Spiritual Practices / Politics

Public Enemy - Episode 2

11:30 am on 12 November 2016

How do you hold onto an identity when it's constantly under attack?

In this episode, Mohamed Hassan talks with Australian Muslims, who say they've had to endure a relentless counter-terrorism campaign.

They tell him it has left them alienated and living in fear, with increasingly divisive politics directly attacking their way of life.

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This series looks at the growing Muslim communities in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and how elections, war and xenophobia have affected their lives.

: Police attempt to restrain protesters during a confrontation between two rival groups, No Room for Racism and the far-right United Patriots Front, near State Parliament in Melbourne on November 28, 2015. Photo: AFP