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Details: Created: 27 February 2017

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Lent is a time of reflection for many Christians, as they look back on and celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ.

But what is the story of Lent, what do people give up and what is the challenge asking us to do one nice thing each day during this time?

Source: Metro

Details: Created: 27 February 2017

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More Indigenous Australians are converting to Islam. But it is more than a political gesture. Unknown to many is the long history between Aboriginal people and Islamic culture and religion.

Source: NITV

Details: Created: 26 February 2017

Bright and early on Saturday morning, 4 February 2017, almost before the sun was up, over 70 people from various faith communities and neighbouring interfaith networks, members of the police force, community leaders and people working in the area of Family Violence began arriving for the Interfaith Network’s Sixth Annual Interfaith Breakfast held during United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017. This was held at “The Castle”, Hemmings Park in Dandenong.

Details: Created: 26 February 2017

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Scores of headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia have been broken and overturned, in the latest apparent vandalism incident at a Jewish burial ground in the United States.

Source: Business Insider

Details: Created: 22 February 2017

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Australian imams are being urged to speak out against Islamic State, with the national imams council insisting the extremist group does not follow sharia law.

Source: SBS

Details: Created: 19 February 2017

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On Sunday 19 February 2017, the Victorian Government released its Multicultural Policy Statement and supporting campaign - Victorian. And Proud of it.

Source: premier.vic.gov.au

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Health and aged care provider Cabrini has launched a new website to support health professionals to have sensitive conversations about advance care planning with people from different religious and cultural backgrounds.

Source: Singh Station

Details: Created: 14 February 2017

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So what exactly is Sharia law? Dr Jamila Hussain, a research associate at the University of Technology Sydney told SBS, Sharia encompasses all aspects of a Muslim’s life.

Source: SBS