Not all supporters of the pro-Palestinian movement targeting two seats are Muslim – but they are all disillusioned with the Albanese government
is not a Muslim party. It’s not a registered party at all – not at the moment anyway – but a network of people angry at government on a range of issues and brought together by one: Gaza.It is linked to the activist website The Muslim Vote through the influential Islamic scholar sheikh Wesam Charkawi, who is tied to the site through the company that registered it, IPBL College.
The movement is seeking to appeal to voters generally in the seats it intends to target, most specifically the western Sydney seats of Blaxland and Watson held by ministers Jason Clare and Tony Burke. It wants them to vote for pro-Palestinian independents instead. It’s encouraging Muslim Australians in particular to consider their voting choices in light of its published ratings. Basically, it’s urging a section of the community to use its numbers in key seats to make its collective voice heard.
On Friday, leaders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community spoke on the sidelines of their annual national convention in western Sydney, also raising concerns about faith-based parties and emphasising that Australia is secular and voters are entitled to make their own choices about who they support and why.
Australian Labor knows it too. One senior party figure acknowledges that if the western Sydney group can organise itself and choose effective candidates to run against Burke and Clare, the ministers could be in trouble, even though Clare’s primary vote last time was 54.98% and Burke’s 51.87%.
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