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The average percentage of global youth trusting religious leaders is now in the single digits. This “mass exodus” is becoming a pervasive challenge for a lion’s share of the world’s major faith traditions while leaders grapple, struggle, and investigate.

HALAL food is now sold at a dozen McDonald's restaurants and bacon is off the menu at some KFC outlets to accommodate the religious sensitivities of Australia's growing Muslim population. The Muslim population has soared by 40 per cent to 476,291 in just five years - paving the way for a building program of schools, mosques and prayer rooms in the suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne.

The Brimbank and Maribyrnong Interfaith Network Committee in conjunction with Brimbank City Council launched A Taste of Faith: Stories of Hope and Inspiration at a special event on Harmony Day, Thursday 21 March, from 5.30-8pm at the Victoria University Convention Centre, with over 70 attendees.

On Wednesday 17th April, Frankston Interfaith network (FIN) was pleased to welcome and play host to a group of young Indonesian Muslim leaders from the Australia-Indonesia Muslim Leaders Exchange Programme. The meeting was a great opportunity to dispel any myths and stereotypes.

Victorian Police recently launched the latest component of the Community Encounters Academy training program – a 10 minute documentary showcasing the impact the program has had on participants and their wider communities.

The “Nones” are the largest and fastest growing segment of the population on the religious landscape in America, according to the most recent Pew survey. In just the last five years, this group of willfully unaffiliated people has grown from 15% to 20% of the population. They are people who have no religious affiliation, and who don’t want one.

Giving birth was the most profoundly spiritual act of my existence. As the primal screams abated, a quiet elation filled my soul; I felt the power of a god creating new life. Then, when I looked into the eyes of my child, I beheld infinite knowledge. It was as if she held all the secrets and mysteries of the universe.

CASEY councillors have been warned to keep an open mind about a Doveton mosque — and, if they cannot do so, they should ask to be excused from voting on it.