Muslim, Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist communities joined together in the western suburb of Revesby at St Mark's Anglican Church, home to a mix of different cultures and backgrounds including services for the Urdu community.
The Reverend Ijaz Gill, the Urdu Minister of the Church, said the event was to promote peace and harmony among different religions.
“We are doing it for the first time. We invited all communities to come and celebrate with us” said Atif Bhatti, Master of the ceremony.
Representatives of religious schools of thought expressed their sentiments during the event. Balbinder Singh, a representative from the Sikh community said he was of the opinion that people need to help each other through good and bad times, and emphasized unity of all communities.
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"We all believe in one Lord, we have a thousand reasons to promote unity rather than creating differences," he said.
The Pakistani Christian community welcomed the concept of inviting people from diverse religious backgrounds to holy events to promote peace and share culture.
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The president of the society was of opinion that these events must be repeated in future to give more chances to meet with each other.
"I want to encourage all of you to think about how we can extend peace and love irrelevant of each others' beliefs," he said.
The Rev. Ijaz Gill said he was determined to celebrate events in future with the same zest and zeal. He wanted everyone to celebrate joy with harmony.
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"There are certain extremist elements who don’t want the world to live with harmony and I request them to let others live with love," he told SBS Urdu
"Let us love in the name of God, don’t let us kill in the name of God."
The supper at the event was catered by the Hussaini Mission, a Muslim foundation. Asim Raza, representative and president of the Hussaini Foundation was of the opinion that one must come forward and promote such events. He said that his organisation has been helping different communities irrespective of caste, colour, creed and religion in Australia and overseas.
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"We help without discrimination, It has been in our blood. We have been taught to help others and spread love," he said.
The church dedicated the event to the people who lost their lives and properties in recent bushfires.
According to Pakistan's Bureau of Statistics Christians make up 1.6 per cent of the country's population.
