During a world-wide Divestment Week of Action initiated by the global Catholic Laudato Si’ Movement, Australian people of faith and their organisations are being encouraged to consider divesting from fossil fuels.
Source: Australian Muslim Times
Working together, Faith Communities have secured a multimillion dollar pledge from both the Coalition government as well as from NSW Labor for making religious institutions safe and secure for their congregations to meet, worship and preach with freedom.
Source: Australian Muslim Times
Ramadan is the holiest month in Islam during which healthy adult Muslims fast from dawn to dusk. Eid al-Fitr is a three-day celebration of end of the holy month of fasting. Muslim Australians bring their distinctive cultural practices to the celebration of Eid.
Source: SBS
My parents didn’t want me to meet non-Muslims because they thought I’d be influenced to do bad things… This experiment not only changed me, but my whole family.
Source: SBS
The movement has been effective because ‘faith leaders are trusted more than political parties,’ said one activist in the region.
Source: Religion News
The Islamophobia Register Australia, launched its 4th Islamophobia in Australia report on Tuesday 21 March 2023 at the Old Parliament House in Canberra, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Source: Australian Muslim Times
Daniel Mookhey has become the first person of Indian origin and the first Hindu to become Treasurer in any Australian Parliament.
Source: The Australia Day
Women and girls are to be admitted to a choir at the Montserrat monastery near Barcelona, home to the famous Escolania all-boys choir, for the first time in its 700-year history.
Source: The Guardian
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