In July, the government appointed an anti-Semitism envoy and announced an Islamophobia equivalent would soon follow. Ten weeks on, the Islamophobia position remains vacant.
An Islamophobia envoy still hasn't been named, more than two months after Jillian Segal AO took up the anti-Semitism envoy role.in July this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese labelled the appointment a "critical step" on the way to easing the tensions playing out in Australia as a result of the war in Gaza .
As the weeks without an Islamophobia envoy roll on, he said there's a growing sense of scepticism and disappointment within parts of the community."We're hearing of wonderful progress being made and steps being taken by the anti-Semitism engaging with different departments and organisations, and yet nothing has happened in the space of Islamophobia," Mr Rauf said.
"He asked me for my opinion and my opinion was, and it still remains, that this can't be seen as some bureaucratic government role," he said. Ali Kadri, chief executive of the Islamic College of Brisbane, said he was approached by the government about the role."The anti-Semitism envoy was appointed quite quickly and swiftly," he said. "The Muslim community is a lot more complex."
"The impact is not going to come from the envoy himself or herself. It's going to come from the community," he said. "It's proper for the government to quantify it, study it, analyse it, and find ways to combat it, because will be a better nation for doing so."In early July, the Albanese government said the appointment of the Islamophobia envoy would be announced "shortly".
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