Landmark report makes 54 recommendations to combat Islamophobia in Australia. Now government must act
- Written by Mehmet Ozalp, Professor of Islamic Studies, Head of School, The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University
Australian Muslim communities have been calling for official recognition of Islamophobia as a serious social problem for many years.
Now, for the first time, the long-awaited report from Australia’s first Islamophobia envoy has given the federal government a comprehensive set of 54 recommendations for addressing it.