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Australia has spent much of the past two years responding to anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim hate as separate problems. But our latest research suggests they have something important in common. Both changed fundamentally after the Hamas attacks of October 7 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza. Both became more persistent online. Both became much more closely connected to events happening in the real world. That matters because Australia is now debating how best to respond.

Photo caption: I wish to express my gratitude to The Mayor of Canterbury Bankstown Council, Clr Bilal El-Hayek for honouring me with a Mayoral Certificate of Recognition 2026, on Tuesday 16 June 2026, "Awarded in recognition of distinguished service to journalism, and Muslim Community, and honouring a steadfast commitment to truth, advocacy, and integrity in reporting.

The RISEAP Leadership & Management Workshop 2026, held in Sydney on the weekend 13-14 June 2026 at Dar-ul-Islam in Bonnyrigg was an inspiring gathering that brought together women from diverse backgrounds for two days of learning, leadership development, and sisterhood.

In an era marked by growing social polarisation and heightened tensions over global conflicts, more than 200 people from Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities gathered for a sold-out interfaith dinner in Sydney to explore one simple but challenging question: How can we genuinely listen to people with whom we disagree?

More than 200 Muslim professionals, entrepreneurs, investors and community leaders gathered at the Novotel Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday, 6 June, for the inaugural Muslim Wealth Summit Sydney 2026, a landmark event that showcased the growing maturity of Australia's Islamic business and financial ecosystem.

If you met me today, you might assume that preserving family stories, heritage and memories has always been important to me. The truth is that this journey began with a realisation: I could not answer many of the questions my own children were asking about our family. As a teenager, I completed Hifz of the Qur'an and got married at the age of 18. I was the first person in my family to marry outside our culture.

The Office of Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia (OSECI), in partnership with Deakin University, is proud to announce the launch of the Australian Muslim Poll. This landmark initiative represents the Australia's first annual, nationally representative social research project dedicated to capturing the diverse experiences, perspectives, attitudes, and wellbeing of Muslims across the country.

Every atom in your body was once something else. The iron in your blood was forged in a dying star; the carbon in your cells drifted across the cosmos for billions of years before settling into the shape that is you. The Qur'an names our beginning with startling humility - we were fashioned from "sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape." (Quran 15:26) Science, in its own language, tells a strikingly parallel story: of dust becoming chemistry, chemistry becoming life, and life becoming aware.

On Thursday 10 June, Steve Dabliz returned to Australia following a fortnight overseas where he spent several days in some remote communities of Nigeria in West Africa. This was a humanitarian mission which Mr Dabliz undertook with prominent Australian Muslim charity Sadaqa Welfare Fund, delivering much-needed assistance to some of the country's most disadvantaged communities.

There is something about being human that never ceases to humble me. We are far stronger than we realise, and far more fragile than we care to admit. I have seen people survive things that should have broken them. I have seen parents bury children and somehow find the strength to keep living. I have seen refugees leave behind entire lives and start again from nothing.