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There is a theory that despite all the commotion, religious freedom faces no significant threat in Western democracies like Australia. Therefore, the argument goes, we do not need a federal Religious Discrimination Act.

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Source: The Conversation

Seventy-five years after the destruction of Hiroshima with one nuclear weapon, religious groups across Australia are raising the call for Australia to sign and ratify the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

An interfaith open letter endorsed by 61 faith organisations calls for the Prime Minister and the leader of the Opposition to ensure Australia joins the Treaty. It notes;

The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC) has put the call out to assist with creating an archive that will document Melbourne Jewish life during COVID-19.

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Source: Times of Israel

The Baha’i International Community has just confirmed that six prominent Baha’is have been released from prison after being wrongfully detained for several years by the Houthi authorities in Sana’a, Yemen.

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Source: Baha'i News

Seventy-five years after the destruction of Hiroshima with one nuclear weapon, religious groups across Australia are raising the call for Australia to sign and ratify the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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Source: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

In an effort to support the community during the current challenging times due to COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne, a group of women volunteers is preparing free meals every Friday for anyone who is hungry.

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Source: SBS

Paul Rankin has spent his life as a vegetarian. It's not for animal rights reasons or to reduce his environmental impact — though he thinks they're both worthy causes. It's because he's a Seventh-day Adventist.

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Source: ABC

Hundreds of Australian medical practitioners from the Baha'i community and their colleagues have signed an open letter calling for an end to the persecution of the religious minority in Iran.

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Source: SBS