UAE prosecutors link mosque to hijacker

Dr Hamad Saif al-Shamsi, the attorney general of the UAE, said investigators traced the ideological background of a twenty-nine-year-old Flydubai co-pilot suspect and found his drift towards extremism and terrorism began while studying at RMIT…

Co-pilot attended mosque near RMIT

The co-pilot, Omani national Hammam al-Hammami, allegedly said he regularly attended a mosque affiliated with RMIT while studying in Melbourne and became acquainted with people associated with MyCentre, managed by a man known as Abu…

No allegation of radicalisation at centre

The UAE attorney general made no allegation that anyone at MyCentre was involved in radicalising al-Hammami, kept in contact with him, or had any knowledge of his intentions before the thirty September flight.

Mohtadi releases video on staying silent

On Sunday night, MyCentre's leader Samir Mohtadi, who also goes by Abu Hamza, appeared in a four-minute video on the centre's Facebook page referring to Islamic texts on the virtues of staying silent when attacked.

Mohtadi quotes Mary on silence

Mohtadi referred to the stories of Mariam, known to Christians as Mary, the mother of Jesus, being subject to criticism and attack but saying I'm not going to speak to anyone and I'm going to…

“I'm not going to speak to anyone”

The best thing is not to say anything

Mohtadi said there are circumstances where no matter how much you explain yourself to people, they are fixated with their ideas and you cannot change them.So the best thing, sometimes, is not to say anything.

“So the best thing, sometimes, is not to say anything.”

Alleged hijack plot on September thirtieth

Passengers and crew on the thirtieth of September flight with one hundred eighty-two people onboard intervened to stop the alleged attempt to hijack the plane and crash it into Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv…