
Ayaan Hirsi Ali's upcoming speaking tour to Australia is not the first time she has visited the country, but it's the first time there has been significant public opposition, as a group of high-profile Australian Muslim women have launched a petition against the outspoken Dutch-American activist, claiming she "does not speak for us."
Source: SBS

The restored tomb in which Jesus’s body is believed to have been interred after his crucifixion will be officially unveiled at a ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Source: The Guardian

Freedom of thought, speech and religion are among a list of individual freedoms to be recognised as part of Australia’s first multicultural statement to redefine the country’s national identity.
Source: The New Daily

Max Conlon loves painting the Bible. The well-known Aboriginal artist from the Kabi Kabi tribe in Cherbourg, Queensland, sees his biblical paintings as a tool to serve God and share Christ.
Source: Eternity News

Satbir Singh Kahlon is an Officer Cadet in the Australian Army Reserve based at Melbourne University Regiment. He previously worked for the Australian Defense Force as a Multicultural Ambassador.
Source: Indian Link

Naw-Ruz, also spelled Nowruz as well as other variants, is an ancient Persian holiday celebrating the new year. It is one of only two festivals mentioned by Zoroaster in the Avesta, the holy Zoroastrian scriptures. It is also celebrated as a holy day by the Baha'i Faith. In addition, other Iranians (Persians) also commonly celebrate it as a secular holiday.
Source: Thoughtco

Conservative government MPs are still champing at the bit to change Australia's race hate speech laws despite a parliamentary committee's failure to make a recommendation on section 18C.
The joint committee on human rights has made 22 recommendations, tabled in the lower house on Tuesday, to be considered by the federal government.
Source: Sky News

Faith-based groups across Australia are uniting to call on the Australian Government to participate and support the UN negotiations for a treaty banning nuclear weapons this year.
Source: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
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