Profiles
Naveed Akram
Bondi Beach attackerPerpetrator of the December 14, 2025 Bondi Beach attack that killed 15 people. ASIO investigated him October 2019 after arrest of associates. File closed after 6 months. Appeared in Street Dawah videos at age 17. Described as "close" to Isaac El Matari.
Sajid Akram
Father of Bondi Beach attacker (deceased)Father of Naveed Akram and co-perpetrator of the Bondi Beach attack. Shot dead by police at the scene. Applied for firearms licence in 2020, one year after his son came to ASIO attention. Approved 2023. Acquired 6 registered firearms. Recorded ISIS pledge video with his son in October 2025.
Isaac El Matari
Self-declared "IS Commander Australia"Convicted of terrorism preparation and foreign incursion offences. Sentenced to 7 years 4 months in R v El Matari [2021] NSWSC 1260. Arrested in Lebanon in 2017 attempting to join ISIS in Syria. Continued recruiting from prison—3-page insurgency letter modelled on the Philippines.
Wissam Haddad
Al Madina Dawah Centre founderFounded AMDC at 54 Kitchener Parade, Bankstown in April 2021. Federal Court found 25 antisemitic imputations in his November 2023 lectures (Wertheim v Haddad [2025] FCA 720). ASIO agent "Marcus" described him as "the most important jihadist, extremist preacher in Sydney." Studied under Dr Bilal Phillips—banned from multiple countries.
Youssef Uweinat
Youth leader, convicted ISIS recruiterRecruited at age 14 by street preachers "well-known to national security authorities." Served as AMDC youth leader. Sentenced to 3 years 11 months for ISIS membership and advocacy (R v Uweinat [2021] NSWSC 1256). Created propaganda targeting Parliament House and Sydney landmarks. After release: waved ISIS flag on Sydney Harbour Bridge during 2024 protest.
Musa Cerantonio
ISIS propagandistAustralian convert and prominent ISIS propagandist. Lived in Philippines June 2013 to July 2014. Arrested attempting to reach Mindanao. Sentenced to 7 years for plotting to sail to Philippines by boat with 5 others. Spoke at Haddad's Al-Risalah centre. Renounced Islam in 2022.
Abdul Nacer Benbrika
First convicted terrorism network leaderLeader of Australia's first convicted terrorism cell. Released December 2023 after nearly 20 years imprisonment. AFP evidence of communications with Haddad after release. Met with Haddad "days after supervision restrictions were lifted."
Radwan Dakkak
ISIS propagandist, network connectorOperated Ahlut-Tawhid Publications. Control order prohibited contact with 11 named individuals including El Matari, Haddad, and Uweinat. Continued correspondence with El Matari from prison. Released September 2022; current whereabouts unknown.
Tukiterangi Lawrence
El Matari letter recipientReceived El Matari's 3-page insurgency letter in HRMCC outlining plans modelled on the Philippines. Responded seeking to "sit under u & u teach me." Sentenced to 6 years for advocating terrorism. Phone seized with 123,822 images and 1,192 videos of extremist content.
Joseph Saadieh
ISIS member, bomb-making knowledgePossessed 26 bomb-making instruction files assessed as "viable" by JCTT. Received correspondence from El Matari. Released on bail with 34-person contact ban (identities suppressed).
Omarjan Azari
Operation Appleby networkRadicalised through street dawah with Mohamed Elomar and Khaled Sharrouf in Parramatta, 2012. Sentenced to 18 years for planning terrorist act and funding ISIS (R v Azari [2019] NSWSC 314). Part of the "Shura" consultative council connected to Mohammad Ali Baryalei in Syria.