Accused terrorist recruiter to stand trial

A Sydney man accused of recruiting men to fight with terrorist organisations in Syria has been committed to stand trial, as his lawyer accuses the prosecution of making "illogical quantum leaps".

Hamdi Alqudsi, 40, is alleged to have run a pipeline for Australians to join terrorist organisations such as Jabhat Al-Nusra and al-Qaeda affiliates in their efforts to bring down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

He was charged under the Foreign Incursions Act in December after he allegedly helped seven men get to Syria between June and October last year.

After reviewing telephone intercept material presented by the prosecution on Friday, Magistrate David Williams ruled there was enough evidence capable of supporting the charges against Alqudsi.

The crown prosecutor tendered more than 100 pages of telephone intercepts during which Alqudsi is allegedly recorded talking to some of the men about fighting in Syria.

"God willing you boys better start pushing before the front lines are full," one intercept read.

In another he is quoted as saying: "Don't forget, my jihad over here is yours over there."

Alqudsi's lawyer Zali Burrows argued her client was only giving innocuous travel advice.

"It's rather fanciful - rather like the man who danced with the girl who danced with the Prince of Wales," Ms Burrows said.

"What we have in the end is an illogical quantum leap."

Ms Burrows said the commonwealth had failed to provide the particulars of the charges against Alqudsi.

She also said there was no evidence the person recorded in phone intercepts was in fact her client.

However the commonwealth prosecutor denied this.

"It's been suggested - rather erroneously - that there is no evidence Alqudsi is the speaker," she said.

"It's overwhelming in my opinion."

She then read an extract from one intercept where Alqudsi allegedly identified himself by name.

The prosecutor warned the court about viewing the circumstantial evidence in a piecemeal way.

"I am innocent. I am looking forward to my trial," Alqudsi said outside court.

The matter will next be heard at the District Court on Friday.