Distrust of police and authority, as well as old grievances and social marginalisation may have contributed to disturbing scenes on Monday night.
On July 21, 2021, in front of a video camera at Christ the Good Shepherd church in locked down Wakeley, bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel delivered a sermon that would capture global attention.
But the ensuing riot, during which dozens of police officers were injured, nearly 100 cars were damaged and six paramedics had to seek shelter in the church, has shocked faith leaders and left authorities fearful of large-scale unrest. “Coming from what they’ve come from ... to be directly targeted by someone with a knife has an extra resonance,” he says. ”Their response is not to shy away, it’s to front up and man up and fight.”
Basim Shamaon, a Chaldean Catholic who has lived in Fairfield since 2005 and who is involved in Labor politics, tried to get to Wakeley himself on Monday night but found the roads blocked. The crowd outside the church was dominated by men, as was the group that clashed with LGBTQ protesters outside a Mark Latham event at St Michael’s Church in Belfield last year. The same goes for past rallies organised by conservative religious rights group Christian Lives Matter, for whom Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel is a favourite preacher.
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