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Rabbi Ralph Genende, left, at an solidarity event following the Bondi Beach terror attack, in Melbourne, December 2025. (Courtesy)
'The Jewish-Muslim dynamic is not in a really good space'
Australian Jews and Muslims still hang hopes on fragile dialogue after Bondi attack
By Nomi Kaltmann
Leaders say relations between communities at all-time low as antisemitism spike since Oct. 7 raises concern hatred is being normalized. A tenacious few refuse to let interfaith talks die
Screen capture from video of a suspect spraying graffiti on a mosque in Brisbane, December 2025. (The Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
December 31, 2025, 4:45 pm
Australian Muslim community reports spike in hate crimes since Bondi terror attack
Watchdogs say number of incidents has multiplied since deadly shooting at Hanukkah event; mosques, other institutions targeted with graffiti and abuse
By Stuart Winer
Ahmed al Ahmed, the bystander who tackled a gunman during the Sydney Hanukkah massacre, seen while being treated for his wounds on December 14, 2025. (Screenshot used in accordance with clause 27a of the coypright law)
December 15, 2025, 1:21 pm
‘My son is a hero’: Family of man who tackled Sydney gunman says it was ‘matter of conscience’
Ahmed al Ahmed, likely to need further surgery after being shot repeatedly, reportedly says ‘he’d do it again’; NSW premier: ‘More lives would have been lost if not for his selfless courage’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Screengrab of Ahmed al Ahmed, 43-year-old fruit store owner, wrestling the weapon from one of the two gunmen who attacked a Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach, December 14, 2025. (Footage from X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
December 14, 2025, 7:27 pm
‘A genuine hero’: Unarmed Muslim bystander filmed disarming Sydney terrorist
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, a local fruit vendor and father of 2, hailed as ‘hero’ by Netanyahu and Albanese after wrestling rifle from gunman during shooting
By ToI Staff
Imam Ahmad Zoud goes on an anti-Semitic rant during his Friday sermon at the Sydney mosque Masjid as-Sunnah Lakemba on December 22, 2023. (Screen capture: MEMRI, used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 1, 2025, 3:15 pm
Australian Imam who apologized for antisemitic sermon now calls to ‘kill all oppressors’
Sheikh Ahmed Zoud recently retracted claim that Jews are bloodthirsty and treacherous, but new statements raise questions as to whether he is using dog whistle to continue preaching hate
By Zev Stub
Still image from a livestreamed sermon shows an assailant approaching Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel to stab him at the Assyrian Orthodox Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney, Australia, April 15, 2024. (Screenshot/Christ The Good Shepherd Church, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 17, 2024, 12:11 pm
Sydney Muslim leader: Teenage church stabber’s dad saw no sign of son’s extremism
Lebanese community representative disputes assault’s description as ‘terror,’ says 16-year-old’s father was ‘shocked’ his son attacked clerics during livestreamed service
By mark baker and Rod McGuirk
Imam Ahmad Zoud goes on an anti-Semitic rant during his Friday sermon at the Sydney mosque Masjid as-Sunnah Lakemba on December 22, 2023. (Screen capture: MEMRI, used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 2, 2024, 11:43 pm
In sermon, Australian imam says Jews are ‘bloodthirsty, treacherous monsters’
Referencing Oct. 7 attacks, Ahmad Zoud of Sydney celebrates how ‘those cowards collapsed in the face of the attacks by the mujahideen, and ran away from them like rats’
By ToI Staff
In this May 4, 2014, photo, an Etihad Airways plane prepares to land at the Abu Dhabi airport in the United Arab Emirates (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
December 17, 2019, 12:25 pm
Brothers jailed in Australia for meat grinder plane bomb plot foiled by Israel
Khaled and Mahmoud Khayat sentenced to 40 and 36 years over Islamic State attempted bombing in 2017 of Etihad jet; IDF said it provided intelligence that led to arrests
By AFP and ToI Staff
Bernie Sanders with Remaz Abdelgader, a Muslim student, during a National Student Town Hall at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, October 28, 2015. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/via JTA)
October 27, 2019, 2:00 am
How Bernie Sanders became a favorite among Muslim Americans
While it’s far from unanimous, the 78-year-old Jewish Socialist from Brooklyn enjoys wide support among an often conservative base, partly due to his open backing for Palestinians
By Josefin Dolsten
Lida Aftahi, left, her husband Heydar Aftahi, right, and their 4-year-old son, Ramssin, take part in a refugee protest at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, July 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
July 29, 2019, 4:05 pm
Hundreds of refugees protest outside Australian Parliament
Conservative governments have cracked down on refugee entry, replacing permanent visas with temporary ones and refusing asylum to those who arrive by boat
By Rod McGuirk
In this July 23, 2019, photo, Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, center, interjects during debate in Parliament House in Canberra. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
July 24, 2019, 8:12 am
Australian Parliament to ban Islamic State supporters from coming home
Extremists in Syrian refugee camps demand to be repatriated, but authorities say they would pose a security risk
By Agencies
Illustrative photo of a Muslim woman adjusting her hijab. (AP/M. Spencer Green, File)
March 1, 2018, 4:07 am
New York City to compensate Muslim women who were forced to remove hijabs
Three women to receive $60,000 apiece after being required by officers to remove Muslim headscarves while having their mug shots taken
By AFP
February 21, 2018, 5:47 pm
IDF reveals it thwarted attempted Islamic State bombing of Australian flight
In August, two men were arrested plotting to blow up an Etihad Airways flight out of Sydney; Israel’s Military Intelligence says it’s the reason why
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (Photo credit: AP/Rob Griffith)
November 28, 2017, 2:17 am
Police foil Australia New Year’s Eve terror plot
An Islamic State sympathizer of Somali origin allegedly planned to buy a gun and kill as many revelers as possible
By AFP
Illustrative photo of police in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia, January 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)
August 20, 2017, 8:53 am
Terror charges over Australia ‘IS-inspired’ mosque arson
Police plan to indict 3 suspects over fires at the Shia Imam Ali Islamic Centre last year
By AFP
Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan (R) and New South Wales state Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson discuss details of the charging of two men with terrorism offenses in Sydney, August 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
August 4, 2017, 4:40 am
Australian police reveal Islamic State attempt to blow up plane
Two men charged with planning terror attack using ‘military-grade explosives’ sent by senior IS member to Sydney via air cargo from Turkey
By Kristen Gelineau
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