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his followers to obey the caliphate, (to the amusement of his critics), Cerantonio neither publicly pledged allegiance to Al-Baghdadi nor traveled to Syria. Publicly swearing allegiance to Al-Baghdadi was a violation of
Australian law (Cerantonio agrees it is compulsory for Muslims to swear allegiance to someone who meets the qualifications for a caliph, and that Al-Baghdadi meets those qualifications, but will not say if he has sworn allegiance to him); and according to Cerantonio, he and his wife had difficulty immigrating. In June 2014, on a
305:(along with four others) as the "ringleader" of a plot to flee the country in a boat, and for "making preparations for incursions into foreign countries to engage in hostile activities." The group planned to sail 3500 km to the southern Philippines, "overthrow" the provincial government and "install Sharia Law". The members of the group planned to sail because they could not fly; they had had their passports cancelled "due to concerns they would become foreign fighters".
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All those involved in the plot pled guilty and received prison sentences in
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In mid-2014, Islamic State and Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi's declared the group had formed a new caliphate with Al-Baghdadi as the new Caliph, and commanded all
Muslims to pledge allegiance to Al-Baghdadi and "make haste" to Syria to fight or help the jihad. While "ecstatic" over the announcement and urging
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I tried to envision the improbable scene of five hairy mujahideen desperate not to look suspicious while hauling a deep sea fishing boat across the
Outback. Did they want to get caught? After all they can now say they did what they could to reach the caliphate. And they will probably never have to
91:"to strengthen his Christian faith". Instead of becoming firmer in his belief, "I began to question the role of the Pope in the Catholic Church…and saw people praying to a dead body. There was idol worship at the home of my faith…and I felt in my heart that this was not right."
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Cerantonio extensively, Cerantonio's passion to establish the caliphate led him to the southern Philippines in 2013, where support for the caliphate was allegedly strong, and so it might be possible to establish a caliphate.
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satellite network. He presented the shows "Ask the Sheikh" and "Our Legacy". His TV presentations became "increasingly political" as he gravitated toward advocating "the establishment of a caliphate controlled by a single absolute leader and run strictly according to
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for overstaying his visa and deported to
Australia. Cerantonio claims he was denied access to a lawyer by Warden L’rev J. Del Cruz. "The warden was telling inmates not to talk to me because I was a terrorist,” he says. After two weeks in detention he was deported to
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post in
Cerantonio's account indicated he had arrived in Syria. Cerantonio says the tweet was posted to throw the police off the search, and technically he had not lied to his followers because another person posted the claim. Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister
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Cerantonio was remanded in custody, with the trial delayed and expected in January 2018. The other four arrested were Paul Dacre, Anthony (Antonio) Granata, Kadir Kaya, and Shayden Thorne. Thorne is the brother of controversial Islamic preacher
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Williams, said that Musa "doesn’t always fit the profile of an Islamic extremist", as he enjoys music by the likes of
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International Centre for the Study of Radicalization at King's College London, identified Cerantonio as one of the two most popular and influential clerics urging Muslims to immigrate to the Islamic State and wage jihad.
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reported Cerantonio would soon be released from imprisonment but would be kept under surveillance. A month later, the same news source reported that Cerantonio had claimed to renounce his past activities.
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denounced Cerantonio as a fraud stating, “He said he was fighting in Syria and Iraq, but he was holed up in the Philippines.”
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Cerantonio's Facebook account in support of Islamic State had 12,000 followers when it was shut down in May 2014.
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824:"A response to the open letter written to the Khalifah Al-Baghdadi (Part 1 – Hijrah) – Abul-Khattab Al-Janubi"
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867:"Australian judge jails extremist for Philippines boat plot"
1099:"Government slammed as 'tinnie terrorist' comes home to WA"
1146:"'I was wrong': Tinnie terrorist claims he's a new man"
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1177:. New York: Random House. pp. 88–139.
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1079:Australian Associated Press (3 May 2019),
406:"Why an ISIS Propagandist Abandoned Islam"
61:Cerantonio was born on 28 January 1985 in
294:Australia May 2016 arrest - 'Tinnie plot'
1171:Wood, Graeme (2017). "Musa Cerantonio".
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229:his apartment was bombed by warplanes.
106:and at age 17, Cerantonio converted to
1009:. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
982:. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
929:. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
738:"The Untold Story of Musa Cerantinio"
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1244:Australian people of Italian descent
921:Hancock, James (23 September 2016).
453:Zielinski, Caroline (12 July 2014).
185:In 2011, Cerantonio was invited to
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1001:Karen, Percy (22 February 2019).
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288:Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
284:Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
87:In 2000, at 15, he visited the
1254:Former Muslim critics of Islam
404:Wood, Graeme (31 March 2022).
227:Moro National Liberation Front
127:Victoria University, Australia
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523:. August 2016. Archived from
324:Journalist Graeme Wood mused
125:Cerantonio later enrolled at
102:In 2002, during the month of
41:". Cerantonio converted to
553:"Musa Cerantonio - Islamway"
1209:Australian Muslim activists
1054:Smith, Rohan (3 May 2019).
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27:Former Australian jihadist
1259:Australian former Muslims
615:The Sydney Morning Herald
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1219:Australian propagandists
1087:. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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213:Cerantonio fled to the
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82:Footscray City College
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798:Lettertobaghdadi.com
794:"Letter to Baghdadi"
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280:Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
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338:Criminal conviction
98:Conversion to Islam
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804:on 8 February 2015
276:Letter to Baghdadi
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