Welcome to Minaret Media: News and voices for Australia’s Muslim community, updated regularly
The wait is over. Welcome to the first edition of Minaret Media, a new voice for our community, with powerful stories, bold ideas and something for everyone.
Three major milestones inside three months as the LMA’s national expansion builds momentum
Three milestones in two months – a new regional mega-mosque, a foothold in Adelaide’s CBD and a VCAT win in Melbourne. The LMA’s national footprint is growing fast, and this is just the beginning.
From unknown to unmissable: Inside the Padel phenomenon sweeping Sydney’s Muslim community
Padel has taken Sydney’s Muslim community by storm – especially among the brothers. We look at how this fast-growing sport became the new favourite on and off the court.
Dr Yasir Qadhi tells a packed Lakemba Mosque: “Your kind actions will drown out the voices of hate”
It is not enough, Dr Yasir Qadhi told worshippers at Lakemba Mosque on Friday, 2 October, for Muslims to simply condemn Islamophobia and injustice from the sidelines. It’s up to every single Muslim – through character, generosity, family and faith – to live out the values of Islam so visibly and so consistently that their […]
Gala Dinner is back as the third Australian Muslim Community Golf Day tees off in December
In just two years, the Australian Muslim Golf Day has become a community phenomenon. Here’s what’s in store for this year’s “Every Swing Counts” tournament – and the big gala comeback.
More than a name on a banner: the story of Feed The World and the community behind it
Feed The World is the LMA’s own charity, built to extend the community’s compassion worldwide. In our first regular feature, we introduce readers to its history and mission.
Hatred reaches the grave as Muslim cemetery at Narellan is vandalised – again
Graves at Al Nur Islamic Cemetery in Narellan were deliberately vandalised over the weekend, in what the LMA has condemned as a blatant act of Islamophobia — and not the cemetery’s first attack this year.