The Australian National Imams Council said prohibiting the flag was analogous to banning the Christian cross because it had been misused by the Ku Klux Klan.
As part of his role advancing the Islamic State’s campaign of global jihad,Mirsad Kandic recruited the Melbourne teenager who died as a suicide bomber in Iraq.
Abu Zacharia was shot dead by soldiers in the Philippines after resisting arrest and throwing a grenade during a raid on the southern island of Mindanao.
US Central Command said the raid was launched after intelligence uncovered a plan by IS to “kidnap officials abroad as leverage for[IS] initiatives”.
Blake Pender is the first convicted terrorist in NSW to be placed on an extended supervision order even though he was already back in jail having been rearrested for breaching interim orders.
Life remains difficult for Iraqis five years after much of Islamic State was driven out,but a visit reveals their staggering resilience.
Mariam Raad has been granted conditional bail after being charged with willingly entering an Islamic State-controlled region in 2014.
Mariam Raad,31,returned to Australia last October after spending time in the Al Roj Internally Displaced Persons camp in Syria.
Terrorist groups are using modern tools such as video games to recruit and train members,the UN Security Council says.
Accused Islamic State terrorist Neil Prakash could face a life sentence in prison if six terror charges are proven.
The man described as the “most important and the most dangerous” Australian member of Islamic State could face jail for life after returning to Australia.