GA565027. It was on Labor's 2025 election commitment list.
Primary Role
United Muslims of Australia was founded in 2002 and is based in Padstow, Sydney. It was founded by, and is still led by, Shady Alsuleiman as its president and spiritual leader.
UMA has also received funding under the federal Securing Faith-Based Places Grant Program, which pays for security guards and security infrastructure. In September 2024 the Coalition criticised the grants to UMA and similar groups, pointing to Alsuleiman's 2013 comments on homosexuality and to UMA imam Ibrahim Dadoun calling 7 October "a day of courage and happiness"; opposition spokesman James Stevens said organisations that "provide a platform for incitement of violence, hate and vilification should not receive taxpayer funding". A UMA spokesman said the organisation's objective "was to bring communities together under shared values" (The Australian, 16 Sep 2024).
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