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Special envoy against Islamophobia demands apology for police treatment of Muslim demonstrators

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Criticism of NSW police is growing over their handling of some Muslim men, engaging in daily prayer, during the protest in Sydney last night. The special envoy to combat Islamophobia has demanded, in one of his strongest rebukes yet in the job, that there must be an investigation into the response and the Premier must apologise. Aftab Malik told SBS World News that without action from the authorities, the NSW police risk irreparable damage to their relations with the Muslim community.
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