No surprise here. The establishment media has made it its business for two decades and more to obscure or deny outright any connection between Islam and terrorism, even when the jihad terrorists themselves make that connection.
“ISIS terrorist Abu Khaled al-Cambodi charged in Australia after extradition from Turkey, media uses his earlier name Neil Prakash to mislead readers,” OpIndia, December 4, 2022:
Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, an ISIS terrorist, has been charged with terror offences in Australia after he was extradited from Turkey. While all media in Australia and across the world has reported the development, all of them deliberately tried to insinuate that he is not a Muslim.
All media reports used his former name Neil Prakash, which sounds like the name of a Hindu from India. While his original was indeed Neil Prakash, it is no longer his name. He was originally Buddhist, and he converted to Islam in 2012. After converting to Islam, Neil Prakash adopted the name Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, referring to his Cambodian root.
Abu Khaled al-Cambodi was born in Melbourne in Australia to an Indo-Fijian father and Cambodian mother. He said that when he visited Cambodia with his family, he saw that Buddhist people were worshipping idols in temples, and he was disgusted by it. Therefore, after returning to Melbourne in 2012, he learned that one of his friends was invited and had converted to Islam. Following his friend, he also converted in that year and joined the terror group in 2014.
Since then, he has been using the name Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, for some reason, the media keeps using his old name Neil Prakash, which definitely creates a wrong impression about his religious affiliation.
More importantly, the media reports dos not even mention that he is now known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, and only used his old name in the reports. There is no mention that he converted to Islam from Buddhism and changed his name to an Islamic name before joining ISIS.
This seems to a deliberate attempt by media houses to suggest that the ISIS terrorist is not Muslim.
It is notable that these are the same media houses that insist on referring to a man as a woman if he identifies himself as a woman, and cancels people for referring to such people with their birth gender even if such people have not undergone any sex change procedure. But here, Neil Prakash converted to Islam from Buddhism, and changed his name to Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, but the media houses still refer to his earlier name.
Abu Khaled is accused of travelling to Syria to take part in the terror activities of ISIS. Among the charges that he is facing in Australia include engaging in hostile activity in a foreign state and country, being a member of a terrorist organisation, supporting and advocating for terrorism. He has also been named in two terror plots in Australia….
࿗Infidel࿘ says
His assumed name also leads one to believe that Cambodia is one more haven of jihad. When in fact, only 2% of Cambodia is muslim
DHZ says
Shame on those news outlets for not respecting this man’s identification as a Muslim. But the hypocrisy is inevitable, given that some people do bad things while identifying as what those same reporters would consider an oppressed group. This is not at all the same as say killing 100 people to save 10,000. No one, except criminals and their abettors, are under any kind of threat by speaking the truth. No one would even be surprised to learn the man was a convert to Islam, even Muslims. That cat has been out of the bag for a long time. Shame is a powerful motivator as in; “What would our friends at work and other journalists elsewhere think of us if we didn’t at least pretend to fall in line?” If this particular impulsive murderer had been transgender that too would have been minimized.
tim gallagher says
I live in Australia and it is true that this Muslim maggot has always been referred to as Neil Prakash. I always just thought that, maybe, the Muslim name was too difficult, or it would be a bit meaningless because we all knew him as Neil Prakash. There was never any doubt about the fact that he was a Muslim terrorist recruiter. The TV reports would usually show him talking with other Muslim terrorist men. I think there was often a photo of him reading the Koran also. Along with many other people, over time, I’d forgotten this scumbag, and am glad that they now have him about to face some justice and a very long jail sentence.
Keith O says
Your right Tim, Everything I’d seen of this vermin linked him directly to the thugs in ISIS and to being a mudslime.
I think the name may have stayed the same so we would understand he is a convert?
As a side note, I have to strongly disagree with you on one point, where you said “him talking with other muslim terrorist men”.
Male yes, men? definitely not.
Personally, I hope he gets a very light sentence, maybe even suspended, so no jail time.
I’m sure he would be well “looked after” by some caring Aussies.
tim gallagher says
You are right, Keith O. Prakash and his ISIS buddies are not men. Some type of knuckle dragging subhumans is a more accurate description of them. Prakash is one of many of these vermin that I had forgotten about over the years. I was pleased to see, on the TV news, the maggot being in marched back into Australia by a couple of big policemen. Maybe, as you suggest, it would be good to see him out in Australian society trying to run from angry Australians, although I’d still love to see him get life in prison.
Keith O says
With hard labour, no special book, no halal food, nothing but time and a life that would make him want to meet his maker.
Then after he crosses, a good Christian burial.
tim gallagher says
All your suggestions there work for me, Keith O. I do hope that he somehow gets life in prison with no chance whatsoever of getting out at all. That hardly ever seems to happen though in Australia. I think only serial killers like Ivan Milat have received such a sentence.
gravenimage says
Islamic State jihadi charged in Australia, media uses his pre-conversion name in order to mislead readers
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Sadly we see this in the press all the time.