Australian Men Sentenced to 22 Years for Mosque Arson in ISIS-Inspired Attack

Three years after this terrorist act was committed, the verdict is now known for Ahmed Mohamed, 26, Abdullah Chaarani, 28, and Hatim Moukhaiber, 31. These three suspects, who set fire to the "Imam Ali Islamic Centre" one night in December 2016, before tagging the inscription "Islamic State" on one of the building’s walls, are sentenced to 22 years and 16 years in prison respectively. The third man, recruited after a previous attempt to burn down this same mosque in Melbourne, received six years less than the first two.

In May, they had been found guilty of terrorism-related charges after a jury determined that their acts followed an extremist version of Sunni Islam, inspired by Daesh. Judge Andrew, who delivered the final verdict, drives the point home and indicates that only hatred and intolerance can be the motives of these two criminals.