......a sometimes
self-deprecating and occasional tongue-in-cheek look at ourselves and
the world around us ......
Sunday, 5 July 2009
.Newsletter
0243
News you won't find on CNN!
Radio
612's 'Common Sense Cabinet'
Many locals
turned up to the Beenleigh
PCYC to take part in 612's
'Common Sense Cabinet' on
Tuesday morning (30 June).
The programme
was broadcast live on ABC
612's Mornings with
Madonna.
According to
Madonna King, who hosted the
forum, it was not about
problems but all about
SOLUTIONS - solutions to
crime, unemployment, aged
care and health.
The ideas
were posted on a white board
and the winning idea was to
be presented to Deputy Prime
Minister Julia Gilllard that
very evening.
The winning
idea, by quite some margin,
was the unemployment
suggestion which was "a
work for the dole scheme
that actually works".
Janeth Deen's
plan to build a tough-love
work for the dole scheme has
been taken to the Federal
Government after the idea
won backing from a panel of
local leaders and many others.
In support of
this winning idea several
compelling arguments were
made.
"The idea is
that....registered community
groups could contact
Centrelink and access the
skills of people who are
unemployed," Ms Deen said.
"Because with
these community groups if
they're volunteers and they
can't do everything
themselves they should be
able to get people to paint,
mow the grass and help out
without cost."
Ms Deen said
volunteering should be
compulsory for dole
recipients.
She said the
program could reduce crime,
teach unemployed people new
skills and help groups with
their day-to-day activities.
The idea, raised and
finessed by several people
including Janeth Deen who
runs the Queensland Muslim
Welfare Association OP shop,
and Hetty Johnstone from
Brave Hearts, was meant to
get people working while
they are receiving benefits.
Janeth Deen and Matthew
Swift, just before presenting their idea to
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Madonna's
hand-picked panel members:
President of the Queensland Muslims Welfare
Association and op-shop owner Janeth Deen
Pam
Parker, Logan City's first female
mayor.
Bill
Richards and Kerry
Armstrong run the local chambers of
commerce and represent business in the area.
Val
French established Older People
Speak Out to give a voice to our elderly.
State
MP for Waterford, Evan Moorhead.
Dr
Mason Stevenson, the president of
the Australian Medical Association of
Queensland.
Paul
Stanley, whose son Matt was kicked
to death outside a party, and now devotes
his time to educating the public about
preventing youth violence.
Retired
primary school principal Jeff Small.
Former
criminal Pastor Terry Walker
who now helps people turn their
lives around through the Tribe of Judah.
Career
public servant Keith Hamburger.
Bill
Richards, who has lived in the
Logan area since 1970
Curtain
finally closes on MYServices
by Shaima Khan
MYServices
presented the outcomes of
its two-year Muslim Youth
and Community Development
Project, on the 29th of
June. Various organisations,
government representatives,
community leaders, Imams,
youth and other stakeholders
were invited to the
presentation.
The project, funded by the
Queensland Government, was
part of the Muslim Community
Engagement Strategy. It
aimed to create and deliver
effective responses to the
needs of Muslim youth, to
reduce the barriers of
inclusion and engagement of
Muslim youth in the social
life of the Queensland
community, to increase the
acceptance of Muslims in the
wider community, and, to
build the capacity of the
current system to better
cater for the needs of
Muslims.
With the mercy of Allah, and
through the support of
countless individuals and
organisations who shared our
passion and vision,
MYServices was able to fill
a gap in our youth community
that was long overdue. A
full report of the Muslim
Youth and Community
Development Project can be
obtained by contacting Al-Nisa
Youth Group on
thesecretary@alnisagroup.com.au.
On behalf of Riyad
Rahimullah and myself (as
well as past workers), as
Muslim Youth and Community
Development Officers
responsible for the delivery
of the two-year project, I
sincerely thank every single
young person, organisation,
Imam and school out there,
who contributed to the
success of the MYServices
Project.
We are greatly indebted to
the enormous amount of
support received from, the
literally innumerable,
organisations and
individuals, from within and
outside the Muslim
community. We have been
humbled by your enthusiasm
for the Muslim Youth and
Community Development
Project. Thank you for
joining hands with us to
positively impact the lives
of young Muslims.
