......a sometimes
self-deprecating and occasional tongue-in-cheek look at ourselves and
the world around us ......
Sunday, 7 February 2010
.Newsletter
0274
Get
Hooked the Halal Way
Speedintros For Muslims
is planning to hold an event
on the 19th of March.
Expressions of interest are
invited so that the venue
can be secured and the event
organised.
This is an opportunity to
meet girls and boys of
backgrounds and circles
other than one's own, secure
in the knowledge that these
are Muslims and interested
in marriage as well.
Keeping that in mind
interested parties are urged
to apply early.
Currently the event
organizers have waiting
applicants from different
backgrounds such as
Lebanese, Arabic, Turkish,
Bangladeshi, Pakistani,
Indian, South African,
Fijian and Reverts.
This event has the approval
of the Mosques and community
leaders and is entirely a
non profit event.
For further information call
Julu Latif on 0400
142 786.
MBN's
Motivational and Leadership Workshop
Reviewed by Bilal
Rauf
The
Motivational and Leadership
Workshop was held in Runcorn
on Sunday, 23 January 2010.
It was organised by the
Muslim Business Network and
conducted by Sidi Afroz
Ali (pictured below)
of the Al Ghazzali Centre
for Islamic Sciences & Human
Development.
The Al Ghazzali Centre is
based in Sydney and is
engaged in many commendable
community and religious
based activities.
Sidi Afroz Ali, its founder
and director, has conducted
many seminars, workshops and
other events, both within
Australia and in other parts
of the world.
The Workshop discussed the
concept of leadership in a
manner different to which we
are accustomed.
It was about realising
internal leadership, that
is, an ability to lead one's
life consistent with one's
values and principles.
It was about implementing
the Quranic principle that
Allah does not change the
circumstances and destinies
of a people until they
change themselves.
As a part of the Workshop,
people completed a
questionnaire to assist with
identifying the inclinations
of their character. People
were then informed about the
different characters and
ways in which to address
character deficiencies.
People were provided with
Quranic references to better
understand the different
characters and inclinations
from an Islamic perspective.
Consideration was also given
to ways in which people
might become more motivated
to act.
People
were reminded of the need to
think deeply about matters.
This was essential to being
a confident Muslim who would
not be afraid to confront
different views, information
and opinions about matters.
Otherwise, one's faith would
be like a thin branch
swaying in the breeze,
dependent on which way and
how strongly the breeze was
blowing. If the breeze was
too strong, there was also a
risk that the branch may
break and fall to the
ground.
All in all, it was a very
positive experience. Most
people attending the
Workshop expected it to be a
workshop such as one which
they might attend in
connection with work.
However, what they
experienced was very
different.
Yes, it was not what they
expected, but it provided
them with more than that. At
least this was a sentiment
which was expressed by many
people afterwards.
It was the first workshop of
its kind in Brisbane and
left people with much food
for thought as they charted
their journey to the top.
Going forward, it is hoped
that there will be more
opportunities for such
workshops.
Certainly Sidi Afroz Ali,
who generously gave of his
time, expressed a
willingness to visit again.
Multicultural Policy Review
The
State Government is
reviewing its multicultural
policy to ensure it remains
relevant and responsive to
the changing needs of our
community.
Consultation for the review
will be conducted from
October 2009 to March 2010
and all Queenslanders are
invited to participate
through community workshops
and submissions.
You are invited to attend a
community workshop at 10 am
on Saturday, 20 February
2010 at MacGregor to discuss
future directions for
multiculturalism in
Queensland.
All Queenslanders are
encouraged to participate in
the review process including
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people who we
respect and recognise as the
first peoples of our nation.
Venue: Library,
MacGregor Primary School,
370 McCullough St, MacGregor Time: 10 am RSVP by:
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
to
review@multicultural.qld.gov.au
or call 07 3234 1689.
Free
Tickets - no Bull!
Free tickets are available
for the Queensland Bulls vs
Victorian Bushrangers match
to be played at The Gabba on
Saturday 20 February,
commencing at 2.15pm and
finishing 9.45pm. Gates open
at 1.15pm.
As a result of an exciting
partnership between
Queensland Cricket and ECCQ,
and Queensland Cricket’s
strong commitment to
multiculturalism, Queensland
Cricket has given ECCQ free
tickets for this exciting
game.
If you would like tickets
for the game send an email
to
ccn@crescentsofbrisbane.org
stating how many you
require.
A Night
to Remember
To express their
appreciation for being
invited to Ifthaar Ramadan
dinners last year, the
members of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints in Eight Mile Plains
organized an entertaining "Night to
Remember" to which members
of the Muslim community were
invited along.
Ms Shirley Hardman,
Community Relations
Assistant of the Church,
told CCN: "I personally
considered the night a
success from the socialising
by everyone after the night
concluded. It was an evening
to remember because everyone
seemed happy and uplifted
and no one seemed in a hurry
to rush home. We do have a
lot in common, and isn't it
nice we can enjoy an evening
together without getting
intoxicated!".
Little
Mosque on the Prairie: Season 4 Episode 7
Handle With Care
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
PAT
RESPONSE TO RACIST THUGGERY
By George Megalogenis
Labor's elite have been
half-baked in their
reactions to the attacks on
Indians
THERE is a
curious double standard in
the debate about the bashing
of Indian students.
In one aspect
it is redeeming, in another
a little puzzling.
The Indians
are the first immigrant wave
since federation that are
seen by politicians and the
media as a victim of
violence.
Plainly, the
statistics from the
Victorian police that Indian
students are more likely to
be robbed than almost anyone
else has helped to settle
the argument.
But think of
how the Indian as-victim
contrasts with the
caricatures of previous
waves: the Irish petty
thief, the Italian mafiosi,
the Greek welfare bludger,
the Vietnamese drug dealer,
the Lebanese gang member.
While
none of these images were
supported by hard data, they
shared the public's
willingness to believe the
worst of the latest arrival.
To admit that
an immigrant group has been
on the receiving end of
Australian violence is
something altogether new.
You need to
go back to the Chinese on
the gold fields in the 19th
century for another example.
Where the
debate about Indian students
gets a bit screwy is the
attackers are given the
benefit of the doubt that
they are mere thugs, not
racists.
The
tongue-tied answers from
Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard
and Victorian premier John
Brumby have been too cute by
half.
The
Australian
The CCN
Wedding Scene
Sohail
&
Sumaira
The marriage of Sohail, son of
Rifat Asghar
and
Dr Mohammad Asghar(late),
and
Sumaira,
daughter of
Mr Abdul Razzaq Chaudhry
and
Mrs Kalsoom Begum
was performed at Kuraby
Mosque, Brisbane on the 28
November 2009.
The Baraat reception
was held at Jindalee Hall on
the following weekend , and
the Valima two days
later at the Hilton Brisbane
Hotel on the 6 December.
The Nikah of Sumaiya,
daughter of Tahera and AbdullyLatif
of Middelburg to Naazim, son of Abdul
Kader and ShahidaEssa of Polokwane
took place on Sunday 24th January at the Witbank Banquet
Hall (South Africa).
The reception took place
thereafter at the Witbank Civic Hall.
Australian Muslim
Newsletters
The
Affinity Intercultural Foundation
Newsletter can be
viewed
here.
Topics include:
• Affinity visits
Buddhist Nam Tien Temple
- MLC Hon John Ajaka lecture at the Affinity Centre
- Ashura Neighbourhood Day Celebrations
- Parliament of World Religions
- Christmas Church visits
ISOSS
conference in Cairo reinforces Statistics for
development and good governance
The
10th Islamic Countries
Conference on Statistical
Sciences (ICCS-X) was
successfully held at the
American University in Cairo
(AUC), New Cairo, Egypt with
over 300 participants from
all over the world. The
biennial conference was
jointly organized by the
Islamic Countries Society of
Statistical Sciences (ISOSS),
Egyptian Cabinet Information
and Decision Support Centre
(IDSC), and AUC. The
conference was financially
sponsored by the Islamic
Development Bank (Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia), the Egyptian
Ministries of Tourism and
Investments, ISDC, and AUC.
The conference was dedicated
to the late Professor Mir
Maswood Ali, a prominent
Statistician of Bangladesh
origin and key founder of
the Department of
Statistical and Actuarial
Sciences, University of
Western Ontario, Canada.
