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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Jordyn Beazley and AAP

Anthony Albanese claims hecklers at Lakemba mosque unhappy Labor outlawed ‘extremist organisations’

Prime minister Anthony Albanese and home affairs minister Tony Burke visit Lakemba mosque in Sydney for Eid al-Fitr on Friday.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, visit Lakemba mosque in Sydney for Eid al-Fitr on Friday. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

Anthony Albanese has claimed he was heckled by people at one of Australia’s largest mosques because they were unhappy his government has outlawed “extremist organisations” like Hizb ut-Tahrir, although he failed to provide any evidence for his claim.

The prime minister and the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, were at Lakemba mosque in Sydney’s west on Friday morning before celebrations for the end of Ramadan, one of the most sacred dates in the Islamic faith.

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