A controversial activist who was hit with backlash over an Anzac Day post has opened up about being labelled Australia’s ‘most publicly hated Muslim’.
Yassmin Abdel-Magied said she felt ‘betrayed by my country’ following the reaction, which resulted in her receiving death threats and being forced to move house.
The 26-year-old has been ‘recovering’ following the incident, with PR companies telling her no one will employ her while she is so controversial, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Yassmin Abdel-Magied (pictured) said she felt ‘betrayed by my country’ following the reaction to her ANZAC Day post, which resulted in her receiving death threats and being forced to move house
The furore was sparked on ANZAC day after she took to Facebook to post the message ‘LEST. WE. FORGET. (Manus, Nauru, Syria, Palestine…)’
Despite removing the post and issuing an apology, it sparked an escalating series of events that Abdel-Magied said left her feeling isolated.
‘I love Australia, I’m super patriotic. Yet I feel like I’ve been duped, like I’ve been sold this false sense of belonging,’ she said.
The youth activist, who was fired from her part-time role at the ABC in May, also revealed that the situation had affected her job prospects.
‘Before Anzac Day I was knocking back corporate gigs left, right and centre, but now the only ones that are coming in are from overseas,’ she said.
On Wednesday Abdel-Magied also lost her spot on the board of the Council of Australian-Arab Relations.
The furore was sparked when she took to Facebook to post the message ‘LEST. WE. FORGET. (Manus, Nauru, Syria, Palestine…)’
Despite removing the post and issuing an apology it sparked an escalating series of events, which Abdel-Magied said left her feeling isolated
The mechanical engineers departure was announced in a press release from Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop however no reason was given behind the departure.