In the opening session, Dr
Lisa Anderson, Provost of
AUC, spoke about the
importance and diverse
applications of Statistics
from the ancient need of the
States to the modern day
public affairs. The ISOSS
President, Dr Shahjahan Khan
of the University of
Southern Queensland,
Australia, emphasized the
essence of engagements
between the Statisticians
from the developed countries
with those in the developing
countries, especially with
those of the IOC member
states for improving the
quality of Government
Statistics and Statistical
research as well as
enhancing its state of the
art applications. Dr Magued
Osman, Chair of the Local
Organizing Committee and
Head of IDSC spoke about the
role of Statistics for
development and good
governance. Dr Ali S Hadi,
Vice Provost of AUC, current
Chief Editor of ISI Review,
and Chair of the Scientific
and Programs Committee
welcome the participants,
and covered different
scientific and cultural
activities of the
conference.
The
highlights of the conference
include the participation of
four keynote speakers.
First, Dr Jef L Teugels, the
President of the
International Statistical
Institute (ISI) presented a
keynote address on the
extreme value distributions
with applications. He
analyzed data of natural
calamities/disasters with
extremes coming from the
1970 cyclone in Bangladesh
and the Katrina in the
southern USA. Dr Jim Berger
covered the Bayesian
adjustments of multiplicity
in the testing regime of
huge number of tests coming
from multidisciplinary
scientific studies. Dr
Edward Wegman, who testified
in the USA Congress twice on
the scientific aspects of
climate change issues,
discussed the rapid changes
in the data science, and
took the audience to outer
universe of huge datasets
and the associated
challenges to analyze them
for scientific applications.
Dr Kaye Bashford, former
President of the Statistical
Society of Australia Inc,
presented her keynote
address on some applications
of multivariate data
analysis for determining the
best quality of wheat
production. The data
presented in the talk are
from an international team
of experts working on the
project around the world.
The theme of the conference
was Statistics for
development and Good
Governance. The following
series of Panel Discussions
related to this theme were
presented. Panel I: Public
Opinion Polling & Good
Governance (Speaker: Magued
Osman, Moderator: Dina El
Khawaja, and Discussants:
Jennifer Bremer and Hafez Al
Mirazi), Panel II: Measuring
the Unmeasurable (Speaker:
Anis Yusoff, Moderator:
Mostafa Kamel El Sayed, and
Discussants: Nadia Makary,
Ghada Moussa, and Andrew
Stone), and Panel III:
Indicators & Politics, The
Ibrahim Index for African
Governance (Speaker: Ali S.
Hadi, Moderator: Lisa
Anderson, and Discussants:
Lisa Anderson, Stephen
Everhart, and Nabil Fahmy).
Another
salient feature of the
conference was the
presentation of invited
sessions on topics such as
Statistics education,
Demography and aging, Small
area sampling, Medical
meta-analysis, Statistical
inference, Astrostatistics,
Directional data analysis,
etc. These sessions
attracted leading scholars
and researchers of the areas
and benefited the
participants enormously.
Young and new researchers
found the sessions
stimulating for their future
research. More details on
the Conference Program and
other activities of ISOSS
can be found at the Website:
http://www.isoss.com.pk/
Time out
The Nile Cruise Gala Dinner
on the luxurious boat and
the entertainment of the
Egyptian performing young
men were outstanding. Some
participants of the
conference and the
accompanied family members
also participated in the
lively dance and
performances. The trip to
the pyramids in Giza was a
once in a life time
experience for many
participants.
Relating to the history of
the invention of paper from
the papyrus and the
collection of essence from
the lotus were popular items
of purchase. Many went to
the Egyptian Museum to see
the mummies of the Pharoahs,
including Ramses II, many
consider to be the Pharoah
of Moses. The rich and
colourful history of the
ancient Egypt includes the
first ever census conducted
by Moses to count the men of
Egypt at the time.
The business session of the
conference was held in the
evening of 21 December at
the Marry Cross Hall of AUC.
The President of ISOSS
chaired the session and
reported the main activities
and achievements of ISOSS
during the last two years
following the conference in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in
December 2007. The
participants noted that in
recent years ISOSS has
become more visible in the
international community of
professionals and various
statistical bodies along
with receiving global
recognition. The session
re-elected Dr Shahjahan Khan
as the President of ISOSS
for 2009-2011, and Dr Ali S
Hadi as the President-Elect
for 2011-2013. The session
endorsed the call of Dr
Munir Ahmed, founding
President of ISOSS, for
donation of funds to the on
going ISOSS House
Construction Project in
Lahore, Pakistan. A number
of participants committed to
contribute $1000 and $500
USD during the session.
