Navy’s Islamic Twitter account shut down after anti-Islam group complains
Source : The Guardian The official Twitter account of the Australian navy’s adviser on Muslim affairs was shut down within days of an official complaint by an anti-Islam group about […]
Christmas Day blaze guts Australia homes
Source: BBC A Christmas Day bushfire has destroyed more than 100 homes in Australia’s Victoria state, officials say. Officials said 98 homes had been razed in Wye River and 18 […]
Dying Pakistani student’s family granted visas to visit, after immigration U-turn
Source: The Guardian The immigration department has granted visas for the family of a young, terminally ill Pakistani student so they can visit him in Melbourne before he dies. Despite […]
Liberal senator warns against Abbott’s ‘simplistic’ call for reformation in Islam
theguardian: by Daniel Hurst — In rebuke to Tony Abbott, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells argues ‘megaphone politics’ could jeopardise Australia’s relations with neighbours such as Indonesia Concetta Fierravanti-Wells also chides MPs who indulged in a ‘public flogging’ of Australia’s grand mufti. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP A federal government frontbencher has warned against “simplistic” […]
Call for a debate on Islam
Islamic State as godless terrorists who defame and blaspheme Islam Source: theaustralian.com.au I welcome the call for a debate on Islam. It would be a privilege for me to contribute to such a debate and help in removing misconceptions. Those who kill themselves or others can never attract the pleasure of […]
Sydney Muslims feel at home despite very high racism exposure, survey finds
theguardian: by Michael Safi — Survey of 600 Muslims finds they are three to five times more likely to experience extreme levels of bigotry compared with other Australians Muslims in Sydney face high levels of racism, yet still believe Islam is compatible with Australian norms Muslims in Sydney are three […]
Australia: Interfaith conference at the United Heritage Church Hall in Sydney discuss misinterpretations of Scriptures and Extremism
SYDNEY — It’s not every day a reverend, a rabbi and an imam get together in a church basement to discuss the extreme elements within their religions. Source: capebretonpost.com But that’s […]
Waleed Aly hits out at ISIS over Paris attacks, calls them weak
News.com.au: by Emily Moulton — What ISIL wants Video WALEED Aly has unleashed on Australia’s politicians and Muslim leaders who have preached “hate” in the wake of the Paris attacks saying their actions actually help Islamic State rather than defeat them. The Project co-host used his regular ‘Something we should […]
Australia’s first Muslim Party aims for senate seats
Source: BBC Australia’s first party representing Muslims intends to contest senate seats at the next federal election. Launching the party in Sydney, founder Diaa Mohamed told Fairfax he wanted a […]
The refugee crises you don’t hear about
By Bethan McKernan in news Roma or Romani people have been discriminated against for millennia and the tradition continues in Europe today. A camp of mostly Roma on the outskirts of Malmo in Sweden wasraided last month. More than 200 people’s homes were destroyed and the local authorities only have plans to […]
‘Alarming emergence’ of religious intolerance in Australia
Source: Yahoo Australia is experiencing an “alarming emergence” of religious intolerance, Attorney-General George Brandis said on Thursday, calling for greater efforts to counter discrimination, particularly against Muslims and Christians. Brandis, […]
The stigmatisation of Muslims as ‘could-be terrorists’ has produced a toxic social order
theguardian: by Randa Abdel Fattah — To offer security to all its citizens, Australia needs a new counter-terrorism paradigm – one that does not use ‘terrorist’ as an everyday metonym for Muslim (L-R) Maha Abdo of the Muslim Women’s Association, Father Rod Bower of Gosford Anglican Church and His Eminence, […]
Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association to hold its 1st Symposium: “Role of Muslim Youth in Promoting Peace”
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Muslims for Peace speak out against radicalization
MOUNTAIN LAKES—The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of North Jersey met on Thursday night to speak out against misconceptions about Islam. The Clifton-based group held “Muslims for Peace and Loyalty” at The Villa in Mountain Lakes to counteract “fanatics and fringe Muslim groups” who commit acts of violence in the name of Islam, […]
Vicious attack at Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Association centre in Langwarrin
heraldsun.com.au: A VICIOUS attack has rocked members of a Langwarrin Muslim community centre. Police are appealing for witnesses after a man entered the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Association centre on September […]
Which countries are taking in Syrian refugees?
By Batsheva Sobelman, Los Angeles Time Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, now in its fifth year, more than 4 million refugees have fled the country while […]
Australia: Aussie Ahmadi Muslims Spread Harmony By Planting Trees
Source: mirajnews.com Melbourne, 10 Shawwal 1436/26 July 2015 (MINA) – A Muslim group is on a mission to plant trees in Melbourne and put down some roots. It was just one of […]