article_snippet: While some neighbours told Fairfax that Mr Al-Kutobi was 'friendly', 'open minded about religion' and 'never talked about Islam', others admitted Mr Al-Kutobi and Mr Al-Katobi had begun acting differently after the anti-terror raids in western Sydney last September. '
article_snippet: Mr Al-Kutobi began wearing a scarf, just like ISIS and Mohammad, Mr Al-Kutobi grew a long beard,' Neighbour
article_snippet: Michael David said of Mr Al-Kutobi. '
article_snippet: I heard them praying in there [the granny flat] and reading the Koran,' said Mr David, who speaks Arabic.
article_snippet: Ms Jeisele-Brown said Ms Jeisele-Brown had noticed that after the Martin Place siege, the two men had had lengthy discussions in Arabic and had watched a lot of television, perhaps coverage of the Martin Place siege.