Reported by Shahjahan Khan,
President of ISOSS,
Department of Mathematics &
Computing, University of
Southern Queensland,
Australia.
Notes
from the desk of the Gold Coast Imam.....
imam Imraan Husain
MADRASAH - Madrasah for the
little ones commenced on
Monday 1st of February with
a great turn out Alhamdu
lillah. There is an
excellent program put in
place with the help of the
teaching staff and the
Mosque Committee.
BOOKS CLEARED - Ismail Abdul
Kadir helped clear the
Qur'ans and books through
the Brisbane Airport Customs
with little problem thanks
to Ismail who is well
acquainted with the
procedures. Also sent were
some Mias Farm Print Qur'ans
for the Mosque.
DR NAJI NAJRANE - Dr Najrane
has been invited from Sydney
during the first weekend of
March to do the Hajama for
some Musallies who have
requested for him. Those
interested should contact
the the Imam as soon as
possible.
COMMUNITY WIDE MUSLIM EVENT
- It was agreed at the
meeting held at the Bond
University that a
community-wide Muslim event
was needed to promote Islam
to non-Muslims and to
solidify the links amongst
Muslims within the
community. A working
committee which will focus
on this project has been
formed. It is also hoped to
include the Queensland
government in this project,
and anyone who wishes to
join this group should
contact the Imam.
QLD BILL - the Imam hopes to
respond to the "Bill to
Legalize Same Sex Parenting
in Qld" on behalf of the
Gold Coast Muslim Community.
CHAPLAINCY ACADEMY - The
Imam, who has been a part of
the Chaplaincy Academy of
QLD as the Muslim
representative for over a
year, will be attending the
Graduation Ceremony on
Thursday, 4th March.
MCF INVITATION TO IMAMS -
The Muslim Charitable Fund
has invited all the Imams on
Tuesday, 9th February at
7.30 pm at 6 Dan Street,
Slacks Creek, in Brisbane.
TAFSEER - Mufti Zeeyad has
started Qur'an Tafseer every
Wednesday evening at 7pm to
8pm at the Mosque. Everyone
is encouraged to attend
these classes "as it is very
important to understand the
Qur'an Kareem through
QUALIFIED Ulama and not from
unqualified, unauthorized
back door 'Mufassireen'".
HIFZ - The Hifz Academy
classes have started and are
full. All new applicants
will be placed on a waiting
list. There are three
teachers running this class.
ARABIC CLASSES - Arabic
classes have started and
will be conducted every
Tuesday and Thursday nights
for adults for an hour and a
half. There are ten students
who are studying Arabic
Grammar, Morphology, Al
Arabiyyah Bayna Yadayya,
Qassasun Nabiyyeen and
Durusul Lughatul Arabiyyah.
JAMAAT - The first Jamaat
from South African in close
on to a decade arrived last
week in Queensland and spent
two days at the Mosque. They
were very impressed with the
efforts of the Community and
gave a positive report of
their experiences here.
KHUROOJ - The Mosque Jamaat
is intending to go to
Lismore for Dawah on the 19
and 20 February. Anyone
wishing to join them is most
welcome to do so.
ANIC MEETING -The next
Australian National Imams
Council meeting is scheduled
for 14 February in
Melbourne. Check the
website:
www.anic.org.au.
SCHOOL VISIT - The St
Andrews Lutheran College has
been invited over to the
Mosque on 4 March. The 80
students and 5 staff will
attend a specially prepared
educational program about
Islam and Islamic practices.
CIQ MEETING - The next
Council of Imams QLD meeting
will be held at the Kuraby
Mosque on Sunday 28
February. There will also be
a meeting of the imams with
the Muslim Youth Network
Group on that da.
The
Australian Journey: Muslim Communities - DIAC
publication
Adapted from
Australian Journey - Muslim
communities
The
Australian Journey – Muslim communities,
a new DIAC publication, is characterised by
contributions of Muslims from all over the world who have
made Australia home.
In this, and following issues of CCN, we highlight one of the successful Muslims in Australia
from the report and their thoughts about what it means to be both a
Muslim and an Australian.
Dr Berhan Ahmed
Education
A good education is
an important first
step for a
successful life.
These Muslims liked
school so much they
decided to make
their careers in
education and
research, striving
to make Australia a
better country for
all.
