Ali Kadri said he also thinks the government can do a lot more than what it is to address Islamophobia.

I think that the Government is taking it seriously, but we need to take it even more seriously. Because people like Pauline Hanson are trying to divert attention from the real issues which Australians are facing – the housing crisis, the cost of living crisis.

They don’t care about red herring issues like a burka ban. So I think that the Government needs to do more, and I think that the recommendations need to be adopted as soon as possible.

…A lot of members of my community are scared to go out in public, because verbal abuse is, unfortunately, a common occurrence for many. And especially for women, because they’re more visibly Muslim than men in most cases.

And as I said earlier, when Pauline does these kind of stunts in the Parliament, it actually escalates, radicalises more people and makes people think that it is OK to go and abuse fellow Australians.