AUSTRALIA: Sydney school notorious for links to Islamic extremism, in chaos as Muslim students protest dismissal of staff member who backed Muslim nurses vowing to ‘kill’ Israeli patients

Dozens of Muslim students rallied outside Granville Boys High School, calling for the return of student support officer, Sheikh Wesam, who was sent home after posting a bizarre video in support of two Sydney Muslim nurses who threatened to “kill” Israelis at Bankstown Hospital.

Students at Granville High School in Sydney’s Southwest screaming “Allah Akhbar”. A protest demanding the return to the school of Sheik Wesam Charkawi who was sent home by the NSW Department of Education after defending the Bankstown nurses who threatened to kill Israeli… pic.twitter.com/HBj38DlsDa

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REBEL News Students waved Palestinian and Lebanese flags while chanting “bring him back,” “Sheikh Wesam,” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” The protest was backed by Teachers and School Staff for Palestine New South Wales.

The school’s notorious extremist reputation stretches back years. In 2015, a former student, Abu Ahmad, was reported to have posed with Jihadi imagery, including one with graffiti reading “ISIS is coming.”

In the same year a police report indicated that Bilal Alameddine, then a teenager, attempted to travel to the Middle East to join ISIS.

In 2016, a student with family links to terrorism, posted pro-terrorist images on Facebook, posing in front of a war memorial making a one-finger Jihadi salute and other threatening gestures.

In the video, Wesam described the current situation as “genocide,” accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Health Minister Ryan Park of hypocrisy, and claimed, “This isn’t just hypocrisy, isn’t just a double standard. It’s something far more calculated. It’s an orchestrated moral framework where outrage is not dictated by the severity of the action, but by the one who commits it.”

The NSW Department of Education responded by ordering Wesam to work from home, citing a breach of its social media policy and code of ethics. A department spokesperson said employees had “been reminded of their duty to uphold the reputation of the department as apolitical and impartial,” adding, “Any student who did not follow directions from staff will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action.”