There are fears in the Muslim community that law enforcement’s labelling of the stabbing of a bishop a terrorist attack will inflame Islamophobia.
Already a subscriber?Tensions are running high in Western Sydney, with fears in the Muslim community that law enforcement’s labelling of the stabbing of a bishop a terrorist attack will inflame Islamophobia.
Mr Saral said the Muslim community condemns the attack, and that such violence has no place in Australian society or any of the world’s major religions. “We pray that the Bishop and others injured recover very quickly,” he said.Christ The Good Shepherd Church is an ultra-conservative Christian church, which holds sermons in both English and Assyrian in Wakeley, in Fairfield City around 35 kilometres from the CBD.
NSW Police declined to comment and said, “information such as this will form part of our investigation.” “In the case of Saturday, that was not the case. In this case, the information we and the police have before us, it would indicate strongly that that is the case and that’s why it was called an act of terrorism.”
Assyrians are an ethnic community, almost exclusively Christian, from areas around Northern Iraq, Syria, Iran, and Turkey. The Assyrian community comprises a much larger proportion of the population of Wakeley than the rest of NSW and Australia. According to the 2021 census, 16.2 per cent of Wakeley residents identify as Assyrian, compared with 0.4 per cent and 0.2 per cent of the NSW and Australian populations respectively, making them the second-largest ethnic group in the suburb.
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