There’s a certain ritual that each and every one of the world’s billion-plus Muslims, especially those living in Western countries, is expected to go through immediately following any incident of violence involving a Muslim perpetrator. It’s a ritual that is continuing now with the Sydney hostage crisis, in which a deranged self-styled sheikh […]
The Australian News: by Rowan Callick — Mirza Ramzan Sharif is the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association’s external affairs secretary. AUSTRALIA’S Islamic community “must ask with one voice if it is doing […]
As the Sydney hostage crisis continues to unfold, thousands of Australians have joined a spontaneous movement of solidarity with the country’s Muslims. Using the hashtag #illridewithyou, people from around the country have offered solidarity (as well as rides) to Muslim Australians who might otherwise feel uncomfortable or unsafe wearing religious […]
BBC News: Ex-Guantanamo inmate David Hicks has heckled an Australian minister, accusing the government of knowing about his alleged torture by the US. Hicks, who spent five-and-a-half years in the US prison, called Attorney General George Brandis a “coward” when he refused to answer questions. His outburst came as Mr […]
Source: pressking.com The event is aimed at raising awareness on how mosques play an important role in building peace with various communities and establishing strong and sustainable relationships with the broader […]
abc.net: by Ursula Malone — One of the last remaining synagogues in western Sydney could be given a new lease of life as a mosque. PHOTO: Rabbi Samuel Tov-Lev is uncomfortable with the prospect of the synagogue becoming a place of worship for another religion. (ABC) The Strathfield War Memorial […]
Ben Westcott Reporter at The Canberra Times An ACT Muslim group, which intends to construct a new mosque at the Rivett shops, says it plans to build a state-of-the-art building, open to the public and preaching “love for all, hatred for none”. But the new development has divided shopowners and […]
Observer — Australia is known as the “lucky country” with its sunny climes, beautiful beaches and relaxed lifestyle. But did you know that it is also a “happy” country, at least according to well-being measures? In fact, Australia scores above average in almost all of the 11 well-being dimensions measured […]
Sourc: The Guardian By Michael Safi Australians believe Muslims make up 18% of the country’s population, when their actual proportion is just 2%. Australians believe the proportion of Muslims in […]
The Australian government is facing more criticism for not sending health workers to Africa to help fight Ebola. A 25-bed US field hospital that will treat international health workers who contract the virus is due to open soon. READ MORE…
Source: berwicknews.starcommunity.com.au A NARRE WARREN-based Ahmadiyya Muslim has expressed his agony after learning of the fatal shooting of his younger brother in Pakistan this month. Latif Alam Butt, 62, was shot […]
An Australian teenager who ran away from his Sydney home in June to join Islamic State (IS) militants has featured in a second propaganda video. Abdullah Elmir, 17, is pictured with other jihadist fighters saying they will “strike the necks of the infidel and Arab countries”. READ MORE…
theage.com.au: There are two stories, both compelling narratives, competing for attention here in the Middle East. The first is tactical and simple. It revolves around the dominance of airpower and the slowing of the advance of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. So far, the 1999 air campaign against Slobodan […]
Source: The Guardian In a world first, Australian surgeons have successfully transplanted “dead” hearts into patients at Sydney’s St Vincent’s hospital. The procedure, using hearts that had stopped beating, has been described as a “paradigm shift” that will herald a major increase in the pool of hearts available for transplantation. […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Members of three churches and the Langwarrin-based Ahmadiyya Muslim group got together at St Peter’s Anglican Church, Mornington, to demonstrate respect and tolerance. Religious leaders have gathered to promote […]
independent.co.uk: A 17-year-old Australian boy has appeared in an Isis propaganda video, where he warns the UK and US that militants will keep fighting until “the black flag” is flying over Buckingham Palace. The video is believed to show Abdullah Elmir, who went missing from his home in Sydney at […]
Global Post: MELBOURNE, Australia — Shamaila Saeed sat in a circle with a dozen women and teenage girls, discussing passages from the Quran. It was a typical afternoon in the women’s section of the IEWAD mosque and community center in Narre Warren, a southeastern suburb of Melbourne. The tranquil setting […]
abc.net: by Emma Griffiths — PHOTO Senate President Stephen Parry faced a grilling during a committee hearing this morning. A move to force Muslim women who cover their faces to sit in a separate enclosed public gallery at Parliament House has been reversed. Earlier this month, Speaker Bronwyn Bishop […]
Adelaidenow.com: by Amy Moran — Kathryn Jones, of Park Holme, with son Bilal, 4, says the recent controversy over the proposed burqa ban in Parliament House has made Muslim women […]
SARAH is a proud Anglo blue-eyed Australian woman. She’s also a proud Aboriginal and a Muslim. But while her journey to Islam took three years, her message for those who see her story is shorter — she is still the same person she was then, the only difference is she […]