The Islamic State flag hijacks Muslim words of faith. Banning it could cause confusion and unfair targeting of Muslims
- Written by Zuleyha Keskin, Associate Professor, Charles Sturt University
The Australian government may make the Muslim community a target through an ill-informed proposal.
New legislation has been introduced to parliament to outlaw the public display of “prohibited symbols”. These include two Nazi symbols and the Islamic State flag.
The bill was initially introduced to ban the Nazi Hakenkreuz (swastika)...
