This week we explore the early history of Muslim immigration to Australia, focusing on the connections between Muslim immigrants and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. A story of surprising encounters and unexpected histories.

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Encounter invites you to connect intellectually, emotionally and intuitively across a broad spectrum of topics. The program regularly reflects on the religious experience of multicultural Australia, giving access to voices and experiences that are not often heard in the mainstream media.
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Folge vom 19.07.2014Aboriginal Islam
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Folge vom 12.07.2014Indonesia - forming the Islamic futureAs Indonesians made their democratic voting choices in 2014, they were also flagging a way forward for the nation's significant Islamic education sector and its key institutions, the pesantren, the madrasah and the State Islamic universities. In Encounter, find out about pesantren, and hear of an ambitious dream for Indonesian Islamic higher education as a new global centre for Muslim intellectual life.
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Folge vom 05.07.2014Instant Karma's gonna get youEveryone seems to think they know what karma means, but Buddhists and Hindus are facing challenges today due to a misunderstanding of karma and its twin rebirth.
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Folge vom 28.06.2014Evolving Towards Perfection - Zoroastrianism TodayNo-one really knows how old Zoroastrianism is. Herodotus makes mention of something like it in the fifth century BCE, but Zoroastrianism almost certainly pre-dates Judaism, and may even be older than the Vedic tradition which gave birth to Hinduism. Surprisingly, the adherents of this ancient religion believe their theological goal to be still incomplete.