Posted on 12/19/2005 7:10:29 PM PST by Mount Athos
THE mother of a Melbourne youth allegedly found on a Sydney bus with two bottles of petrol said she was worried he "likes Islam too much".
Amir Ali Osmanagic's distraught mother said yesterday she feared he would get mixed up with trouble-makers when he moved to Sydney three weeks ago.
"He's a very good person, but he like too much Islam," Envera Osmanagic said.
"He likes Islam, maybe he protects Islam, something like that.
"He's young, he does not know what is happening."
Amir Ali Osmanagic, 18, and Parham Esmailpour, 19, of Sydney, gave police different excuses for carrying the petrol, a court heard yesterday.
Mr Osmanagic allegedly said he was helping a mate who had run out of fuel, while Mr Esmailpour said it was for sniffing. They were arrested on Sunday in a major crackdown by police who feared a new outbreak of race violence on Sydney beaches.
They allegedly boarded a bus from the city to Bondi with two 800ml drinking bottles filled with petrol.
Police were notified when the bus driver smelled petrol and asked other passengers to contact police.
Mr Osmanagic and Mr Esmailpour appeared separately before Sydney's Waverley Local Court yesterday on charges of affray and possessing an offensive implement with intent to commit a serious offence.
The court was told that officers who boarded the bus found Mr Osmanagic in possession of two bottles of petrol, a rail ticket from Liverpool, a bus ticket to north Bondi and a pamphlet that read: "Howard's riots -- how racist policies breed racist violence".
Mr Esmailpour was alleged to have bought the fuel at a petrol station in Epping, a northwest Sydney suburb.
He had asked the service station attendant to fill the two bottles with petrol, but had been refused, opting to buy a five-litre container instead. He later filled the two bottles with the fuel, the court was told.
Prosecutor Sen-Constable Brad Scanlan said Mr Osmanagic had told police he was carrying the bottles to help a friend whose car had run out of petrol at Bondi.
"Why did his friend need petrol from Liverpool when there are numerous petrol stations in the city?" Sen-Constable Scanlan asked.
He said Mr Esmailpour told police he wanted the petrol to sniff it.
"Petrol is available in Bondi. One doesn't have to ride all the way to Bondi to sniff petrol," Sen-Constable Scanlan told the court.
Magistrate Lee Anne Gilmour refused Mr Osmanagic bail and ordered him to reappear in court tomorrow for a further bail application.
Noting that Mr Esmailpour had no convictions, she granted him bail on strict conditions, also ordering him to appear again tomorrow.
Ms Osmanagic told the Herald Sun her son went to Sydney about three weeks ago to live and find work.
It was his first time away from home.
The family moved from Dandenong to Roxburgh Park about two months ago.
She said her son, a former Lyndale Secondary College student in Dandenong, had never been in trouble before.
"Now there many trouble with Muslims, many trouble. I'm all the time worried he's going to be close with some of those people that like fighting," she said.
FOUR men questioned over the discovery of a drum of petrol and materials used to make molotov cocktails in Bright-Le-Sands on Sunday were released without charge yesterday, pending further police inquiries.
A fifth youth, a 17-year-old male from Wollongong, was charged with being armed with intent to commit a serious offence.
He was released on conditional bail and was due to face court again on January 17.
Why can't they just rebel like American kids, with cigarettes, alcohol, sex, and vulgar music? Sheesh.
Vermin of Mid Eastern Appearance,
Is that a Pepsi bottle? Imperialist!
Imperialism countered with the Che look!!!
That guy looks like an IRA thug.
Gasoline lost its cachet decades ago!
"He like too much Islam." That nails it.
"He like too much Islam." That nails it."
There might be some hope for the mother. She sees herself as being independent of Islam, and speaks a little English.
Gee, I thought that this was all about "white supremists" that were causing the problems, not fanatical muslims?
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