Priest helps to raise mosque funds

A Catholic priest is helping an Islamic group to raise funds to build the first mosque in the Victorian city of Ararat.

The Ararat Islamic Centre at the railway station

A Muslim group has welcomed a Catholic priest's offer to fund raise for a mosque it wants to build in the northern Victorian city of Ararat.

Father Andrew Hayes will perform songs he's written and read poetry as part of his performance at the local Performing Arts Centre.

Father Hayes says he supports efforts by the Ararat Islamic Welfare Association to build the city's first mosque.

The group's president, Altaf Hussain, told Van Nguyen Ararat's Muslims are currently praying in a small room at the local railway station.

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