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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.

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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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