Special envoy Aftab Malik’s landmark report on religious discrimination due to be released
The sources familiar with Malik’s plan will not be punished in a similar way, and instead of how certain government offices can act to prevent Islamophobia.
Education Minister Jason Clare said Segal would expect Malik to be given before responding to anti -Semitism suggestions.
Malik said he was looking forward to discussing his report when it was published in the near future.
A July 2024 SurveyMost recently, the SCANLON Foundation, which maps the social cohesion, said that 34 percent of Australian adults have a little or very negative attitude towards Muslims. This received 7 percent points from July 2023 before the start of the October 7 attacks and the war in Gaza.
The same questionnaire said that 13 percent of Australians have negative attitudes towards the Jewish people.
Malik, born in the British, organized several anthologies in the intersection of violent extremism and politics and theology in the NSW Premier department.
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Bilal Rauf, the spokesman of the Australian National Imams Council, said that the organization will “be taken seriously the proposals in the report and will be handled with the same urgency with other forms of racism and prejudice”.
“Islamophobia is a widespread and worrying reality with destructive consequences for victims, Rau said Rauf. “The effects of Islamophobia are felt by the Australians who are Muslims or perceived only as Muslims.
“It also weakens and creates division of social adaptation, thus tearing the touched yarns together to create the texture of our national identity.”
The Morrison government launched the bill of religious discrimination in 2022 after crossing the ground to support the guards for transsexual students within the scope of the gender discrimination law of five deputies.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanian said the problem would act in 2024 with only two -party support.
Coalition front bank Michaelia Cash said that the government will follow what it calls an anti-black law that people can be sent to prison for criticizing the religion of one of the people.
In a letter he wrote to faith leaders before the Federal elections on May 3, the Labor Party said, “For a long time, he said that he has supported the expansion of the framework of fighting federal discrimination.
“We continue to believe that these reforms should be permanent, united and proceed bilaterally to ensure that they are permanent, and they are suitable for the purpose,” the party said.
Most states, including NSW and Victoria, adopted laws protected against religion -based discrimination.
The Lebanese Muslim Association Secretary Gamel Kheir said: “The Muslim community is looking for the buried protection of all religious freedom.
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After performing his role without any personnel, Malik advertised for five positions in his office, including senior advisor and legal policy consultant last week: orum I look forward to leading a dynamic team to fight Islamophobia in Australia with a direct coordinated effort. ”
Sharara Attai, the President of the Australian Islamophobia Record, who followed discrimination against Muslim Australians, said he wanted to focus on preventing Islamophobia instead of answering him.
“It is important that the Islamophobia is comprehensive, not only the daily manifestations, but also to the key driving forces that maintain it,” he said.
“Considering that there is a widespread insecurity in the government between the Australian Muslim community, we believe that the report is important for the report to strengthen and centralize the critical role of community -led organizations and initiatives in the fight against Islamophobia.”
A March report made by Islamophobia record showed that the abuse against Muslims in Australia increased more than two floors between January 2023 and November 2024, and that women and girls are the main targets of abuse.
309 Personally, the report, which defines Islamophobia, included the story of a five -person mother who was attacked in a shopping center and was taken to hospital with a broken nose.
In the report, an unknown lady shouted ‘F — Muslims’, and when she crushed me in front of my children, I was sitting in a shopping center with my five children, ”he said.
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“Me and my children see a psychologist for trauma, because my children are very traumatized.”
The Australian Palestinian advocacy network opposed the creation of a special ambassador, saying that some forms of discrimination are more important than others and that the Australian Human Rights Commission weakened the work.
He called for a great study of religious freedom protections, led by former Chief Public Prosecutor Phillip Ruddock, a change of the racial discrimination law, or a new law of religious discrimination, a new law of religious discrimination created, to make discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs or activity, including the absence of any religious belief.
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