......a sometimes
self-deprecating and occasional tongue-in-cheek look at ourselves and
the world around us ......
Sunday, 25 July 2010
.Newsletter
0298
A Night
for Nasheeds, Naats and the Needy
Report by CCN's Man-on-the-Mussallaah
Alasali
on stage
The 4th Sounds of Light
Concert kicked off with the
Brisbane leg on Friday night
at the Brisbane Convention
Centre in front of a
disappointingly small but
very vocal and appreciative
audience.
The international line up of
entertainers provided more
than a mere backdrop to the
serious business of fund
raising for the orphans of
the world, some 180 of whom
would become the benefactors
of sponsors before the
curtains finally came down
on the evening's
entertainment.
Amongst the star-studded
cast were crowd favourites
Maher Zain from Sweden and
the eight-man Malaysian
nasheed group, Raihan. Also
on the billing were Saudi
Arabian "boys band" Gulf
Echo and Syrian born Mutasem
Alasali.
Brisbane offered up its
local son, Ahmad Abu
Ghazaleh, to the lineup,
adding his familiar voice to
warm up the local audience.
Compere Anas Abdalla,
another Brisbanite, held the
proceedings together nicely.
Mustering all of his
demagogic skills (developed
in other arenas) he
succeeded in keeping the
audience's enthusiasm up
throughout the evening.
South Africans in the
audience would have been
bitterly disappointed on
hearing that their hometown
boy Zain Bhika would not be
performing because he failed
to obtain a visa to enter
the country. A makeshift
trio of US performers was
put together as a
replacement and they did a
valiant job despite the
short notice and the jet
lag.
The show continued to the
Dallas Brooke Centre in
Melbourne last night and
will run this (Sunday)
afternoon at the Acer Arena
in the Olympic Park in
Sydney.
Audience participation:
Gold Coast girls get into the rhythm of the
night
The Sounds of Light
volunteers with Raihan,
Maher Zain and Gulf Echo
Winners
announced
The winners of last week's
competition in CCN for the
four double passes to the
Arab Film Festival at the
Dendy Portside are:
KathrynZahran
ColleenGreen
ZaydKathrada
AishaStacey
Congratulations to all the
lucky winners.
The correct answer to the
question:
In which country is CITY OF
LIFE set? was Dubai,
UAE.
IMAQ
Launch
The launch of the recently
formed Islamic Medical
Association of Queensland (IMAQ)
will take place on Saturday
31 July.
IMAQ was formed earlier this
year to network Muslim
healthcare professionals and
its membership includes
doctors, dentists, allied
health care professionals
and students in these
professions.
There are presently over 90
members and applications for
membership can still be made
online at
www.imaq.org.au.
All new applicants wishing
to attend the launch are
requested to RSVP to the
Secretary at
secretary@imaq.org.au or
call 0412 845 786 by no
later than 27 July.
Has Zaky
gone walkabout?
One4Kids
are the creators of Zaky, a
character who is loved by
children all over the world.
Zaky attended an event at
the Gold Coast Mosque on 13
June and held a performance
for the children there. Soon
after he disappeared without
a trace and hasn’t been seen
since and is presumed
stolen.
His minders have looked
everywhere for him
frantically for the past 4
weeks, and have given up
hope on ever finding him
again.
They are now raising money
for a new Zaky to be
purchased.
The total cost of this
costume is $6000 and it is
from Canada.
If you would like to pledge
any amount towards the
purchase of a new Zaky
costume, please donate to
the following account with
the transaction description
of “Zaky Costume”.
Account Name: One4Kids
BSB: 062185
A/C: 10466339
Commonwealth Bank
Zaky has been a regular
visitor to the Westmead
hospital, Islamic Schools
and events. Please help us
in anyway possible.
[Editor]: If you
happen to see a large purple
creature masquerading as a
loveable character around
your neighbourhood please
report this to your nearest
police station.
Behind
the politics are real people
By David Forde, President,
Amnesty International
Queensland and Northern NSW
As
we approach the coming
election the issue of asylum
seekers once again hits
centre stage in the game of
'political football'. Given
the importance and
prominence of this issue, it
is crucial that the facts of
this debate be well
understood, This includes an
understanding of the
differences between asylum
seekers and refugees, an
understanding of the reasons
why people come to
Australia, and an
understanding of what
Australia’s responsibilities
are to desperate people who
come to our shores seeking
protection.
So who is an asylum seeker?
