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Silma Ihram

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “australian pioneer of muslim education in the west”. Today it says “australian promoter of muslim education in western sydney”.
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Silma Ihram (born Anne Frances Beaumont ; c. 1954 ) is an Australian promoter of Muslim education in Western Sydney , founder and former school Principal of the 'Noor Al Houda Islamic College' in Sydney, and a campaigner for racial tolerance . She was also the Australian Democrats candidate for the seat of Auburn in the 2007 state election , and the Democrats candidate for the Division of Reid in the 2007 federal election . Ihram is the author of two books, the producer of an educational video in Arabic , and the subject of the documentary, Silma's School . She has been described as " Erin Brockovich in a hijab ".

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australian pioneer of muslim education in the west

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australian promoter of muslim education in western sydney

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