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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’
A Kurdish volunteer of a local charity organization holds copies of Quran, Islam's holy book to be distributed a day before the starting of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in Irbil north Iraq, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Across a wide belt that stretches halfway around the globe, the worlds estimated 1.6 billion Muslims will mark the beginning of Ramadan this weekend. The holy season is marred by unprecedented turmoil, violence and sectarian hatreds that threaten to rip apart the Middle East, the epicenter of Islam. AP Photo/Hussein Malla
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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