Not all media is 'evil': Vic Muslim

An Australian sheikh has urged Muslims to remember that "not everyone in the media is bad" the next time they read a story they feel is unfair.

Australian convert Sheikh Isa Graham says "we see so many silly articles" but "not every journalist" wants to say bad things about Muslims.

"Not everyone in the media is evil, not everyone in the media is bad," Sheikh Graham told the crowd at the Australian Islamic Peace Conference in Melbourne on Sunday.

"Like we have good Muslims representing Islam, and sometimes Muslims doing bad things and misrepresenting Islam, we also have good journalists and bad journalists."

The conference, hosted by the Islamic Research and Educational Academy, attracted hundreds to the Melbourne Convention Centre.

Speakers included Sheikh Hussein Yee, from Malaysia, and Dr Abdurrahman Al-Muhrij whose talk was live-streamed from Saudi Arabia.