It is a person who flees
their country of origin
escaping war, violence and
persecution. Many of these
are in immediate danger and
come from places where there
is no queue to join.
The vast majority of asylum
seekers who come to
Australia by boat are found
to be genuine refugees and
our government has a
responsibility to protect
them, not further punish
them for seeking safety.
It is not illegal under
either Australian or
international law to seek
asylum. The Australian
Migration Act states that
this country will offer
protection to anyone who is
deemed to be genuinely
fleeing persecution.
A refugee is someone who is
determined to be at risk of
persecution and who can't
receive the protection of
his or her government.
Qualifying as a refugee does
not automatically entitle a
person to resettlement in
another country, and nor
does every refugee wish to
be resettled. In fact, due
to the very limited number
of resettlement places
available each year, only a
tiny fraction of the world’s
refugees will ever be
resettled.
The issue of refugees and
asylum seekers is a global
one, and it is crucial that
countries such as Australia
play their part. As a
signatory to the United
Nations Refugee Convention,
Australia has an obligation
not to return people to
countries where they may
face persecution.
Australia generously
resettles about 13,750
refugees each year – around
half of whom are referred by
UNHCR. The remaining half is
made up of asylum seekers
who arrive in Australia and
ask for our protection, and
people resettled under the
Special Humanitarian
Program.
Australia’s contribution to
international burden sharing
through our resettlement
program is very important,
but does not replace our
obligation to provide
protection to asylum
seekers.
In 2009, Australia received
1.6% of the industrialised
world's asylum applications
- hardly a situation of
being 'swamped'.
Less than half the asylum
seekers who came to
Australia in 2009 arrived by
boat. Despite this they are
the only ones who seem to
command political attention.
One important part of the
game of 'political football'
that is missing in almost
any political discussion is
the cause of the issue.
Surely the Australian public
deserve a better
understanding through
explanation as to what leads
someone to risk their life
on a 'leaky boat' seeking
asylum.
Unless issues such as human
rights abuses are addressed
in countries from where
asylum seekers originate,
there will always be
desperate people fleeing
persecution, and others
willing to exploit them. The
only issue that will
determine numbers is the
reality on the ground in
these countries of origin
not government policy in
Australia.
The Art
of Spain-The Moorish South
The Art of Spain is a BBC
Four documentary series on
Spanish art presented by
Andrew Graham-Dixon.
In this series Andrew
Graham-Dixon explores art in
Muslim and Christian Spain
from 711 to 1492.
Over the next six weeks CCN
will bring you a short
segment from this excellent
series.
PART 1
Al-Nisa
Fund Raiser
Monday
the 26th of July will be the
last chance to acquire
tickets for the Al-nisa
Afghani fundraiser. On the
night there will be a sales
table and an auction. All
the money raised will be
going directly to the Afghan
orphans.
Contact 0433 182 520
or 0403 009 003 for more
information.
The fundraiser is a Ladies
only Event.
• Date - Saturday the 31st
of July
• Time - 6.30 p.m.
• Venue - The Greek Orthodox
Hall. 269 Creek Road, Mt
Gravatt
Islam a
socio-political force says Rane
Halim
Rane (pictured left), author of Islam and
Contemporary Civilisation, says
that political Islam has evolved
over time and that since the second
half of the 20th century, Islam has
been reasserted as a socio-political
force across the Muslim world.
The following is a transcript of an
interview between Dr. Rane and
Geraldine Doogan on ABC National on
her Saturday Extra programme:
Geraldine
Doogue:
Well now that the politics around
how we're all to live together in
this new century in places of mixed
belief and none. In many places in
the West, including Australia, it's
one of the most challenging issues
there is: how much can be said out
loud? What's constructive? What's
destructive?
For instance, at a convention two
weekends ago in Lidcombe, in
Sydney's Western suburbs, Burhan
Hanif, the British leader of Hizb
ut-Tahrir, the global Islamist
group, was pretty blunt with the 500
or so participants. He said
democracy was incompatible with
Islam, because the Qur'an insisted
Allah was the sole lawmaker, and
Muslim political involvement could
not be based on 'secular and
erroneous concepts such as democracy
and freedom.'
Well, a young Australian sociology
and Islamic studies researcher, Dr
Halim Rane, has thrown himself into
charting emerging trends in Muslim
political thought in various parts
of the world. He's deputy director
of Griffith University's Islamic
Research Unit, and this week, his
book Islam and Contemporary
Civilisation was published. And
it's my pleasure to welcome him now
to Saturday Extra. Good
morning.
