'We are not jihad babymakers': a Muslim mum speaks out

By Lydia Shelley
Updated June 5 2015 - 10:14am, first published September 24 2014 - 11:05am

Like the vast majority of Australian Muslims, I was shocked and horrified when I heard of Operation Hammerhead. For days, I have felt nauseous at the sound of police helicopters in the sky, scaring away the birds that usually woke me up at dawn.