National Mosque Open Day (NMOD) is an annual, nationwide event in Australia and South Africa, organised by the
Lebanese Muslim Association
The Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA) is an Australian non-profit welfare Sunni Muslim organisation based in Lakemba, a south-western suburb of Sydney. It is also variously cited as the Lebanese "Moslem", "Moslems" or "Muslims" Association.
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and the South African Muslim Network respectively, which sees mosques around the country hosting co-ordinated open days on the same date.
Australia
The event first took place in Australia, occurring on 25 October 2014, featuring nine participating mosques around Australia. National Mosque Open Day most recently took place on 31 October 2015, with fourteen participating mosques.
In 2015, National Mosque Open Day was prominently launched at Parliament House by the Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian former politician and businessman who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
Turnbull grad ...
, the Opposition Leader
Bill Shorten
William Richard Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian politician currently serving as Minister for Government Services and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme since 2022. He previously served as leader of the opposition a ...
and the Greens Leader
Richard Di Natale
Richard Luigi Di Natale (born 6 June 1970) is a former Australian politician who was a senator for Victoria. He was also the leader of the Australian Greens from 2015 to 2020. Di Natale was elected to the Senate in the 2010 federal election. A ...
as part of National Day of Unity.
National Mosque Open Day 2016 took place on 29 October.
South Africa
The National Mosque Open Day was conceived as a platform to build relationships through conversation and promote social cohesion in our country and piloted in 2016 and 2017. The 2018 National Mosque Open Day campaign hosted over 800 participants across 20 mosques. Participants left the mosque with a better understanding of Islam, a sense of community and more accurate information and mutual understanding and tolerance that it brings.
The event is held annually on Heritage Day 24 September.
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* {{official website, https://www.samnet.co.za
Islam in Australia