The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that the top Al Qaeda suspect in Spain, Abu Dahdah, had repeated contacts with Australian Muslim leaders Sheikh Mohammed Omran and Bilal Khazal: Sheik denies link to Al Qaeda suspect.

The ABC has obtained Spanish court documents that allege Sheik Omran, and another Australian, were both in contact with the Spanish man, Abu Dahdah.

Dahdah is being held as Spain’s top Al Qaeda suspect.

He allegedly met the ringleader of the September 11 attacks, Mohammed Atta.

Spanish court documents allege repeated contacts between Abu Dahdah and both Melbourne man Sheikh Mohammed Omran and Sydney man Bilal Khazal.

The court documents say Mr Khazal and Sheik Omran also met another alleged terrorist in London.

The documents say Abu Dahdah called Sheik Omran on an Australian mobile number and listed the Sheik in his diary.

Sheik Omran says he has never been approached by authorities about the matter.

“I don’t think you are concerned about this more than the Australian intelligence,” he said.

“And if they don’t worry about that, that means it is a … rubbish claim.”

Bilal Khazal did not respond to questions from the ABC.

Sheik Omran is the spiritual leader of the conservative Islamic group Ahlus-Sunnah Wal Jamaah, with hundreds of Australian members.

UPDATE: Bilal Khazal is a former baggage handler for Qantas Airways, and has been previously linked to Al Qaeda by CIA reports: Former baggage handler denies terror link.

Reports compiled by the US Central Intelligence Agency had linked the former Qantas baggage handler, Bilal Khazal, to al-Qaeda and said he worked at Sydney’s international airport before the Olympics in 2000.

He came under notice during a security review at the airport, and his passport has since been confiscated.

Mr Khazal was said to be planning terrorist attacks on US interests in Venezuela and the Philippines, according to a CIA report dated mid-June 2002 and based on intelligence from the Palestinian Authority.

But Mr Khazal has told Channel Nine that he was not linked to al-Qaeda, but said he, “like any Muslim”, believed Osama bin Laden was a good man.