustafa Dirani, a former student of Arthur Phillip High.
This afternoon police released two of the four who were arrested, both aged 22, after the detention period allowed in their warrants expired.
Police also returned this morning to the Guildford home of Omarjan Azari, who is in jail on a charge of conspiracy to murder after being arrested in last year's raids.
The 2014 raids were sparked by a phone call to Azari in which Australia's most senior Islamic State lieutenant, Mohammad Ali Baryalei, allegedly directed him to kill a random member of the public.
Members of the group who were raided in 2014 and Baryalei, who has since been killed in Syria, were known to congregate at the Parramatta mosque where Farhad Jabar Khalil Mohammad spent several hours before he carried out last Friday's attack.
The 15-year-old was shot and killed by police at the scene of the shooting.
15yo gunman 'did not act alone'
Police are investigating where the gun came from and whether one of the four men arrested this morning supplied it to the gunman.
NSW Police Force Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn it was unclear whether or not the four arrested today inspired the terrorist attack on Parramatta Police HQ.
Photo: Police said the 15-year-old gunman, Farhad Jabar Khalil
Mohammad, was politically motivated and had links to terrorism. (Instagram)
"We have certain suspicions and we are clearly going to have to sift through all of this over the next couple of days," she said.
She said the motivation of the 15-year-old was still unknown but police definitely had the suspicion he did not act alone.
"What we are investigating is a terrorism offence so what we would suggest and we suspect is that there was some influence — whether it was ideologically, religious or politically motivated — that determined and influenced the 15-year-old to go and commit this horrendous act of violence," she said.
But Ms Burn said the teen gunman had "not been a target of ours and is not somebody we would have assessed as a threat".
Acting Deputy Commissioner Neil Gaughan told reporters no terrorist organisation had claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police raid a property at Merrylands
Photo: More than 200 officers took part in this morning's raids, which were launched at 6:00am
AEDT. (ABC News: Rachel Pupazzoni)
Meanwhile, New South Wales Premier Mike Baird said "there's no doubt" Sydney had a problem with Islamic radicalisation.
"Importantly though, this is a [MAJOR (my add)] minority. It is something that will be dealt with," he said.
"It will be dealt with on the basis of the Muslim community [and] it'll be done more broadly with the whole community."
Three arrested plus gunman went to same school
Mr Baird said he was concerned about religious radicalisation in the state's schools, but insisted the problem was not widespread.
Two of the males arrested today, along with a teenager charged with threatening police yesterday, and the teenage gunman from the Parramatta attack all went to Arthur Phillip High School.
--
But certainly my strong assurance to the people of NSW is that our schools are safe.
NSW Premier Mike Baird
--
Mr Baird said he had asked the Education Department to accelerate the work it was doing to combat radicalisation among school students, but he downplayed the extent of the problem.
"There have been some isolated incidents. They are being dealt with by police, they are being dealt with by the Department of Education together and that's what we need to continue to see," Mr Baird said.
"We need to understand that we are in a new world. The risks that are emerging are new.
"But certainly my strong assurance to the people of NSW is that our schools are safe."
Photo: Yesterday morning a student was stopped by police on his
way to Arthur Phillip High School and arrested. (ABC News: David Spicer)
Earlier, Federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan defended programs designed to stop young people becoming influenced by radical extremism.
"We are working to try and divert people if we think they are falling under the spell of ISIL in the Middle East," Mr Keenan told the ABC's AM program.
Mr Keenan said Australia was a world leader in the global response, and was also making inroads at a local level.
In a message to parents today, Arthur Phillip High School principal Lynne Goodwin said NSW Police had advised the school that "there is no ongoing threat as a result of last Friday's tragic event".
"I would like to reassure the whole Arthur Phillip High School community that the school continues to be in close liaison with the Department of Education and the NSW Police to uphold our exemplary levels of student safety and student wellbeing," Ms Goodwin said.
"Our school counsellors are available for all students, if required, today or in the future."
Photo: Police search a house and car in Marsfield during early morning raids across western
Sydney. (ABC News: Mazoe Ford)
Police reach out to Turkish counterparts to find gunman's sister
Farhad's sister flew out of the country, bound for the Middle East, a day before the NSW Police headquarters shooting.
The woman is a key focus of inquiries into the crime, with police suspicious of the timing of her travel.
"We have passed the details of that young lady on to the Turkish national police who will actively try and find her for us," Mr Gaughan said.
"I might stress at this time there is no suggestion that she has been involved in any criminal activity here, but obviously investigators are very keen to have a chat with her about what she knows about her brother's action."
Hundreds of police involved in dawn raids
Map: Map showing approximate location of properties targeted by police in raids
http://www.abc.net.au/news/interactives/map/?map=165
More than 200 officers took part in this morning's raids, launched at 6:00am AEDT.
[Polite, patient police]
Video: Woman at Merrylands home raided by police lashes out at media (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-07/woman-at-merrylands-home-raided-by-police-lashes/6833136
Neighbours living across the road from the Marsfield property confirmed it was not the first time police had visited the home.
Elaine Archer told the ABC when she saw police vehicles this morning she thought to herself, "Ok, here we go again".
"We went through it the last time they raided the same house," Ms Archer said.
This morning's operation followed last night's raid on the home of an Arthur Phillip High teenager who allegedly used his Facebook page to
threaten police .. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/police-raid-home-of-student-charged-over-alleged-facebook-threat/6832278 .
Photo: Dozens of police, detectives, forensic officers, and sniffer dogs raided a property in
Merrylands this morning. (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-07/police-raid-properties-across-western-sydney/6832618
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