Media Engagement
Media engagements, opinion editorials, articles that the Special Envoy has written, and is referenced in.
- Liverpool councillor accused of ‘Islamophobic conduct’ after liking comment encouraging tear gassing of Muslim worshippers
Read full story: Gold Coast Bulletin, 5 April 2026 - ‘Pauline doesn’t like us’: rising Islamophobia has left young Muslim Australians feeling fearful and alienated
Read full story: The Guardian, 29 March 2026 - Islamic community calls out ‘anti-Muslim hate’ after suspicious fire at site of new Victorian mosque
Read full story: The Guardian, 26 March 2026 - As Islamophobia rises, Australia's Muslims celebrate Eid
Read full story: BBC, 21 March 2026 - The Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia’s speech at the UN High-level event, in commemoration of the International Day to Combat Islamophobia. (2:20:13 to 02:32:25)
Watch full speech: UN Web TV, 16 March 2026 - How can the healing begin? Islamophobia, antisemitism and social cohesion after Bondi
Read full story: ABC News, 9 March 2026 - Islamophobia envoy’s iftar invitation to Pauline Hanson sparks backlash
Read full story: Deepcut News, 25 February 2026 - Muslim Australians fear rising Islamophobia as Ramadan begins
Read full story: ABC News, 23 February 2026 - PM and former One Nation candidate slam Hanson for anti-Muslim comments
Read full story: The Age, 19 February 2026 - PM links Hanson comments with Muslim threats
Listen full story: ABC World Today, 19 February 2026 - Muslim leaders' three requests as Australia's largest mosque receives new threatening letter
Read full story: SBS, 18 February 2026 - Mayor responds to Hanson's 'unwelcoming' western Sydney suburb claim
Read full story: SBS News, 18 February 2026 - Closed-door apologies are not enough for a community confronted by images of worshippers being seized by NSW police
Read full story: The Guardian, 14 February 2026 - Islamophobia Envoy slams Karl Stefanovic's suggestion praying Muslims were 'baiting' police
Read full story: Deepcut News, 11 February 2026 - 'Admit you got it wrong' - Islamophobia envoy calls for police apology to protestors in prayer
Listen full story: ABC Radio National, 11 February 2026 - Islamophobia envoy calls for apology over Sydney prayer incident; Minns defends police
Read full story: SBS, 10 February 2026 - 'Deeply damaging': Aly says Morrison's Islam speech risks inflaming tensions
Read full story: The Age, 29 January 2026 - Islamophobia has surged since the Bondi attack. Australia’s Muslim community should not have to endure this abuse
Read opinion editorial: The Guardian, 2 January 2026 - The Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia shared his reflections on the Bondi terror attack (22:12 to 33:12)
Listen full story: ABC Nightlife, 15 December 2025 - Islamophobia envoy avoids hard questions
Read full story [subscription only]: The Australian, 8 December 2025 - One Nation senator criticised for 'Islamophobic' questions to envoy
Read full story: SBS News, 2 December 2025 - Efforts to combat Islamophobia and anti-Semitism under the spotlight at Senate estimates
Watch full story: SBS World News, 2 December 2025 - From ‘Us vs Them’ to social harmony: Building a safer and fairer Australia, in conversation with Aftab Malik
Listen full story (Hindi): SBS Hindi, 19 September 2025 - Islamophobia in Australia, antisemitism’s ignored cousin
Read full story: Michael West Media, 19 September 2025 - Islamophobia report dodges core issues: definition, Hamas
Read full story: The Jewish Independent, 18 September 2025 - Islamophobia report calls for respect
Read full story: green left, 17 September 2025 - Can Islamophobia be addressed without dismantling the legal architecture that targets Muslims?
