{"id":138088,"date":"2025-09-12T16:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/138088\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T16:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:32:08","slug":"australia-acknowledges-increase-in-islamophobia-since-israels-genocidal-war-on-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/138088\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Acknowledges Increase in Islamophobia Since Israel\u2019s Genocidal War on Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rabat \u2013 Australia has acknowledged a noted increase in Islamophobia since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned today\u2019s recurrent attacks on Australians based on their religious beliefs, saying that these acts are also an attack on the country\u2019s principles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAustralia should be able to feel safe at home in any community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Albanese\u2019s remarks came following a report that raised alarms about the widespread prevalence of Islamophobia and the normalization of similar incidents.<\/p>\n<p>The report documented the rise of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2025\/09\/258481\/pig-heads-left-at-paris-area-mosques-spark-police-investigation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Islamophobia<\/a> in Australia, long before the genocidal war launched by the Israeli Occupation Forces in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill, it has yet to see their observations or warnings acknowledged and taken seriously,\u201d the report <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oseci.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-09\/national-response-final-report.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">added<\/a>, emphasizing that Islamophobia is not a Muslim issue.<\/p>\n<p>It is also a \u201csocial cohesion issue, and therefore a challenge for all Australians,\u201d the report said, calling for a multifaceted, multisector and whole-of-society approach.<\/p>\n<p>The recommendations include education and awareness-raising, as well as increased social interaction and community engagement to combat Islamophobia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConfront Islamophobia with equivalent urgency to other discriminatory practices, and provide it with the same rights, protections, and legal recourse,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Aftab Malik, a special envoy to combat Islamophobia, said the reality is that \u201cIslamophobia in\u00a0 Australia has been persistent,\u201d deploring that this situation has been ignored at times and other times denied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen public abuse,\u201d Malik said, citing also other crimes like graffiti.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen Muslim women and children targeted, not for what they have done, but for who they are and what they wear.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rabat \u2013 Australia has acknowledged a noted increase in Islamophobia since the start of the Israeli genocidal war&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,50903,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-138088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-islamophobia","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}