{"id":170095,"date":"2025-01-26T20:29:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T10:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=170095"},"modified":"2025-01-26T20:30:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T10:30:33","slug":"largest-australian-flag-to-be-flown-at-sydney-mosque-for-australia-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=170095","title":{"rendered":"Largest Australian flag to be flown at Sydney mosque for Australia Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The largest Australian flag was hoisted on Australia Day at a mosque in Sydney, surpassing the flag currently flying on top of the Australian Parliament House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrating the national holiday at the Masjid Baitul Huda in Sydney\u2019s Marsden Park, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community are commemorating the day with a formal ceremonial event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The largest Australian flag is set to be hoisted on Australia Day at a mosque in Sydney, surpassing the one flying atop of Parliament House. Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flag measures 16m x 8m. Picture: NewsWire \/ Brendan Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, always pray for the progress and development of our homeland, Australia,\u201d Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Australia national president and Imam I.H. Kause said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn keeping with our traditions, we will celebrate Australia Day at all mosques across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Children enjoyed themselves after the ceremonies. Picture: NewsWire \/ Brendan Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our nation, government, and fellow citizens because our religion teaches us that love for one\u2019s country of residence is a part of faith.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Ahmadiyya Muslim mosques across the country will host formal ceremonial events by hoisting the Australian flag, singing the national anthem, hosting a barbecue and inviting dignitaries to offer speeches and reflect on the \u201csignificance of being Australian\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Children were holding up Australian flags at the ceremonies. Picture: NewsWire \/ Brendan Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Children sang at the ceremony at the Baitul Huda Mosque. Picture: NewsWire \/ Brendan Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the national holiday celebrations, the largest Australian flag will be hoisted up at the Sydney mosque, measuring an epic 16m x 8m and surpassing the flag currently flying at Parliament House, which is 12.6m x 6.4m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ahmadiyya Muslim community are celebrating Australia Day with a classic barbecue. Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrue loyalty requires a relationship built on sincerity and integrity \u2026\u201d Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Caliph, His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is essential for a citizen of any country to establish a relationship of genuine loyalty and faithfulness to their nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Sydney mosque is celebrating the national holiday with an impressive feat \u2013 surpassing even that of Parliament House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":170097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,999,35],"tags":[15149,997,15148,2139],"class_list":["post-170095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-australia-politics","category-breaking-news","tag-ahmadiyya-muslim-community","tag-australia-day","tag-masjid-baitul-huda","tag-sydney"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170095"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170104,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170095\/revisions\/170104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/170097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}