“During the plea hearing, a letter from his younger sister Asha Ali was tendered to the court. ‘He would argue with us about the religion, becoming very arrogant in his approach and giving off this vibe of ‘I know better than everybody else.”‘”
Yet we are constantly told that Islamic jihadists know nothing of Islam, are misunderstanding basic tenets of their religion, and that if they only followed it properly, they would be peaceful and tolerant. So when Ali Khalif Shire Ali’s arrogance? Why did he think he knew Islam better than everybody else? And why do intelligence and law enforcement authorities never ponder such questions?
Also, Ali’s brother killed a man in a jihad attack. Where did these brothers learn their Islam? Is their mosque being investigated? Why not?
“Federation Square New Year’s Eve terror plotter Ali Khalif Shire Ali sentenced to 10 years’ jail,” by Karen Percy, ABC.net.au, May 21, 2020:
A man who planned a New Year’s Eve terrorist attack in Melbourne’s Federation Square three years ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Ali Khalif Shire Ali, 23, pleaded guilty in May last year to one charge of preparing a terrorist attack.
Police thwarted the plans, arresting him in November 2017 after a covert operation lasting a number of months.
Ali is the brother of Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, who in November 2018 crashed a car full of gas cylinders in Bourke Street in Melbourne’s CBD before stabbing three people, killing cafe owner Sisto Malaspina.
The court heard Ali had originally planned to use a truck in the planned New Year’s Eve attack, but his driver’s licence was cancelled.
He also contemplated knife attacks and making a bomb before deciding to buy an automatic weapon….
The court heard he told the officers if he saw Muslims in the crowd he would not shoot them….
During the plea hearing, a letter from his younger sister Asha Ali was tendered to the court.
She described her brother as funny and kind-hearted, but she said his behaviour changed after their mother had a cancer scare in 2016 when he became “more secretive, less social and argumentative with the family”.
“He would argue with us about the religion, becoming very arrogant in his approach and giving off this vibe of ‘I know better than everybody else’,” she wrote….