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Tuesday, 15 November 2011 22:53    PDF Print E-mail
Stranded sheikh hasn't asked for help
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An Australian Muslim cleric whose passport was confiscated when he tried to enter Jordan has not yet asked for diplomatic help, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says.

Sheik Ismail Al-Wahwah lives in Sydney and was heading to Amman to visit family.

"We are aware of media reports that an Australian has had his passport confiscated upon arrival in Jordan last week," a department spokeswoman told AAP on Monday.

"The Australian embassy in Amman has not received any requests for assistance."
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011 22:50    PDF Print E-mail
Controversial Sydney muslim sheik Ismail Al-Wahwah has passport confiscated as he tried to enter Jordan
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CONTROVERSIAL Muslim sheik Ismail Al-Wahwah has had his passport confiscated as he tried to enter Jordan.

The Australian citizen, who lives in Sydney, has a long and growing list of border dramas to his name with this blockage at Amman International Airport simply the latest.

Hardline group Hizb ut-Tahrir - which is banned in parts of Europe and the Middle East but not Australia - is outraged by the news. Ismail Al-Wahwah is the spiritual leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir.
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011 22:47    PDF Print E-mail
Muslim sheik Ismail Al-Wahwah stopped at border in Jordan
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CONTROVERSIAL Muslim sheik Ismail Al-Wahwah has had his passport confiscated as he tried to enter Jordan.

The Australian citizen has a long and growing list of border dramas to his name with this blockage at Amman International Airport simply the latest.

Hardline group Hizb ut-Tahrir is outraged by the news.
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Sunday, 30 October 2011 17:27    PDF Print E-mail
Abbott wants PM to end Qantas saga now
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard should act to end the dispute between Qantas management and unions immediately by using powers available to her, the opposition says.

Responding to emergency Fair Work Australia (FWA) hearings being held on Sunday in Melbourne at the request of the government after Qantas grounded all of its aircraft, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott called on Ms Gillard to terminate the bargaining period.

"The PM says she wants the industrial action to be over. She can end it, if she's prepared to use the powers available to the government under section 431 of the Fair Work Act, and I call upon her to do so immediately," Mr Abbott told reporters in Canberra.
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Sunday, 30 October 2011 17:18    PDF Print E-mail
Aussie Afghan forces in shock over triple slaying
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Australian soldiers in Afghanistan are in shock after one of the local men they were tasked with training opened fire on them, killing three and wounding seven.

The Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier gunned down the Australian members of Mentoring Task Force 3 just as they ended a regular weekly parade at a forward operating base at Shah Wali Kot in Kandahar province yesterday.

Three Australians - a corporal, captain and lance corporal - were killed, making it the single deadliest attack on Australian forces during the entire Afghanistan campaign.
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