Dylan Welch Police Reporter
October 25, 2008
A PROMINENT youth worker has used the funeral of a young Lebanese man shot dead on Wednesday to appeal for other young men in Sydney to turn from a life of crime and empty machismo.
"All we seem to do is just turn against each other. That's why we're just dropping like flies," Fadi Abdul-Rahman told hundreds of mourners at the funeral of Mustafa Assoum, 26, at Lakemba Mosque.
Mr Assoum, a volunteer youth worker at Abdul-Rahman's youth centre, was shot dead at Warwick Farm early on Wednesday.
Mr Abdul-Rahman spoke to the congregation, which included Mr Assoum's wife, his four-year-old son and four-month-old daughter, about the perils of crime.
"When you stand before Allah it's not your macho that will make a difference. Not your dollars, not your castles, not all your cars … Learn from Mustafa."
Mr Assoum was murdered two months after the funeral for another young Lebanese-Australian man from Lakemba, who died from bullet wounds.
Kalid Dib, 25, from Lidcombe, was killed by a security guard during an abortive armoured van robbery in Parramatta in August.
Outside the mosque Mr Abdul-Rahman called on society to prevent more killings in the Lebanese-Australian community.
October 25, 2008
A PROMINENT youth worker has used the funeral of a young Lebanese man shot dead on Wednesday to appeal for other young men in Sydney to turn from a life of crime and empty machismo.
"All we seem to do is just turn against each other. That's why we're just dropping like flies," Fadi Abdul-Rahman told hundreds of mourners at the funeral of Mustafa Assoum, 26, at Lakemba Mosque.
Mr Assoum, a volunteer youth worker at Abdul-Rahman's youth centre, was shot dead at Warwick Farm early on Wednesday.
Mr Abdul-Rahman spoke to the congregation, which included Mr Assoum's wife, his four-year-old son and four-month-old daughter, about the perils of crime.
"When you stand before Allah it's not your macho that will make a difference. Not your dollars, not your castles, not all your cars … Learn from Mustafa."
Mr Assoum was murdered two months after the funeral for another young Lebanese-Australian man from Lakemba, who died from bullet wounds.
Kalid Dib, 25, from Lidcombe, was killed by a security guard during an abortive armoured van robbery in Parramatta in August.
Outside the mosque Mr Abdul-Rahman called on society to prevent more killings in the Lebanese-Australian community.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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