Read opinion editorial: ABC - Religion & Ethics, 16 September 2025 - Race Discrimination Commissioner says Islamophobia must be confronted with urgency and unity
Read full statement: Australian Human Rights Commission – Race Discrimination, 16 September 2025 - Islamophobia envoy puts the heat on Albanese
Read full story [subscription only]: The Australian, 13 September 2025 - Muslim leaders call for more government action to mend 'severely fractured relationship'
Read full story: SBS News, 13 September 2025 - Labor releases report on Islamophobia in Australia
Watch full story: Sky News, 13 September 2025 - Landmark report to combat Islamophobia in Australia launched
Read full story: Australian Muslim Times (AMUST), 13 September 2025 - Guard against political violence
Read opinion editorial [subscription only]: The Australian, 13 September 2025 - 'Fearful' Muslim Australians demand action, not words
Read full story: Australian Associated Press (AAP), 13 September 2025 - 'Terrifying reality': Islamophobia report handed down as envoy calls for 'urgent' action
Read full story: SBS News, 12 September 2025 - Threatened, harassed and spat on: envoy details rise in attacks and recommends Islamophobia be treated with urgency
Read full story: The Guardian, 12 September 2025 - Threats to kill children and veiled girls abused: Islamophobia in Australia exposed
Listen full story: ABC Radio National, 12 September 2025 - Islamophobia report released by envoy
Listen full story: ABC Listen, 12 September 2025 - Government handed dozens of recommendations to combat Islamophobia
Read full story: 9news – National, 12 September 2025 - Landmark report makes 54 recommendations to combat Islamophobia in Australia. Now government must act
Read full story: The Conversation, 12 September 2025 - Envoy releases plan to tackle insidious Islamophobia
Read full story: Newcastle Herald, 12 September 2025 - Muslim groups call for rethink of approach to terrorism ahead of Islamophobia report
Read full story: ABC News, 12 September 2025 - Religious protections push to combat Islamophobia rise
Read full story: Australian Associated Press (AAP), 12 September 2025 - Outlaw religious discrimination: Islamophobia envoy’s call
Read full story: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 September 2025 - Envoy to combat Islamophobia on his role and challenges
Read opinion editorial: Australian Muslim Times (AMUST), 16 August 2025 - Aftab Malik reveals his list of recommendations to ensure the Government takes Islamophobia seriously
Read full transcript: ABC Breakfast Radio, Melbourne, 15 March 2025 - Islamophobia is an invisible daily struggle for too many Australian Muslims
Read opinion editorial [subscription only]: The Australian, 15 March, 2025 - Faith envoy calls for end to hatred
Read full story [subscription only]: The Australian, 14 March, 2025 - Aftab Malik responds to news of the online social media threat against a Sydney mosque
Read full transcript: Mornings with Hamish MacDonald, ABC Radio Sydney, 5 March 2025 - Combating Islamophobia: 89 Seconds to Midnight
Read opinion editorial: Australian Muslim Times (AMUST), 4 March 2025 - Islamophobia: What's the problem?
Read full transcript: Introductory remarks at Adelaide Writers' Festival, 2 March, 2025 - Radicaliser? Undercover agent? Aftab Malik is used to dodging accusations
Read full story [subscription only]: The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 February 2025 - Aftab Malik discusses the 'normalisation' of Islamophobia following attack on two women at Melbourne shopping centre
Read full transcript: Radio National Breakfast, ABC, 19 February 2025 - Aftab Malik believes Islamophobic incidents are under-reported in Australia
Read full transcript: ABC Radio Melbourne, Drive, 18 February 2025 (5:19pm) - Aftab Malik notes general culture of bystander inaction in the wake of attack on two women
Read full transcript: ABC Radio Melbourne, Drive, 18 February 2025 (5:15pm) - 'Deliberate orchestrated incident': Daily Telegraph caught up in stunt gone wrong
Read full story [subscription only]: The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 February 2025 - 'Endemic and unreported': Special envoy says Islamophobia 'normalised' in Australia
Read full transcript: SBS news, 24 January 2025 - Ordinary Islamophobia, extraordinary Muslims
Read opinion editorial: Australian Muslim Times (AMUST), 20 December 2024 - Islamophobia is an everyday reality for too many Australians
Read opinion editorial: The Guardian, 18 December 2024 - Aftab Malik labels Islamophobia a hidden cancer and says the scale of it in Australia, is shocking
Read full transcript: Radio National Breakfast, ABC, 17 December 2024 - The quickest way to divide a country is to 'other' those we know little about
Read full story [subscription only]: The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 November 2024