The Multicultural Development Association of Queensland (MDA) hosted a community information session organised by Brisbane’s Rohingya community.
News
Clarifying Islamophobia; Clarifying Interfaith Ethics
Andrew West on Radio National Religion and Ethics Report recently interviewed a writer who raised interesting perspectives (for Australia) on Islamophobia and Interfaith Ethics.
ASEAN InterReligious Network Formed
More than 200 religious leaders, representatives of interreligious councils and peace scholars from the Association of South Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states convened in Bangkok and Pattani, Thailand on 17-19 September 2012, to address the role of religion and interreligious cooperation in resolving conflicts and building peace in the ASEAN region.
Being Religious and Interreligious in Regional and Rural Victoria: The Role of its Interfaith Networks
Prof. Des Cahill (Chair, Religions for Peace Australia) gave an address at Mooroopna Mosque to rural interfaith networks. To be authentically religious in today’s contemporary world means to be interreligious. This is the interfaith message.
Religions for Peace Myanmar Launched
13 September 2012, Yangon, Myanmar: Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Muslim communties in Myanmar together launched the Religions for Peace Myanmar as the country’s first full-fledged representative and action-oriented interreligious body for reconciliation, peace and development. Approximately 100 religious, diplomatic, political and civil society leaders in Myanmar and Religions for Peace International leaders joined the inauguration.
21 Visions of Peace
Choose to be Calm invites you to join for a 21-day ‘Tour de Peace’ – a daily 10 minute meditation based on a return to peace for the self and a dedication of peace.
The 2011 Census, ethnicity and religion in Australia
Radio National has been keeping an eye on the 2011 Census and the information derived from this about the faith (and no faith) composition of Australia. Here, Prof. Des Cahill is interviewed about what the Census indicates about belief and practice in Australia.
Sultana’s Dream – August 2012
The latest issue – August 2012 – of Sultana’s Dream is available for reading. The editorial takes up the issue of how Australia’s Muslims’ perceive they are treated by the media.
Senior Religious Leaders in Myanmar reject Violence
Senior Religious Leaders in Myanmar reject Violence
(Yangon, Myanmar) Senior Buddhist, Muslim, Christian and Hindu leaders in Myanmar, collaborating as members of the working committee for Religions for Peace Myanmar, issued a multi-religious statement on June 18, 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar, to address the escalating violence.
Statement on Sikh Temple Shooting
Religions for Peace condemns the morally reprehensible attack by a lone gunman on the Sikh Temple of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA, in which a number of innocent people were killed and wounded on 5 August.
Regional and Rural Migration in and for the 21st Century: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Regional and Rural Migration in and for the 21st Century: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Migration to rural Australia places many challenges in a rapidly transforming nation. Meeting these challenges has substantial gains for both Australians and those who migrate to rural areas, writes Prof. Des Cahill.
Confusions about Multiculturalism
Recent publications in the Australian media suggest, Australian multiculturalism, seen as a strategy of managing cultural diversity and a social policy – has been often misunderstood and confused with ethno-cultural pluralism and assimilationist melting pot.
