Faith and community leaders have united in calls to condemn the fire at Melbourne's Addas Synagogue, which is now being treated as a likely terrorist incident. Jewish and Islamic faith leaders are urging their communities to work together for peace.
Faith and community leaders have united in calls to condemn the fire at Melbourne's Addas Synagogue, which is now being treated as a likely terrorist incident. Jewish and Islamic faith leaders are urging their communities to work together for peace.When flames tore through the Addas Israel Synagogue last week, responses from across the community were swift.
"When I heard the news on Friday that a place of worship, a fellow Synagogue, had been firebombed, it was devastating, honestly, to think this is happening in 2024, in a place that I love and I appreciate so much.
Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, says the arson is part of a broader trend.
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