Wendy Urquhart

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It's 2009 and we're in the German mountains.

A man straps himself into a car on the world's most dangerous racetrack.

This is Toto Wolff, Formula One's most powerful team boss and the breakout star of Drive to Survive.

I've come to Western Sydney, a neighbourhood called Lakemba, which has a really big Muslim population.

They've shut off the main road in front of the mosque.

There are hundreds of trestle tables, and every so often there are buffet stations.

On one side are the women's tables, on the other the men's, and there are families, young, old, everybody here.

After being on the receiving end of several threats, the mosque requested extra police presence throughout Ramadan.

They've employed private security too.

Reports of anti-Islam hate incidents have risen more than 600% since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel.

We're in a situation now in Australia where you can either go down one path and we will reap...

The rewards of our tough stance against Islam... Political rhetoric right now also makes it harder for the community.

How can you tell me there are good Muslims?

If jihad is ever called, and people must understand this, go and research, go and understand about this...

Australia prides itself as a migrant nation.

Multiculturalism is a central part of its identity, but it's a concept that's now lost on many in the Muslim community.

Bondi's anti-Semitic attack in December laid bare the cracks in Australia's ideal of diversity.

Rising Islamophobia also a symptom of hostile divisions in a country that saw itself as different, indeed more fortunate, than the rest of the world.

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.