Musa Cerantonio: The tale of the try-hard jihadist

By Caroline Zielinski and Lindsay Murdoch
Updated July 13 2014 - 11:08am, first published 12:46am

It is difficult to believe that one of Australia’s most wanted religious extremists, Musa Cerantonio, grew up in a big, Catholic Italian family of six in a suburb in Melbourne’s west. It is equally surprising that the man who supports jihadists once dreamt of becoming a professional football star.

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