Victorian of the
Year 2009, Dr Berhan
Ahmed is a Senior
Research Fellow at
the University of
Melbourne where he
is researching more
environmentally
friendly methods of
timber protection.
As well as his
professional work,
Dr Ahmed works with
community
organisations to
build bridges
between African and
wider Australian
communities.
.
Our youth need to be
shown that there are
pathways out of our
current
predicament. They
need to be shown how
prevailing norms and
systems
can be adapted. They
need to be shown how
small changes can
lead
to larger changes.
How to participate
actively in such
changes? They
especially need to
be given hope. Our
youth cry out for
leadership.
Are we prepared to
give it to them?
Dr Berhan Ahmed
Around
the Muslim World with CCN
World Ijtema 2010: Tongi,
Dhaka!
Biswa
(World) Ijtema, the second
largest congregation of
Muslims next to Hajj began
on Jan 22 and concluded on
Sunday noon Jan 24, 2010
through 'Akheri Monajat'.
The 3-day
congregation on 150 acres of
land on the bank of Turag in
Tongi, Dhaka seeking divine
blessings from Almighty for
the Muslim Ummah was filled
up with devotees by Thursday
evening.
Amongst the festivals in
Bangladesh, the Bishwa
Ijtema is by far one of the
most popular congregational
gatherings, and has become
an international event. It
is not exactly certain when
the first Bishwa Ijtema was
held, with some speculating
that this event started in
1946. One aspect of this
religious gathering that has
remained the same over time
is that the Tablighi Jamaat
of Bangladesh organizes it
each year. Starting out as a
small event that was
attended by a few Muslim
followers, it has grown into
a massive event that is
attended by millions from
all over the world.
Several
millions of devotees from
home and more than 80
countries converged at the
Ijtema venue. The countries
include India, Pakistan,
Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan,
Lebanon, Canada, Qatar,
Bahrain, Kuwait, Thailand,
Singapore, Morocco, Japan,
the Philippines, Egypt,
Syria, Bhutan, Indonesia,
Malaysia, the USA, the UK,
Australia, Nigeria, South
Africa, Turkey, Italy,
Sweden, Germany,
Switzerland, Denmark and
Spain etc.
The 3-day programme included
delivering 'boyans'
(sermons) on the fundamental
issues of 'Tablig', prayer
for the spiritual adulation,
exaltation and welfare of
the Muslim community. The
Ijtema formally began with 'Ambayan'
(general sermon) after 'Fazr'
prayers at dawn on Friday.
Religious clerics from
Pakistan, India and other
countries had their sermons
instantly interpreted into
Bangla, English, Arabic,
Tamil, Chinese and other
languages.
Moulana Jabayerul Hassan
from India led the
concluding prayers of the
congregation seeking global
peace and prosperity.
Bishwa Ijtema
is a unique event, as it is
a gathering that focuses
solely on prayer and
meditation, and is not open
for political discussions.
Muslim followers come to the
gathering, located on the
Turag River near Dakar, to
receive blessings and
interact with the throng of
followers that descend on
the Ijtema grounds. It is
estimated that the number of
attendees to the 2007 Bishwa
Ijtema neared 3 million. It
provides many with the
opportunity to study the
Qur’an and listen to various
sermons. Attendees can use
the three days of the Bishwa
Ijtema to concentrate on
their religion and explore
aspects of it that they are
not familiar with.
PARIS – Amid a heated
debate about the Muslim veil, the French Catholic church
warned Monday, February 1, against banning face-veils,
calling on the European country to respect rights of its
Muslim minority.
"The result could be the opposite of what is desired and
lead to a reaction that increases the number of women
wearing this garment,” said Bishop Michel Santier, the
top French Catholic official for interreligious dialogue
in a statement cited by Reuters.
He said that very few women wore face-veil in the
country.
A French parliamentary
panel recommended last week slapping a partial ban on
face-veils in hospitals, schools, public transport and
government offices.
Santier regretted that the panel did not invite
Christian or Jewish leaders to give their views during
the six-month-long hearings, which ended in December.
French Jewish leaders have already expressed concern
about a veil ban.
France has seen a heated debate on the face-veil since
President Nicolas Sarkozy described it last June as
being "unwelcome" in France.
