Authored by Charles Sturt University, the Islamophobia in Australia report documented the experiences of Muslim people in 349 separate incidents over 24 months.

"All through the report, it shows that three-quarters [of attacks are on] women and youth or children," said Associate Professor Mehmet Ozalp, director of the Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation at Charles Sturt University.

"The perpetrators are largely male, and it found that women are easier targets because they are [often] easily identifiable if they are wearing a head covering.

"Women are also less likely to defend themselves."

The incidents occurred in both country and city locations, and while the city situations tended to be more pronounced, rural-based attacks are as deeply confronting. Particularly so when they involve women and children.

"It's not about rural or city locations, it's about where there are interactions between Muslims and Islamophobic people, and that tends to be in more crowded places where more of society will gather," Professor Ozalp said.

"That's where the vitriol is found, and that includes the online crowd too."

When attacks happen publicly, the report found, the overwhelming majority were committed when the female victim was unaccompanied. This was the case in 57 per cent of reported cases.

Additionally, in 49 per cent of the 202 reported offline incidents, passersby did not intervene to defend or protect the victim.

Although not included in the scope of this year's report, the centre has documented up to 600 accounts of abuse and harassment experienced by the nation's Muslim people over the past four years.

"It's hard to say whether it's increased, we think the number of incidents may not be accurate because people are not reporting them," Professor Ozalp said.

"That might be because they don't know there is a register, or they just want to forget about it.

"It's a large number, so we can definitely say it exists, and it's consistent. It isn't going away."

Tasneem Chopra works on the forefront of the issue, defending Muslim rights in her role as the chairperson for the Australian Centre for Muslim Women's Human Rights.

"The issues are national, it's not the purview of one town or city," Ms Chopra said.

"It's often in the most multicultural areas that it happens the most because it is more visible."

Ms Chopra described many women feeling as though they were "collateral damage" in the fight for recognition nationwide.

"Any Muslim woman who is recognisable as such has experienced something like this on a regular basis, whether it be online trolling - which is far more insidious - or face-to-face.

"It's physical, it's threatened violence, it's the full gamete."

Advocating for the rights of women across the nation, Ms Chopra has noticed a pattern to when reports of racial and faith-based harassment spikes.

"This kind of vilification is not new," she said.

"Muslim people have experienced a heightening of it over the past 15 to 20 years.

"Typically it follows the actions overseas, and it becomes 'guilt by association' when racists can't make the distinction between the actions of a few and the actions of the many."

In order to confront Islamophobic undertones in society, Ms Chopra and Professor Ozalp agree, will take efforts from each level of politics and community.

"We need to manage the platforms we give to voices that are against Muslim people participating in society," Ms Chopra said.

"We need to provide a balancing voice that recognises that the description of an 'Australian Muslim' is a vast and wide thing."