OPEN MOSQUE DAY
The Australian Muslim community is a multicultural phenomenon in itself – and proud Victorian Muslims are celebrating their diversity through caring and sharing.
The Australian Muslim community is adorned with an estimated 63 different backgrounds, and more than 273,000 Muslims call Victoria home. The Victorian Muslim community is diverse with cultural backgrounds from Albania, Pakistan, Bosnia, Lebanon, Burma, Egypt, Afghanistan and many more.
ICV’s Victorian Mosque Open Day project launched in 2017 and has become an annual hit since. Thousands of Victorians have flocked to a local Mosque near them to get to know their Muslim neighbours, partaking in guided Mosque tours, hijab tutorials, henna tattoo art, jumping castles, sausage sizzles and discussions about Islamic beliefs.
About Bukjeh
Bukjeh builds social cohesion, harmony and inclusion of those who have been displaced, creating a culturally safe space by embracing and respecting diversity of background, experience, ideas, thoughts and feelings. Bukjeh delivers a range of projects and activities to audiences all over Australia through virtual and in person programs & projects.
Why make it happen?
- Embrace and celebrate the diverse cultural backgrounds within the community through the art created.
- Encourage participants to draw inspiration from their heritage, traditions, and cultural practices, showcasing the richness and diversity of the community
- Use art as a tool for social change by addressing social issues through creative expression.
- Encourage community members specially children to explore themes related to identity , and the beauty of Islam , creating artwork that inspires reflection and action.
- This initiative centres the voices, perspectives and experiences of non-artists and diverse community members, elevating them within a professional and mainstream context
Why make it happen?
- Raising awareness through our network
- Develop interactive program catering for Indi & families Muslims and non Muslims
- Take away something about Islam home
Our Ask
We believe that more can be done to spread awareness around the community, engaging schools and community leaders to take part, engage, and spread the love to our Allah and the prophet محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم.
We encourage you to support our campaign to work with artists and schools to engage young leaders to be our best ambassadors. We will run a creative program around the southeast mosques and an interactive social media campaign to ensure we encourage the mosque’s Non Muslims neighbors and the general public to know more about us and our religious blessing.
To help this happen you can
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Name: Bukjeh
BSB 062692
Account number 49029812
ABN number 73 653 668 501
Join Our Team
If you are passionate about supporting the community and creating a difference, if you want to raise awareness with your knowledge and expertise, please email us today and make a difference
Make A DUAA-PRAYER
We need the support and help and what is better than asking Allah to make it easy and give barakah in our work.
The event is in the end of Feb and your donation will cover:
1.Materials and craft equipments, Islamic themed map for the day for attendees.
2.School and community workshops October- Feb including school holidays.
3.Filming and documentary
4.Social media campaign
5.Prints and educational materials
5. Catering and welcoming refreshments
and more