I was privileged to attend Festival Day of the Sydney Muslim Writers Festival (SMWF) on Saturday 18 April, at the Bryan Brown Theatre and Function Centre in Bankstown. I was accompanied by my good ...

The ANZAC legacy is central to Australia’s national identity, but it tells only part of the story. Soldiers and labourers from the Indian subcontinent, including present-day India, Pakistan, and ...

When Donald Trump attacked Pope Leo XIV in April 2026 by calling him “terrible on Foreign Policy,” “WEAK on crime,” and demanding he “stop catering to the Radical Left,” most commentary in our ...

Last month, two of Bangladesh’s most prominent Islamic preachers, Mawlana Ahmadullah and Mawlana Mizanur Rahman Azhari, arrived in Australia for a six-city speaking tour titled “A Legacy of Faith”.

Photo: Subhi Bora, an Uyghur woman in Sydney, Australia. Photos courtesy of Sam Biddle. The Uyghur genocide is sometimes overlooked, yet it is a horrific and frightening reality unfolding for many ...

Crikey’s media reporter Daanyal Saeed has published a long list of Australian politicians and journalists have been on trips to the Middle East — many of them sponsored by pro-Israel lobby groups and ...

Muslims around the world during the last four centuries showed great interest in every aspect of life except education. Poetry, music, painting, ceramics, architecture, metal work etc became important ...

During his visit to Canberra in July, AMUST sat with Aftab Malik, the Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, to discuss his role, the personal challenges he has faced, his much awaited recommendations ...

It’s November, 2025, and “My Harimau King” has arrived on bookshelves as both a thrilling story for young readers and a cultural milestone, with author Annie McCann’s voice roaring through every page ...

Most of my time has been spent finalising the recommendations to the PM on combatting Islamophobia, which will be released in August. These recommendations are based on the feedback I received from ...

Photo: Professor Shahjahan Khan OAM, Emeritus Professor of Statistics. Several prominent Australian Muslims have been recognised in the 2026 Australia Day Honours, receiving the Medal of the Order of ...

Photo: Apartheid Museum, Cape Town, South Africa. The provocative entrance to the Apartheid Museum in Cape Town, South Africa. Born in South Africa, I lived the first 30 plus years of my life under ...