As pressure mounts on radical Islamic followers in southwest Sydney, the centre abruptly closed its Bankstown base over the weekend. The Al-Risalah centre has hosted a series of high-profile radical ...

MARK COLVIN: Supporters of IS in Australia are predictably angry at the Federal Government's decision. Wissam Haddad is a carpet-layer turned militant activist who ran the Al Risalah bookstore and ...

A controversial Islamic centre in western Sydney has closed its doors after claims members and supporters have been harassed by police and counter-terrorism security agencies. The Al Risalah Centre ...

Controversial Islamic fundamentalist Wisam Haddad has avoided prison over a counter-terrorism raid on his western Sydney home that uncovered weapons, an Islamic State flag, a large stash of extremist ...

A SENIOR leader of a radical Islamic organisation has denounced the Australian flag, as supporters posted messages about ­beheading “non-believers”. Wissam Haddad, the head of the al-Risalah Islamic ...

Ar Ridwan Dawah Projects, promoted by Wissam Haddad on Facebook, held its first Friday prayers last week in a community hall a short drive from Al Risalah’s former Bankstown shopfront. Mr Haddad, who ...

THE Al-Risalah Islamic Centre — Sydney’s most high profile meeting place for radical Islamic supporters — has suddenly shut its doors. As pressure mounts on radical Islamic followers in southwest ...