Should Australian authorities, as well as those in Europe and North America, reconsider their whole gamut of assumptions regarding what constitutes “extremism” and what constitutes “mainstream Islam”? Yes, they should, and they should do so with careful study of Islam’s core texts. Will they do this? Of course not. That would be “Islamophobic.”
On a flight from Bali to Sydney, Nazih Chahine motioned he would shoot a Jewish woman and “see her at Bondi”, a clear reference to the Hanukkah massacre in which 15 Jews were murdered.
Chahine was arrested upon landing and is now being charged with a hate crime. pic.twitter.com/fG68iVVpIf
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) January 8, 2026
“Man banned from Bondi after Jewish ‘threat’ mid-flight,” by Robyn Wuth and Kat Wong, Australian Associated Press, December 18 2025:
A man who allegedly threatened a member of the Jewish community who lost friends in the deadly terrorist attack has been banned from Bondi Beach.
Nazih Chahine, 19, is accused of making anti-Semitic threats and using his hand to mimic a gun toward a female passenger during a flight from Bali….
The court was told Chahine had no prior history of extremist beliefs….
Mr Ozen said Chahine mingled among fellow passengers without incident before the flight and was aware that the complainant was Jewish.
“The complainant made it clear not just that she is a person of Jewish faith, but that she has had friends who were victims of the atrocity committed four days ago,” Mr Ozen said.
“These are young men who go out of their way to disavow any support for or empathy for what took place on Bondi Beach.”
He said the incident happened during a time of heightened emotions, but his client posed no threat to the Jewish community.
“He’s a young man who, at the end of a long journey from Bali, says something stupid and frankly, quite distasteful at the worst possible time.
“This is not a hate crime, even if the words were to be proved.”
Chanine was granted bail on strict reporting conditions, including not entering Bondi or Bondi Beach and not going within 100 metres of any Jewish school, cultural centre, or place of worship….
Hoi Polloi says
“These are young men who go out of their way to disavow any support for or empathy for what took place on Bondi Beach.”
So out of their way that he found a Jewish woman to threaten to kill.
“long journey from Bali, says something stupid and frankly, quite distasteful”
Frankly, it’s distasteful? That’s his best? So how many other religions are driven to threaten to assassinate by flights to beautiful Bali, the poor widdle baby? (He probably paid for it using fraudulent programs scamming the taxpayers.) I can think of only one such religion.
Greg says
Haven’t heard this on the national news!
Hoi Polloi says
I’d bet not. It’d be islamophobic to report the truth.
I AM THE INFIDEL YOUR ALLAH WARNED YOU ABOUT says
“The court was told Chahine had no prior history of extremist beliefs….” How the hell does the court know about his extremist “BELIEFS”. Does the court ignore that fact that Taqqiyeh and Lying is the norm in islam and it’s accepted because their own poophead MoreHamHead practiced it and encouraged it.
This ignorant world needs to educate itself about Islam.
To me Islam is a great way for psychopathic inbred to explore their evil, satanic and dark side.
Tony Alex says
The world is – albeit slowly – waking up to the poison that is filling the heads of young muslims the world over. They are beyond redemption.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Not entering Bondi? Why was he allowed into Australia in the first place? And if he happens to be an Australian citizen, put him smack dab in the middle of the Outback