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...party. When someone new arrives, you invite them into the circle. So it's up to us, who've been in Australia for a long time, to make those in the minority feel welcome." Gearin and religious education co-ordinator Mary Musolino have initiated contact with Malek Fahd Islamic School in adjoining Greenacre. In the near future, both schools will work together to establish peace gardens on their respective grounds as a mark of friendship...
...water, played games and painted a colorful canvas mural. The groups didn't mingle much at first; a few self-conscious attempts to break the ice came unstuck. Four Holy Spirit boys sulked under a tree, offended that some Muslim girls had laughed at their Asian names. Some Malek Fahd girls were embarrassed by the physical intimacy between Christian boys and girls. In their hijabs and long-sleeved shirts, the Muslim girls must be feeling the heat. "No sir, I'm used to it," says a beaming 13-year-old. She chats about professional wrestling on TV, and like every...
...days later at Malek Fahd, social science teacher Pinad El Ahmad says the inter-faith experience was beneficial; she's the major mover in the school's values program. "We want our students to see that the world is not limited to what goes on at this school," she says. "We'd like them to make friends and see new things." Deputy Principal Ali Kak says the school fosters the idea that being a good Muslim and a good Australian are complementary. "Our mission is to contribute to society in a positive way." There are 1,800 students...
...Principal Dr. Intaj Ali stresses Malek Fahd's motto: Knowledge is Light & Work is Worship. He reads out the four items from the previous week's school newsletter: a student has won a state-wide competition for her Harmony Day poster, a local newspaper's front page features Malek Fahd's Remembrance Day ceremony, blood was donated and there's a bicycle safety message. "These are normal Aussie kids, doing normal things," says Dr. Ali, whose staff is 40% non-Muslim. "We don't have the ghetto mentality here. We want the students to experience the full gamut of life...
...such group was traveling across the King Fahd bridge toward Bahrain on Feb. 13, 2003, when they were picked up by Bahraini police. The United States, specifically the CIA, was behind the arrest. The NSA had picked up calls and e-mails from a cluster of Bahrainis that were troubling - boastful talk of what should be done to infidels, and some problem phrases, such as picking up "honey pots." "Honey" is often terrorist code for destructive items...