A simultaneous attack on another prayer hall killed 88 members of Ahmadiyya community, a religious minority group subject to discrimination and persecution.
When the Red Cross’ 14,000 Australian volunteers start their annual fund-raising appeal this March, about one in seven will be Ahmadis, nearly all refugees like Mr Ahmed, who want to thank Australia. As well, a large number of other volunteers come from a diverse range of religions and communities, says Red Cross.
Naveed Ahmed, 25 and , on right, and Musawer Ahmed Bajwa, 24, are two refugees who are organisng another 1800 people to raise funds for Red Cross in March.
Photo: James Brickwood
For the past four years, Musawer Bajwa, 24, an astrophysics and philosophy student at Sydney U…
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