أستراليا: جهود مجتمعية لدعم التعايش وإزالة المفاهيم المغلوطة عن الإسلام

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

يقوم مجموعة من المسلمين والنصارى بمدينة "ترافلجار" الأسترالية بتنظيم لقاء مشترك بين المسلمين وغيرهم؛ وذلك لتعزيز التفاهم والاحترام المتبادل بين عناصر المجتمع من مختلف المعتقدات، والتركيز على النقاط المشتركة، وإزالة المفاهيم المغلوطة.

ومن المقرر أن يقوم المسلمون ببيان بعض الحقائق المتعلقة بالتعاليم الدينية والعيش مع غير المسلمين، وحق الجيران وتناول الأطعمة الحلال، والتأكيد على نبذ العنف والتطرف.

وجدير بالذكر أن قطاعًا من الأستراليين يعتبرون الإسلام خطرًا يهدد "أستراليا" - طبقًا لتقرير بحثي صدر عام 2007 - والتقارير الحكومية تشير لتعرض المسلمين لموجة من الكراهية غير مسبوقة؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Trafalgar Evening Unites Aussie Faiths

Two Muslim and Christian women in Trafalgar, Australia, are planning a special interfaith evening in their city, to promote respect and understanding between the two faiths through a conversation on the similarities they share.

"There are so many things in our day to day lives that we can relate to each other,” Arfa Khan, a Muslim resident of Trafalgar, Victoria, told ABC on Thursday, August 22.

“The world is becoming so global so you can't stigmatize or stereotype people by their religion only," she says.

Meeting Sue Jacka, the town's Anglican minister, at a preschool music program, Arfa recognized that many of her neighbors know nothing about her faith.

Together with Sue, both ladies decided to change this fact, organizing a public conversation about their two religions on Friday, August 23, at the city’s St Mary's church.

According to Arfa, Islam and Christianity share the same root in Abrahamic faith but differ on the belief of certain prophets.

While Muslims fast in Ramadan that is followed by their feast called `Eid, Christians too celebrate a period of fasting called Lent that is followed by Easter.

Friday’s discussions would highlight other similarities between Islam and Christianity.

"We have a lot of things in common, like when you talk about, love thy neighbor, that's also the concept of Islam, that's also the concept of Christianity," she says.

A 2007 poll taken by the Issues Deliberation Australia (IDA) think-tank found that Australians basically see Islam as a threat to the Australian way of life.

A recent governmental report revealed that Muslims are facing deep-seated Islamophobia and race-based treatment like never before.