Melbourne Islamic leader silent on centre’s alleged Flydubai hijacker links in Facebook video
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MyCentre leader Samir Mohtadi, who also goes by Abu Hamza, refers to Islamic texts on the virtues of staying silent Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A leader of a Melbourne Islamic centre allegedly linked to the accused Flydubai hijacker has released a video extolling the virtues of staying silent, without directly commenting on the accusations from prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates. Dr Hamad Saif al-Shamsi, the attorney general of the UAE, on the weekend said that investigators had traced the ideological and professional background of the 29-year-old suspect and that their findings indicated his “drift towards extremism and terrorism” began while he was studying at RMIT University in Melbourne in 2017. Continue reading...
Directly affected
- No company is named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- LMT Lockheed Martin
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- RTX RTX
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- NOC Northrop Grumman
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- GD General Dynamics
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense
A fund of aerospace and defense companies
- BA Boeing
Defense and aerospace orders move with conflict spending
- LHX L3Harris
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- HII Huntington Ingalls
Shipyards benefit when naval spending rises
- XAR SPDR SERIES TRUST
Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia.
- PPA INVESCO AEROSPACE & DEFENSE ETF
GA selected PPA as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: defense. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
MyCentre leader Samir Mohtadi, who also goes by Abu Hamza, refers to Islamic texts on the virtues of staying silent Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A leader of a Melbourne Islamic centre allegedly linked to the…
Source: The Guardian
Price since this story was published: IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)
Since the first closing price after “Melbourne Islamic leader silent on centre’s alleged Flydubai hijacker links in Facebook video,” IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is +1.74%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.47% over the same days, a +3.21% difference versus the market. industrial stocks (XLI) is -1.14%, a +2.89% difference versus that group of stocks.
| Company | When | Move | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA | that day | -0.50% | final price |
| BA | the next day | -2.05% | final price |
| BA | two days later | -3.08% | final price |
| BA | three days later | -0.90% | final price |
| BA | three days earlier | -1.13% | final price |
| BA | five days earlier | +1.20% | final price |
| GD | that day | +1.14% | final price |
| GD | the next day | +0.35% | final price |
| GD | two days later | +0.99% | final price |
| GD | three days later | +1.70% | final price |
| GD | three days earlier | -1.46% | final price |
| GD | five days earlier | +0.12% | final price |
| Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) | that day | -0.63% | final price |
| Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) | the next day | -0.76% | final price |
| Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) | two days later | -2.24% | final price |
| Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) | three days later | -0.50% | final price |
| Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) | three days earlier | -2.27% | final price |
| Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) | five days earlier | -1.32% | final price |
| HII | that day | -0.20% | final price |
| HII | the next day | -2.61% | final price |
| HII | two days later | -0.05% | final price |
| HII | three days later | +1.02% | final price |
| HII | three days earlier | -1.48% | final price |
| HII | five days earlier | +0.73% | final price |
| IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) | that day | -0.28% | final price |
| IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) | the next day | -1.26% | final price |
| IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) | two days later | -1.17% | final price |
| IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) | three days later | +0.09% | final price |
| IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) | three days earlier | -1.47% | final price |
| IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) | five days earlier | +0.06% | final price |
Who gains and who loses around IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)
Companies carried with this story
- ITA IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
In “Melbourne Islamic leader silent on centre’s alleged Flydubai hijacker links in Facebook video,” IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia
- XAR Spdr Series Trust
In “Melbourne Islamic leader silent on centre’s alleged Flydubai hijacker links in Facebook video,” Spdr Series Trust (XAR) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia
- PPA Invesco Aerospace & Defense Etf
For “Melbourne Islamic leader silent on centre’s alleged Flydubai hijacker links in Facebook video,” Invesco Aerospace & Defense Etf (PPA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected PPA as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: defense. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- WAR U.S. Global Technology And Aerospace & Defense Etf
For “Melbourne Islamic leader silent on centre’s alleged Flydubai hijacker links in Facebook video,” U.S. Global Technology And Aerospace & Defense Etf (WAR) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected WAR as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: defense. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- GLD Spdr Gold Trust
Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “Melbourne Islamic leader silent on centre’s alleged Flydubai hijacker links in Facebook video.” Reason on file: Material security escalation can affect safe-haven and macro-risk proxies; this is a monitoring relationship, not a directional prediction
- TLT Ishares Tr
Ishares Tr (TLT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “Melbourne Islamic leader silent on centre’s alleged Flydubai hijacker links in Facebook video.” Reason on file: Material security escalation can affect safe-haven and macro-risk proxies; this is a monitoring relationship, not a directional prediction
- UUP Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund
Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “Melbourne Islamic leader silent on centre’s alleged Flydubai hijacker links in Facebook video.” Reason on file: Material security escalation can affect safe-haven and macro-risk proxies; this is a monitoring relationship, not a directional prediction
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) and the defense link
The 12 Oct 2026 story “Melbourne Islamic leader silent on centre’s alleged Flydubai hijacker links in Facebook video” names IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) because of Defense.
What ties IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) to the headline is this: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia
Also listed, Spdr Series Trust (XAR): Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia
Dates and price levels for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)
ITA traded between 201.08 and 217.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 207.60. PPA traded between 151.56 and 162.12 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 156.07. XAR traded between 216.28 and 245.40 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 223.20.
How solid the defense case looks
46 out of 100
“Melbourne Islamic leader silent on centre’s alleged Flydubai hijacker links in Facebook video” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 7 linked companies.