We request your forgiveness
if we have ever said or done
anything that may have
offended you. This position
is indeed a position of
great trust and immense
responsibility, which we
hope we have at least come
close to fulfilling,
inshaAllah.
On a personal
note, I would like to thank
the Muslim community for
giving me the honour to
serve it in this capacity
for the whole length of the
Project. At times, I felt
many of you had more faith
in me than I had in myself.
JazakaAllahkhair.
A special thank you again to
all the young people we have
worked with. Each of you is
truly brilliant and
inspiring. Your yearning for
change, and optimism for the
future motivates us, and
your energy charges us! We
look forward to continue
seeing you blossom into
dynamic leaders of tomorrow
as outstanding ambassadors
of Islam, inshaAllah.
With best wishes to see you
all succeed at the highest
level!
Shaima Khan
MYServices' parent
organisation, Al-Nisa Youth
Group, will take on some of
the activities that
MYServices used to deliver,
on a volunteer basis. If you
would like to volunteer your
time, please email
thesecretary@alnisagroup.com.au
or 0421 890 838, and ask how
you may get involved in any
capacity that suits you.
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"Ranes
finally meet their Peers" (Imam Yusuf Peer)
Abraham and Fatima
Rane hosted the Nikah and wedding
reception of their daughter Tahira to
Asrar Peer, son of Imam Yusuf and
Ayesha Peer on Sunday 28 June.
The garden Nikah was
held at the home of Tahira's parents and the
reception was held at Roma restaurant that evening.
The Walima was
celebrated at
the Chinese Catholic Hall in Runcorn.
Sixty of Imam Peer's family
came over to Brisbane from South Africa, Canada and
other parts of the world to attend the wedding.
(Imam Peer is the youngest of 31 brothers and
sisters).
Asrar, who is studying at QUT
to be a civil engineer, and Tahira who is studying
radiation therapy, are presently honeymooning in
Malaysia
Abraham and Fatima Rane and
Yusuf and Ayesha Peer would like to thank their
respected guests for all their duas and good
wishes.
AN
800-student Islamic school
planned for the middle of a
housing estate has been
given the final go-ahead.
The new campus for one of
the top 10 schools in New
South Wales, Malek Fahd
Islamic, will be built in
Sydney's southwest, The
Daily Telegraph reports.
Residents of Hoxton Park led
a nine-month campaign of
rallies, protests, petitions
and letter-drops against the
school, but it was given
approval by Liverpool
Council on Monday night.
Residents said another
school would worsen daily
commutes as narrow
cul-de-sacs became major
thoroughfares, but Islamic
groups feared there were
racist undertones to the
objections.
Other Islamic schools have
had to struggle against
similar protests to get
their building projects
approved.
A 1200-strong Al Amanah
College will be built in
Bass Hill after it was twice
knocked back by Bankstown
Council - a decision later
overturned by the Land and
Environment Court.
And plans for the
600-student Qaadiri school
at Austral, which were
knocked back by Liverpool
Council, are due to go
before the court this week.
Camden Council's rejection
of the Quranic Society's
1200-student school at
Camden was upheld last
month.
Independent school
development is slow, with
only three in greater Sydney
hitting planning tables each
year.
NSW Association of
Independent Schools
executive director Geoff
Newcombe said "traffic" had
become code for "prejudice".
"It seems more than a
coincidence that each time
an Islamic school applies to
set up, there are objections
about traffic congestion,"
he said.
Most Islamic students go to
public schools rather than
try to squeeze in on a
waiting list to one of only
14 Islamic institutions in
Sydney. In the same area,
there are 74 Anglican
schools, 80 Christian, and
625 Catholic schools.
"There is a huge demand or
we would not be doing this,"
said school spokesman
Australian Federation of
Islamic Councils president
Ikebal Patel.
"It is better that we teach
Muslim students in a
controlled environment, with
our vision vetted by the NSW
Education Department, than
have them educated in
backyard garages."
Liverpool mayor Wendy Waller
said roads would be widened
to cope with extra traffic.
