More
than
90 doctors and members of the allied health
workers attended the function as did a number of
local politicians, dignitaries and community
leaders including the Deputy Mayor of Brisbane,
Councilor Graham Quirk, Minister for
Minister for Natural Resources, Mines & Energy
and Minister for Trade, Stephen Robertson
and Federal Member for Moreton, Graham
Perrett MP.
President of IMAQ, Dr Mohammed Iqbal Sultan
spelt out the aims and objectives of the
fledgling organization and the vision he and his
committee had for the association, while Dr
Yunus Solwa gave a comprehensive rundown of
similarly constituted bodies around the world
and the significant impact they were having on
the well-being of the community in their
respective countries.
Associate Professor Mohamad Abdalla
of the Griffith Islamic Research Unit (GIRU)
delivered the keynote address on the evolution
of medicine from a religious and ethical
perspective.
The Executive Committee of
IMAQ is as follows:
Dr Mohammed Iqbal Sultan
(President)
Dr Naadir Gutta (Secretary)
Mohammed Shafiq Suleman
(Treasurer)
Dr Muhammad Masroor Alam
(Assistant Secretary)
Committee Members
Dr Adel El-Mezin
Dr Yunus Solwa
Dr Anwar Seedat
Ruba Abu Hassan
Dr Kobaidur Rehman
Dr Mohammed Yahya Khan
Dr Muhammed Akbar
(left to right)
Dr Mohammed Yahya
Khan, Dr Adel El-Mezin, Dr Muhammad Masroor Alam,
Dr Yunus Solwa, Dr
Mohammed Iqbal Sultan, Dr Munir Mayat, Dr Anwar
Seedat,
Dr Muhammed Akbar,
Dr Naadir Gutta
(left to right)
Graham Quirk,
Mohammed Yahya Khan, Graham Perrett,
Adel El-Mezin, Imam
Peer, Stephen Robertson,
Imam Husain and Mohammed Iqbal Sultan
ANIC
elects new team
Australian National Imams
council (ANIC), the peak
body of Imams in Australia
held its Annual General
Meeting in Melbourne this
weekend. Imams from all over
Australia attended the
Annual General Meeting
2009/10 on 25th July 2010 at
Umar Ibn al- Khattab Mosque
in Preston.
Melbourne Imam Abdel Aziem
Afefi was elected as the new
president of ANIC for the
next two year term. Imam
Abdel Aziem Afefi succeeds
the outgoing president
Sydney Imam Abdul Moez Nafti
who served the council since
2007.
Member Imams elected an
eleven member executive
council for two year term.
The Imams in the new ANIC
executive committee for the
period of 2010 till 2012
are;
The new ANIC executive
committee elected the
following Imams for the
following positions:
o President: Imam Abdel
Azeim Afefi
o Vice President: Imam
Imraan Husain
o Secretary: Imam Mohammadu
Nawas Saleem
o Treasurer: Imam Yusuf Peer
Mufti of Australia Imam
Fehmi Naji Imam who declared
open the Annual Meeting
2009/10 and called for the
unity among the Imams and
urged the Imams to develop
professional skills to deal
with challenges facing the
Muslim community in Marital
dispute resolution, Mental
health, drug
and alcohol counselling etc.
Shinpads
& Hijabs Launch
On
Wednesday more than 100
female students from the
Islamic College of Brisbane
at Karawatha participated in
small sided football games
as part of a brand new
program to hit Queensland -
Football United.
Football United, a grass
roots community program,
already has great tenure in
New South Wales having been
delivered for over four
years and engaging more than
2,500 young people from
refugee backgrounds in
organised football
competitions in and around
Western Sydney.
The program is endorsed
internationally by FIFA and
nationally by the Football
Federation of Australia and
Football New South Wales.
A similar story is beginning
to be told in South East
Queensland, with a number of
partners on board to assist
in the delivery of the
Shinpads & Hijabs program,
including Football
Queensland, Brisbane Roar
Football Club and the
Australian Sports
Commission.
Shinpads & Hijabs is funded
through Multicultural
Affairs Queensland in the
Department of Communities
and National Action Plan
funding from the Department
of Immigration and
Citizenship.
