Hizb ut-Tahrir
Ismail al-Wahwah, Arabic media representative of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Australia, looks on during a press conference in Sydney on Thursday, Sep. 13, 2012. A Muslim Convention is to be held this Sunday in Sydney about the future of the Muslim World post-the Arab uprisings. Photo: AAP Image/Paul Miller
August 3, 2018, 9:54 am
Sheikh detained in Jordan
HIZB ut-Tahrir Australia spiritual leader Ismail al-Wahwah, who in 2015 called on people to "rid" the world of the Jewish "hidden evil" and declared "the ember of jihad against the Jews will continue to burn", has been arrested in Jordan.
By Gareth Narunsky
NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman. Photo: Noel Kessel
June 21, 2018, 12:01 am
Incitement legislation set to become law in NSW
NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman paid tribute to the Jewish community on Tuesday as the state government's new incitement legislation passed the Legislative Assembly.
By Gareth Narunsky
NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman. Photo: Noel Kessel
June 7, 2018, 12:01 am
‘A line in the sand’
UNDER new laws to be introduced in the NSW Parliament, any individual who incites or threatens violence against the Jewish community could face three years in prison.
NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton with Vic Alhadeff (on left) and Jeremy Spinak.
June 23, 2016, 12:00 am
Section 20D: ‘The time to act is now’
A coalition of community leaders are coming together to push for changes to Section 20D of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act.
By Evan Zlatkis
NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton with Vic Alhadeff (on left) and Jeremy Spinak.
October 22, 2015, 10:08 am
‘A historic reform’
NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton has publicly admitted for the first time that Section 20D of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act is not working and she will introduce legislation by May to fix it.
By Evan Zlatkis
NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton with Vic Alhadeff (on left) and Jeremy Spinak.
October 1, 2015, 9:23 am
Ethnic groups back hate law change
SIX ethnic organisations have added their voices to the call by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) for the state’s race-vilification legislation to be strengthened.
Ismail al-Wahwah.
September 27, 2015, 12:00 am
Hate laws to be reviewed
THE NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) has been working closely with Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton to ensure last month’s failure by the police to charge Hizb ut-Tahrir leaded Ismail al-Wahwah with racial incitement is not repeated.
By Gareth Narunsky
Federal Attorney-General, Senator George Brandis. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
September 10, 2015, 12:00 am
Advocacy of genocide to be criminalised
ANTI-Discrimination Board of NSW president Stepan Kerkyasharian has joined communal leaders in welcoming the federal government’s plans to introduce a new crime of “advocacy of genocide”.
By Evan Zlatkis
Ismail al-Wahwah.
September 3, 2015, 12:00 am
Dismay over failure to charge al-Wahwah
NSW Anti-Discrimination Board president Stepan Kerkyasharian has backed the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ (JBOD) call for the state’s race hate legislation to be reviewed after police decided last week not to charge Hizb ut-Tahrir leader Ismail al-Wahwah with racial incitement.
By Gareth Narunsky
Ismail al-Wahwah.
August 27, 2015, 10:57 am
Hate speaker to avoid prosecution
NSW Police will not charge a Hizb ut-Tahrir leader over allegations of race-hate speech after a video emerged of Ismail al-Wahwah reportedly calling on people to “rid” the world of the Jewish “hidden evil”.
By Evan Zlatkis
Ismail al-Wahwah.
April 17, 2015, 12:00 am
Hizb ut-Tahrir videos ‘a serious breach’
By Gareth Narunsky
Ismail al-Wahwah.
March 19, 2015, 12:00 am
‘Jews have corrupted the world’
Ismail al-Wahwah.
March 13, 2015, 11:05 am
More Hizb ut-Tahrir hate
ISLAMIST group Hizb ut-Tahrir has again been condemned after a new video emerged last week filled with more anti-Semitic hate.
By Gareth Narunsky
Ismail al-Wahwah.
March 13, 2015, 12:00 am
Calls for action on hate speaker
By Phoebe Roth
Ismail al-Wahwah.
March 6, 2015, 12:00 am
Hate speaker condemned
By Gareth Narunsky
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