Australia’s Foreign Minister calls for united stance against Islamophobia

The world must “stand together against Islamophobia,” said Australia’s foreign minister on Tuesday.

Penny Wong’s remarks came after two mosques in Adelaide, South Australia were hit by arson attacks last week, a development she said left her “appalled.”

“All of us, including every political leader, must stand together against Islamophobia,” Wong wrote on X. “We all have a responsibility to call out discrimination, hate speech and prejudice wherever we see it.”

The Islamic Society of South Australia reports that the local community has witnessed acts of hate crimes since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict earlier this month.