Plans for post the Hizb ut-Tahrir story, The Australian, 26 November, 2002.

The paper was very pleased with the Hizb ut-Tahrir story. https://thejournalismofjohnstapleton.blogspot.com.au/2002/11/zealots-quest-for-purity-hizbv-ut.html The editor of the time Chris Mitchell was keen for followups. But I had young children at the time, could see how dangerous the situation was, didn't re didn't want to be Rupert Murdhoch's sacrificial henchman in his cultural agendas, promptly pretended to lose interest and went back to the daily dross of general news reporting.

In the years to follow the jihadis were to populate the web, while everyone from the Army's iman to staff at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to the country's most prominent Muslim spokespeople declared their support for the Hizb.

They also became a regular at university Muslim clubs.

While placing them under surveillance, government attempts to ban them, particularly under Tony Abbott, all failed.

Like many Muslims actively working towards the establishment of a caliphate, they are always pleasant and polite to deal with on a personal level. They are highly educated master propagandists and wish to welcome you into the blessings of the Sharia.

I wrote about them extensively in the book Terror in Australia: Workers' Paradise Lost.