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Mitchell Pearce, coaching the Catalans Dragons in France.

Whatever happened to Mitchell Pearce? Well, he moved to Europe, gave up the grog and converted to Islam

The former NRL hellraiser has resettled in France, where he is assistant coach at the Catalans Dragons rugby league team.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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Pauline Hanson says she had to fight off extremists trying to ‘infiltrate’ One Nation

The 72-year-old Pauline Hanson says she hasn’t changed, rather Australia just caught up to her. And she addresses talk of her becoming PM.

  • Paul Sakkal
Kirsty Rosse-Emile, pictured with son Yahya in 2019, is expected to be resettled in Melbourne.

What in the world changed to allow the so-called IS brides home?

As Anthony Albanese once again performed apoplexy, Syria allowed the women and children to leave with relatives. Family ties clearly smoothed the way.

  • Michael Bachelard
Two women embrace near the scene of the San Diego shooting.

​‘Worst nightmare’: Teen’s mum warned police ahead of deadly mosque attack

Authorities are now piecing together the horrific hate crime that left five people dead – including the two suspected teenage gunmen – and has rocked California and the US.

  • Michael Koziol
Australian Federation of Islamic Councils president Rateb Jneid with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, former WA premier Mark McGowan and NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian. 

Rateb Jneid has courted premiers and prime ministers. Now he is at the centre of a civil war

The former bankrupt turned professor has cemented control of one of Australia’s top religious bodies.

  • Rob Harris and Eryk Bagshaw
Bound for western Sydney? The ’burbs are a different challenge than the regions for Pauline Hanson’s party.

One Nation says its ‘next stop’ is western Sydney. Good luck with that

Sydney’s west is young, multicultural and driven by aspiration – not grievance politics. Pauline Hanson’s party may pick up votes, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it can win the region’s seats.

  • Azadeh Dastyari
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The Prime Minister at Lakemba mosque.

Albanese confronted by protesters at Lakemba Mosque

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke were attending prayers at the mosque to mark the end of Ramadan.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
Women hold posters as thousands of people gather in Enghelab Square, Tehran, after Iranian state media confirmed the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

My cell guard’s tears put my jaw on the floor. Why ‘good’ Australians mourn a torturer

We have experienced the trauma of Islamist-inspired terror on our shores. How can memorials for a vicious mass killer align with Australian values?

  • Kylie Moore-Gilbert
He is seen here sitting next to Bilal Merhi and Wassim Doureihi, two well known leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Australia.
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Grand Mufti of Australia appears with listed hate group Hizb ut-Tahrir

He is seen here sitting next to Bilal Merhi and Wassim Doureihi, two well known leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Australia.

A giant banner of Khamenei stretched over one of the Islamic Cultural Centre’s windows.

‘World’s thugs’: In Indonesia, resentment about the Iran war is everywhere

Politicians and pundits in Australia tell Muslims it is inappropriate to publicly mourn Iran’s dead supreme leader. There are no such qualms in Jakarta.

  • Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies