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IN PHOTO: Men in orange jumpsuits purported to be Egyptian Christians held captive by the Islamic State (IS) kneel in front of armed men along a beach said to be near Tripoli, in this still image from an undated video made available on social media on February 15, 2015. Islamic State released the video on Sunday purporting to show the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya. In the video, militants in black marched the captives to a beach that the group said was near Tripoli. They were forced down onto their knees, then beheaded. Egypt's state news agency MENA quoted the spokesman for the Coptic Church as confirming that 21 Egyptian Christians believed to be held by Islamic State were dead. REUTERS/Social media via Reuters TV

Tareq Kamleh, a former South Australian doctor who became a member of ISIS group, revealed that cancellation of his passport failed to bother him and spoke about his anticipation regarding the arrest warrant on Facebook addressing the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

On Thursday, the Adelaide Magistrates announced an arrest warrant against Kamleh to the Australian Federal Police. Under the Section 119.2 of the Criminal Code Act, he was considered to be working with a terrorist organisation and had entered a declared area. In response, Kamleh said that it hardly perturbed him and had already stopped considering himself a citizen of the country for which he left secretly.

Kamleh expressed that, “it is this injustice within the Australian judicial system that was a catalyst for me to leave.” According to ABC News, he confirmed his intention “to stay in Syria” and rebuked the authority for accusing him of “malicious character.”

Kamleh worked as a registered pediatric doctor in various hospitals of the Country and only a recent video uploaded by the ISIS exposed his actions. The Regulation Agency proposed stern regulatory actions against him that would amount to cancellation of his medical registration as well. A representative of the Agency said that, “the board has the power to take immediate action to manage serious risk to public health and safety.”

However, South Australian Police said that only on his return could they arrest him. Immediate arrest of such terrorists were declared by Joint-Terrorism Team. Guardian reported that Kamleh along with three others named Mohammed Baryalei, Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar who left the country in the past to join the ISIS fighters, has been subjected to similar arrest warrants. Meanwhile, former president of the Northern Territory Labor party, Matthew Gardiner, accused of joining Kurdish forces against the ISIS was released without a charge after being arrested from Darwin.

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