Overview
- The City of Canterbury-Bankstown issued a $3,000 penalty infringement notice to the Al Madina Dawah Centre for alleged noncompliance with a December cease-use directive.
- The directive was imposed after the council determined the property held approval only for a medical centre, not for religious services.
- Council surveillance reported continued unauthorised activity, with observers noting people entering through a back door despite the front gates being closed.
- The centre recently posted that it was permanently closing on Facebook before deleting its page, following earlier claims that operations were paused for compliance.
- The centre’s new committee says former preacher Wissam Haddad has no role in management, and reporting has not shown him to be involved in the Bondi attack.