Justin Hooper (centre)
with Year 3 students Mustafa Amin and
Norjaida Subardi
THE
Helicopters Australia
vehicle and its two pilots
touched down on Perth's
Langford Islamic Collegeoval recently, to the
excitement of students.
The helicopter’s visit was
part of the students’
learning about community
helpers, with the helicopter
pilots explaining how the
vehicle was used to drop
water during bushfires.
The visit also tied in with
student’s lessons on
transport and flight.
It was the latest in a
series of events held at the
school, which in the past
have included a reptile road
show and Constable Care.
The Islamic
Society of Algester hosted
its very first Hifz
graduation ceremony on
Sunday 21st June 2009.
The two
graduates were Hafiz
Mohammed Burhaan Ismail,
son of Adam and
Halima Ismail and
Hafiz Mohammad Mukhtar Patel,
son of Hafiz Yaqoob
and Rehana Patel.
They
completed their Hifz
under their teacher, Ml.
Mohammed Aslam Al-Qaderi.
This
historical event was
attended by over 400 people.
The programme started with
Surah Yaaseen,
recited by Farouk Osman
followed by Sheikh Ahmed
Abu Ghazaleh who spoke
about the significance of
memorizing the Holy Qur’aan.
President of
the Islamic Council of
Queensland, Suleman
Sabdia, conveyed his
congratulatory message to
the Hufaaz and their
families.
Thereafter,
the Imaams officially
graduated the students by
tying the traditional
turbans on their heads and
awarding them with their
certificates and trophies.
The programme
was conducted by Ml.
Mohammed Nawaaz Ashrafi,
Principal of the Algester
Madrassah.
MBN News
Brisbane's
Muslim Business Network (MBN)
issues a fortnightly roundup
of financial news.
On Wednesday
MBN held a very successful
Careers Evening where over
100 MBN members, university
students and graduates
attended the information
session.
The speakers
provided insights into the
status of the job market,
preparation of CVs,
preparation for and
conducting of interviews and
managing careers.
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Kicking
goals for Middle East peace
THE story of
the Israeli-Palestinian
Peace Team, which competed
at last year's AFL
International Cup, begins
with an Australian woman of
Jewish-Iraqi descent named
Tanya Oziel.
I asked the Peace Team coach
Robert "Dipper"
Dipierdomenico to describe
41-year-old Oziel. "She's a
female version of me,"
replied the former Brownlow
medallist, a man not given
to hiding his light under a
bushel. "She's energetic and
full of dreams."
Dipierdomenico told the
Peace Team when they arrived
in Australia that if they
were only going to pretend
to be a team, they were
wasting their time as well
as his own. And that was the
Peace Team's victory —
despite coming from both
sides of one of the world's
fiercest conflicts, they
merged as a team.
One member of the team, an
impressive 16-year-old
Palestinian named Leith
Jaber, happened to be the
nephew of the Australian
Grand Mufti, Fehmi Naji
el-Imam. Leith wasn't much
of a footballer but he sure
could dance. I saw him dance
in a Warrnambool pub the
night they lost to Nauru.
Outside the pub, he and I
talked about the
Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. How far could the
Peace Team go?, I asked.
Never shall I forget his
reply. "We've got this far,"
he said. He meant they'd got
as far as Warrnambool, and
that was a big achievement.
Tackling Peace, the film
about the Peace Team that
screens on Channel Ten next
week, ends with Leith
meeting Yonatan Belik, his
roommate on the tour, after
the war in Gaza. Yonatan is
the son of a Melbourne
Jewish doctor, who emigrated
to Israel and took with him
his love of the Carlton
Football Club so that his
son grew up with a lonely
passion for a game not
played in his country. The
Peace Team was his chance to
play footy and he came with
fashionably long hair and a
Carlton guernsey.
The
Confederations Cup, which
has come to a colourful
climax, has served to dispel
any fears or doubts over
South Africa's ability to
stage what promises to be a
memorable 2010 World Cup.
With less
than a year on the clock to
kick-off at Soweto's
stunning Soccer City,
players, managers, fans and,
crucially, FIFA's top brass
all gave the rainbow nation
the thumbs up.
