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Queensland Imam Issues Apology After Sermon Referring to Jews as ‘Sinister’

An Islamic leader who attended a vigil for Bondi shooting victims uploaded a video where he called Jews ’the greatest enemy of the prophet of Allah.’
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Queensland Imam Issues Apology After Sermon Referring to Jews as ‘Sinister’
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Crystal-Rose Jones
Crystal-Rose Jones
1/22/2026|Updated: 1/22/2026
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Brisbane imam Uzair Akbar has issued a public apology after posting a video where he called Jews “sinister” and the “greatest enemy of the prophet of Allah.”

The apology comes after Akbar joined Queensland LNP Premier David Crisafulli at an interfaith vigil at the Holland Park Mosque for the Bondi Beach terror attack in December.

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