Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah Association (Australia)

The Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah Association of Australia (ASWJA) was founded by Melbourne sheikh Mohammed Omran.[4] Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah is a generic term referring to Sunni Islam. Those who adopt it as organisational name do so as adherents of the Salafi movement in Australia, US, UK, and Canada.[5][6]

Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah Association (Australia)
Registration no.95 226 006 996 (ABN)[1]
HeadquartersLakemba, New South Wales
Location
  • Has 11 centres across Australia[2]
AffiliationsAdheres to the Salafi movement
Websitewww.aswj.com.au
RemarksASWJA logo[3]
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Overview

ASWJA which is said to be both organised and influential, runs a number of programs for the community and for young people, with its followers striving to emulate Islam at time of Muhammad.[7]

The organisation is alleged to have established ties with Jemaah Islamiah and al-Qaeda.[8][9][10]

ASWJA is linked with the Islamic Information & Support Centre of Australia.[11]

The organisation supports Australian Muslim preacher Feiz Muhammad.[12] In 2007, Muhammad established the Dawah Central centre in Auburn, in a building, subsequently purchased in 2011 by the ASWJA, located behind the Bukhari House bookshop.[13][14]

ASWJA is associated with the Hume Islamic Youth Centre (HIYC) in Melbourne,[15] the Global Islamic Youth Centre (GIYC) in Sydney[16][17] and the Bukhari House bookshop in Sydney.[18] The Bukhari House bookshop has close links to Sydney's Street Dawah preaching group.[18][19] Members of the Street Dawah preaching group have died fighting for ISIS.[20][21][22]

A young Melbourne man who attended HIYC, planned to launch a series of bombings across Melbourne,[23] then travelled to Iraq[15] where he carried out an Islamic State suicide bombing mission in which only he was killed.[24] Another terrorist, now deceased, was one of at least five fighters who grew up close to, or attended the HIYC.[25]

Harun Mehicevic the leader of Melbourne's Al-Furqan Islamic Information Centre was a student of Sheik Abu Ayman. ASWJA provided the funds to establish the centre and installed Mehicevic as leader. There has been a subsequent falling-out between the groups.[26][27]

In May 2015, Mustafa Abu Yusuf, a spokesman for the ASWJA described terrorism as a, "fabricated issue".[28]

See also

References
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  2. "About ASWJ". Archived from the original on 2009-05-03. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  3. "ASWJA logo". Archived from the original on 2015-04-14.
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  7. Burke, Kelly (22 September 2012). "Disunity, not anger, is Muslim dilemma". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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  11. "Submission for the Anti-Terrorism Laws Reform Bill 2009". Australian Parliament House. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  12. Burke, Kelly (20 July 2011). "Man accused of sharia assault called bin Laden 'soldier of God'". Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  13. "Sydney cleric Sheik Feiz Mohammed stirs the hatred". Herald Sun. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  14. Bashan, Yoni (20 March 2011). "Al-Qaeda video featured on Sheik's website". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  15. Wroe, David (10 March 2015). "Islamic State recruit 'wasn't on radar of authorities'". The Age. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  16. Elliot, Tim. "The many faces of Sheikh Feiz". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  17. Bashan, Yoni; Phillips, Jesse (13 March 2011). "'Banned' Sheik Feiz Mohammed back in Australia". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  18. Olding, Rachel (26 September 2014). "Members of Street Dawah preaching group feature heavily in Sydney's counter-terrorism raids". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  19. "Preachers banned from streets prominent in terrorism raids". Fairfax News. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  20. Auerbach, Taylor (12 March 2015). "Another Aussie Dawah devotee killed: Abdul Salam Mahmoud dies in Syria". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  21. Olding, Rachel (29 October 2014). "Australian Islamic State kingpin Mohammad Ali Baryalei dead: reports". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  22. "Melbourne model turned ISIS recruit Sharky Jama shot dead in Syria". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  23. Maley, Paul (13 March 2015). "Jihadi Jake Bilardi's plot to bomb Melbourne". The Australian. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  24. Dowling, James (17 March 2015). "Jihadi Jake Bilardi was 'weak' and 'sold his soul cheaply', says Islamic State online propaganda". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  25. Ferguson, John (20 March 2015). "Widows: Kill all infidels as images of dead terrorist surface". The Australian. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  26. Dowling, James (16 May 2015). "Revealed: The split that created Al-Furqan". Herald Sun. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  27. Minear, Tom; Dowling, James (3 May 2015). "Islamic State-linked group Al-Furqan still meeting at suburban sports centre after shutting book shop". Herald Sun. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  28. Le Grand, Chip (23 May 2015). "Australia an estranged country to many Muslims including Sheik Omran". The Australian. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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