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When is it?  World Interfaith Harmony Week is celebrated annually on the first week of February (February 1st to February 7th).

What is it about? World Interfaith Harmony Week aims to promote harmony between all people regardless of their faith and non-faith. It provides a platform, one week in the year, where people of every group can recognize their common values, build ties with each other, and work alongside one another to bring peace and harmony to their communities.

The annual Victorian Mosque Open Day is back on 15th of February! This year we look forward to hosting our biggest event yet with dozens of your local mosques ready to open their doors to the whole Victorian community.

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Source: Victorian Mosque Open Day

Grants of up to $150,000 are available to support community-led responses to racism. The program funds First Peoples, multicultural and multifaith community organisations and groups to deliver community-led responses to racism.

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Source: State Government of Victoria

Human Rights Watch, Jewish Council of Australia, Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, Australian National Imams Council, Human Rights Law Centre and Amnesty International condemn a recent spate of antisemitic hate crimes in Australia.

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Source: Human Rights Law Centre

On Friday morning in Sydney's east, in the suburb of Dover Heights, a house was vandalised.

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Source: ABC

While there is broad agreement between us that both antisemitism and Islamophobia are on the rise, Andre Oboler’s recent article highlights a trend that I find rather troubling — namely, the tendency to debate which form of prejudice represents the bigger problem.

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Source: ABC

On the 18th of January, HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light) hosted an interfaith Peace Tour that brought youth to three places of worship in Melbourne for educational and interfaith engagement.

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In many countries, religion and politics are deeply intertwined. The belief that a country’s historically predominant religion should be a central part of its national identity and drive policymaking is sometimes described as “religious nationalism.”

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Source: Pew Research