Muslim community apprehension after raids leads to 'snap protest'

By Tom Allard
Updated September 19 2014 - 5:08pm, first published 12:56am
A police officer watches a man arrested in raids. Photo: Reuters/Australian Federal Police
A police officer watches a man arrested in raids. Photo: Reuters/Australian Federal Police
Allegations of heavy-handed tactics have been levelled at police involved in terror raids. Photo: Peter Rae
Allegations of heavy-handed tactics have been levelled at police involved in terror raids. Photo: Peter Rae
The crowd at Lakemba in Sydney on Thursday night.  Photo: Jennifer Polixenni Brankin
The crowd at Lakemba in Sydney on Thursday night. Photo: Jennifer Polixenni Brankin

Allegations of brutal tactics by counter-terrorism authorities and anti-Islam attacks on social media have sparked a wave of apprehension among Australia's Muslim community in the wake of Thursday morning's raids on homes allegedly linked to a terrorism plot.

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