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A suspected Australian ISIS terrorist has had his Australian citizenship effectively reinstated by the High Court.

Dual Australian-Turkish citizen Delil Alexander has won his appeal against a decision by then home affairs minister Karen Andrews to strip him of his citizenship after ASIO assessed that he was a member of ISIS.

Effectively, the High Court ruled only judges can decide to strip citizenship if a person hasn’t faced trial in Australia.

The decision paves the way for 20 other convicted or suspected ISIS fighters to have their citizenship returned.

“Have we gone mad?” Ben Fordham asked.

“Anyone with links to this terrorist group has no place in our country.”

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