Osman Faruqi
Journalistic career
Journalistic career
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Faruqi frequently writes on issues related to Australian politics, culture, and identity. He frequently writes on matters related to racial, ethnic and cultural identity in Australia, including the government's approach to [Black Lives Matter](/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter "Black Lives Matter"), anti\-Muslim sentiment in Australia, and the threat of [far\-right terrorism in Australia](/wiki/Far-right_terrorism_in_Australia "Far-right terrorism in Australia").

Faruqi has written critically about the response to [COVID\-19 in Victoria](/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Australia "COVID-19 pandemic in Australia"). He has criticised the application of compliance fines for breaches of COVID\-19 regulations, arguing that these have been disproportionately targeted at migrant and [Indigenous Australians](/wiki/Indigenous_Australians "Indigenous Australians").

Faruqi has been highly critical of what he calls "racist fear mongering" in Australian media coverage of the purported "African gangs" issue in [Melbourne](/wiki/Melbourne "Melbourne"). Faruqi has noted that senior police officials in Victoria have expressed skepticism about the claim of a widespread crisis related to crime committed by [African Australians](/wiki/African_Australians "African Australians") in Melbourne.

In an extended essay for *[Meanjin](/wiki/Meanjin "Meanjin")* in 2016, Faruqi was highly critical of what he perceived as inadequate ethnic diversity in Australian media. In 2018, Faruqi publicly criticised his fellow ABC journalist [Sarah Ferguson](/wiki/Sarah_Ferguson_%28journalist%29 "Sarah Ferguson (journalist)") for interviewing [far\-right](/wiki/Far-right "Far-right") figure and former [Trump](/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump") advisor [Steve Bannon](/wiki/Steve_Bannon "Steve Bannon"), contending that she failed to properly interrogate Bannon's extreme views on race, and had "thrown me and other PoC ([people of colour](/wiki/People_of_colour "People of colour")) under the bus".

Despite his background as a former Australian Greens candidate and advisor, Faruqi criticised the party in 2016, saying it needed to "re\-evaluate and radically overhaul its current approach" in order to escape [minor party](/wiki/Minor_party "Minor party") status.

In the wake of the [Christchurch massacre](/wiki/Christchurch_massacre "Christchurch massacre"), Faruqi was critical of what he described as a political climate of "normalising hatred and racism" that had led to far\-right radicalisation in Australia. In August 2018, Faruqi was [doxxed](/wiki/Doxxed "Doxxed") by a far\-right activist and was "inundated with racist text message and phone calls". He was targeted on Twitter before he deleted his [Twitter account](/wiki/Twitter_account "Twitter account").


What was Faruqi's reaction to being doxxed and targeted with racist messages?