No kafir is safe when Mohammedans mourn the creepy lives of their departed clerics.
A Sky News reporter has been told to leave a mosque that held a service in memory of Ayatollah Khamenei, as worshippers issued a thinly-veiled threat to the journalist.
‘You should leave quickly’: Journalist warned by worshippers of Sydney mosque celebrating slain terror leader Ayatollah Khamenei
A Sky News reporter has been warned to leave a Sydney mosque by worshippers refusing to answer questions on the US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Mosques around the country held Friday prayers for the first time since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes on the weekend. Khamenei led a brutal regime that executed thousands of innocent civilians and orchestrated terror attacks across the world. Despite this, five Australian mosques this week held mourning ceremonies for the slain terror leader.
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Minister for Multicultural Affairs Anne Aly said the decision was made due to “social cohesion concerns”.
Sky News senior reporter Matt Taylor went to the Al Zahra Mosque in Arncliffe, which held one of those ceremonies, on Friday to speak to worshippers about the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and their opinion on the late dictator.
Taylor noted the reception from worshippers “was not a hospitable welcome”.
He said “one guy came up to us and started filming us” before telling him and the rest of the team “you’re not allowed to be here”.
“Our security then spoke to some of the people that were congregated out the front of the [adjoining] school and told them what we were there for,” Taylor said.
“They said, ‘Well, you’re not welcome. You should probably leave and leave rather quickly’, inferring that there may have been some people on the way to inform us that our presence was not welcome.”
The mourning of Khamenei this week has drawn mass condemnation from political leaders and the Jewish community.
Statements by the mosque said the slain Ayatollah “embodied everything we want in a leader”.
New South Wales premier Chris Minns said: “I think we can call the mourning of this tyrant atrocious and that’s what I’m going to do.”
Co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry Alex Ryvchin said any mosque honouring Khamenei should be subject to criminal investigation.
“The fact that Khamenei’s forces coordinated at least two terrorist attacks in Australia makes this public adulation for him all the more concerning,” he said.
“We cannot allow terrorists to be glorified in our country or for such actions to occur without consequence.
“We have seen where brazen support for terrorism and glorification of violence can take our country.”
However, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed he would not direct security agencies to investigate the mosques.
Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes on the weekend. Picture: AP
“Look, what I’m about here is promoting social unity here, I’m not looking for division,” Mr Albanese said.
“The Australian government’s position has been very clear, and it’s an unequivocal one.”
When asked if he would direct security agencies to monitor the mosques and those supporting Khamenei, Mr Albanese said: “No, what our agencies do is their work.”
“We will allow them to do their work and without ongoing running commentary on that work that they undertake.
“They do extraordinary work and they deserve our support, and one of the ways that we give them support is not by running a commentary on a regular basis, we allow them to get about.”
Khamenei led the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps which was designated a state sponsor of terrorism by the Albanese government in 2025.
Under Part 5.3A of the Criminal Code, it is an offence to “associate with members of” or “provide support to” a state sponsor of terrorism.
The Department of Home Affairs said the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Act 2025 was focused on “foreign state entities”.