Australians mark start of Eid al-Fitr, PM Albanese heckled at mosque

The Star

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited the Lakemba Mosque in Sydney where Muslims performed Eid al-Fitr prayers on Friday (March 20). Albanese said while he was well received by the community there, a couple of hecklers caused a bit of a stir.   Some in Australia's Muslim and Jewish communities are angry over a fine line walked by the centre-left government since the Gaza war began, expressing concern for Palestinians, repeatedly urging a ceasefire, and backing Israel's right to self-defence.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news  SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar  LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:01Surah Al-Fatihah

00:32Shame on you!

00:33Shame on you!

00:36Shame!

00:37It's the element of the problem.

00:39It's the problem.

00:44Ramadan.

00:46Ramadan is incomprehensible.

00:49Give him out of here.

00:50Get him out of here.

00:55Respect the price you're in, please.

00:57One million.

01:02Oh, look, I've seen some of those reports and they're just simply not accurate.

01:07There were 30,000 people plus at Lakemba this morning.

01:12Overwhelmingly, the reception was incredibly positive.

01:16I walked through the crowd to the mosque and not a single person heckled.

01:23There were a couple of hecklers inside.

01:25They were dealt with.

01:27Contrary to what's been suggested, no one was rushed out.

01:30We just sat there.

01:31It was dealt with.

01:32It was dealt with by the community themselves because overwhelmingly, they did not want that to occur.

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