Pauline Hanson opposes Khaled Sharrouf’s children returning to Australia after grandma finds them

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has described the surviving children of killed ISIS terrorist Khaled Sharrouf as a danger to Australia.

The Queensland senator demanded Prime Minister Scott Morrison stop them from coming back to Australia after their Sydney grandmother Karen Nettleton found them in a Syrian refugee camp.

She was reunited with her loved ones, five years after her now-dead son-in-law Sharrouf and his deceased Muslim-convert wife Tara Nettleton took their five children to Syria to join ISIS. 

‘How do you know whether they’re going to be a danger to Australia or not?,’ Senator Hanson said in a video message posted to social media on Tuesday.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has described the children (pictured with their Sydney grandmother Karen Nettleton) of killed ISIS fighter Khaled Sharrouf as a danger to Australia

‘Do I want to risk the safety in Australia? No I don’t.’

Senator Hanson, who wants a ban on Muslim immigration, slammed Ms Nettleton’s granddaughters Zaynab, who is 17 and pregnant, and Hoda, 15, for wearing black, full-body niqabs at the refugee camp in northern Syria.

The ABC’s Four Corners program explained the teenagers had worn the full-facial coverings because wearing the niqab was strictly enforced by ISIS followers at the al-Hawl camp near the Iraq border.

Senator Hanson, however, rejected this explanation, arguing Ns Nettleton’s granddaughters were more likely to be Muslim fundamentalists.

Khaled Sharrouf (left) who died in 2017, became Australia's most notorious home grown terrorist after images circulated of him and his two sons in 2014 embracing their new lifestyle.

He posted a horrifying photo of his young son holding up the severed head of soldier, captioned, 'That's my boy'

Senator Hanson also referenced how Ms Nettleton’s grandson Abdullah (right) was photographed holding a severed head in 2014 after his father Khaled Sharrouf took him to Syria

Senator Hanson (pictured) said the surviving Sharrouf children could not be deradicalised

Senator Hanson (pictured) said the surviving Sharrouf children could not be deradicalised 

‘These women were wearing the full burqa, had their hands covered,’ she said.

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‘Real fundamentalists is someone who has their hands covered and they never took the burqa in the confines of that tent.

‘That tells me they have full intentions of wearing it here in Australia.’ 

Senator Hanson also referenced how Ms Nettleton’s grandson Abdullah was photographed holding a severed head in 2014.

While this boy was killed in 2017, aged 12, the One Nation leader said his surviving siblings, including his eight-year-old brother Humzeh could not be deradicalised.

‘These are the kids who held the heads of severed people who the ISIS fighters killed,’ Senator Hanson said.

‘The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree and a lot of these kids are indoctrinated from an early age.

Senator Hanson, who is herself a grandmother, argued Ms Nettleton (pictured embracing her granddaughter) should move overseas to another area of the Middle East if she wanted to be with her grandchildren

 Senator Hanson, who is herself a grandmother, argued Ms Nettleton (pictured embracing her granddaughter) should move overseas to another area of the Middle East if she wanted to be with her grandchildren

‘To bring them back into the country because the grandparents are saying, “We miss them”?’

Khaled Sharrouf’s children

Daughter Zaynab, 17 – Alive

Daughter Hoda, 15 – Alive

Son Abdullah – Died aged 12 in 2017

Son Zarqawi – Died aged 11 in 2017

Son Humzeh, eight – Alive 

Senator Hanson, who is herself a grandmother, argued Ms Nettleton should move overseas to another area of the Middle East if she wanted to be with her grandchildren.

‘Let them go to a country that suits their beliefs and I suggest to the grandparents, if you feel strongly about it, do what a lot of other grandparents have had to do: move overseas yourselves,’ she said.

Mr Morrison on Tuesday he was open minded about bringing the Sharrouf children back to Australia on the proviso no Australian was injured retrieving them.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right with Liberal MP Sarah Henderson) on Tuesday was opened minded about bringing the Sharrouf children back to Australia on the proviso no Australian was injured retrieving them

Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right with Liberal MP Sarah Henderson) on Tuesday was opened minded about bringing the Sharrouf children back to Australia on the proviso no Australian was injured retrieving them

The Prime Minister described Khaled Sharrouf (pictured with sons Abdullah, 12, and Zarqawi, 11 shortly before an airstrike killed them in 2017) as a 'murderous terrorist'

The Prime Minister described Khaled Sharrouf (pictured with sons Abdullah, 12, and Zarqawi, 11 shortly before an airstrike killed them in 2017) as a ‘murderous terrorist’

‘When it comes to the children, obviously we’ll deal with each and every case on its merits, but in every single case, we’ll be putting the security of Australians at the top of the list,’ he told reporters at Torquay, south of Geelong.

The Prime Minister described Sharrouf as a ‘murderous terrorist’. 

‘He was a despicable individual,’ he said, as he campaigned with Liberal MP Sarah Henderson in the marginal seat of Corangamite. 

‘And the fact that he actually put his children in that environment is unthinkable as a parent. 

‘This is a very special brand of evil that he lived and no one’s unhappy to see the back of him.’

Australians begging to come home after fighting with ISIS 

Oliver Bridgeman, 21

Olive Bridgeman, 21, (pictured) claims he went to Syria to be a humanitarian worker.

Olive Bridgeman, 21, (pictured) claims he went to Syria to be a humanitarian worker.

  • The 21-year-old from Toowoomba in Queensland’s Darling Downs claimed he travelled to Syria to be a humanitarian worker.
  • He previously assured his mother and father he hadn’t been fighting in the war-torn nation, where ISIS terrorists are battling for control.  
  • His passport has been cancelled by the Australian government and he has been stuck in the war-torn area since 2016. 

Mahir Absar Alam, 26, 

Mahir Absar Alam, 26, (pictured), was caught just outside Baghouz.

Mahir Absar Alam, 26, (pictured), was caught just outside Baghouz.

  • Alam joined Islamic State just four weeks after it declared its so-called caliphate in 2014.
  • He has allegedly expressed regret for joining. 
  • The 26-year-old faces spending time in a prison camp in Syria, and could be taken to Iraq for trial or possibly be deported back to Australia, where he could be prosecuted.  

Ahmed Merhi, 27

Ahmed Merhi, 27, (pictured) has begged Australia to help him escape.

Ahmed Merhi, 27, (pictured) has begged Australia to help him escape.

  • Sydney terrorist Ahmed Merhi has begged Australia to help him after he was sentenced to death by hanging in Iraq. 
  • The former Granville Boys High School student, from Sydney’s west, travelled to Syria in 2014 or 2015. 
  • At the time, he claimed he was travelling to the war-torn region to perform aid work. 

Janai Safar, 24

Janai Safar, 24, (pictured), previously vowed never to return to Australia.

Janai Safar, 24, (pictured), previously vowed never to return to Australia.

  • Safar is living in a refugee camp in northern Syria after its defeat. 
  • She left Australia to allegedly join the jihadi terror group in 2015. 
  • She previously vowed she’d never return to Australia.
  • ‘It was my decision to come here to go away from where women are naked on the street. I don’t want my son to be raised around that,’ she said. 

Zehra Duman, 24, 

Zehra Duman, 24, (pictured) hit headlines in Australia when she fled to Syria in 2014.

Zehra Duman, 24, (pictured) hit headlines in Australia when she fled to Syria in 2014.

  • Duman, from Melbourne, is believed to be held at the al-Hawl refugee camp in Syria with her two-year-old son and six-month-old daughter. 
  • She claims she has been trying to leave ISIS for two years.  
  • The 24-year-old said she knows Australians would be angry with her but insisted: ‘My kids have a right to be treated like normal kids.’ 

Khaled Sharrouf’s children: Zaynab, 17, Hoda, 16, and Humzeh, eight

Zaynab (top left), Hoda (top right), and Humzeh (bottom, middle) are in the al-Howl camp.

Zaynab (top left), Hoda (top right), and Humzeh (bottom, middle) are in the al-Howl camp.

  • The Australian terrorist’s remaining three children have been held at the al-Hawl refugee camp in north-eastern Syria since mid-march.
  • Their Sydney-based mother, Tara Nettleton, smuggled the children out of Australia after her husband left to join the caliphate. 
  • Nettleton is believed to have died in 2016, while Sharrouf and his two eldest sons were believed to have been killed in an airstrike in 2017.

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