Halim Rane: Good
morning, how's it going?
Geraldine Doogue:
Very good, thanks.
Now those remarks, before we get on
to your research, those remarks by
the head of Hizb ut-Tahrir are
pretty challenging to say the least.
Do they represent a wide range of
thought from your research, in
modern, emerging Islamic political
thought? Or are they very much a
fringe?
Halim Rane: Hizb
ut-Tahrir actually has quite
extensive support around the world.
However, I think that most of their
ideas are part of something that is
becoming fairly passe in Islamic
thought. Islamic thought is
evolving, and over the past decade
in particular, it has evolved quite
substantially in a direction that is
moving very far away from the core
ideas of Hizb ut-Tahrir.
Geraldine Doogue:
Now that old idea -- well it was an
old idea that the good Muslim owed
his or her loyalty to something
above the nation state. It used to
be accused of Catholics for
instance, that they actually owed
their loyalty to the Vatican, not to
the nation state, and that certainly
disappeared in terms of Catholics
but it's hung around Muslims. How
would you say the average Muslim in
Australia, for instance, thinks
about that particular dilemma, or is
it not a dilemma?
Halim Rane: Well I
don't think it's really an issue,
it's not a theological issue; I
don't think that issue has changed.
Muslims are still deeply committed
to God, and all of the basic aspects
of worship in Islam, are standard
across the Muslim world, the belief
in five times daily prayer, in
fasting during the month of Ramadan,
in giving charity to the poor and
needy, making the pilgrimage once in
a lifetime -- all of those things
are standard among Muslims.
What is changing though is the way
Muslims view politics, and what has
driven Muslim politics for so long
has been an oppositional attitude
towards the West in particular, and
our position to trends that have
emerged in the Western world, namely
secularism and also democracy. But
this is actually changing quite
substantially in the Muslim world
today, and we've seen the emergence
of a number of what I'm referring to
as second generation Islamist
political parties.
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Yet
another federal election,
and yet another election
with the Australian Muslim
community by and large in a
state of apathy with regards
to articulating our
priorities, interests and
areas of most pressing needs
to the aspiring politicians.
The presence of Muslims in
Australia goes back
centuries but we are still
behaving as political
novices. We complain amongst
ourselves when politicians
attempt to use us as a
political football, and we
see the power and impact of
the statements of the
political representatives,
yet many of us look at
politics as something beyond
our comprehension.
Many of us still think as
new arrivals to this
country. If we were in our
countries of origin
political participation
would have been a
significant priority because
we know that it is an
important area in
maintaining a safe and sound
direction for society. Now,
we are Australians, this is
our country and political
involvement is possible for
every citizen. There are
some of our Muslim brothers
and sisters who are members
of political parties, some
have stood as candidates and
we are now fortunate to have
some representation in the
Victorian and NSW State
Parliament and also many
local councils. However, we
continue to be
underrepresented because not
enough of us are involved in
contributing to the making
of the future of our
country.
There have been numerous
instances of Muslims putting
themselves as candidates in
electorates which have large
Muslim populations. These
are either with one or the
other major political party
or as independents. But
history has shown that a
different party will use
another Muslim to try and
undermine the main Muslim
candidate, the votes end up
being split and our Muslim
community is undermined. We
need to stand together as a
community and ensure that we
are not undermining each
other in the political
process.
Looking to the future
The Australian Muslim
community is an astute and
well educated community, we
certainly have the maturity
to command respect and to
negotiate preference deals
and negotiate other matters
that are of importance to
our community. We do not
necessarily have to pick or
choose Labour, Liberal or
Greens in each seat or state
but we can work with
individual candidates and
parties and put up our own
candidates and work on
issues that are of concern
for us in each area.
In addition to the local
seats, we should also start
working towards getting some
of our capable and proven
community advocates into the
senate.
Above all, we need to make
sure that every member of
our community who can vote
will actually make his or
her vote count.
Strategic Alliances
I respect that some of us
may have different
priorities and goals. As a
community, our main goal is
to be able to live as
effective individuals,
successful in the workplace
and able to contribute to
the betterment of society.
We want that our children
have access to good
education that will equip
them to either develop their
aptitudes at university or
enable them to compete
successfully in the
workforce. We want access to
good, professional and
proficient healthcare and we
want our government,
regardless of party politics
to have fair foreign
policies. We need to make
our government accountable
for its decisions with
respect to conflict zones
such as the subcontinent,
Africa and especially the
Middle East.
