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The following is a breakdown of the country of birth of Muslims in Australia from 2001: [117] There were 281,578 Muslims recorded in this survey; in the 2006 census the population had grown to 340,392. [118] 48% of Australian-born Muslims claimed Lebanese or Turkish ancestry. [117]
Islam in Oceania refers to Islam and Muslims in Oceania. By current estimates, there are 620,156 total Muslims in Oceania: 476,600 in Australia , 48,151 in New Zealand , 52,520 in Fiji , 6,352 in New Caledonia, 2,200 in Papua New Guinea , 360 in Solomon Islands, 221 in Vanuatu , 110 in Tonga .
The Adelaide Mosque is the oldest surviving mosque in Australia and the first to be built in an Australian city. Erected in 1888–89, it was designed to meet the spiritual needs of Muslim cameleers and traders coming in from work in South Australia’s northern regions. Park Holme: Masjid Omar Bin Al Khattab Also known as the Marion Masjid
While people with no religion are more than 30% of the Australian population, [22] the Australian Bureau of Statistics does not provide information in the annual "1301.0 – Year Book Australia" on religious affiliation as to how many people fall into each sub-category. [98]
There are approximately 500,000 Muslims living in Australia with over 100,000 settled in Melbourne. They are noted for their diversity with heritages from more than 60 countries. [54] [55] The first Muslims to settle permanently in Australia were the cameleers, mainly from Afghanistan from as early as the 1860s.
A right-wing member of the Australian parliament blamed the murder of 49 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Muslim immigration.
Southland Muslim Association Masjid 2010 Claimed to be the southernmost mosque in the world [38] [39] Taranaki: Hāwera: Hāwera Islamic Centre [40] New Plymouth: Hillsborough: Taranaki Islamic Centre 2016 [41] [42] Waikato: Taupō: Taupō Central: Taupo Islamic Centre 2015 [43] Wellington: Lower Hutt: Taitā: Lower Hutt Islamic Centre 1997 [44 ...
Two Australian healthcare workers are accused of threatening an Israeli man via an online video chat, ... the Jewish population of Australia is substantially smaller than the Muslim population ...