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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Adeshola Ore Community affairs reporter

‘Pauline doesn’t like us’: rising Islamophobia has left young Muslim Australians feeling fearful and alienated

Three Islamic College of Brisbane students against a black background
Burak, Sualyha and Nourhana attend the Islamic College of Brisbane. For the first time in the school’s history, security guards will patrol the campus when term two begins next month. Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardian

Behind the counter of his family’s kebab shop in Brisbane’s south, Burak was lathering garlic sauce on a customer’s falafel wrap when they began talking about Pauline Hanson.

Burak, a 17-year-old school student, had never heard of Hanson – one of Australia’s most polarising political figures, who entered federal parliament almost three decades ago in 1996.

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