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Politics and religion. Raise these topics at your Easter family gathering and you may get fireworks.

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Source: ABC

On March 24th, the Monash Interfaith Gathering hosted a youth panel discussion on faith during Harmony Week.

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Source: Monash Interfaith Gathering

It's a convergence that happens only rarely. Coinciding with Judaism's Passover, Christianity's Easter and Islam's holy month of Ramadan, Buddhists, Baha'is, Sikhs, Jains and Hindus also are celebrating their holy days in April.

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Source: CTV News

Australian religious leaders gathered at Sydney's Barangaroo to demand an urgent referendum. The faith leaders formally endorsed the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which calls for a "voice" — a representative body that can help shape policy directed at First Nations people — to be enshrined in Australia's constitution.

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Source: ABC News

For nearly 2,000 years, the position of rabbi – which literally means “my master” or “my teacher” - was limited to men. Fifty years ago, on June 3, 1972, as Sally J. Priesand became the first woman ordained a rabbi by a Jewish seminary.

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Source: The Conversation

Tina Rahimi will be the first Muslim woman to box for Australia at a Commonwealth Games, having been called up to the team on Tuesday just four years after her first fight.

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Source: ABC

The much anticipated videos on Faith Perspectives on Palliative Care for people of various faith traditions are now available on the QFCC YouTube channel.

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Source: Queensland Faith Communities Council

Originally a spring harvest festival, Baisakhi acquired religious significance after the10th Sikh guru created the Khalsa, a distinctive Sikh identity, on this day.

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Source: Religion News Service