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Ealaf El-Easawi was assaulted in February and is now speaking about islamophobia in Australia.

Ealaf was shopping when a stranger allegedly assaulted her. She’s not alone

Hate mail, physical assaults, women having their hijabs pulled off and being spat on, and graffiti about killing Muslims are among the surge in Islamophobic incidents.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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Two words from a teenager finally exposed the daily reality for Australian Muslims

Muslim Australia has a deeply entrenched conviction that the country simply doesn’t care about anything that happens to them.

  • Waleed Aly
The Australian Islamic House Masjid

Teen charged over alleged mass shooting threats against new Sydney mosque

The alleged threat referencing the massacre in Christchurch was left on the Instagram page of the Australian Islamic House Masjid.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Amber Schultz
Mohammad Ismail makes the first batch of Palestinian Nabulsi knafeh for customers and the stall he has at the Lakemba Nights during Ramadan

‘Just a sanity check’: How these Sydney streets are preparing for a sacred month

The holy period of Ramadan means different things to different people, but to Mohammad Ismail the most important thing is patience.

  • Anthony Segaert
Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik.

Radicaliser? Undercover agent? Aftab Malik is used to dodging accusations

Australia’s new special envoy to combat Islamophobia didn’t want the job but is now working to make it more than tokenistic.

  • Patrick Begley
Two women were assaulted at Pacific Epping shopping centre, a court has heard.

Woman charged with assault of Muslim pair previously attacked woman in hijab, court hears

Suzan Gonulalan was released on bail after a court heard her criminal history involved 130 charges and she was on bail at the time of the incidents at an Epping shopping centre.

  • Angus Delaney
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Chief Rabbi Benjamin Elton from the Great Synagogue in Sydney.

Hate speech laws rammed through NSW parliament within hours

New hate speech laws were introduced into parliament on Tuesday. Faith groups involved in the consultation have warned the bill could erode social cohesion.

  • Max Maddison

Should we fear growing separatism? Germany offers a clue

Immigration will be the No.1 issue at next week’s German election, part of a backlash against a well-meaning but ultimately misguided policy of multicultural integration.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness

‘Horrific’: Roxburgh on reliving Peter Greste’s Egyptian jail hell for the big screen

When journalist Peter Greste was languishing in a Cairo prison cell, he could little imagine that one day, Richard Roxburgh would portray his ordeal in a film.

  • David Leser
Monash University vice chancellor Sharon Pickering: “We can’t just rely on dialling things down.”

‘You can’t just turn it off’: Monash vice chancellor on confronting hate on campus

Sharon Pickering says universities need to do more than just dial down conflicts on campus when confronting antisemitism.

  • Chip Le Grand

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