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Sami Shah is a comedian but he’s not joking when he says everyone has an opinion about Islam in Australia.

Christine MiddapChristine Middap
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12:00AMJune 17, 2017
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Sami Shah is a comedian but he’s not joking when he says everyone has an opinion about Islam in Australia. Especially now. Shah and his wife Ishma Alvi migrated here from Pakistan in 2012 and both have firm views on the faith they were born into, practised and then abandoned as adults.

They’ve lived the religion, seen it for good and bad, and ultimately decided they would not raise their daughter in a Muslim country. In a public debate that is often heated and hysterical, Shah and Alvi confront the issues surrounding Islam with refreshing openness – and in a way they could never safely do in Pakistan.

Christine Middap
Christine MiddapAssociate editor, chief writer

Christine Middap is associate editor and chief writer at The Australian. She was previously editor of The Weekend Australian Magazine for 11 years. Christine worked as a journalist and editor in Tasmania, Queensland and NSW, and at The Times in London. She is a former foreign correspondent and London bureau chief for News Corp's Australian newspapers.

Christine Middap
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