Australia: Muslim teen in touch with Islamic State allegedly compiled hit list of people he wanted to behead

“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks” — Qur’an 47:4

One might almost get the impression that all this had something to do with Islam, were it not for all our wise and learned leaders assuring us to the contrary, and feeding us a steady diet of Kardashians so that we stay fat, happy, ignorant, and complacent.

“Darwin teenager arrested after allegedly compiling hit list of people he wanted to behead,” by Christopher Walsh, Herald Sun, June 27, 2015 (thanks to Kenneth):

A DARWIN teenager arrested by police searching for stolen goods had allegedly compiled a hit list of people he wanted to behead and is suspected of being linked to Islamic State.

The NT News reports the 16-year-old is now facing terrorism charges.

The teen, who is a ward of the state, was in an adult prison in solitary confinement on Friday, after being charged with property offenses.

The Northern Territory Police Force’s Strike Force Trident raided the boy’s room at a secure government facility in Darwin. He was later charged with property offenses.

It is understood that authorities suspect the youth may have communicated with ISIS through a personal communication device and had planned to behead people on the list.

It was not immediately clear if the list contained names of people the suspect knew or names of others.

The communication device and beheading list were found during the raid, which is believed to have occurred on Thursday.

The personal communication device is considered contraband at Yirra House, which houses troubled teens who are in government care….

Al-Furqan Islamic Centre In Melbourne Closes Its Doors Due To ‘Constant Harassment’

An Islamic center in Australia, attended by two men charged with terrorism-related offenses, announced Wednesday that it was closing its doors and ceasing all activities.

The al-Furqan Islamic Centre in southwest Melbourne said in a statement that closing down was the best course of action given the tremendous pressure from local media and politicians. Last week, Australian police arrested five teenagers in Melbourne for planning an Islamic State group-inspired attack on the Anzac Day holiday on April 25. At least two of the suspects were believed to have attended the al-Furqan center, the Guardian reported.

“This decision has not been taken lightly,” the center said, in a statement. “We believe that given the constant harassment, pressure and false accusations levelled against the centre – particularly by media and politicians – this is the best course of action for the protection of the local community, its members, and the broader Muslim community that is often implicated in these insidious campaigns.”

Two attendees of the Islamic center, led by Bosnian-born preacher Harun Mehicevic, have been charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist acts. However, the al-Furqan center said that it was not linked in any way to the anti-terror raids on Saturday.

“We wish to clarify that there was no connection between Al-Furqan centre and these raids, and that claims to the contrary are unfounded and misleading,” the center said, in a statement on Monday.

Set up in 2001, the center was also reportedly attended by ISIS recruiter Neil Prakash, who goes by the jihadist name Abu Khaled al-Cambodi. Prakash, who is of Fijian and Cambodian descent, recently appeared in a new ISIS propaganda video, urging young Muslim men in Australia to launch attacks on home soil, The Age reported.

The al-Furqan Islamic Centre was first raided in 2012, leading to the arrest of Adnan Karabegovic, who was charged with one count of possessing "Inspire" -- a magazine published by al Qaeda -- which was “connected with assistance in a terrorist act,” The Australian reported.

“I think there’s a lot of media scrutiny around the centre,” Kuranda Seyit, a spokesman for the Islamic Council of Victoria, told The Australian. “There have been allegations that the centre is connected to the people that were raided, and we need to clarify those… I don’t think it’s fair to assume media reports are accurate.”

Bombs detonated as teens arrested over alleged Mother's Day terror plot in Greenvale

Up to three teenagers have been arrested in relation to a Melbourne terror plot that was reportedly set to be carried out on Mother's Day.

While details of two teenagers are scant, the third - believed to be aged 17 - was arrested at his family's home in Greenvale on Friday, News Corp has reported.

Police raided the 17-year-old boy's home in Clare Boulevard on Friday afternoon, where they found a number of improvised explosive devices.

The bombs were detonated at a reserve in nearby Clare Street, police have confirmed.

A 14-year-old boy in Sydney was also arrested in relation to the "imminent threat", News Corp has reported.

Monash University terror expert Greg Barton said the arrests seemed to be a "last minute catch" by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, suggesting the plot was hatched out of a dark network that was out of sight of authorities.

He said the plan seemed to resemble the Boston marathon bombing, where a small number of people working closely together built explosive devices designed to create havoc in a crowded area.

"I can't recall ever seeing the bomb squad called out for what seems like a genuine threat, with devices ready to go," Professor Barton told Fairfax Media.

Authorities, it appeared, were "almost caught out", he said.

"There is a feeling from this that if they got this far, how much else out there don't we know?"

A teenager was photographed hand-cuffed and sitting in a park near the Greenvale property during Friday's raid.
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A short time later, six women emerged from the house and were escorted by police to another area.
Channel Nine has reported that the Greenvale teen's Facebook account describes Islam as the "the religion of justice". Other outlets, meanwhile, have reported that his Facebook account decries those who don't pray five times a day as not being Muslim.

The teenager is the son of a respected Syrian doctor, according to News Corp.

His uncle was quoted as saying there were no signs his nephew had been radicalised, although he had recently grown a beard.

Victoria, NSW and the Australian Federal Police have remained tight-lipped about the high-level anti-terror raid.

A neighbour, who gave his name only as Bilal, said he heard what sounded like gunshots about 12.30pm on Friday.

"They couldn't tell us nothing, they just said there were believed to be explosives in the house," he said.

Residents near Clare Boulevard described police swarming their street en masse as they searched a home and car.

A family living close to the raided house was forced to spend most of the night outside the police cordon, before being let in shortly after the first explosives were detonated at 9.40pm.

Other families were told they could stay in their houses, but were required to have all their windows and doors shut.

"All of a sudden the street became full of cops, then the bomb squad came. At the start they did not let us out of the house, but then they told everyone to leave because there was some explosive," Bilal said.