‘A great heart’: Sydney’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community mourn Faraz Tahir, killed in Bondi knife attack

The Pakistani citizen – who fled religious persecution to settle in Australia – was working his first day shift as a security guard at Westfield Shopping Centre

Security guard Faraz Tahir has been remembered as a tireless charity volunteer after his death in a mass stabbing at Bondi Junction on Saturday prompted a review of protection for shopping centre security.

“He had a great heart. He was really grateful to be part of this community, to make Australia home,” Adnan Qadir, Tahir’s friend, said.

Tahir’s death while working his first daytime shift at Westfield Bondi Junction has prompted a review of New South Wales’ tight restrictions on equipment available for security guards.

“We’re reviewing the restrictions in place, except in relation to firearms,” NSW premier, Chris Minns, said on Monday.

Tahir, a 30-year-old Pakistani citizen had fled religious persecution in his home country and sought refuge in Australia, first arriving in Brisbane in December 2022 before moving to Sydney last year.

“[Tahir] was really excited that Australia had afforded him religious freedom, and his way of giving back was through a lot of volunteer work,” Qadir said.

Qadir, the president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Australia’s youth organisation, said Tahir took every opportunity to volunteer for charities, including taking part in Clean Up Australia Day in March.

He last saw Tahir on Thursday at the Sydney Ahmadiyya community’s Eid celebration, only two days before he was stabbed by 40-year-old Joel Cauchi.

“He was helping people with parking their cars, helping elderly people to make their ways,” he said.

“No matter how hard things were, he was always there to take time out and give back to community.”

A national blood donation drive has been launched by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Australia and the Red Cross “in honour of his sacrifice”, a spokesperson said.

The high commission of Pakistan in Australia on Monday paid tribute to Tahir’s “immense bravery”.

“Mr Tahir was a beloved member of the Pakistani community,” deputy high commissioner, Ayesha Saeed, said. “He was a dedicated individual who lost his life while trying to save others.”

Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community held a vigil outside Westfield Bondi Junction on Sunday evening to pray and commemorate the innocent lives lost during Cauchi’s rampage. Ashlee Good, Dawn Singleton, Jade Young, Pikria Darchia and Yixuan Cheng have been identified as the other victims.

“When we were thinking about having a vigil, we realised that if it was Faraz … he would like it to be where all Australian communities are, to grieve and mourn for everyone’s loss,” Qadir said.

Tahir worked a series of jobs before getting his security licence, when he began working night shifts at numerous Sydney locations. He was working his first day shift at Bondi Junction shopping centre when he was fatally stabbed.

So, a white aussie killed a Muslim?

Oh dear   

So, a white aussie killed a Muslim?

Oh dear   

if he had never migrated to australia at all, he would still be alive right now

Frank wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:03pm:


A white aussie killed an innocent Muslim man in Bondi on the weekend.

I'm pretty sure it's been on the news.

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:09pm:

Well, a swarthy killed a Muslim security guard who provided no security.

Dirty Paki Khunt wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:17pm:

He provided NO security. Nor his mate, now in hospital.

These security guards prove to be totally useless. It's a do **** all job. I have never seen a shopping centre security guard I would trust to provide any security. And so it proved in this instance.

Useless.

Was the perp a normal homo ass

bandit or a tranny ?

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:23pm:


So all homos want to strip in front

of children like the trannies ?

it_is_the_light wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:25pm:


He was a white, Aussie, Wallabies fan.

Thus, all white Aussie Wallabies fans are terrorists.

Poor guy -
in a low paid rubbish job where he can't even carry pepper spray but
he's expected to take on a knife attacker with his bare hands.

JC Denton wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:26pm:

Well, not after incidents like this, proving 'security guards' to be totally useless or even liabilities.

Somebody is going to sued for not providing a safe workplace for a security guard.

Did he die doing what he loved best?

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:39pm:


No one loves confronting knife-wielding crazies on escalators, unarmed. No one.

And yet, Faraz Tahir did this. Can you say his name?

Re: First day on the job
but not the first night? It was his first day shift.
Either way kudos to him.

Dirty Paki Khunt wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:43pm:


Easy - Faraz Tahir.... far as I know it's either tahir or tathere...

Setanta wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:41pm:


I agree, Setanta. Faraz came to our country, trained and got a job. A number of posters here say this is a bad thing.

We shouldn't have people come here to fill vacant jobs, they say. They steal jobs from Aussies.

And yet, those who say this are either immigrants themselves, retired, unemployed, on disability pensions or living overseas, taking foreigners' jobs.

Faraz, 30, they won't say his name.

It was his first day on the job.

So what did he actually do?

Setanta wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 9:17pm:

Well, he wasn't providing security.
He probably thought the job was to walk around in a uniform.

TWO Pakistani security guards were stabbed, six people killed, another  18 injured.
It took a policewoman and two French guys to confront the bozo.

if he had never migrated to australia at all, he would still be alive right now

Pakistani authorities should urgently and impartially investigate a surge in violent attacks on members of the Ahmadiyya religious community, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. The authorities should take appropriate legal action against those responsible for threats and violence against Ahmadis.

