The national Australasian Muslim Times (AMUST), founded in 1991, serves diverse Muslim communities in Australia and beyond. It is widely read by the broader community, including the Jewish community, and MPs.

It started as a multilingual community newspaper, publishing in Arabic, Turkish and English as well as Bangla and other languages.

But, since 2014, it publishes only in English. Jewish writers, including myself, are among its contributors.

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Its first issue coincided with former Iraqi Prime Minister Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait; an excellent launching pad for such a publication.

It started as a fortnightly, then became weekly, but since 2014, its print and digital editions are published monthly, with a weekly newsletter.

Editor-in-Chief Zia Ahmad founded AMUST, supported by his father Dr Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad OAM, his extended family and the community.

Ahmad told Green Left about his life and his passion for the publication.

He was born into a well-to-do, land-owning Muslim family, with a progressive outlook, in Uttar Pradesh in North India.

When India was partitioned, the family chose not to go to........

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