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POWER 100: Toowoomba’s most influential people 2020
These are Toowoomba's most influential people, the men and women who make our city what it is today.
Shahjahan Khan
Professor Shahjahan Khan is one of the few public faces of social and religious harmony in Toowoomba. The Toowoomba Islamic Society founder has been a strong piece of advice for the city's Muslim community and helped fundraise tens of thousands of dollars for the rebuilding of the city mosque after it was damaged in two separate arson attacks. He has broken down the barriers of ignorance and xenophobia, opening the mosque to the wider public for food festivals and other events. He has publicly condemned terror attacks and acts of extremism, no matter where it comes from.
On top of his religious activities, he specialises in Statistics in the School of Science at the University of Southern Queensland. Shahjahan placed 65 in the last Power 100.
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Toowoomba's first Islamic mosque opens its doors
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Sixty-six-per-cent of the 700 respondents to a Chronicle online poll voted that a Muslim mosque would be welcomed in Toowoomba.
Toowoomba's first Islamic mosque opens its doors
Toowoomba's first Islamic mosque opens its doors
Toowoomba's first Islamic mosque opens its doors
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Toowoomba mosque damaged by second suspected arson attack
Toowoomba mosque damaged by second suspected arson attack
Toowoomba mosque damaged by second suspected arson attack
Community leaders have strongly condemned the perpetrators of the attack, which a mosque spokesman says is uncharacteristic of the city
Muslims meet with community over plans to rebuild mosque
Toowoomba mosque damaged by second suspected arson attack
Muslims meet with community over plans to rebuild mosque
Dozens of neighbours to the Garden City Mosque have met with Muslim leaders over their plans to rebuild the destroyed facility.
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Toowoomba mosque damaged by second suspected arson attack
Muslims meet with community over plans to rebuild mosque
On completion of the project, 500 Muslims, including 100 women at the mezzanine level, will be able to pray in the Mosque at any time.