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SICV | FORUM | Freedom of Religion: Responsibility, Respect and Dignity in a Pluralist Society | Saturday 31 August 2019

[Edited extract from public address]

Join this inaugural Interfaith Forum including Keynote Speakers from Singapore & Australian Human rights Commission and panel discussion by Prominent Religious and spiritual Leaders of Buddhist, Baha'i, Christian, Hindu, Indigenous, Muslim and Sikh traditions.

Event includes Sikh Faith Exhibition; Delicious Punjabi Lunch and Masal Chai/Tea provided; Musical performance by Dya Singh and Try on a Sikh Turban

Keynote speakers:

  • Mr Chin Tan, Race Discrimination Commissioner Australia
  • Mr Bhajan Singh (Singapore), Former Member, Singapore Presidential Council for Religious Harmony (PCRH), National Steering Committee for Racial and Religious Harmony, Chairman, Sikh Advisory Board Singapore.

Moderator, Professor Joseph Camilleri, OAM (La Trobe University)

Forum panelists:

  • Dr Jackie Huggins, AM, FAHA, Former Co-Chair, National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
  • Sheikh Alaa El Zokm, Member, Board of Imams Victoria & Australian National Imams Council
  • Bishop Phillip Huggins, President, National Council of Churches in Australia
  • Mr Jasbir Singh Suropada, Chairperson, Sikh Interfaith Council of Victoria
  • Swami Sunishthananda, Vice President, Vedanta Centre of Melbourne
  • Venerable Thich Phuoc Tan, OAM, Abbot of Quang Minh Temple &   President, Buddhist Council of Victoria.
  • Ms Ida Walker, Director of Discourse, Australian Baha’i Community

Program: 

  • 10.45am: Registration, coffee & tea, Exhibition on Sikh Faith 
  • 11.30am-12.15pm: Vegetarian Lunch provided
  • 12.15pm: Formal Program commences, followed by Q and A.
  • 2.30pm: Musical and Cultural performances
  • 3.30pm: Program concludes.

Where: Swinburne University of Technology, Advanced Technologies Centre (ATC), 427-451 Burwood Road, Hawthorn.

Cost: Free

Bookings: For registration and catering purposes, book online through Eventbrite

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Sikh Interfaith Council of Victoria
Jasbir Singh Suropada, Chairperson
Mob: 0431203177