The program which will focus
on empowering Muslim women
to coach and deliver their
own football games already
has six local female Muslim
community representatives
signed on as volunteer
coaches and will be
coordinated by football
enthusiast and Young
Queenslander of the Year
2010, Yassmin Abdel-Magied.
Inspiration and mentoring
will be provided by our very
own Brisbane Roar Westfield
W-League players as part of
the club’s ongoing
commitment to cultural
diversity through the
Queensland Roars Against
Racism partnership.
Islamic College of Brisbane
Principal, Dr Mubarak Noor
said the female student body
was looking forward to the
opportunity to learn more
about football and to
participate in a safe and
culturally sensitive
environment.
“Sports and recreational
activities in Australia are
not always inclusive to the
needs of young women from
diverse backgrounds, and
many barriers exist that
limit opportunities for
young Muslim women in
participate in organised
sport activities”
Dr Noor said he was
delighted that a number of
female community leaders
from within the local Muslim
community had volunteered to
participate in the program
as coaches.
“Having women from within
our own community develop
the skills necessary to
coach our young women is a
great step towards
increasing the number of
girls who play organised
sport. Equally the
commitment of the project
partners such as Football
Queensland and Brisbane Roar
FC working to address
participation barriers will
result in positive outcomes
all round,” he said.
Wednesday’s games included
an official launch with
Brisbane Roar FC players,
Government representatives
and other dignitaries with
the full program set to kick
off this Wednesday, 4 August
2010.
Irina Mammina (ICB), ICB
students, Graham Perrett MP, Brooke Spence
(Brisbane Roar) and Yassmin Abdel-Magied
(Football United)
The CCN
Wedding Scene
Fatima
&
Afraan
Fatima Sabdia,
daughter of Hoosein and YasminSabdia,
and Afraan, son of Anwar and
ShaziaNoor, were married on Friday 2nd
July.
The Nikkah took place at
Masjid Al’Farooq, followed by a reception at The Strand,
Eagle Street Pier.
The Walimah was held on
Saturday 3rd July at the Croation Hall, Rocklea.
Omar
&
Riffat
The nikah of Hafiz Omar, son of
Abdul Malik and
Zaini Issadeen and
Riffat, daughter of
Mr.
and Mrs. Syed Gurdezi
took place at the Kuraby
Mosque in Brisbane on
Saturday 3rd July.
The walima celebrations were
held at the Runcorn Function
Hall (Gowan Road) on Sunday
4th July and the reception
to celebrate the Nikah and
Walima was held at the Grand
Ballroom, Galadari Hotel in
Colombo, Sri Lanka on Sunday
11th July.
Al-Imdaad
in Australia
Al-Imdaad Foundation
(Australia) is a non-profit
international humanitarian
aid and relief organisation,
providing humanitarian
services in crisis and
non-crisis situations to
those most in-need, orphans,
widows and destitute,
irrespective of race,
religion, and culture or
geographical boundaries.
WE
don't want her here'. That
was the frank statement by
the Gold Coast's Islamic
leader, Imam Imraan Husain (pictured
right), in response to
revelations that Pauline
Hanson was considering
running for Gold Coast
mayor.
The head of the Islamic
Society of the Gold Coast
said if the controversial
former One Nation MP ran for
the position and won, it
would spell disaster for the
city.
Earlier this year Ms Hanson
(picturedbelow)
came under fire for
stipulating she would not
sell her Coleyville home to
a Muslim, but Imam Husain
said no Muslim would want to
buy her property anyway.
"We don't want cloudy
weather here on the Gold
Coast, we want a clear
forecast and sunshine all
the time ... she's a storm,"
he said.
"We want level-headed people
here, people who will
promote our
multiculturalism, people who
will give everyone a fair go
and people who will promote
tolerance for diversity.
"We want people to live in
harmony and be happy, and
I'm sure the Gold Coast
would prefer people such as
our current mayor, who has
been very good to Muslims."
More than 20,000
Middle-Eastern people
visited the Gold Coast in
the year ending March 2010
but Imam Husain said they
could be put off if Ms
Hanson became mayor.
