Islamophobic and antisemitic incidents record large spike in Australia, advocates say

The executive director of Islamophobia register Australia, Sharara Attai, said ‘there’s a lot of fear and anxiety in the Muslim community’. Photograph: Islamophobia register

Islamophobic and antisemitic incidents in Australia have risen substantially since Hamas’s terror attacks on Israel on 7 October and the subsequent Israeli attacks on Gaza.

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s tally of antisemitic incidents showed there were 221 incidents between 8 October and 7 November, with 42 incidents recorded in one week alone. From 1 October until 7 October, there was one incident.