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Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim community to visit Toowoomba to spread message of inter-faith harmony

Source: http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/muslim-ahmadiyya-sect-plan-trip-toowoomba/3115989/ Muslim sect plan anti-radical drive in Toowoomba Andrew Backhouse | 25th Nov 2016 1:25 PM Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community will visit Toowoomba on Saturday, November 26, 2016. A MINORITY sect of Muslims will visit Toowoomba tomorrow to spread their message of inter-faith harmony. Zain Baig from the […]

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Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association to hold Koran exhibition at Hampton Park Library to introduce Islam to the public & clear up misinformation

Source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/hampton-park-koran-exhibition-to-help-locals-understand-islam/news-story/fb5b24e94fd6bef73e986104c2a5b406 Tahir Ahmed with a Koran. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association is holding a Koran exhibition to introduce the public to Islam and clear up misinformation. Picture: Valeriu Campan Hampton Park Koran exhibition to help locals understand Islam By Megan Bailey, Cranbourne Leader A MUSLIM group in the southeast is trying […]

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Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Victoria host Interfaith meet with Cardinia Shire residents at Bait-ul Salam mosque

Source: http://pakenham.starcommunity.com.au/gazette/2016-11-21/ahmadiyya-insight-into-islam/ 21 November 2016 10:02 AM Guests having lunch with members of the community. THE Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Victoria hosted 25 Cardinia Shire residents at its Bait-ul Salam (House of Peace) mosque in Langwarrin on Saturday 19 November. The tour, which was organised by the Cardinia Interfaith Network, aims to […]

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Australia: Canberra’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community host multi-faith peace symposium

Source: http://www.smh.com.au/act-news/canberras-ahmadiyya-muslim-community–host-multifaith-peace-symposium-20161119-gst0et.html Stephen Jeffery A Canberra Muslim minority community has hosted its first inter-faith summit in the capital, calling for peace and understanding between cultures. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community, part of a South Asian-founded Islamic movement that arrived in Australia during the 1980s, held a Peace Symposium at Albert Hall on Saturday. Ahmadiyya […]

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Will Trump bring down the West?

Nov 13,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Chris Patten I have spent my whole political life somewhere called “the West”. It was not literally “west”: while its heartland was Western Europe and the United States, it also included faraway countries like Australia and Japan. Rather, it was a community that embraced shared hopes […]

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Meet the Indian-Australian ‘Chai Walli’ who is Business Woman of the Year

Uppma Virdi won IABCA Businesswoman of the year- 2016 award. (Supplied) From successful lawyer to Chai seller: Uppma Virdi’s story is a reverse-Slumdog-Millionaire. And she’s been crowned Indian-Australian Businesswoman of the Year ((Fox Searchlight/Instagram)) Uppma Virdi is crowned the IABCA Business Woman of the Year 2016 (Instagram) Uppma Virdi won […]

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The Australian mosque

Mosques are part of our suburban landscape and have a crucial role to play in overcoming fears about Islam. The Conversation By Sam Bowker, Charles Sturt University PHOTO: A ‘humble outback structure’: a former Afghan cameleer’s mosque in Bourke NSW.(Flickr: Iain Davidson) I presented a slide of an Afghan cameleer’s […]