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The growth of Muslim population at this time was recorded as 3.88% compared to 1.13% for the general Australian population. [citation needed]. From 2011-2016, Muslim population grew by 27% from 476,291 to 604,200 with majority residing in New South Wales. The following is a breakdown of the country of birth of Muslims in Australia from 2001: [113]
South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia. [20] [21] [22] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million ...
This figure dropped to 7.2% in 2021. The 2021 Australian census data showed that 43.9% of Australians classify themselves Christian, 8.2% less in real terms than five years prior, [23] The second-largest classification was the 38.9% who identified as "no religion".
Muslim Community Radio - The Muslim Community Radio [23] is a community radio station based in Chester Hill, Sydney. It is co-located with Darulfatwa - Islamic High Council of Australia and Salamah College. OnePath Network - OnePath Network [24] was established in 2015, "to counter the mainstream media's treatment of Islam in Australia". It is ...
In the 2001 census, 248,807 Australian residents reported Arab ancestry. Additionally, 209,372 Australians indicated that they spoke Arabic at home. 162,283 Australian residents were born in one of the 22 Arab League nations, a proportion which represented 0.8% of Australia's population. 120,000 Australians also had a parent who was born in an Arab state.
Islam in Oceania. Gallipoli mosque, Auburn, Sydney. 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. [1]
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 Islamic Society of South Australia [18] Woodville North: Islamic Arabic Centre & Masjid Al Khalil Gilles Plains ...
t. e. Ahmadiyya is an Islamic movement in Australia, first formally founded in the country in the 1980s, during the era of the fourth caliph. However, the history of the Community dates back to the early 20th century, during the lifetime of the founder of the movement, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, with the first contacts arising as a consequence of ...