"They enjoy our beautiful
facilities here, and of
course our mayor has been
very accommodating to these
tourists," he said.
"These people are good
spenders but if they know of
someone who is not so kind
to them and has this biased
attitude towards Muslims,
then obviously they are
going to look for some other
destination.
"Emotionally, some people
may say `that's good, we
don't need these Muslims',
but practically it's not
good for the Gold Coast"
Mariam Najibah, head teacher
at the Australian
International Islamic
College at Carrara, said it
was a `free country' but she
would not vote for Ms
Hanson, saying she did not
represent the whole
community.
Source: Gold Coast Bulletin
Monday 26/7/2010
Perceptions about Islam: UK Study
Last week the Islamic
Education and Research
Academy (iERA) presented the
results of their
groundbreaking UK Study
Concerning Perceptions of
Islam
iERA presented the results
of their UK study concerning
the perceptions on Islam and
Muslims including how Islam
is presented to non-Muslims
(known in Islamic theology
as dawah).
The study was based on a
statistically robust sample
of randomly selected
Non-Muslims representative
of British society and the
method used was the tried
and test method of
face-to-face questionnaires.
iERA presented the results
of their research and
discussed their
recommendations in a press
conference at the London
Muslim Centre attended by
leading British Muslim
organisations and senior
figures within the Muslim
community.
A copy of the research paper
was provided and the
programme was followed by a
dinner for guests.
A copy of the full research
report can be obtained from
here.
Highlights of Results
80% had less than very
little knowledge about Islam
93% had very little
knowledge or no knowledge at
all about the Qur’an
71% had never came into
contact with any dawah
material.
76% had never spoken to a
Muslim about Islam.
75% believed Islam and
Muslims had provided a
negative contribution to
society
32% believed that Muslims
are a major cause of
community tension
63% did not disagree with
the statement that “Muslims
are terrorists”
94% did not disagree with
the statement “Islam
oppresses women”
Qualitative Data:
Selected Quotations
When asked about their
perception of the Prophet
Mohammad: “I don’t like the
idea of chopping off
people’s hands and feet
sometimes without making
sure they are innocent. It’s
not a fair way” and “Don’t
know, don’t care. We don’t
choose religion when we were
born and where we were
born”.
When asked what about
material on Islam had given
a negative impression: “Some
I find negative, some I’m
neutral don’t let it affect
me I find some doctrine to
be negative and customs
concerning women” and
“Because they twist what
they preach, not according
to the Qur’an.”
When asked what contribution
Islam and Muslims had had on
British society: “They have
took our country over it’s
not England any more we have
to make changes to please
them” and “If I had my way
I’d kick them all out of
here and it’s not something
I want to talk about.”
Comments:
iERA’s Senior Researcher,
Hamza Andreas Tzortzis
commented “This study is
groundbreaking, not only
because it is a first of its
kind, but also because of
the implications of the
results and the impact the
recommendations may have on
how we present Islam to an
increasingly secular and
apathetic population. One of
these recommendations is to
show how faith and religion
in general makes positive
contributions to our modern
society.”
One attendee remarked that
the press conference marked
a “real watershed” in how
Islam was to be presented.
Another from a leading
Islamic organization, Al-Muntada
Al-Islami, commented that
“this is what we have been
waiting for”.
Article
on Islam and domestic violence fires up debate
An article by Associate
Professor Mohamad Abdalla of
Griffith University on the
topic of domestic violence,
and published on the ABC's
Religion and Ethics website,
generated both controversy
and comment and was by far
the most read piece in the
first week it appeared.
Entitled The Qu'ran does
not condone domestic
violence, the article
makes the point that a
particular verse of the
Quran (4:34) that seems to
legitimise wife beating is
often read out-of-context
and the confusion is
primarily due to a failure
to understand Islam's legal
position on intimate partner
violence (IPV) and the
meaning and legal
implications of the
imperatives nushuz
and wadribuhunna
found in verse 4:34.
Faith and
Cultural Exchange Inc (FACE): “Care for Education
Project: Chad”
Pre Ramadan Programs
There are at present Sheikhs
from FACE's partner
charities ‘Ansar us-Sunnah”
and “Tanmeyah” in Chad on
Dawah and charity missions.
