Imam Sheikh Taj El-Din Hilaly described Sharrouf " as an empty vase , which could be filled with anything , and it was filled with rubbish ideology . " In 2005 , he was arrested at his home in Wiley Park along with eight others during an Australian anti-terror investigation code-named Operation Pendennis . He was imprisoned for four years and released on parole in 2009 after a judge and psychiatrist " cautiously believed " that he would " abandon his radical beliefs . " Sharrouf was involved in planning the 2012 Sydney protests regarding the film '' Innocence of Muslims ''
2012 Sydney protests
2012 Sydney anti-Islam film protests
Khaled Sharrouf