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Islamic prayer hall fined for defying shutdown order

A fine has been issued over an unlawful prayer hall linked to a notorious Islamic preacher for allegedly breaching a shutdown order.

AAP · Jan 16

Minns vows to keep racist preacher's prayer hall shut

The NSW premier said he will do all he can to keep a racist preacher's prayer hall closed in a bid to confront division in the wake of the Bondi beach massacre.

AAP · Dec 28, 2025

The words that shut down racist preacher's prayer hall

Hard-line Islamic preacher Wissam Haddad and his followers are searching for a new home after their controversial prayer hall in a medical centre was shuttered.

AAP · Dec 23, 2025

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Federal court orders Sydney Muslim cleric to remove ‘racist and antisemitic’ lectures from social media

Wissam Haddad was sued by two members of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry over lectures in 2023 recorded in Bankstown

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2025

Sydney Muslim cleric revels in being ‘deliberately provocative’ and must be restrained by law, court hears

Wissam Haddad ‘does mean to cause offence’ and should be ordered to stop maligning Jewish people, the federal court is told

The Guardian - AU · Jun 13, 2025

Sydney Muslim cleric tells court Jewish people can’t be offended by him calling them ‘vile’ as lectures were private

Wissam Haddad, also known as Abu Ousayd, argues speeches in which he is alleged to have maligned Jewish people were delivered to a Muslim audience

The Guardian - AU · Jun 11, 2025

Sydney cleric used ‘dehumanising’ generalisations designed to intimidate Jewish people, federal court hears

Applicant’s case argues 2023 sermons were ‘calculated to denigrate all Jewish people’ but defence says speeches were intended for small, private audience

The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2025

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Sydney cleric being sued for alleged antisemitism says case is an existential battle ‘between Islam and unbelievers’

Executive Council of Australian Jewry alleges Wissam Haddad breached section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act during lectures in which he quoted from the Qur’an

The Guardian - AU · Jun 9, 2025

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