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						Sydney siege: Gunman identified as self-styled sheik Man Haron Monis, on bail for accessory to murder
				





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December 16, 2014
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                    Police have identified the man at the centre of the Sydney cafe siege as 49-year-old Iranian, Man Haron Monis.
                




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50-year-old arrived here in 1996 from Iran
Was out on bail on accessory to murder charge
Ex-wife was stabbed and set alight in a stairwell in Sydney
Also charged with sexual assault of 27-year-old
Claimed to be an expert in astrology and black magic





				THE “fake sheik” behind the deadly Sydney cafe siege railed against Australian “terrorism” on his website just a day before he took 17 innocent people hostage.
				



In a chilling post on his personal website the self-styled Muslim cleric Man Haron Monis, who reportedly had 63,000 likes on his Facebook page before it was taken down, vowed to fight the “oppression and terrorism of (the) USA and its allies including (the) UK and Australia”.SYDNEY SIEGE GUNMAN AMONG THREE DEAD 
HOSTAGE MARCIA MIKHAEL’S CHILLING FACEBOOK POST“If we stay silent towards the criminals we cannot have a peaceful society,” the 50-year-old posted on his website on Sunday.His website, which included a graphic photo of dead children who appear to be victims of an air strike in the Middle East, has now been taken down.







Man Haron Monis (right) and Amirah Droudis outside Downing Centre Court during their hearing for sending harassing letters to war widows. Picture: Sam Ruttyn
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Sheik Man Haron Monis leaves Downing Centre Court in 2013 after pleading guilty to sending offensive letters to families of dead Diggers.
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It gave a glimpse into the motivation of the man described by his former lawyer as a “damaged goods individual”.It also suggested he had recently turned towards a radical branch of Sunni Islam, having rejected his adherence to Shi’ite Islam.COMMUTERS AFFECTED BY DIVERSIONS AROUND MARTIN PLACESYDNEY SIEGE: A TIMELINE OF HOW IT HAPPENEDCOMMISSIONER PRAISES POLICE FOR PUTTING LIFE ON LINE“I used to be a Rafidi, but not anymore. Now I am a Muslim, Alhamdu Lillah,” Monis said earlier this month.The Sunni-based Islamic State and other jihadist groups consider Shi’ites heretics, or rejectionists — “rafidi” — of true Islam.







And in the cafe he looks menacingly out over the shoulder of a female hostage.
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Monis captured on television footage wearing a bandanna with Arabic writing.
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A self-styled sheik, his behaviour in the country caused widespread revulsion — including the sending of offensive letters to the families of dead Australian soldiers, who he described as murderers.Earlier this year, he was also charged with sexual assault, and he was also on bail on a charge of accessory to murder, relating to the death of his ex-wife.#I’LLRIDEWITHYOU TWITTER SPROUTS ANTI-ISLAMOPHOBIA CAMPAIGNTHE FUSE OF PUBLIC ANGER HAS BEEN LIT AS TERROR COMES TO SYDNEYPM TONY ABBOTT ANNOUNCES NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE REVIEWArmed with a shotgun and a flag linked to extremist groups, the radical Islamist burst into the cafe at 9.45am, taking up to 20 hostages, five of whom managed to escape.As workers in nearby buildings were evacuated or ordered away from windows and heavily armed police moved into Martin Place, the hostages were used as human shields by Monis, who forced two to hang an Islamic flag bearing the words: “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger” up at the window.   It’s not a concerted terrorism event or act. It’s a damaged goods individual who’s done something outrageous    - Monis’ former lawyer Manny Conditsis   
In a chilling phone call to The Daily Telegraph from inside the cafe, one hostage referred to Monis as “The Brother”.He was killed after 2am when police burst into the cafe.The accessory to murder charge stems from the killing of his ex-wife, Noleen Hayson Pal, 30, a mother of two who was stabbed to death and set alight in April 2013 in a Werrington unit block in western Sydney.His partner at the time, Amirah Droudis, 34, was charged with murder. The couple was given bail in Penrith Local Court, with Magistrate William Pierce saying the Crown’s case was weak.Then in March this year Monis was charged with more than 40 offences relating to the indecent and sexual assault of several women in 2002One of his alleged victims, 27 at the time, allegedly saw an advertisement for “spiritual consultation” in a local newspaper and contacted him.







