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Quote:Radical Muslim should be allowed to leave the country he hates: court A Supreme Court judge has challenged an "assumption" that Islamic radicalism equates to extremist violence in freeing from anti-terrorism supervision orders a Muslim "bigot", who hates Australia. Justice Des Fagan further urged authorities to assist violent career criminal Mohamed Naaman to realise his dream of leaving the country to live in Lebanon as "it would appear to suit all parties".The NSW government brought an application to have Naaman, 43, monitored over fears he would commit a terrorist act if left unrestrained.In pushing for the supervision order, Crown prosecutor John Agius, SC, told the court last month that Naaman had expressed a desire to travel to the Middle East and to fight against the Syrian government. The court heard that Naaman, who was born in Syria, had been in and out of prison in NSW and Queensland for most of his adult life.He served his most recent stint in jail for trying to slash a prison officer, then violated his parole in late 2016 by travelling overseas to Lebanon, where it's understood he now has a wife and child. He returned to Australia via Brisbane in May this year and was re-incarcerated the following month after being interviewed by counter-terrorism officers in Sydney. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Campbell granted an interim supervision order against him on August 2, the final day of Naaman’s full sentence over the attack. Last month, Justice Fagan heard that, soon after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Naaman displayed a poster of Osama bin Laden on his cell wall and, while imprisoned in Queensland about 12 years later, requested a CD of the Koran as read by extremist preacher Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed by US forces in Yemen in 2011.
It was claimed Naaman was preoccupied with Islamic State and once told a Queensland parole officer that he "would go to Syria and become a suicide bomber, then stated he was joking". [/highlight
In refusing to set down the order, Justice Fagan compared Naaman with contemporaries who carried out terrorist acts in Australia, such as the group that plotted to murder NSW Police accountant Curtis Cheng and Numan Haider, who was shot dead after knifing police in suburban Melbourne.
[highlight]"He has espoused his adherence to Islam over many years. He has shown himself to be an Islamic bigot, expressing contempt and hatred for anyone who does not accept the Koran, being the overwhelming majority of Australians," Justice Fagan said.
"He has not voiced the Islamic religious rationale, which these cases reveal, for attacking the Australian population and governments in order to impose sharia law," he said.
During the hearing, the court heard Naaman wanted to renounce his Australian citizenship and return to Lebanon, prompting Justice Fagan to ask why he shouldn’t be allowed to do so. "If somebody wishes to immigrate from Australia … why wouldn’t the state wish to facilitate it if it’s possible?" he said.But, in his judgment handed down this week, Justice Fagan said there was "nothing to be served by keeping him against his will in a country he detests". "I strongly urge that both the State and the defendant’s legal advisers should thoroughly explore any available means by which the defendant might realise his wish.https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/radical-muslim-should-be-allowed-to-leave-th... It would be better for us and cheaper in the long run to give him a one way ticket back to the shithole of his choice
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