To do this, we need to show
that our votes can make a
difference.
To make the greatest impact,
our community can form
partnerships with other
communities such as the
Hindu, Chinese, Korean,
Vietnamese and other
communities. Alone, it may
be that none of these
communities can realise its
potential, but together, we
can become a force for good
and for the betterment of
this country.
This paper is meant to start
discussions on this topic
before the upcoming
elections, and even to
encourage some Muslims to
put their hand up for
elections. I am aware that
there are some of our Muslim
brothers and sisters who
have already been endorsed
and I urge us all to get
behind these people. Even if
none of our Muslim
candidates win a seat in
this election, this is great
experience on which we can
build for the future. If we
help these brothers and
sisters mount an effective
campaign the established
political parties will take
our concerns more seriously.
This we would hope will
result in sincere engagement
with the Muslim community
during normal times outside
of elections.
We have established a
coordinating committee at
Muslims Australia to ensure
that we enter the process in
a professional and effective
manner. The closing time for
nominations is: 29 July 2010
I call on current candidates
to register with the
committee. Any aspiring
candidates or volunteers who
wish to strive with us in
this cause should also
contact the committee as
soon as possible to register
your name and area of
interest as soon as
possible. These can be
directed to myself or
through AFIC in the first
instance
I would welcome comments,
suggestions and critical
thought on this matter.
Email me at
admin@afic.com.au.
Islamic
school puts out welcome mat: First fete open to all
THE Gold Coast's first
Islamic school is throwing
open its doors to the public
this Sunday in a bid to
quash impressions of
religious
stereotypes still lingering
in the community.
The school opened at the
beginning of this year,
after almost two years of
controversy, but staff say
it has been smooth sailing.
School co-ordinator Mariam
Najibah said students had
settled into their new
campus and were keen to show
it off to the community.
"We thought this was the
time to open our doors to
invite everyone to have a
look for themselves during
our first school fete," she
said.
"We are hoping this will
help to break down some of
the barriers between us and
the community, while showing
we enjoy the same things as
everyone having fun with
friends and family."
Ms Najibah said the school's
students were excited to be
showing off their hard work.
There will be exhibits of
students' artwork, which
will be auctioned off to
raise money for the school,"
she said.
The fete will include
jumping castles, face
painting, market stalls, art
auctions, art exhibits, pony
rides, a petting zoo, a play
performed
by the students and a
barbecue with a mix of
Bosnian, Malaysian and
Aussie foods.
School student Sueraya Dib
said she was excited about
the first school fete. "It's
going to be huge fun and I
can't wait," she said.
Source: Gold Coast Sun
Wednesday 21/7/2010
Quraan
Competition at the Islamic College of Brisbane
By Momina Ahmed Allahwala,
College Captain 2010 and
overall winner of the girls
years 9-12
The annual
Quraan competition of the
Islamic College of Brisbane
was held on the 23rd
and 24th of June.
The event has
been a fixture in the
Islamic College of Brisbane
events calendar since the
schools’ inception and this
year saw 105 students
participate. The competition
itself was one of the best
the school has seen; very
well organized with many
friends and families
attending to give their
support. The panel of
competition judges consisted
of Imams of various mosques
and madrassahs including
Imam Imran Hussain, Qari
Yakub Patel, Qari Muhammad
Aslam, Hafiz Omar Issadeen
and Br Mabrouk Houadchia.
This
year, the event not only featured beautiful
Quraan recitation, but also numerous nasheed
performances from both primary and secondary
students. They performed Huwallah,
Colours of Islam, Tik Tok (the lyrics of which
were modified by students), Maula Ya Salli
and Fi Surat Adhua. The students spent
much time preparing for the day and their hard
work paid off, with the nasheeds becoming
a highlighted feature of the competition. This
year the competition was also recorded by Br
Ismail of IslamTV. The recording will become
available online soon.
The full results of the 2010 ICB
Quraan Competition can be viewed
here.
Primary students performing a
nasheed
Hidaya Rane, winner in Grade 1
Dalal Issa, winner in Grade 2
Winners in the secondary school
with judges and ICB staff
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Chained
man 'possessed by female genie'
Saudi Arabia:
A 29-year-old man has been
shackled in a basement
apartment for more than six
years because his father
believes he is possessed by
an evil female genie.
The Saudi man, identified
only as Turki, has
convulsions in which his
eyes roll back into his head
and he speaks in the voice
of the genie, the father
said, according to the Daily
Mail.
