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It's been eight months since the special envoy to combat Islamophobia handed down his report with 54 recommendations for the government. Since then, experts say incidents targeting Australian Muslims have increased. Now the special envoy and Muslim leaders say there can be no more delay.

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00:02Less than a week ago, a man stood in the middle of this mosque and allegedly threatened worshippers
00:08with an AK-47 assault rifle he claimed was in his car.
00:13Similar to Christ Church, but not Christ Church, anybody can come from behind and shoot us.
00:19So it is a scary thought.
00:21Today priests from the Anglican Church came to show solidarity.
00:25It's a loving community here, we feel very welcomed here, you know, and to have something
00:30like that done to them, it's really distressing.
00:32One expert says what happened here is only the tip of the iceberg.
00:37Since October 7th, we're seeing an increase of 651 percent, that's just unprecedented,
00:44and it's not going down.
00:46An increase the special envoy to combat Islamophobia warned about in his report last year.
00:52Post-Bondi, what we're seeing is we're seeing individuals emboldened with their Islamophobia
00:58and threatening to murder individuals, chasing down individuals in broad daylight.
01:04Mr. Malik, it's now been eight months since you've handed down your Islamophobia report,
01:08still with no government response. How do you read that?
01:13Australian Muslims cannot wait for a Christchurch-like attack to happen on Australian soil
01:17for the government to respond to my 54 recommendations.
01:20Federal Minister for Multicultural Affairs Dr. Anne Ali said the Albanese government is focused
01:26on combating Islamophobia and is carefully considering Mr. Malik's report and recommendations,
01:32with a response to be provided soon.
01:35Give the respect that is required of that report and respect the experiences of Muslims
01:42across this country, it's fair due.
01:45A plea for the government to hasten its response.
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