26 Facts About Zaky Mallah

Zaky Mallah was acquitted of two terrorism charges in 2005, but pleaded guilty to a third charge of threatening violence against Commonwealth officials.

In 2011 Mallah travelled to Syria to film the Syrian Civil War, declaring himself in support of the Free Syrian Army.

In 2003, when he was nineteen, Zaky Mallah was the first to be arrested under then-recently enacted amendments to Australia's federal Criminal Code Act which introduced specific offences for terrorism-related acts.

Zaky Mallah spent two years in Goulburn Correctional Centre subject to solitary confinement and a 22-hour lockdown while he awaited trial.

The circumstances of the case were that after being refused a passport, Zaky Mallah appealed through a lawyer to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

Zaky Mallah then purchased a rifle and ammunition, prepared his will and made a video to be played after he died.

Zaky Mallah bragged about this and his claims were eventually brought up on the Alan Jones radio program.

Zaky Mallah was sentenced to two and a half years jail.

In 2011 Zaky Mallah was employed by ANZ Stadium until he was fired for broadcasting a video of non-public areas of the Stadium on YouTube.

Zaky Mallah asserted that his firing was triggered by his employers learning that he had once been charged under the anti-terrorism act.

In 2011, following uprisings that were part of the Arab Spring, Zaky Mallah travelled to Syria during the Syrian civil war.

Zaky Mallah has asserted that he and all the other Australians he met in Syria were filling non-combat roles, which would not violate Australian law.

Zaky Mallah says he does not support ISIS, that he "hates ISIS" and supported the Free Syrian Army.

In December 2012, after returning from Syria, The Australian reported Zaky Mallah claimed he had received death threats from individuals who doubted his truthfulness, and suspected he was a covert employee of Australian security agencies.

In January 2013, Zaky Mallah was a member of a panel interviewed by ABC journalist Stephanie Smail.

In May 2013 Zaky Mallah published a guideline for other Australians considering volunteering to help Muslims in war zones on how they could do so, without violating provisions in the anti-terrorism act that barred Australians from fighting in foreign wars.

Zaky Mallah asserted treating wounded fighters would not violate Australian law; neither would preparing or serving rations, or carrying flags.

Zaky Mallah claimed that individuals killed while aiding fighters would be martyrs entitled to the same after-life benefits an actual fighter is promised.

Zaky Mallah's guideline included advice for volunteers who wanted to avoid risking their own lives.

Zee News reported on 18 May 2013 that Zaky Mallah had been charged under the anti-terrorism act a second time for broadcasting the video.

Zaky Mallah went on to debate Waleed Aly on The Project and published an opinion piece in The Guardian's Comment is free.

Zaky Mallah argued that "ASIO and counter-terrorism police" benefit from community relations, and that the government should listen to people like him because he had "been to Syria" and understands the world view of young people considering leaving.

Zaky Mallah designed a new flag for Australia in 2015 which he named AusRoo.

On 7 June 2018, Zaky Mallah was denied entry to Singapore.

Zaky Mallah was able to contact an Australian reporter before Singapore officials took away his phone, prior to questioning him.

Zaky Mallah later reported they questioned him for five hours, before sending him back to Australia.