The accused terrorist’s uncle, Dr Ehsan Azari who is a lecturer in Afghani studies at the University of Western Sydney, said his nephew was “very pious”.
“If he is truly involved in this it is someone else who has convinced him, turned his mind,” he said.
The lecturer said Azari’s parents are unaware that their son had been arrested because they left Sydney for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to make the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca.
The folks should stay in Mecca.