Darul Ihsan
Man who tried to
dictate Muslim dress code refused entry to France
The French government has
refused to grant citizenship to a man who forced his
wife to wear the full Islamic veil.
The Muslim man had to acquire citizenship to be able to
join his French wife.
But the French parliament has proposed a partial ban on
full veils and has ordered that practitioners of radical
religious practices should be carefully screened for
citizenship.
The French Immigration Department has said the
certificate of citizenship was refused when it emerged
the man had ordered his wife to cover herself with a
head-to-toe veil.
The department has stressed that French law requires
anyone seeking naturalisation to demonstrate their
desire for integration
JAKARTA (AFP) - A new
Indonesian horror movie about a menstruating ghost ran
foul of the country's highest Islamic body on Thursday.
'Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan' (The Menstruating Ghost of
Puncak) made its debut in Jakarta on Thursday and was
quickly condemned by senior clerics in the mainly Muslim
country.
"I watched that horror movie... it contains sex scenes,
violence and decapitation. I call on the film censorship
board not to approve its screening," Indonesian Ulema
Council official Amirsyah Tambunan told AFP.
"Muslims have the right to watch the film but I suggest
they don't because it contains scenes that are against
Islamic principles," he added.
But Tambunan said he council, which is the highest
Islamic body in the land, had no plans to pass a fatwa
or religious edict forbidding Muslims from watching the
film.
Yahoo 7!
Swiss antagonist of
minarets embraces Islam
RENOWNED Swiss politician Daniel Streich, who
rose to fame for his campaign against minarets of
mosques, has embraced Islam.
A member of the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) and a
well-known politician, Daniel Streich was the first man
who had launched a drive for imposition of ban on
mosques minarets, and to lock the mosques in
Switzerland.
The proclamation of Streich’s conversion to Islam has
created furore in Swiss politics, besides causing a
tremor for those who supported ban on construction of
mosques minarets.
.
The Nation
Robert Fisk’s
World: The stakes get higher as Arab princes try to
outdo each other
Do the Saudis not have the slightest
idea of what is going on around them?
Prince al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia is quite a
man.
He says he doesn't want to be the prime minister of
Lebanon – everyone who wants to be the prime minister of
Lebanon says that – but he is immensely wealthy. True,
his bank balance has sunk from $23.7bn to a mere $13.3bn
since 2005 (thus sayeth Forbes magazine). But he's just
announced that he wants to construct the world's tallest
building – a 1km-high goliath which will dwarf his
neighbour emir in Dubai who last month opened the paltry
25,000ft Burj Khalifa amid the sand dunes of his
bankrupt creditors. The nephew of King Abdullah, al-Waleed
understandably calls his company Kingdom Holdings. He
also happens to be a major shareholder in Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp – which is why you won't be reading
these words in The Times. Long live Kingdom Holdings, I
suppose.
Because yesterday morning, I was taking an al-Jazeera
television crew around the repulsive, obscene,
outrageous, filthy, stinking slums of the Sabra and
Chatila refugee camps not far from my home in Beirut, a
place of such squalor that the gorge rises that human
beings even live there. Sabra and Chatila – yes, the
site of that infamous massacre in 1982 when Lebanese
Christian militiamen allied to Israel slaughtered up to
1,700 Palestinian civilians while the Israeli army
surrounded the camps, watched the killings – and did
nothing. They were the survivors of the great exodus or
ethnic cleansing of 1948 – or their sons or grandsons –
who fled Galilee for the "temporary" safety of Lebanon
and, like the visa applicants of the movie Casablanca,
wait and wait – and wait – to go home. Which they will
never do. "I am very positive," Prince al-Waleed said
when he announced his new priapic tower, to be
constructed in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. "We are
always looking for new investments."
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.
1 bunch fresh
dhunia (coriander leaves) cleaned and
chopped
½ tsp lemon
pepper and 2 eggs
Method
1. Combine all the ingredients.
2. Heat a non-stick frying pan and lightly
oil the pan.
3. Drop spoonfuls of mixture and flatten
with the back of a spoon to form a crumpet.
4. Cook on both sides and serve hot with
sauces.
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Kareema's Keep Fit Column
Q:
Dear Kareema, I have a very stressful job and even
though I work out daily, I can't always seem to
de-stress. re there any particular exercises that I can
try which may help or can you suggest anything else?
A: Crazy,
busy days can make us feel tense and stressed.