FACE is endeavouring this
year to provide some
assistance to families in
their needs before Ramadan.
• FACE has set a target of
100x 30-litre water pots
(which are made of
earthen-ware and cool the
water) which cost $10ea and
50x 75kg bags of grain which
cost $30ea.
• Wells are always needed
and cost between $2000-
$2500
• The “Iftar Saim” or ‘Feed
the fasting poor’ is in its
3rd year now and FACE has
many people relying on the
organization to provide them
with food with which to
break their fast. Donations
of any amount are welcome
for this program.
• Your yearly ‘Zakat ul-Fitr’
payment of $10 per person
will be used to buy bags of
grain and distributed to the
poor as per the Sunnah.
Education
Sponsors are still needed to
enable more children to gain
an education.
An amount of AU$50 per month
will enable a child to
attend both school and
Madrassa classes as well as
feed him/her for the month.
Most people in the areas
that FACE works in are
extremely poor and can
barely afford to buy food
let alone pay the small fees
that are associated with
attending school.
FACE assures its donors that
the need for support and
care for the education of
these children is great.
Your Sadaqah could be the
difference that may help
lift a
child/family/community out
of poverty.
For direct donations: Faith
and Cultural Exchange Inc;
St George Bank: BSB 114-879
Acct#428451005
Staff Needed
Salam Card is a new and
exciting product that helps
support the Muslim
Community.
If you enjoy communicating
with others and would like
to have a job that is in
balance with your Islamic
practice, then call us
today.
Sales experience is
necessary for this well paid
role.
Limited number of positions
available.
Discover how you can become
part of the Salam Card Team.
Call Gabriel on: 0432 711
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Available from 2nd August,
Monday. 4 Bedroom, 2
Bathroom, Double lock up
Garage. Off Besline street
and just a short stroll to
Kuraby Masjid.
Includes: airconditioners,
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a drive past and then call
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Get into
the spirit of Ramadhan this Friday night- AMARAH’s feed
the homeless community meal
The
AMARAH team invites you to
join them once again in
providing and serving the
community meal for the
homeless and disadvantaged
at St Andrew’s Anglican
Church, corner of Vulture
and Cordelia Street, West
End.
It will be held this Friday
6 August at 6:00pm. If you
would like to help make
something, volunteer on the
night, or donate towards
this worthy event, contact
Nora Amath on 0422 349 786
or
info@amarah.org.
"This is a wonderful
opportunity to get into the
true, compassionate spirit
of Ramadhan," Ms Amath told
CCN.
Faces of
Brisbane on the ABC
Faces of
Brisbane is a daily segment
on ABC Radio 612 that
focuses on the unique
personal stories of people
from all around the world
with the aim of
introducing us to some of
Brisbane's immigrants -
people who've moved to
Brisbane from their
homelands for reasons as
diverse as their heritage.
Terri Begley
took to the street to find
the new Faces of Brisbane.
Click on the links (from a
purposeful selection of
interviewees) to find out
how they came to be in
Brisbane, about their
homeland and their
perceptions of their new
home
Over 70 Students from various schools,
organisations and madressahs took part in the
Annual Qur’an Recitation Competition this year
at the Islamic College of Brisbane (Karawatha).
The event was organized by the Islamic Council
of Queensland (ICQ)
There was strong support from parents and the
community with some 400 attendees.
The competition started with a Qur’an Tilawat
from Imran Ali, who is a former student of
Islamic College of Brisbane and is now currently
undertaking Bachelor of Design (Architecture)
and Accountancy.
All participants received Certificates of
Participation and medals, and category
placements were presented with trophies.
The overall winner Rizwan Aslam, Category
16-18yrs, representing the Islamic College of
Brisbane, received $100 and an electronic
Qur’an. Rizwan is the son of Moulana Aslam of
the Algester Mosque.
