Brother of convicted terrorist preaching in local mosques

The controversial brother of a convicted terrorist is back preaching to scores of supporters in mosques in Melbourne and Brisbane.

Junaid Thorne is linked to a group known as Millatu Ibrahim, which was banned in Europe in 2012.

He delivered a lecture at the Dandenong South mosque on March 8, according to his Facebook page.

The 24-year-old has previously asked businessmen to give money for the jihad.

Mr Thorne has also visited the Al-Furqan Islamic centre in Springvale South, which was raided by counter-terrorism teams in 2012.

The self-proclaimed sheik from Perth is the brother of Shayden Thorne, 25, who was sentenced to 4½ years in a Saudi Arabian prison for having terrorism-related materials on a laptop.

On his tour of Melbourne in March, Mr Thorne is believed to have given three lectures in Narre Warren North, Dandenong and Keysborough.

One photo on the sheik’s Facebook page shows more than 50 supporters at a Melbourne mosque in January.

It is believed he returned on a second tour in March because of the increasing number of people attending.

Following his latest tour, Mr Thorne announced he was making his personal Facebook profile private because he feared he was being watched.

The page has since been shut down.

A spokesman for the Dandenong South mosque declined to comment.

Mr Thorne could not be contacted by the Herald Sun.

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