Muslims across Europe are grappling with a “worrying surge” of racism that is being fuelled in part by “dehumanising anti-Muslim rhetoric”, the EU’s leading rights agency has said, as it published a survey in which nearly half of the Muslim respondents said they had recently experienced discrimination.
Source: The Guardian
For the second time in less than a year, Pope Francis met with transgender and intersex Catholics on Sunday (Oct. 13) at the Vatican, where he listened to their stories of pain, solitude and redemption.
Source: Religion News
Fethullah Gulen, proclaimed to be a modern Rumi, who passed away this week, said something similar some time ago as he lived a celibate life.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Since we spend so much of our lives at our jobs, it’s only natural that conversations with colleagues go beyond the work in front of us. People share interests and hobbies, family struggles, health concerns, and hopes or goals, from the silly to the serious.
Source: The Conversation
From six original settling families to making up a quarter of the town’s population, here is why Punjabi Sikhs made Woolgoolga home. And why they stayed.
Source: ABC
In the latest podcast episode from the Baha’i World News Service, Mina Yazdani—a professor of history at Eastern Kentucky University in the United States—explored the profound contribution of the Baha’i community in Iran to their society.
Source: Baha'i World News Service
Melbourne’s Diwali Festival was held at Marvel Stadium in October, with 20,000 visitors flocking to Docklands for the always colourful occasion.
Source: Docklands News
The Australian Government commits to supporting a stronger multicultural Australia through the Modernised Multicultural Grants Program.
Source: Home Affairs, Government of Australia
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