Wissam Haddad is a Salafi preacher based in Bankstown, Sydney. A Four Corners investigation and a former ASIO undercover operative identified him as a spiritual leader within Australia's pro-ISIS network, and 2025 Bondi Beach shooter Naveed Akram was a long-time follower of his. In January 2026 he released a 47-second AI-generated cartoon of an animated version of himself, aimed at young children, teaching the concept of Tawheed. On 1 July 2025 Federal Court Justice Angus Stewart found that three lectures Haddad gave at Bankstown's Al Madina Dawah Centre in November 2023, titled "The Jews of Al Medina", breached the Racial Discrimination Act. The judge found they conveyed "age-old tropes against Jewish people that are fundamentally racist and antisemitic" and ordered them removed from social media. The case was brought by Peter Wertheim and Robert Goot of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ABC, SBS). Haddad has never been charged with a terrorism offence. ASIO said the former agent's claims contain errors of fact, fabrications and misrepresentations, but did not say what they were (ABC). In July 2026 Home Affairs refused the former agent a visa to come to Australia to give evidence to the Bondi Royal Commission, saying it was not satisfied he would stay only temporarily; he reapplied, and in August 2026 Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said he could give evidence in open hearings without needing a visa (ABC).
Wissam Haddad, Al Madina Dawah Centre lecture, Nov 2023: 'Towards the end of times when the Muslims will be fighting the Jews... there is a Yahudi behind me, come and kill him' - the lecture examined in Wertheim v Haddad [2025] FCA 720 (video)
Wissam Haddad, same lecture: 'If you want to fight us, come fight us. You're going to meet men that you've never fought before' (video)
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