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Muslims in Australia

Muslims in Australia represent a small but growing segment of the population. According to the 2021 Census, there are approximately 813,392 Muslims in Australia, making up about 3.2% of the total population. The Muslim community in Australia is diverse, comprising people from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds, including those of Lebanese, Turkish, Afghan, and Indonesian descent.Islam is the second-largest religion in Australia, following Christianity. The community has established numerous mosques, Islamic schools, and cultural centers across the country.

IQNA – A recent study has highlighted a growing trend of Islamophobic abuse against Muslim healthcare workers in Australia, with many reporting lasting psychological impacts.
News ID: 3493791    Publish Date : 2025/07/11

IQNA – Australian Senator Fatima Payman has filed a formal complaint against a fellow lawmaker, alleging he made inappropriate comments during an official gathering.
News ID: 3493257    Publish Date : 2025/05/28

IQNA – Authorities in Victoria, Australia, have launched an investigation after groups dressed in black displayed racist and anti-Muslim banners from overpasses along Melbourne’s Monash Freeway on Saturday morning, coinciding with the country’s federal election.
News ID: 3492919    Publish Date : 2025/05/03

IQNA – One of Australia’s largest mosques has submitted a formal proposal to begin broadcasting the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba.
News ID: 3492600    Publish Date : 2025/04/07

IQNA – A growing Muslim population in the rural town of Young, New South Wales, has prompted the development of a new mosque, reflecting the expansion and integration of the community in recent years.
News ID: 3492585    Publish Date : 2025/04/06

IQNA – A 16-year-old from Western Australia has admitted responsibility for posting violent threats online directed at a mosque in Sydney.
News ID: 3492569    Publish Date : 2025/04/05

IQNA – A coalition of Muslim and Palestinian organizations has rejected Australian universities' decision to adopt a new definition of antisemitism, arguing that a unified anti-racism approach would be more effective.
News ID: 3492517    Publish Date : 2025/03/28

IQNA – A new report shows a spike in the number of Islamophobic incidents in Australia in the past months with Muslim women being the primary targets.
News ID: 3492322    Publish Date : 2025/03/14

IQNA – A man armed with a knife was caught on CCTV stealing a flag from a mosque in western Sydney, sparking fear and concern within the local Muslim community.
News ID: 3492236    Publish Date : 2025/03/09

IQNA – A 16-year-old boy in Western Australia has been charged in connection with an alleged online threat targeting a recently inaugurated mosque in Sydney.
News ID: 3492181    Publish Date : 2025/03/05

IQNA – Authorities in Australia have launched a major investigation after a disturbing threat was directed at a mosque in Western Sydney.
News ID: 3492154    Publish Date : 2025/03/04

IQNA – Authorities in Melbourne have arrested a 31-year-old woman following two alleged attacks on Muslim women at Pacific Epping shopping centre.
News ID: 3491920    Publish Date : 2025/02/19

IQNA – Islamophobic graffiti discovered near a high school in Sydney's west has drawn condemnation from Muslim community leaders, who describe it as a reflection of growing hatred and bigotry in Australian communities.
News ID: 3491894    Publish Date : 2025/02/17

IQNA – A Muslim woman attacked at a Melbourne shopping center has voiced feelings of insecurity in her home country, linking the incident to Islamophobia.
News ID: 3491890    Publish Date : 2025/02/17

IQNA – The head of the Samen Al-Aemmeh Imam Reza (AS) Quranic Assembly in Sydney, Australia, elaborated on the activities of the center, describing the reception of its religious and Quranic programs as extensive.
News ID: 3491749    Publish Date : 2025/02/05

IQNA – Australia's Muslim organizations have condemned an alleged attack on Sheikh Wesam Charkawi, a prominent Sydney sheikh and convener of the Muslim Vote campaign, while criticizing the "silence" of the NSW and federal Labor governments.
News ID: 3491229    Publish Date : 2024/12/27

IQNA – A Sydney woman has been charged with multiple offenses following two separate incidents involving alleged threats and religiously motivated behavior.
News ID: 3491208    Publish Date : 2024/12/25

IQNA – A woman has been formally charged following an incident at a Kmart store in Bankstown, western Sydney, where she is accused of verbally abusing and intimidating a Muslim woman during a confrontation that escalated in a public setting. 
News ID: 3491164    Publish Date : 2024/12/23

IQNA – A hijabi Muslim woman says she and her daughter had been targeted in an islamophobic attack at a store in Sydney.
News ID: 3491150    Publish Date : 2024/12/22

IQNA – A truck bearing Palestinian flags was deliberately set on fire outside a home in Newport, a suburb in Melbourne's inner-west, in what the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) has described as an "Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian hate crime." 
News ID: 3491132    Publish Date : 2024/12/21