{"id":15952,"date":"2026-02-19T17:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/australian-police-probe-threatening-letter-to-countrys-largest-mosque-ahead-of-ramadan\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:45:21","slug":"australian-police-probe-threatening-letter-to-countrys-largest-mosque-ahead-of-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/australian-police-probe-threatening-letter-to-countrys-largest-mosque-ahead-of-ramadan\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian police probe threatening letter to country’s largest mosque ahead of Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australian police said on Thursday they had launched an investigation after a threatening letter was sent to the country’s largest ‌mosque, the third such incident in the lead-up to the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n

The letter sent to Lakemba Mosque in Sydney’s west on Wednesday contained a drawing of ‌a pig and a threat to kill the “Muslim race”, local ⁠media reported.<\/p>\n

Police said they had taken the letter for ⁠forensic testing, and ⁠would continue to patrol religious sites including the mosque, as well as ‌community events.<\/p>\n

The latest letter comes weeks after a similar message was mailed to ⁠the mosque, depicting Muslim people inside ⁠a mosque on fire.<\/p>\n

Police have also arrested and charged a 70-year-old man in connection with a third threatening letter sent to Lakemba Mosque’s staff in January.<\/p>\n

The Lebanese Muslim Association, which runs the mosque, told ⁠the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) it had written to the government to ⁠request more funding for additional security guards ‌and CCTV cameras.<\/p>\n

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Some 5,000 people are expected to attend the mosque each night during Ramadan. More than 60% of residents in the suburb of Lakemba identify as Muslim, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.<\/p>\n

Bilal El-Hayek, mayor of ‌Canterbury-Bankstown council, where Lakemba is located, said the community was feeling “very anxious”.<\/p>\n

“I’ve heard first-hand from people saying that they won’t be sending their kids to practice this Ramadan because they’re very concerned about things that might happen in local mosques,” he said.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the recent string of threats.<\/p>\n

“It is outrageous that people just going about commemorating their faith, particularly ​during the holy month for Muslims of Ramadan, are subject to this sort of intimidation,” he told ABC radio.<\/p>\n

“I have said repeatedly we ‌need to turn down the temperature of political discourse in this country, and we certainly need to do that.”<\/p>\n

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Anti-Muslim sentiment has been growing in Australia since the war in Gaza War ‌in late 2023, according to a recent report commissioned by the ⁠government.<\/p>\n

The Islamophobia Register Australia has ⁠also documented a 740% rise in reports ​following the Bondi mass shooting on December 14, where authorities ⁠allege two gunmen inspired by ‌Islamic State killed 15 people attending a Jewish holiday ​celebration.<\/p>\n

“There’s been a massive increase post-Bondi,” Mayor El-Hayek said. “Without a doubt, this is the worst I have ever seen it. There’s a lot of tension out there.”<\/p>\n

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Australian police probe threatening letter to country’s largest mosque ahead of Ramadan<\/div>\n

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Australian police said on Thursday they had launched an investigation after a threatening letter was sent to the country’s largest ‌mosque, the third such incident in the lead-up to the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The letter sent to Lakemba Mosque in Sydney’s west on Wednesday contained a drawing of ‌a pig and a threat…<\/p>\n

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