The Annual General Meeting of Religions for Peace Australia was held on Sunday, 3rd June, in Melbourne.
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African Religious Leaders Meet
Nairobi, Kenya – Over 100 senior religious leaders from Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh, and other religious communities convened in Nairobi, Kenya, 16-17 May 2012, to launch a child survival and maternal health pan-African initiative.
Sultana’s Dream – May 2012
The latest issue – May 2012 – of Sultana’s Dream is available for reading. The editorial takes up the issue of the role of muslims in Australian pioneer history.
Halal Certified Medicine
According to the Halal Certified Medicine website HCM was developed to support Australian Muslims “in their endeavours to consume Halal only products by identifying which of their everyday products such as medicines, sporting and vitamin supplements are suitable for Muslims to purchase.”
Opportunity to host asylum seekers
The Australian Human Rights Commission has been approached with a request to publicize an initiative of the Australian Homestay Network to provide short-term accommodation to asylum seekers who have been recently released from immigration detention.
Sultana’s Dream – April 2012
The latest issue of Sultana’s Dream is available for reading. It is jam packed with points of view and focal issues that have been recently taken up in the media, viz, forced marriage, for example.
Sri Lankan Senior Religious Leaders’ Efforts to Advance Reconciliation and Peacebuilding
Efforts by Sri Lankan Senior Religious Leaders’ to advance reconciliation and peacebuilding have been applauded by the Prime Minister of Japan.
Inaugural Seminar – Women of Faith as Agents of Peace
Religion, Women and Peacebuilding – This seminar was the first in an open series designed to connect multiple stakeholders with women of faith engaged in concrete projects on the ground.
Bombing at Rida Mosque, Belgium
Statement of the Secretary General on the Arson Attack of the Rida Mosque and the Killing of Imam Abdallah Dadou
Multifaith Disability Inclusion
The Uniting Church Disability Inclusion, people interested in issues of disability inclusion within multifaith settings, has presented a report on disability in multifaith settings.
ABC TV Seeks Six Young People to Make a “Holy Switch”
ABC TV and Roar Film are inviting six young people aged 18-23 and their families to feature in a new experiential series for ABC TV’s COMPASS.
The Problem with Theologies of Inclusion
Theologies of inclusion tend to be feel good, ‘nice’ theologies and more importantly they promote social cohesion by providing a theological rationale for mutual respect, or at least tolerance of difference. However, there is more, writes Gary Bouma. What of an internal agenda of legitimisation?
