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Australia’s Islamophobia envoy, Aftab Malik, has called for a public apology and investigation into New South Wales police grabbing men kneeling in prayer during a Sydney protest against Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit.

Video shot at a protest in Sydney on Monday night showed about a dozen men, led by sheikh Wesam Charkawi, kneeling in prayer, before police descended on the group at the Sydney town hall during the protest.

The police need to come out with a public apology. There needs to be an investigation.

There are some red lines and that was crossed last night. That is simply unacceptable, and the police force should know better…. there is no excuse.

President Herzog’s visit should be a time of healing in the wake of the Bondi attack.

Before we start a national pile-on onto Grace Tame, can we just remember that every single child in our country is safer today because of her willingness to talk about traumatic incidents of sexual abuse.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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