A male Aussie nurse who had joined ISIL Takfiri terrorists in Syria has been detained after turning himself in to Turkish authorities and is facing terrorism-related charges at home.

A proposed Maroochydore mosque, previously opposed by more than 200 protesters, has received approval from the Sunshine Coast Council.

Australian police issued an arrest warrant Thursday for an Australian doctor who appeared in an ISIS movement recruitment video urging Western medical professionals to join him in Syria.

A Gold Coast man who teamed up with a prostitute to fatally rob an interstate tourist later dressed as a woman to access the dead victim's bank account, a court has heard.

Seeking better education for their kids, a growing number of Australian Muslim parents were enrolling their children in Islamic schools, seeing it as the best way to avoid bullying and harassment they face in state schools.

An Iranian parliamentarian hailed the common approaches of Iran and Australia to combating the threat of terrorism.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has expressed the Islamic Republic’s readiness to cooperate with Australia in the fight against terrorism.

Living in Australia for one year without a job, an American Muslim journalist warned that unemployment crisis Muslim youth face has been forcing many to radical groups, where they are offered work as mercenaries.

A hijab wearing Muslim woman was attacked by a man while she was onboard a train in Sydney, leaving her traumatized and terrified, media sources reported.

A primary school and Islamic center in Dee Why suburb in northern Sydney have been targeted by offensive placards, which carried hate message against the religious minority as the school children marked Harmony Day.

The results of an opinion poll have revealed that the majority of Muslims in Australia believe counter-terrorism laws in the country have been unjustly aimed at them.

Two teenage brothers were detained by authorities at Sydney Airport on suspicion of preparing to travel to the Middle East to join the ISIL terrorists, Australia's Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton said.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced Monday that the government will contribute $ 500,000 for a new arts and culture education program, as well as the Islamic Museum of Australia to disseminate proper understanding of Islam.

A post by Mariam Veiszadeh four months ago on a T-shirt deemed discriminatory has opened gates of fire on her, after a supremacist website implored its "troll army" to "be as nasty, hurtful, hateful, offensive, insulting and 'vilifying' as you possibly can."

On Tuesday, New Zealand announced it is planning to send 143 soldiers to Iraq to conduct training missions, and that the soldiers will take no part in the combat missions.