• President of AFIC – Hj
Ikebal Patel
• President of ICQ Inc. –
Mohammed Yusuf
• Principal of Islamic
College of Brisbane (ICB) –
Dr. Noor
• ICQ Inc./Islamic
Organisations
Representatives – Br. Saheed
Ali, Br. Abdul Rahman Deen,
Br. Amar Ali Khan
• Hj Jamal Rane
• Imams: M. Aslam, Yusuf
Khandi, Yukub Patel, Ahmad
Abu Ghazaleh
An attentive and
appreciative audience
Dr. Noor, Principal
of Islamic College of Brisbane, with Category 2,
Girls 5-6yrs receiving their certificates and
medals
Imam Abu-Ghazaleh,
who teaches at As-Salaam Madrasahs Logan &
Rochedale,
with Category 5,
Boys 9-10yrs
MC Imam Ameer Hassan
with Category 6, Girls 9-10yrs
Hj Jamal Rane with
Category 7, Boys 11-12yrs
Moulana Aslam of
Islamic Society of Algester with Category 8,
Girls 11-12yrs
Br Amar Ali Khan of
Islamic Society of Ipswich with Category 9, Boys
13-15yrs
Br Saheed Ali
presenting trophy to
Omar Ahmed of the
Darul Uloom Academy of Brisbane
Category 1 winner,
Boys 5-6yrs
Br Abdul Rahman Deen
presenting trophy to
Abdi Malik Hussein
of the Islamic College of Brisbane
Category 7 winner,
Boys 11-12yrs
Moulana Aslam
presenting trophy to
Maryam Mahmoud of
the As-Salaam Madrasah – Rochedale
Category 8 winner,
Girls 11-12yrs
AFIC Pres. Br Ikebal
Patel & ICQ Inc. Pres. Br Mohammed Yusuf
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.
Continuing from last week's
CCN........
PART 2
Around
the Muslim World with CCN
Amla
named Cricket South Africa (CSA) cricketer of the year
Hashim
Amla won the SA Cricketer of
the Year, Test Cricketer of
the Year, SA Players' Player
of the Year and CSA Fans'
Cricketer of the Year Awards
Hashim Amla rounded off a
remarkably consistent year
with the bat by claiming top
honours at the 2010 SA
Cricket Awards on Tuesday
evening.
Amla has been in
his element over the last
twelve months, scoring 923
runs with four centuries at
65.92 in nine Tests against
England, India and West
Indies.
His exploits earned
him the two most coveted
recognitions of the night -
the South African cricketer
of the year and the Test
cricketer of the year
awards.
In addition, Amla's
consistency was recognized
by his peers and the wider
public as he was voted the
SA players' player and the
CSA fans' cricketer of the
year. His match-winning
knock of 253 not out against
India in Nagpur won the "So
Good!" award reserved for
the best individual match
performance.
"It's a great honour and
privilege. A lot of great
cricketers have been awarded
this, and it's nice to be in
their league. It's been a
good year for me and the
award is basically a
recognition of that," Amla
said.
In a tribute
article to Amla, cricket
writer, Telford Vice wrote:
Of all the
disparate South African
communities who hold cricket
dear, the one that counts
Amla among its own is
probably the least
understood by the rest.
There are South Africans who
find him inscrutable,
mysterious, other.
Best they
hasten to a mosque to
broaden their education.
That's not to suggest Amla
is some divine creation, or
that he is the fine player
he is because of his beliefs
and how he puts them into
practice; but a glimpse
inside the culture that has
guided him to manhood
teaches us much about the
oasis of calm he is in the
rough sea that the South
African team sometimes
becomes.
Amla is,
before and after everything,
his own man. Evidence of
that, from one perspective,
is his rejection of alcohol
in the midst of a group of
men who pride themselves on
how much beer they get
through in the throes of a
victory celebration.
Another
view holds that he is
different because he has
eschewed the opportunities
given him by the
circumstances of his birth
to make his way in a world
that understands him.
Instead, he has chosen
another way, and with it the
knowledge that he will be
expected to explain himself
at every turn to people who
will sometimes disapprove of
what for him is normal
behaviour.
It takes a strong
man to clear a path through
all that and get on with the
basic business of scoring
big runs in Test matches.
Amla is just such a man, and
he has spent the past year
proving just how strong he
is.
Abu Dhabi: The musical Zayed and the
Dream will be staged this August in London. The two
night shows are scheduled for August 1 and 3 at the
London Coliseum.
