The 34-year-old Muslim preacher is one of the main speakers at an upcoming annual convention of Ahmadiyya Muslims in outer western Sydney, expected to attract some 5000 people.
The Ahmadiyyas are a sect of Islam founded in India in the late 19th century and have faced discrimination, particularly in Pakistan, for their fervent beliefs.
They follow a simple mantra guiding their faith: "love for all, hatred for none".
The Adelaide-based imam said his community has not been immune to the rising tide of Islamophobic incidents, which have spiked by 150 per cent in the past two years.
"Our way of tackling Islamophobia is bringing people together," he told reporters on Friday.
"Whenever certain politicians speak ill of Muslims or any faiths for that matter, that only causes divisions and the role of every politician or leader is to keep the community united."
His comments come weeks after the Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia released a landmark report alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that recommended enacting federal religious freedom laws and updating religious discrimination laws.
Earlier in September, a man was arrested after placing a device at a Gold Coast mosque in an alleged bomb hoax and an Islamic school in Brisbane received a bomb threat.
"We should be really focusing on things that bring us as Australians together," the imam said.
Australia's youngest Muslim preacher at one point, Mr Kamran has always sought to build bridges with other faiths - counting Orthodox Jewish rabbis among his good friends - and the wider public.
He started an initiative wearing a T-shirt in the vein of YouTube influencers with the text "I'm a Muslim, ask me anything".
The softly spoken imam, sporting a blazer and a decorative handkerchief, said education and a lack of knowledge about the religion were at the root of many misunderstandings.
The Ahmadiyyas have also had their fair share of grief - one of the victims of the Westfield Bondi stabbing rampage was a member of the community.Â
Faraz Tahir, 30, a security guard at the shopping centre, was killed by Joel Cauchi in April 2024.
He arrived in Australia after fleeing persecution in his home country of Pakistan, where the sect has been banned as non-Muslim.
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