Editing AIJAC (section)

===1990s===
In May 1997, AIJAC and the [[American Jewish Committee]] (AJC) established institutional ties to collaborate on key Jewish communal and international policy issues in the Asia-Pacific region.{{sfn|Reich|2004|pp=202-203}}<ref name="About AIJAC" /> In 1999, AIJAC and the AJC produced a detailed research study called ''Islam in Asia: Changing Political Realities'', which examined the role of [[Islam]] in [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], the [[Mindanao|southern Philippines]], and [[southern Thailand]]. AIJAC and AJC regarded the growth of [[Islamic extremism]] in Asia as a concern for Australian Jews, the wider Australian population, and Israel and have advocated a "peaceful, stable, democratic, and prosperous Southeast Asia".{{sfn|Reich|2004|p=208}}

In 1998, AIJAC controversially published the far right [[Pauline Hanson's One Nation|One Nation]] party's secret membership list as part of its campaign against far right groups.{{sfn|Reich|2004|pp=204}} During the [[1998 Queensland state election]], AIJAC national chairman Mark Leibler and national policy chairman Colin Rubenstein joined forces with other Australian Jewish organisations including ECAJ, the [[B'nai B'rith|B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission]], and the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies in lobbying [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[John Howard]] into disavowing any preference deals with One Nation.{{sfn|Markus|2004|pp=122}}