A former member of the anti-Islam group United Patriots Front says she suffered a series of threats against her and her children when she tried to leave the group last year.

Indie Norris told Vice she had been forced to appeal to the Australian Federal Police for protection after members of the group turned on her after she quit earlier this year.

View photos Indie Norris said UPF members told her they would campaign to destroy her credibility if she left their 'inner circle'. Photo: Vice More

The United Patriots Front is an offshoot of the Reclaim Australia group, which has become infamous for protesting against mosques, Islam, Muslims and ‘the Left’.

View photos United Patriots Front and Reclaim Australia members rally in Melbourne in July 2015. Photo: AAP More

She said she is the first high ranking member of the group to quit and made the decision after learning leaders knew little about Islam and were largely driven by egos and a quest for power.

Norris was responsible for handling the UPF’s finances and merchandise sales before deciding to leave in December.

The response to her decision, she said, was furious and immediate.





“It started with threats, and then slanderous videos, articles, and Facebook posts which continue to this day,” she said.

“I have been relocated to a safe house ... They're destroying my credibility so no one will want to follow in my footsteps.”

According to Norris, members of the UPF had demanded she send them naked photos of herself while a member had once doctored a photo of her son into an obscene image which was sent to her with a sexual threat directed at the child.

Describing the UPF as a cult, Norris said she apologised to those it had hurt and urged other members toresearch beyond the one sided views espoused by its leadership.

She said she also believed a member of the group would eventually kill someone.

“… I had been brainwashed and only exposed to one side of a very complex issue,” she said.

“I wish I had opened my mind and done my own research rather than believe and follow the UPF so blindly.”

View photos Suporters of the United Patriots Front march through the streets of Bendigo in February 2016. Photo: AAP More

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