I find yoga
to be an instant stress buster! It's one of the best
calm-down tricks and can easily be done at home.
Feel a whole
lot calmer with simple yet challenging poses.
Try the
back-bending poses: they create space in your chest,
allowing more oxygen to flow to your lungs.
When that
happens, your heart doesn't have to work as hard, and
your heart rate and blood pressure will go down, making
you feel a lot more calmer.
One of the simplest yet most effective back bends is the
Bridge Pose.
Lie on you
back with your heels close to your bottom.
Lift your
hips high (squeeze your glutes / bottom for back
support), bring your hands under your back and
interlace your fingers. Hold this pose for a few
breathes and slowly lower yourself.
Try this a
few times with other yoga poses and feel the calming
effect it brings over your body.
Another option is a boxing session (if you don't already
do it)... This is also a great stress-buster which will
leave you
feeling a whole lot better after a crazy day...
Inspiration Talk, BBQ and Youth Hour
Topics that are relevant, Iman-boosting and
mind-capturing. Where: AMYN Islamic Youth Centre,
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Info: www.AMYNweb.com Everyone is invited
Australian Muslim Youth Network (AMYN)
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events, outings, fun-days, soccer tournaments, BBQs
organised by AMYN. Network with other young Muslims on
the
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notices are often posted as received. Including such
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The
Motivational and Leadership
Workshop was held in Runcorn
on Sunday, 23 January 2010.
People
were reminded of the need to
think deeply about matters.
This was essential to being
a confident Muslim who would
not be afraid to confront
different views, information
and opinions about matters.
The
State Government is
reviewing its multicultural
policy to ensure it remains
relevant and responsive to
the changing needs of our
community. 
The
The
10th Islamic Countries
Conference on Statistical
Sciences (ICCS-X) was
successfully held at the
American University in Cairo
(AUC), New Cairo, Egypt with
over 300 participants from
all over the world. The
biennial conference was
jointly organized by the
Islamic Countries Society of
Statistical Sciences (ISOSS),
Egyptian Cabinet Information
and Decision Support Centre
(IDSC), and AUC. The
conference was financially
sponsored by the Islamic
Development Bank (Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia), the Egyptian
Ministries of Tourism and
Investments, ISDC, and AUC.
The conference was dedicated
to the late Professor Mir
Maswood Ali, a prominent
Statistician of Bangladesh
origin and key founder of
the Department of
Statistical and Actuarial
Sciences, University of
Western Ontario, Canada.
The
highlights of the conference
include the participation of
four keynote speakers.
First, Dr Jef L Teugels, the
President of the
International Statistical
Institute (ISI) presented a
keynote address on the
extreme value distributions
with applications. He
analyzed data of natural
calamities/disasters with
extremes coming from the
1970 cyclone in Bangladesh
and the Katrina in the
southern USA. Dr Jim Berger
covered the Bayesian
adjustments of multiplicity
in the testing regime of
huge number of tests coming
from multidisciplinary
scientific studies. Dr
Edward Wegman, who testified
in the USA Congress twice on
the scientific aspects of
climate change issues,
discussed the rapid changes
in the data science, and
took the audience to outer
universe of huge datasets
and the associated
challenges to analyze them
for scientific applications.
Dr Kaye Bashford, former
President of the Statistical
Society of Australia Inc,
presented her keynote
address on some applications
of multivariate data
analysis for determining the
best quality of wheat
production. The data
presented in the talk are
from an international team
of experts working on the
project around the world.
Another
salient feature of the
conference was the
presentation of invited
sessions on topics such as
Statistics education,
Demography and aging, Small
area sampling, Medical
meta-analysis, Statistical
inference, Astrostatistics,
Directional data analysis,
etc. These sessions
attracted leading scholars
and researchers of the areas
and benefited the
participants enormously.
Young and new researchers
found the sessions
stimulating for their future
research. More details on
the Conference Program and
other activities of ISOSS
can be found at the Website:
MADRASAH - Madrasah for the
little ones commenced on
Monday 1st of February with
a great turn out Alhamdu
lillah. There is an
excellent program put in
place with the help of the
teaching staff and the
Mosque Committee.
Biswa
(World) Ijtema, the second
largest congregation of
Muslims next to Hajj began
on Jan 22 and concluded on
Sunday noon Jan 24, 2010
through 'Akheri Monajat'.
C