Australia: Muslim on student visa arrested for jihad plots against former PM, “symbolic” locations (Time to reconsider a lot of Visa Programs?) Shut Them Down.
No one at the University of New South Wales would have dared to question Mohamed Nizamdeen about his views on jihad and related matters. It was taken for granted that he was a “moderate.” To have taken any other course would have been “islamophobic.”
“Malcolm Turnbull, Julie Bishop among alleged targets for alleged Islamic State affiliate charged over terrorism offences,” by Riley Stuart and Mark Reddie, ABC.net.au, August 31, 2018:
A police source has confirmed Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop were among a list of potential targets allegedly documented in the notebook of a Sri Lankan man charged with a terrorism-related offence.Mohamed Nizamdeen, 25, was charged on Friday with possessing a blueprint to target several “symbolic” Sydney locations, after officers from NSW’s Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) arrested him at Kensington, in Sydney’s south-east.The University of New South Wales contractor appeared in Waverley Local Court where he was refused bail, with the matter adjourned to October 24.A police source confirmed to the ABC on Friday night that the former prime minister and former foreign affairs minister were allegedly targets for the man.Mr Nizamdeen is in Australia on a student visa, and police will allege they found documents containing plans to facilitate terrorism attacks on the university campus….Police allege Mr Nizamdeen was acting on his own, and despite telling a media conference he appeared to be an Islamic State affiliate, they have not charged him with being a member of a terrorist organisation.The ABC understands Mr Nizamdeen was working is a business systems analyst in UNSW’s IT department, including working on a project to help students better understand cyber security….Police said Mr Nizamdeen’s visa was to expire in September, and that he was in the process of applying for another one.
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