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School librarian at Malek Fahd Islamic School, Greenacre 2004

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Egyptians

Sydney's Egyptians came in two waves, with Jews, Coptic Christians, Greek and Armenian Egyptians making up the bulk of the arrivals before 1976, and some Egyptian Muslims arriving in recent years. The Coptic Church is vital to the community, with 10 churches and a theological college. Christian and Muslim Egyptian communities in Sydney share a common heritage and identification with Egypt, and relations between them have been mainly tolerant and peaceful.

Muslims in Sydney

Muslims have been a presence in Sydney since the eighteenth century, despite the immigration restrictions of the White Australia Policy. Half of all Australia's Muslims now live in Sydney, forming a culturally and ethnically diverse community that flourishes, even amidst outbursts of prejudice from other residents of multicultural Sydney.

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Malek Fahd Islamic School Greenacre

Independent Islamic combined primary and secondary school which has a population of over 2400 students across three campuses.

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Greenacre

Western residential suburb, first subdivided in the early 1900s. It has a large Muslim community chiefly of Lebanese ancestry.

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