Aftab Malik cites bomb threats and assaults when releasing report containing 54 recommendations
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Counter-terrorism laws should be reviewed, and the race discrimination act should be updated to protect religious groups , according to a long-awaited report from the special envoy to combat Islamophobia.
The report makes 54 recommendations to parliament and government departments to tackle Islamophobia, improve data collection on hate crimes, and calls on the government to “confront Islamophobia with equivalent urgency to other discriminatory practices, and provide it with the same rights, protections, and legal recourse”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/sep/12/islamophobia-report-envoy-aftab-malik-hands-down-recommendations-to-albanese-government
Author : Krishani Dhanji
Publish date : 2025-09-12 06:21:00
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