Monis’ ex-wife Noelene Hayson Pal, who was murdered in a Western Sydney unit block in April 2013.
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Amirzh Droudis 34, leaves court on bail charged with being an accessory to the murder of Noelene Pal.
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He told her he was an expert in astrology, numerology, meditation and black magic and advised her to visit his clinic.He was granted bail and was set to reappear in court in February 2015.He was known to national security agencies, although Monis’ former lawyer Manny Conditsis described him as a “damaged goods individual” with an ideology that clouds his common sense.“This is a one-off random individual,” Mr Conditsis told ABC television during the siege.“It’s not a concerted terrorism event or act. It’s a damaged goods individual who’s done something outrageous.“His ideology is just so strong and so powerful that it clouds his vision for common sense and objectiveness.”







Monis., originally from Iran, arrived here as a refugee in 1996.
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In 2013 Monis was convicted for penning a series of offensive letters to the grieving families of several soldiers killed in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2009.In the letters, Monis likened soldiers to murderers and killers, and in one said the digger was going to hell.Dubbed the “hate sheik”, he had intended to send letters and flower baskets to the relatives of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan.He was placed on a two-year good behaviour bond and ordered to do 300 hours of community service.Why was siege gunman man Haron Monis out on bail?ATTORNEY General Brad Hazzard has failed to explain how Man Haron Monis was able to slip through the cracks and get bail despite a raft of serious offences.Mr Hazzard said that under changes to the controversial bail act, Monis would not have got bail — yet the laws are not operational.The government rushed changes to the bail laws through parliament in September but has failed to make them operational.







Attorney General Brad Hazzard said if the new bail laws had been made operational Man Haron Monis would not have been out on bail.
Source: News Corp Australia




Mr Hazzard said agencies need more time, and the laws will be operational on January 28.Asked if Monis would have been released on bail under the new laws that are not yet operational, Mr Hazzard said “no.”“Under the new legislation an accessory to murder before or after the fact would be forced into a situation of having to show cause as to why they should get bail and my belief is that it would be unlikely, very unlikely, that such an individual would be granted bail in those circumstances,” Mr Hazzard said.Monis was on bail for more than 50 allegations of indecent and sexual assault, and was also facing charges of being an accessory before and after the fact to the murder of his ex wife.He first came to the attention of the authorities after he sent abusive letters to the families of Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan.Mr Hazzard said he was seeking information on why Monis was on bail, and if anything further could have been done to avoid the attack.“We are asking state agencies and federal agencies to look very closely at how this offender slipped through the cracks. How did this offender not come to the attention of state and federal agencies for more urgent action. We are very much at the start of that process. We are very much at the start of that process, but early indications indicate that there are some aspects that we want pursued and we intend to get them pursued,” Mr Hazzard said.







Mr Hazzard said agencies need more time before the bail laws are made operational. Picture: Toby Zerna
Source: News Corp Australia




Mr Hazzard said the bail act would be operational “as soon as humanly possible.”“We were warned that if we did proceed to bring the act into operation before all of the database updating was undertaken, we’d be creating more vulnerabilities more problems,” he said.NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson said he would work with the government and offered any help he could.“There will be an appropriate time in the future to canvass [the bail act].“It is appropriate that there is a full investigation to be conducted into the incident and the events leading up to it.“I know there are genuine community concerns that have been raised about this individual and our community is in need of reassurance.“I have spoken to the Premier this morning and have offered to work with him and offered our support in getting these laws enacted.“But ultimately today is not the day for politics — it is a day for the community to come together.”



















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