Aftab Malik has been introduced because the federal authorities’s first particular envoy to fight Islamophobia in Australia.
The appointment comes two months after Jillian Segal was named as Australia’s first antisemitism envoy.
Malik, whose position will embody speaking to the Muslim neighborhood in Australia and , will begin a three-year time period within the position on 14 October.
He stated working with Segal would play an necessary a part of the position.
“Antisemitism and Islamophobia should not mutually unique: the place there may be one, you almost certainly will discover the opposite, lurking. I don’t intend to make use of this position to advocate that one type of hatred is extra necessary than one other: each antisemitism and Islamophobia are unacceptable,” he stated.
“Every of us can play an element in ensuring that violence and hatred don’t have any place in our communities. We will do that by valuing and strengthening the bonds between us and by calling out discrimination and being allies to those that expertise it.
Selling social cohesion and combating in opposition to hate in Australia is extra necessary at present than it’s ever been.
Malik has beforehand labored within the NSW Premier’s Division, selling social cohesion and countering hate and extremism and is taken into account a “international knowledgeable” on Muslim affairs by the UN Alliance of Civilisations, the federal government stated.
Residence Affairs minister Tony Burke stated: “Bigotry is at all times improper. You must be capable of dwell safely and freely in Australia, no matter who you might be or what you consider.”
