Australian jihadi’s father says Islam changed his son for the better

7

Obama and Kerry seen nodding in agreement. But what did Islam really change his son into? Someone who plotted to commit mass murder.

Sevdet Besim

“Accused Anzac Day terrorist’s online rants against Barack Obama and the War on Terror revealed – as father of another teen arrested in pre-dawn raids tells how son’s behaviour ‘changed for the better’ after son started praying at notorious Islamic centre,” by Louise Cheer and Liam Quinn, Daily Mail Australia, 19 April 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Story continues below advertisement

The social media page of terror suspect Sevdet Besim gives an insight into the mind of the teenager who has been charged over an alleged attempt to carry out an Islamic State-inspired attack on an Anzac Day ceremony.

The 18-year-old’s Instagram account features posts with anti-Western sentiments and Islamic State propaganda.

Just two days before the teenager was arrested during pre-dawn raids at his Melbourne home, he was perusing the Facebook page of well-known radical Perth-based Islamic preacher Mohammed Junaid Thorne.

Besim, from Hallam in Melbourne’s south-east, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court charged with ‘conspiracy to commit acts done in preparation for, or planning, terrorist acts’.

He was arrested, along with four other teenagers, suspected of planning a terror attack using swords and knives.

The father of one of the men arrested, said he believed the controversial Al Furqan Islamic study centre had changed his son’s life for the better.

‘Before he started to pray, (he) was in the house aggressive, he broke (things), like a child. But after when he started to pray he really changed behaviour, 100 per cent,’ the father toldthe ABC.

‘Now he was very good, always. Never, never yells, never, never do bad in house.

‘He’s always nice talking when I see him, but I (do) not see him very much.’

Controversial posts uncovered on Besim’s Instagram page contained strong anti-government sentiments, including one calling U.S. President Barack Obama ‘Israel’s b**ch’.

Another picture expresses his thoughts on the democratic system of politics.

‘Democracy is a system whereby man violates the right of Allah,’ it said.

The hashtag on the post reads: ‘Don’t Vote 4 Man Made Law.’

His Instagram account also revealed Besim had his Facebook account disabled.

The teenager seemed unfazed, and posted a screenshot of the message with the caption: ‘Yep they got me.’

But littered throughout the controversial posts are glimpses of a normal teenage, with references to pop culture.

One post shows him posing during a driving lesson and another is a ticket to a movie session of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Besim has been remanded in custody until a second hearing on filing hearing on April 24, the day before the alleged plot was meant to take place.

Since Besim’s arrest, it has been revealed the family of at least one of the five men arrested were warned by police the group were falling victim to Islamic State recruiters.

The father of one of the arrested teens also said his family had been traumatised by the dramatic raids.

The father said he had a gun held to his head for 30 minutes, and police told him: ‘One more word I kill you. Doesn’t matter for your kids.’

‘My wife she starts screaming. Police call ambulance to come and help her,’ he told the ABC.

‘I notice everything in the house is broken, the door, everything.’

Ahead of the arrests that stopped the alleged attack, ASIO contacted the families of some of the would-be killers and cautioned them the men were becoming radicalised.

The family of one suspect said they were last year told to stop their son communicating with the extremist recruiter, who groomed Melbourne terrorist Numan Haider, according to News Corp.

Police said the threat was ‘fully contained’.

It is alleged there was a plan in place to attack police and members of the public with swords and knives, which forced police to act.

Sevdet Besim was charged with ‘conspiracy to commit acts done in preparation for, or planning, terrorist acts’ and appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.

He did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody for a filing hearing on April 24.

Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton said the 18-year-old men, from Hallam and Hampton Park, were ‘associates’ of Abdul Numan Haider, the 18-year-old who was shot dead after stabbing two officers outside a Melbourne police station on September 23.

The second teenager is still being interviewed by police who plan to charge him with a number of offences related to preparing for and planning terrorist acts and possessing prohibited items.

A number of ‘edged weapons’ – including knives and swords – were seized at some of the properties searched.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews dubbed the plans ‘simply evil’ on Saturday morning, while insisting the individuals ‘do not represent any faith, culture or religion’.

‘It is alleged both men were undertaking preparations for a terrorist attack at an Anzac Day activity in Melbourne which included targeting police officers,’ Australian Federal Police Acting Deputy Commissioner Neil Gaughan said on Saturday morning.

Commissioner Patton later added: ‘Some evidence that was collected at a couple of the scenes and some other information we have, leads us to believe that this particular matter was ISIS-inspired.’

A total of five teenagers were arrested as part of the Melbourne Joint Counter Terrorism Team operation named Operation Rising, which saw 200 officers’ raid seven properties on Saturday morning.

Three of the men were released by Victoria Police on Saturday evening.

But, according to Australian Federal Police Acting Commissioner Michael Phelan, all five had been on the radar of counter-terrorism investigators.

‘Particularly since late last month the investigation ramped up and it became very obvious to us that their plans were specific,’ he told reporters in Sydney.

‘We received information earlier this week that led us to undertake the resolution today.

Mr Patton added investigations had begun last month.

It is understood police chose to execute the search warrants immediately as they ‘couldn’t be sure that they [the arrested men] wouldn’t act earlier’.

‘I think the entire Australian community should be concerned about the young age of these men, this issue is not just for law enforcements agencies, but the broader community,’ Mr Patton said.

‘We need intervention strategies to make sure they [young adults] don’t go down this path.’

Mr Patton confirmed that the arrested teens were not related, but were ‘associates’ and some had attended the Al Furqan Islamic study centre in South Springvale.