The father has taken Turki
to local Muslim clerics for
help but "most of them
became scared when they
heard the female voice
telling them that she was a
royal jinn [genie] and that
no one can exorcise her
unless Turki dies".
One cleric suggested Turki
be chained at the arms and
legs while the father recite
the Koran over him.
Turki reportedly lives in a
two-room basement apartment
in Mecca with his mother and
her three other children.
His parents were divorced
before he was "possessed".
"My son became quiet but is
totally unaware of what is
happening around him," said
the father, who also claims
once to have been possessed
by a jinn when he was a boy.
A Saudi human rights
activist and professor of
Islamic law Muhammad Al-Suhali
described Turki as living in
a "semi-coma".
"[He] did not know what was
going on around him. He
could not eat, drink or use
the toilet without the help
of others," he was quoted as
saying.
Mr Al-Suhali said whenever
he recited Koranic verses
Turki became furious and
shook until he nearly fell
out of bed.
He called on government
officials to give the family
better accommodation and
offer Turki proper welfare
services.
I and many others are not able to get your
livestream Islam TV lectures going. It is always
breaking up and does not have any continuity. Could
you please help.
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[Editor] Islam TV's production
manager strongly recommends the following:
Watch the videos on demand instead of
live. It often depends on your connection and speed
of your service provider. Also delete your temporary
Internet files by going to the Control Panel and
choosing Internet Options. Turning your modem off
and back on after 30 seconds can also help. The best
thing to do after all of that fails is to watch the
videos on demand.
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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;
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.
Maximise your
workout by committing to your muscles every second
throughout. Give your strength workout a surprising
boost by spending the time between sets stretching the
muscle you're working, before going on to the next
muscle group. This will improve flexibility and
strengthen the muscles.
If you're doing interval training, grab you're drink and
rehydrate during your rest / recovery phase instead of
stopping completely. This will keep your heart rate up
for a constant challenge and no time will be 'wasted'.
Make sure all your stations are set up and ready to go
if you're doing circuit training. You can then super-set
(one big exercise straight after the other) and get
greater results faster!
These little changes to your workout will transform your
body and hopefully make getting through every session
seem like a breeze. Use one or all of them and get
fitter faster!!
All questions sent in are published here anonymously
and without any references to the author of the
question.
The CCN Chuckle
Mula Nasruddin had
just taken up golf seriously. After a particularly bad
round on the course he decided not to go to the
nineteenth hole [the clubhouse] and started to go
straight home instead.
As he was walking to the car park to get his Range
Rover, a policeman stopped him and asked, "Did you tee
off on the seventeenth hole about twenty minutes ago?"
"Yes,” Mula Nasruddin answered.
"Did you happen to slice your ball so that it went over
the trees and out of bounds and completely off the
course?"
"Yes, I did. How did you know?" Mula Nasruddin
questioned.
"Well," said the policeman gravely, "Your ball flew out
onto the main road and crashed through the windscreen of
a BMW. The car driver lost control and crashed into six
other cars and a fire engine. The fire engine was unable
to reach the fire in time and the building burned down.
Now, what do you intend to do about it?"
Mula Nasruddin thought it over very carefully and
responded, "I think I'll close my stance a little bit,
tighten my grip and lower my right thumb."
Taleem
this week will be held on Thursday 28 July
from 11am-12pm at the
residence of:
Ayesha
Goder
13 Stiller
Drive
Kuraby
All ladies
welcome
Inspiration
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Topics that
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As
we approach the coming
election the issue of asylum
seekers once again hits
centre stage in the game of
'political football'. Given
the importance and
prominence of this issue, it
is crucial that the facts of
this debate be well
understood, This includes an
understanding of the
differences between asylum
seekers and refugees, an
understanding of the reasons
why people come to
Australia, and an
understanding of what
Australia’s responsibilities
are to desperate people who
come to our shores seeking
protection.
Halim
Rane (pictured left), author of Islam and
Contemporary Civilisation, says
that political Islam has evolved
over time and that since the second
half of the 20th century, Islam has
been reasserted as a socio-political
force across the Muslim world.
ALAMS
PAINTING AND MAINTENANCE
Halaal
Brumbys Bakery for SALE in
Underwood
Yet
another federal election,
and yet another election
with the Australian Muslim
community by and large in a
state of apathy with regards
to articulating our
priorities, interests and
areas of most pressing needs
to the aspiring politicians.
Youth Worker position at MDA
C