United States coach Bob
Bradley spoke for many when
he concluded: "We have had
an amazing time in South
Africa.
"The way people have treated
us like friends, their
passion for the game, the
security personnel who
actually smile, the
organisation - in all those
ways it's been a great
experience and to a man in
our squad everyone would say
they can't wait to complete
the task of qualifying and
get back here next year."
The Confed Cup has played an
important role in helping
South Africa prepare to
greet the world next year,
this two-week warm-up
identifying a number of
areas where there is still
work to be done.
Information session provides important insights for
Saudi students
Professor Lovegrove with
Deputy Ambassador
Hussain Alasari
Around 50
Saudi Arabian students,
sponsored by their
Government, were given an
insight into life in
Australia and the tools to
succeed in their studies as
part of a special
information session at USQ
this week.
A number of community
representatives and
University staff joined the
Deputy Ambassador of the
Royal Embassy of Saudi
Arabia to address the
students, some of whom have
recently arrived in
Australia.
'This was all about making
sure that these students are
well prepared to study and
also live in Australia,'
Dean of Sciences and Pro
Vice – Chancellor (Student
Management) Professor Janet
Verbyla said.
'The information session,
supported by the student
body, was organised through
the Royal Embassy of Saudi
Arabia in Canberra in order
to optimise these students
success rate at the
University and we were more
than happy to host the
event.
'As well as some of our own
staff addressing the
students about such things
as surviving financially and
study tips, we will also had
other people from the
community like the police
here to talk about personal
safety.
'It was all very pleasant
and positive.'
With about 90 students
sponsored by the Saudi
Arabian Government studying
at USQ, Professor Verbyla
added that it was important
that students were given a
proper induction such as
this, which covered all
aspects of life in
Australia.
'The University has an
increased international
student presence on campus
so these kinds of inductions
are essential.
'The students are mainly
enrolled in Engineering and
Nursing but we also have
some who are studying
Business and also Biomedical
Science.
'At USQ we are all about
fulfilling lives and giving
these students the
appropriate information to
succeed in their academic
study is just as important
as giving them the tools to
be able to live in this
country.
'This was somewhat of a
cultural induction for
them.'
Hussain Assaf, Ml. Mohammed
Nawaaz Ashrafi and Ray Deen open the restaurant
with a prayer
After months
of planning and preparations
the new and exotic
Ala-Din Restaurant
opened its doors in
1307 Beenleigh Rd, Kuraby on
Sunday (28 June) and if the
fare served out during the
opening ceremony is anything
to go by then patrons are in
for an absolute treat.
Caterer of
the Year for 2008 and winner
of a number of business
awards, Hussain Assaf has
created a very Middle
Eastern atmosphere here and
offers dine-in, take-away
and catering options with
delectable dishes that range
from Turkish delight sweets,
gourmet confectionery and
pies to fried rice,
oven-baked lamb, kebabs and
a whole lot more.
Brisbane's Deputy Mayor,
Graham Quirk, Mrs Hardgrave, Gary Hardgrave and
Sultan Deen admire the decor
Yasmin Khan and David Forde
get stuck into the exotic sweets
Golf Comp
Results
Report on the Robina game
this last weekend.
The golfer who won a 490cc
Driver was
Younus Omar
with a credible 36 points;
Reyaz Suleman was
second with 34, and Ayoob
Ismail had a commendable
33 points for a third place
finish.
The weather was excellent
and after a 11 o'clock start
the first groups finished by
4pm. There were 16
participants, who appeared
to enjoy themselves on a
really beautiful Sunday in
the Gold Coast.
This weekend a second game
has been booked at
COLONIAL GOLF CLUB.
The format will be
paired teams (drawn out of a
hat) playing Better Ball Stableford.
Emirates Islamic
Bank CEO Ebrahim Fayez Al Shamsi and
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC)
CEO David Rutledge tell Business
Spectator's Isabelle Oderberg: The
bank is considering creating a
presence in Australia through either
acquisition or partnership; The
meltdown in traditional banking
markets didn't affect the Islamic
banking world, but the contraction
in liquidity has; The DMCC is
examining whether the infrastructure
it has developed could be deployed
here; Commodity traders in the
Middle East are finding it difficult
to secure financing
Isabelle Oderberg: I want to
start by asking what sorts of
opportunities you see in Australia
for Islamic banking.