But he insisted the ‘the individuals were acting by themselves and are not representative of any religious, cultural or national group’.

Three of the teenagers are believed to have suffered minor injuries during the arrests and were taken for medical examination, with one man reported to have suffered a head injury.

Residents living next door to the homes that were raided in the early hours of the morning have described waking to glass smashing, screams and ‘fire-cracker like’ noises before seeing lights.

‘It woke me up, I heard a whole heap of screaming outside. It kept going for at least 20 minutes. It scared the crap out of me,’ one neighbour told the Herald Sun.

‘I was woken up through hearing the car doors everywhere and the police telling them to get down,’ another said.

Most of the residents said they were shocked by the news of the arrests, describing the teenagers as ‘lovely guys’, ‘nice people’ and ‘the perfect neighbours’.

Speaking after the arrests, Prime Minister Tony Abbott urged all Australians to continue with their Anzac Day celebration plans as normal during a conference in Sydney.

‘We’ve had this serious threat for quite a few months now but we have responded effectively to it at all stages,’ he said.

‘The best thing you can do in the face of those who would do us harm is to live your life normally, the best sign of defiance that we can give to those who would do us harm is to go about a normal peaceful, free and fair Australian life.’

Increased security measures including a strong police presence will be enforced at all public events across Victoria and the rest of the country on Anzac Day.

It comes just two months after Sydney housemates Omar Al-Kutobi, 24, and Mohammad Kiad, 25, were arrested at their Fairfield home just hours before they allegedly planned to carry out a terrorist plot.

Omarjan Azari, 22, who was arrested in his Guildford home during the raids, faced court in late February after officers alleged he was involved in the plot. He was refused bail and will reappear on April 29.

The Truth Must be Told

Your contribution supports independent journalism

Please take a moment to consider this. Now, more than ever, people are reading Geller Report for news they won't get anywhere else. But advertising revenues have all but disappeared. Google Adsense is the online advertising monopoly and they have banned us. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter have blocked and shadow-banned our accounts. But we won't put up a paywall. Because never has the free world needed independent journalism more.

Everyone who reads our reporting knows the Geller Report covers the news the media won't. We cannot do our ground-breaking report without your support. We must continue to report on the global jihad and the left's war on freedom. Our readers’ contributions make that possible.

Geller Report's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our work is critical in the fight for freedom and because it is your fight, too.

Please contribute here.

or

Make a monthly commitment to support The Geller Report – choose the option that suits you best.

Quick note: We cannot do this without your support. Fact. Our work is made possible by you and only you. We receive no grants, government handouts, or major funding. Tech giants are shutting us down. You know this. Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Adsense, Pinterest permanently banned us. Facebook, Google search et al have shadow-banned, suspended and deleted us from your news feeds. They are disappearing us. But we are here.

Subscribe to Geller Report newsletter here— it’s free and it’s essential NOW when informed decision making and opinion is essential to America's survival. Share our posts on your social channels and with your email contacts. Fight the great fight.

Follow Pamela Geller on Gettr. I am there. click here.

Follow Pamela Geller on
Trump's social media platform, Truth Social. It's open and free.

Remember, YOU make the work possible. If you can, please contribute to Geller Report.

Join The Conversation. Leave a Comment.

We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spammy or unhelpful, click the - symbol under the comment to let us know. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.

If you would like to join the conversation, but don't have an account, you can sign up for one right here.

If you are having problems leaving a comment, it's likely because you are using an ad blocker, something that break ads, of course, but also breaks the comments section of our site. If you are using an ad blocker, and would like to share your thoughts, please disable your ad blocker. We look forward to seeing your comments below.

0 0 votes
Article Rating
7 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
JacktheRipper
JacktheRipper
8 years ago

So before this young person started to pray he was “aggressive,” always breaking things. But after he prayed he became “good,” never yells. Let me suggest the obvious, in islam he found an outlet for his violent nature. If it’s one thing islam is good at, it’s teaching violence and hate.

I guess it’s just one more case of a societal menace misrepresenting islam–not. Islam’s apologists have drummed up every excuse conceivable for this jihad recruitment, from bad education to cheap sneakers. But the light of truth is rising on this dirty beast. The world is waking up to islam’s taqiyya tactics, and the irrefutable truth of islam’s culpability cannot be denied any longer by reasonable thinking people. The day has arrived where the apologists must stand alone against truth, humanity, and reason.

buckobond
buckobond
8 years ago

Maybe some discipline from his father would have helped him. The family is at fault as much as the young Moslem

SCREW SOCIALISM
SCREW SOCIALISM
8 years ago

Like Fathe like son.

The father is as brain damaged as his son.

Lia
Lia
8 years ago

Spot-on, JacktheRipper!

boom!
boom!
8 years ago

“The father of one of the men arrested, said he believed the controversial Al Furqan Islamic study centre had changed his son’s life for the better”

Where did the mind **** happen??? It says it in paragraph 7, shut these hate schools down and imprison the people coordinating these acts, the “teachers”.

Jim Fox
Jim Fox
8 years ago

Yep, Islam has channeled all those violent tendencies toward something useful and productive, daddy— JIHAD

blackcatmendoza
blackcatmendoza
8 years ago

“Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews dubbed the plans ‘simply evil’ on Saturday morning, while insisting the individuals ‘do not represent any faith, culture or religion.”

Know islam, Know terror …
No islam, No terror …

Victorians BEWARE!! This idiot dhimmiwit shariaphile is charged with your protection.

Sleep well tonight . . . .

Sponsored
Geller Report
Thanks for sharing!