Youssef Uweinat

Youssef Uweinat was installed by Wissam Haddad as a youth leader at the Al Madina Dawah Centre in Bankstown. Arrested in December 2019 for grooming and encouraging Australian minors to launch attacks, he pleaded guilty. Justice Geoffrey Bellew sentenced him to less than four years (the maximum was 10), citing his "genuine" contrition, renunciation of terrorism, immaturity and early guilty plea. Before his release in 2023, another judge rejected the federal government's bid for a supervision order (ABC). On 3 August 2025 he was photographed waving a black flag associated with Islamic State during the pro-Palestinian march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and was filmed taking a "Ya Hussein" flag from another protester; Haddad posted the photo of him online (ABC).