Ebrahim Fayez Al Shamsi: I
think there is a huge opportunity
for Islamic banking – and the demand
for Islamic banking, globally, has
been pleasing, especially after the
recent international financial
crisis. People believe that Islamic
finance can provide a better
solution for the financial
environment.
IO: Are you targeting
primarily the Muslim community or
are you looking more broadly?
EA: The Islamic finance is
not only for Muslims. Even in our
own country, most of our customers
have come to us not because of
belief issues, but because of the
variety of products and the service
quality.
IO: Okay. Can you tell me a
little bit about what sorts of
opportunities have arisen in Islamic
banking as a result of the financial
crisis?
EA: The solutions and the
products of Islamic by nature are
based on trading – and assets
trading always gives better
solutions than trading in debts and
using the currency as a commodity.
Top European fashion labels,
including John Galliano and Blumarine, have sent models
in couture abayas down the runway in an effort to lure
wealthy Muslim women.
A horsewoman in a flowing, made-to-measure Islamic gown
atop a snorting steed opened the fashion show at the
George V Hotel in Paris.
Abayas are the body-covering black robes some Muslim
women don over their clothing in public, usually
accompanied by a head scarf or niqab, the face veil that
covers all but the eyes.
Designers who tried their hand at making over the abaya,
which is required in Saudi Arabia, included Christian
Dior's artistic director John Galliano, French luxury
labels Nina Ricci and Jean Claude Jitrois and Italian
houses Blumarine and Alberta Feretti.
The show began with a bang, as the carrot-topped
cavaliere - decked out in a Galliano-designed abaya
exploding with firework of coloured sequins and dangling
fringe - rode her mount into the hotel's subterranean
salon.
Twenty models followed on foot, wearing abayas heavy
with rhinestones or airy in gauzy fabrics.
"I realised that most of the Saudi clients are wearing
designer brands, but they're covered by a black abaya,"
said Dania Tarhini, the show's organiser and a general
manager of Saks Fifth Avenue in Saudi Arabia. "It is an
obligation to wear the abaya there, but let them feel
good about it."
The timing of the Paris show was propitious: four days
earlier, Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, struck a
nerve in the Muslim world by declaring that full-body
veils such as the burka are "not welcome" in France,
saying they make women prisoners. A top Muslim group in
Britain called Mr Sarkozy "patronising and offensive."
Lebanon's most influential Shia cleric called on Mr
Sarkozy to reconsider his comments.
Ms Tarhini, a Lebanese who has lived in Saudi Arabia for
the past seven years, acknowledged "it wasn't easy" to
convince designers to take part in the project.
At first, "they couldn't imagine how to make a designer
abaya," she told The Associated Press in an interview.
"I explained to them the concept is to (make women) look
good and also to promote their brands .... Then they
accepted."
She said the initial batch of made-to-measure abayas -
worth between $A7000-$A13,000 - would be given as
presents to Saks' most faithful Saudi clients.
Ready-to-wear versions of the robes by the 21 designers
featured in the Paris show are expected to go on sale in
Saks stores the Saudi Arabian cities of Jeddah and
Riyadh in September. The gowns, which are to retail for
$A3500, could later be sold in the store's branches in
neighbouring Bahrain and Dubai, she said.
Most of the gowns on display adhered to standards
considered appropriate for wear in Saudi Arabia: all
were black, most were floor-length and many had a
built-in head covering or matching veil.
The few translucent abayas, like a bell-sleeved gown
embroidered with white and yellow flowers by Carolina
Herrera, the Venezuelan designer favoured by Renée
Zellwegger, were meant to be worn over evening gowns, Ms
Tarhini said.
"Everybody's waiting for a change in a good way," she
said. Some women in Saudi Arabia "don't want to feel
obliged (to wear the abaya). They want to wear it to
look fashionable, as well."