Successive Pakistani governments have failed to protect the human rights and security of the Ahmadiyya community. The penal code explicitly discriminates against religious minorities and targets Ahmadis by prohibiting them from “indirectly or directly posing as a Muslim.” Ahmadis are banned from declaring or propagating their faith publicly, building mosques, or making the Muslim call for prayer.

The authorities arbitrarily arrest, detain, and charge Ahmadis for blasphemy and other offenses because of their religious beliefs. The police have often been complicit in harassment and bringing fabricated charges against Ahmadis or have not intervened to stop anti-Ahmadi violence. The government’s failure to address religious persecution of Ahmadis has facilitated violence against them in the name of religion.

The Pakistani government also promotes discriminatory practices against Ahmadis. For example, all Pakistani Muslim citizens applying for passports are obliged to sign a statement explicitly stating that they consider the founder of the Ahmadi community an “imposter,” and consider Ahmadis to be non-Muslims.


https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/11/26/pakistan-surge-targeted-killings-ahmadis

Bobby. wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 9:54pm:


Having worked in security you're nothing more than a visual deterrent you don't have any real legal power to do anything

Security guards can be charged with assault.

It wasn't always like this i recall police telling me it's ok to take them
out the back and bash the crap out of them times have changed.

it_is_the_light wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:25pm:


He was a white, Aussie, Wallabies fan.

Thus, all white Aussie Wallabies fans are terrorists.

Baronvonrort wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 10:07pm:


so that means he had to move to australia specifically did it? no safe countries between here and pakistan?

They do, Setanta. A refugee came to our country, got a job and got stabbed to death. We offered him a brand new start.

Ultimately, we couldn't help with that, but we don't have to trash his memory. We're free to say his name, no?

Wasn't he a Christian Priest attacked by a Moslem?

Should be some 'riots' soon.

Jasin wrote on Apr 16^th, 2024 at 2:11am:


Didn't have a rope or a telegraph pole close enough....  these are Assyrian Christians - they hold different views from other Christians...

Dirty Paki Khunt wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:53pm:


Why would you even ask me that?  Haven't you kept up at all over the years?  Are you another mothra - so dense you couldn't tell the difference between some kind of racial hatred and a reasonable position ... just another fanatic let loose in public and blind in both eyes to anything outside your own head and only seeing what you want to see?

Review your yabbying BS for years now.... WTF is wrong with YOU? Are you a smith or laughing boy who just thinks it's funny to get at people all the time?   And now you want to cry not only to us but about us all again when we've all said nothing but positives for that guard guy?

Are you, the village idiot, smithy, and moth-eaten all the same person playing silly buggars with yourself?  Mighty familiar in some ways... like some fcking kid which you all probably are!!

Re-tried for another village idiot:-



Sometimes you fools really piss me off..... argue the leg off a table... and ruin my country with it...

Setanta wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:41pm:


I agree, Setanta. Faraz came to our country, trained and got a job. A number of posters here say this is a bad thing.

We shouldn't have people come here to fill vacant jobs, they say. They steal jobs from Aussies.

And yet, those who say this are either immigrants themselves, retired, unemployed, on disability pensions or living overseas, taking foreigners' jobs.

Faraz, 30, they won't say his name.

It was his first day on the job.

Quote:


https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/15/bondi-knife-attack-sydney...

if he had never migrated to australia at all, he would still be alive right now

it_is_the_light wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:25pm:


He was a white, Aussie, Wallabies fan.

Thus, all white Aussie Wallabies fans are terrorists.

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Apr 16^th, 2024 at 11:10am:


Tell that bullshit to the 51 Muslims murdered by a terrorist in Christchurch.

JC Denton wrote on Apr 15^th, 2024 at 8:06pm:


The Ahmadis are considered deviant heretical non muslims in Pakistan.

Quote:

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 16^th, 2024 at 11:11am:


Why didn't you mention Trump whilst you're at it?

How many non Muslims died in 9/11?

You're dettthspiccable Daffy.

Anthony Albanese has declared a French national who fought off Bondi Junction attacker Joel Cauchi with a bollard is “welcome to stay for as long as you like”, following revelations his visa is due to expire.

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 16^th, 2024 at 11:08am:



He murdered 7 people, one of whom was a Muslim & wounded a heap more....

You focus on the Muslim trying to make a point but you're really just being a prat.

Trump, Trump, Trump along the highway, we're off to see the Bruce of Lerhmann.

Gnads wrote on Apr 16^th, 2024 at 11:13am:


This is a thread about the security guard who lost his life on his first day-shift.

Thus, it seems apt to be focusing on Faraz Tahir as he's the security guard who lost his life on his first day-shift.

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Apr 16^th, 2024 at 11:15am:



I am.

You said: "All Mussos are not terrorists but all terrorists are Mussos".

That's complete & utter bullshit.

For example, the terrorist who murdered 51 Muslims in Christchurch was not a Muslim.

Anthony Albanese has declared a French national who fought off Bondi Junction attacker Joel Cauchi with a bollard is “welcome to stay for as long as you like”, following revelations his visa is due to expire.