The play is produced by the Abu Dhabi Authority for
Culture and Heritage (ADACH). The London show is part of
the international tour of the play which was ordered by
General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi
Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE
Armed Forces.
The show's international tour, which was
first staged in Abu Dhabi in December 2, 2008 on
National Day, continues after the great success of the
show in Beirut last February and Paris last March.
More than 100 artists and poets are taking part in this
illuminating artistic vision inspired by the march of
Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, founder of the UAE,
and validated by the authenticity of the region's
heritage and roots. Two essential values have been
achieved through the performance of this play: artistic
value and historical value.
How
One Muslim American Uses Hip-Hop to Heal Wounds
Aspiring rapper Cyrus McGoldrick is working to change
the dialog around anti-Muslim sentiment in America
When Cyrus McGoldrick takes the stage,
he’s not himself. McGoldrick raps as The Raskol Khan,
often with the Freddy Fuego Sextet, an evolving group of
musicians based in Harlem. The name Raskol is based on
the main character in Dostoyevsky’s Crime and
Punishment, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. McGoldrick
describes the first part of his pseudonym as “a
rebellious force in society who’s trying to do the right
thing but struggles with his environment and self.”
Khan, Arabic for King or Chief, “channels a vestige of
an imperial mindset, a long history of conquest,” he
says. It is a history McGoldrick hopes to cleanse
himself of.
McGoldrick is not famous. He’s not revolutionary. He is
a college student, a musician, and a writer. He is also
Muslim in America. McGoldrick is part of the first
generation of young Muslim Americans to go through their
adolescence and early adulthood post-9/11.
“9/11 was the first day of high school,” McGoldrick
recalls. McGoldrick says as he sits in his
rent-stabilized one bedroom apartment in Morningside
Heights, the far upper west reaches of Manhattan. In the
years since Sept. 11, he feels there has been a
weakening of the Muslim identity.
When forced to identify in relation to others, “the
identity loses its pride in itself,” he says. “The worry
is that to be a good Muslim in America you need to not
be something, as opposed to what you can be.” McGoldrick
wants to serve others and foster a unified Muslim
community in America.
Though he is now a devout Muslim, McGoldrick was not
raised in any particular religion. He went to Sunday
school as a child though says his family always had a
liberal attitude toward dogmatic religions and he grew
up with an eclectic mix of relatives of all religions
that gave him “knowledge of others.” McGoldrick
eventually chose to devote himself to Islam after moving
to New York City in 2005 to study in the Middle Eastern,
South Asia, and African Studies Department at Columbia
University, where he is a senior and plans to graduate
in December. Tantamount to his religion, McGoldrick says
community service was always a focus in his life,
something his parents taught him to be of vital
importance.
Now McGoldrick prays five times a day, eats Halal, and
has eliminated alcohol completely from his diet. When
he’s out with his friends or playing shows, he only
drinks water, a transition he says took time for his
peers to get used to.
McGoldrick works several jobs, all of which work to help
New York City’s community. He tutors remedial writing
and prepares GED students for qualifying exams.
McGoldrick also helps with a creative writing camp his
parents, both successful writers, founded. His day job
is working in the office of his department of study at
Columbia University, and he volunteers at the Maydan
Institute and the Islamic Center at NYU.
Dear Editor
I thoroughly enjoyed the video on Islam in Spain and
my mother-in -aw has been to Spain some time last
year where she went to Granada to see this beauty,
and when she was here she said to me it is one place
I had to go and visit and to take the kids with me
because it is so rich in Islamic history, and when I
saw this video I got all excited and didn't want to
miss a word the man was saying. He did a very good
piece on it.
I am planning to do a tour to Cordoba
and Granada to explore some of the history which
Islam contributed so much to. It is absolutely
amazing how the three religions got along so well
together all those years ago!
Mrs Z (Underwood)
Dear CCN
RE: Homestay for Muslim student at
St Lucia
We're
hosting a 26 year old Muslim student from Libya, and
his friend is going to be studying at St Lucia and
urgently needs a room, and would like to eat only
Halal food. His friend is also a boy, I think about
the same age, and will be doing his Masters degree
in computing. Our student (Ahmad) helps himself to
breakfast and lunch, and the family has dinner
together at night. His friend will also need to
practice English, so an English-speaking household
would be great.
