Federal and state law enforcement agencies were apparently heedless of repeated warnings about radical Islamic hate preachers spreading their vile venom in Sydney.

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and the Jewish Board of Deputies had been raising concerns about rhetoric from some hardline preachers since the Hamas raid of October 7, 2023, and Israel’s continuing strong response brought the Middle East conflict to our shores.

Controversial Islamic preacher Wissam Haddad.Credit: Edwina Pickles

The Herald’s Michael McGowan reports that along with notorious cleric Wissam Haddad, specific concerns were relayed about the extremist group Hizb ut-Tahir, as well as some clerics linked to Salafist group

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