After the UAE charged that the person involved had links with an Islamic center, the head of an Islamic center in Australia said he had no connection with the Dubai Airlines co-pilot who attempted to hijack the plane. According to the UAE's state news agency, the UAE Attorney General said last week that while studying in Melbourne in 2017, the 29-year-old Omani co-pilot gradually leaned towards extremism and terrorism. The report said that through frequent visits to mosques, he met people associated with “myCentre.” The center is managed by a man known as “Abu Hamza”. Abu Hamza posted a statement on the “myCentre” Facebook page saying that he had never seen Hamami and that there was no record that Hamami had ever visited the center. The center is a registered charity and is also known as the “Multicultural Youth Center.” “I strongly oppose any attempt to link me to the 'Multicultural Youth Centre' and Hamami,” he said in a statement. These claims are unfounded, misleading, and have the potential to unfairly damage the reputation of an organization that has served the wider Australian community for decades.”

After the UAE charged that the person involved had links with an Islamic center, the head of an Islamic center in Australia said he had no connection with the Dubai Airlines co-pilot who attempted to hijack the plane. According to the UAE's state news agency, the UAE Attorney General said last week that while studying in Melbourne in 2017, the 29-year-old Omani co-pilot gradually leaned towards extremism and terrorism. The report said that through frequent visits to mosques, he met people associated with “myCentre.” The center is managed by a man known as “Abu Hamza”. Abu Hamza posted a statement on the “myCentre” Facebook page saying that he had never seen Hamami and that there was no record that Hamami had ever visited the center. The center is a registered charity and is also known as the “Multicultural Youth Center.” “I strongly oppose any attempt to link me to the 'Multicultural Youth Centre' and Hamami,” he said in a statement. These claims are unfounded, misleading, and have the potential to unfairly damage the reputation of an organization that has served the wider Australian community for decades.”