Cath
[Editor] If any CCN reader is
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Dear Editor
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Islam
and Contemporary Civilisation
examines the most complex debates and dilemmas facing
Islam today, both internally and in its relations with
Western civilisation.
Halim Rane provides a concise and comprehensive
introduction to Islam and modern developments in Muslim
thought, and tackles questions of Islamic law, human
rights, democracy, jihad and the Israel-Palestine
conflict in the context of Islam-West relations.
In confronting these challenging issues, Rane proposes a
way forward that has far-reaching implications for
advancing mutual understanding and finding common ground
between the Muslim world and the West.
Islam and Contemporary Civilisation
examines the most complex debates and dilemmas facing
Islam today, both internally and in its relations with
Western civilisation.
Halim Rane provides a concise and comprehensive
introduction to Islam and modern developments in Muslim
thought, and tackles questions of Islamic law, human
rights, democracy, jihad and the Israel-Palestine
conflict in the context of Islam-West relations.
In confronting these challenging issues, Rane proposes a
way forward that has far-reaching implications for
advancing mutual understanding and finding common ground
between the Muslim world and the West.
The book
includes endorsements from Geouge Negus (SBS Dateline),
John Esposito (Prof of Islamic studies and International
Affairs, Georgetown University, Washington DC), Michael
Wesley (Prof of international Relations and Exec
Director of the Lowy Institute for International
Policy), and Mohammad Hashim Kamali (Prof of Islamic Law
and Chairman of IIAIS Malaysia).
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
2 cups cooked pumpkin
2 eggs, lightly beaten
¼ cup sugar
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp cinnamon
2 cups self-raising flour
oil for deep frying
cinnamon sugar as required
Method
1. Beat pumpkin, eggs and sugar
2. Add salt, cinnamon and fold in flour
3. Mix lightly
4. Heat oil and fry teaspoonsful until
puffed and golden
5. Drain on absorbent paper
Q:
Dear Kareema, my hubby and I both have hectic work
schedules, but we make sure to work out together as it's
our 'catch up' time. How can we go about continually
choosing workout sessions that will benefit us, both as
a couple and individually?
A: Exercise is a great tool for you guys to stay
in tune with each other. The key is to switch up your
workout routines by each one of you taking a turn at
choosing an activity that you enjoy. Stay happy and
energised by making your workout together a priority.
Every activity you choose should have a different mental
benefit.
Cycle is
great as it will make you feel energised, yoga will keep
you both focused and calm (time out of your hectic
schedules), running is good to clear your mind and focus
on yourself.
Exercise will help make it possible to handle everything
you need to do without getting too stressed.
Just keep it
simple and leave all the complicated stuff for the
office! N-JOY challenging each other..
Taleem
this week will be held on Thursday 5 August
from 11am-12pm at the
residence of:
Sharifa
Gutta
50 Caribbea
Street
Eight Mile
Plains
All ladies
welcome
Inspiration
Talk, BBQ and Youth Hour
Topics that
are relevant, Iman-boosting and
mind-capturing. Where: AMYN Islamic Youth Centre,
16/157 North Road, Woodridge When: Every Sunday, 7pm
Info:
www.AMYNweb.com Everyone is invited
Australian Muslim Youth
Network (AMYN)
Find out about the latest
events, outings, fun-days,
soccer tournaments, BBQs
organised by AMYN. Network
with other young Muslims on
the
AMYN Forum
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On
Wednesday more than 100
female students from the
Islamic College of Brisbane
at Karawatha participated in
small sided football games
as part of a brand new
program to hit Queensland -
Football United. 
WE
don't want her here'. That
was the frank statement by
the Gold Coast's Islamic
leader, Imam Imraan Husain (pictured
right), in response to
revelations that Pauline
Hanson was considering
running for Gold Coast
mayor.
The
AMARAH team invites you to
join them once again in
providing and serving the
community meal for the
homeless and disadvantaged
at St Andrew’s Anglican
Church, corner of Vulture
and Cordelia Street, West
End.
Islam
and Contemporary Civilisation
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