The Muslim Employment
Worker (Female) is one of two Muslim Employment
Workers at ACCES Services engaging in activities to
support unemployed Muslim people who are
disadvantaged in the labour market. The Muslim
Employment Worker (Female) has a particular focus on
examining the barriers to employment for Muslim
women and engaging in strategies to overcome these
barriers in order to increase the involvement of
Muslim women in training and the workforce.
ENTER THE COMING SEASONS IN
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Exercise is one of the most effective forms of
anti-ageing. Aerobic exercise not only keeps weight
within a healthy range,
it will also improve your cardiovascular system. Aim
for 30 - 60 minutes of aerobic exercise such as brisk
walking, 5 or more days a week.
Equally as beneficial is strength / resistance training
with weights or resistance bands at least twice or
thrice a week. It increases muscular strength,
endurance and bone density. Unfortunately, studies show
that only 11% of older adults meet strength training
recommendations.
Exercise is also shown to maintain our mental health
and active adults have higher concentration skills,
which may help memory and combat dementia.
Let's start moving and slow the ageing process......
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and without any references to the author of the
question.
CCN
Readers' Book Club:
You are what you read!
This week
a CCN Reader
recommends
Stranger to History: A Son's Journey Through Islamic
Lands
by
Aatish Taseer
Editorial Review
As a child, all Aatish Taseer ever had of
his father was his photograph in a browning silver
frame. Raised by his Sikh mother in Delhi, his Pakistani
father remained a distant figure, almost a figment of
his imagination, until Aatish crossed the border when he
was twenty-one to finally meet him.
Inthe years that followed, the relationship
between father and son revived, then fell apart. For
Aatish, their tension had not just to do with the
tensions of a son rediscovering his absent father — they
were intensified by the fact that Aatish was Indian, his
father Pakistani and Muslim. It had complicated his
parents’ relationship; now it complicated his.
The relationship forced Aatish to ask larger questions:
Why did being Muslim mean that your allegiances went out
to other Muslims before the citizens of your own
country? Why did his father, despite claiming to be
irreligious, describe himself as a ‘cultural
Muslim’? Why did Muslims see modernity as a threat? What
made Islam a trump identity?
Stranger to History is the story of the journey
Aatish made to answer these questions — starting from
Istanbul, Islam’s once greatest city, to Mecca, its most
holy, and then home, through Iran and Pakistan. Ending
in Lahore, at his estranged father’s home, on the night
Benazir Bhutto was killed, it is also the story of
Aatish’s own divided family over the past fifty years.
Part memoir, part travelogue, probing, stylish and
troubling, Stranger to History is an outstanding
debut.
‘I had sought out my father because I couldn't live
with the darkness of not knowing him. If I hadn't, all
my life I would have had to cover it up with some idea
of him taken from my mother on faith. I felt it would
have limited me. History should never be taken on
faith.’
Using the book
club you can see what books fellow CCN
readers have on their shelves, what they are
reading and even what they, and others,
think of them.
Ingredients
1. 25og grated butter (frozen)
2. 3 Cups flour
3. 8 tsp Baking Powder
4. ½ tsp salt
5. 2 Tab Castor Sugar
6. 1 ½ Tab whole jeeru (cumin seeds)
7. Approx 1 ½ cups of milk
Method
1. Sift the flour, Baking Powder and salt.
2. Toss the butter into the flour, working
quickly so the butter does not melt.
3. Add the sugar and the jeeru (cumin seeds)
and toss lightly with a fork.
4. Add milk to make soft scone like dough.
5. Pat the dough into a rectangle approx
10mm thick.
6. Cut into strips or squares and place on a
baking sheet.
7. Brush with milk and sprinkle with sesame
seeds.
8. Place in the Freezer for 1 hour.
9. Bake at 220 degrees for 5 minutes then
reduce to 200dgrees and bake for another
5minutes.
10. Then reduce to 180 degrees and bake
until light brown.
11. Reduce the temperature to 100 degrees
and allow to dry out for 3 to 4 hours or
until crispy.
12. Pack in an airtight container.
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Mualima: "Isaac Newton was sitting under a tree when an apple fell on his head and he
discovered gravity. Isn't that wonderful?"
Mula Nasruddin Jr.: "Yes Apa, if he had been sitting in class looking at books
like us, he wouldn't have discovered anything."
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