Leads the campaign to free his father from a Jordanian prison
Wrote to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and set up a change.org petition (6,500+ signatures); called his father's transfer to Al Muwaqqar II "akin to psychological torture".
Named by The Saturday Telegraph among Sydney figures linked to Hizb ut-Tahrir involved in the protests.
7 March 2026
Named among "Sydney figures linked to Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Security sources said he co-runs Stand4Palestine's Instagram and WhatsApp pages.
Primary Role
Anas al-Wahwah is the son of the late Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia founder Ismail al-Wahwah. The Saturday Telegraph (7 March 2026) named him among "Sydney figures linked to Hizb ut-Tahrir" who had been involved in ongoing protests, including the February 2026 Town Hall rally against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit, and reported that "videos on YouTube show Anas with other members". The paper cited security sources claiming the Stand4Palestine Instagram and WhatsApp pages are "run by Anas and Amer al-Wahwah" and used to "covertly leverage" their roles within Hizb ut-Tahrir to organise protests. Stand4Palestine was contacted for comment.
In 2018, when his father was jailed in Jordan, Anas spoke for him publicly, telling The Australian: "Jordan's track record in human rights abuse is well known and prison conditions are terrible" (Daily Mail Australia, 8 Nov 2018).
He led the 2018 campaign for his father's release: he wrote to then Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, set up a change.org petition with more than 6,500 signatures, and called his father's transfer to Al Muwaqqar II prison "akin to psychological torture" (The Australian, 8 Nov 2018).
The Saturday Telegraph - Ban 'hard to enforce' as Hizb ut-Tahrir operatives infiltrate Sydney protests (Suzan Giuliani and Derrick Krusche, 7 Mar 2026) - headline and photo
The Australian - Australian Islamist cleric in maximum security with al-Qa'ida's worst (Elias Visontay, 8 Nov 2018) - copy held by The Evidence Project
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