Nine mosques around Australia will open their doors later this month as part of a new National Unity Day, inviting non-Muslims to take tours and ask questions of Islamic leaders to clear up “prejudices and mutual misunderstanding” in the community.
News ID: 1459040 Publish Date : 2014/10/11
Growing oppression of Muslims in general, and particularly women in Australia brought a social media campaign in its wake.
News ID: 1458834 Publish Date : 2014/10/11
Feeling targeted by the new anti-terror laws, Australia n Muslim scholars have demanded the removal of the offence of “advocating terrorism” from the so-called Foreign Fighters Bill, seeing its broad definition as criminalizing those who teach certain passages of Quran and Old Testament.
News ID: 1458665 Publish Date : 2014/10/10
Two Muslim men who have experienced the rising tension in the community since the terrorism threat level was raised in Australia said it is affecting everyone, from their wives and children to the elderly.
News ID: 1455185 Publish Date : 2014/09/29
Seeing ignorance as the worst enemy of nations, the Muslim community in Australia ’s third largest state has decided to open their mosques to offer their neighbors better understanding of Islam, to change people’s misperceptions about their faith.
News ID: 1451592 Publish Date : 2014/09/20
A Victorian woman has launched a peaceful counter-protest to a fierce campaign raging against the development of a mosque in the regional city of Bendigo.
News ID: 1421062 Publish Date : 2014/06/22
A number of Muslim nations are threatening to block Australia n agricultural products, as they believe the Aussie government is pro-Israel, local media reported last week.
News ID: 1418765 Publish Date : 2014/06/18
A new eye-opening documentary film that shows the true nature of Islam has been approved to be shown to high school students in South Australia , in a step forward towards fighting discrimination against the religious minority.
News ID: 1413568 Publish Date : 2014/06/02
A decision by a Queensland Christian college to fire two Muslim student teachers and transfer them to another school for wearing hijab has been sparking angry Muslim reactions who said they were “disappointed” by the discriminatory decision.
News ID: 1411310 Publish Date : 2014/05/26
One of the most popular Australia n Muslim fashion labels gaining national and international recognition is Hijab House.
News ID: 1405732 Publish Date : 2014/05/11
An Australia n far-right group has escalated its hate campaign against the Muslim community, urging its supporters to take photos of veiled Muslim women in public and using them in hateful posts online.
News ID: 1398962 Publish Date : 2014/04/23
The Australia n Capital Territory's (ACT's) religious community has rallied around the Canberra Islamic Centre, describing Sunday's vandalism as ''appalling'' and ''deplorable''.
News ID: 1395626 Publish Date : 2014/04/15
The first Australia n International Quranic Competition will be held in Ramadan 2014 in Sydney and Melbourne.
News ID: 1394551 Publish Date : 2014/04/13
An anti-Islam party based on the hardline views of Dutch politician Geert Wilders plans to field candidates at the next federal election, raising fears among moderate Muslims of a rise in extremism.
News ID: 1383299 Publish Date : 2014/03/05
Making a fusion between Islamic heritage and Australia n culture, Australia ’s first Islamic Museum has opened its doors to the public to showcase the Islamic culture and present the true-face of Islam.
News ID: 1382914 Publish Date : 2014/03/04
A young team of people largely working pro bono have helped to complete the first Islamic Museum of Australia in just four years.
News ID: 1372699 Publish Date : 2014/02/09
Islamic studies programs in Australia n universities have been attracting a growing number of Arab and Muslim students, giving younger generations a chance to better understand their rich cultural heritage and brilliant civilization.
News ID: 1372029 Publish Date : 2014/02/08
Studying Islam at a university level means many things. ”Firstly, it is about gaining a deeper understanding of the Quran and the Islamic texts, many of which are from the classical period,” says Mehmet Ozalp, an adjunct lecturer of Australia ’s first master of Islamic studies qualification through Charles Sturt University.
News ID: 1354652 Publish Date : 2014/01/12
Increasing numbers of Aborigines leaving Christianity are turning to Islam via the writings of Malcolm X.
News ID: 1346021 Publish Date : 2013/12/24
Living in a world where you are wrongly perceived as oppressed and insignificant members of the most misunderstood faith can be frustrating. Muslim women face that frustration every day. We face questions from the way we dress to the way we interact with the opposite sex and everything in between.
News ID: 1320150 Publish Date : 2013/11/20
