Australian PM heckled at mosque, called 'putrid dog' by protestors

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was chased retired of the country's largest mosque Friday arsenic Muslims successful attendance voiced choler implicit his stance connected the Israeli warfare against Hamas. 

Albanese was called respective names, including a "putrid dog" and a genocide supporter," referencing the deaths of Palestinian successful the Gaza Strip pursuing Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 onslaught successful Israel, The Telegraph reported.  

Video footage showed the premier curate lasting alongside Tony Burke, the location affairs minister, astatine the Lakemba Mosque successful Sydney arsenic the assemblage marked Eid, the extremity of the beatified period of Ramadan.

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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leaves Lakemba Mosque aft a sojourn for Eid al-Fitr successful Sydney, Australia, March 20, 2026. (Hollie Adams; Reuters)

"Why is helium successful here? Get him retired of here!" immoderate shouted. 

Albanese and his Left Labor authorities person drawn disapproval for its enactment of a ceasefire successful Gaza and Israel's close to support itself. 

During the commotion, Gamel Kheir, the mosque’s secretary, pleaded for calm. 

"Respect the spot you’re in," helium said. "We indispensable prosecute and person frank and unfastened dialog with our governmental leaders, and not shy distant and beryllium reclusive."

"You called him honorable. He’s liable for the deaths of 1 cardinal people, 1 cardinal of our brothers and sisters," 1 idiosyncratic reportedly shouted. 

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was heckled retired of a mosque successful Sydney during a sojourn connected Friday. (AuBC via APTN)

Albanese was taken into an bureau wrong the mosque by information earlier helium was taken retired of the gathering and into his motorcade. 

As helium was leaving, cries of "shame connected you" and the slur "Alba-tizi" – a derogatory Arabic play connected his surname, referencing buttocks, were shouted. 

"He wants to travel present aft shaking hands with the president of Israel, who’s got humor connected his hands," said 1 idiosyncratic who confronted the premier minister. "To travel present and enactment similar thing has happened is simply a disgrace."

Albanese posted photos connected X showing him smiling and shaking hands with attendees.

Attendees heckled Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a sojourn to a mosque connected Friday, March 20, 2026. (AuBC via APTN)

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"Overwhelmingly, the reception was incredibly positive," helium told reporters of his visit. "I walked done the assemblage to the mosque, and not a azygous idiosyncratic heckled. There were a mates of hecklers wrong – they were dealt with.

"Contrary to what’s been suggested, nary 1 was rushed out," helium added. "We conscionable sat determination … it was dealt with by the assemblage themselves due to the fact that overwhelmingly they did not privation that to occur."