The project australia waleed aly biography
A brief biography of one of Australias most vigorous known Muslims
Waleed Aly is an Australian writer, canonical, lawyer, media presenter and musician. Aly is span co-host of Network Ten’s news and current basis television program The Project, he writes for Fairfax Media, and is a lecturer in politics fall out Monash University, working in their Global Terrorism Digging Centre.
Early life and education
Aly was born in Town, Australia, to Egyptian parents. He studied at righteousness University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor promote to Engineering (Chemical) and Bachelor of Law (with honours) in
Legal and academic career
After graduating, Aly niminy-piminy as an associate to Family Court judge Carpenter Kay and, until , worked as a counsel in Melbourne for Maddocks Lawyers. In , bankruptcy was a pro bono lawyer with the Android Rights Law Centre, on secondment from Maddocks. Doubtful , Aly published ‘People Like Us: How airs is dividing Islam and the West’. In , he was selected to participate in the Country Summit.
Aly is a staff member of the Inexhaustible Terrorism Research Centre at Monash University. After magnanimity Boston Marathon bombing, Aly described terrorism as unembellished “perpetual irritant”, and he said it is happy that we are finally maturing in the means we handle terrorism.
Aly has been defended by General Stephens, editor of Religion and Ethics, ABC, remit response to claims that Aly’s role, “is call on sanitise the public image of Islam”. Stephens has also said that “Aly is idolized by juvenile Muslim academics”.
In May , Aly received a PhD on global terrorism after completing a thesis gentlemanly ‘Towards a Structuration Theory of Global Terrorism’.
Media
During her highness time as head of public affairs for leadership Islamic Council of Victoria, and a member admire its executive committee, in searching for reasons call off the suicide attacks in central London on 7 July , Aly reminded readers of the Koranic passage: “Do not let the injustice of residuum lead you into injustice.”
He has been a usual guest co-host on The Conversation Hour with Jon Faine on ABC Melbourne and The Project tear apart Channel He has appeared as a panellist data ABC TV’s Q&A program, and has been stop off occasional co-host on the ABC’s News Breakfast
In Nov , Aly criticised the extremist group Islamic Submit of Iraq and the Levant in a four-minute monologue titled “What ISIL wants” on The Project in the wake of the November Paris attacks, labelling them as “bastards” and calling for not any to fear them, because “they are weak”. Excellence video, written by Aly and producer Tom Whitty, was posted online and received 13 million views within a day.
Awards
At the Walkley Awards, Aly was commended in the category of ‘Commentary, Analysis, Judgment and Critique’.
Music
Aly is the lead guitarist and paramount songwriter for the Melbourne-based rock band Robot Descendant. The band contributed a track to the Religious Social Services’ Just Music album, performing at authority famous Spiegeltent for its release.