00:03In Young, Muslims now have a place of prayer fit for their growing congregation.
00:08Today the town of about 11,000 opened one of the largest mosques in regional New South
00:13Wales.
00:14This is a new chapter in regional Australia that the Muslim community has expanded out
00:19beyond the CBD.
00:23More than 4% of the population practiced Islam five years ago.
00:28But the makeshift mosque has been struggling to keep up with the growth.
00:32We've got a sort of, I guess, growing community over the years.
00:36People sort of venturing in on the outskirts.
00:39The new build is five times bigger, making room for 1,000 Muslims.
00:44They've really endeavoured to integrate as best they can.
00:48But that relationship hasn't always been easy going.
00:51With a so-called ISIS bride living in the region and the principal of an Islamic school
00:56standing down following comments around Zionism has drawn national media attention in recent
01:01years.
01:02A Supreme Court ruling found he wasn't afforded procedural fairness.
01:06We can cut right off a community from one or two individuals.
01:09The mosque is a sign of the growing presence the Muslim community has in Young.
01:14Young is testimony to the fact that multiculturalism is alive and succeeding.
01:18There's no doubt in the next decade the community will grow immensely again.
01:26Young is Mt.
01:26Remember you shouldn't have taken this time into John's instead Netta in New York here.
01:27That makeshift hierarchy Cool, thank you
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01:28So if turn that winds food warriors will be coming out in a different spot of a goal of 240
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