Mohammad Ali Baryalei
Senior Australian ISIS recruiter · c. 1981, Afghanistan – Reported killed, Syria, 29 October 2014 (via informal channels, not formally confirmed) · Sydney, Australia (later Syria)
2013 – 2014 · 3 moments
2013Leaves Sydney for Syria; becomes the most senior Australian in ISISClick to read →September 2014Phones the order for "demonstration killings" in SydneyClick to read →October 2014Reported killed in SyriaClick to read →20132014In AustraliaOverseas
2013
Leaves Sydney for Syria; becomes the most senior Australian in ISIS
Recruited more than 30 Australians.
September 2014
Phones the order for "demonstration killings" in Sydney
Court reporting named him as the man who phoned Omarjan Azari; police raids foiled the beheading plot.
October 2014
Reported killed in Syria
Via informal channels, not formally confirmed.
Primary Role
Mohammad Ali Baryalei, a former Sydney nightclub bouncer and part-time actor, was regarded as the most senior Australian member of ISIS, recruiting more than 30 Australians. Then-PM Tony Abbott said an Australian 'quite senior in ISIL' had told supporters here to carry out 'demonstration killings'; court reporting named Baryalei as the man who phoned Omarjan Azari with that instruction (Sept 2014). He was reported killed in Syria in October 2014, though this was via informal channels rather than formal confirmation.
Affiliations
- Street Dawah Movement (Sydney)
- Islamic State (ISIS)
Connections
- ISIS (Islamic State) — most senior Australian in ISIS; recruiterdocumented
- Street Dawah Movement AUS — 2014 Parramatta Street Dawah clusterdocumented
