CCN wishes all our readers and
their families and friends
Eid Prayer
Islamic
Council of Qld (ICQ)
Eid
Program
Islamic
College of Brisbane,
KARAWATHA
AIIC Eid
Program
Blunder Road,
DURACK
UMB Eid
Program
Svoboda Park,
KURABY
Algester Mosque
Get
creative for a cause! Bake a cake!
So
you want to help those suffering from the famine
crisis engulfing the Horn of Africa and you
don't know what to do?
Well you can get creative for
this cause!
Simply bake a batch or two of
your finest cup cakes and bring them over to the
CRESCAFE stall at Eidfest on Saturday 3rd
September. Or you can drop them off on the
evening of Friday 2nd September at 16 Fairview
Close, Kuraby.
If you have never made cupcakes
before and would like to give it a go (and that
includes our male readers as well!) then follow
the simple recipe that CCN's resident chef KB
has kindly provided for the occasion in this
issue of CCN.
If you have any questions call
Julie on 0417 786 220.
The profits from the CRESCAFE
stall sales go toward the Horn of Africa Famine
appeal.
And don't forget to stop by at
the stall and enjoy a Nespresso and someone
else's delicious cupcakes.
And while you are at it you can
also meet the CresWalk organizing team at the
CRESCAFE stall and register yourself and your
family for
CresWalk 2011.
Awards
recognizes senior volunteers
The 2011 Premier's Awards for
Queensland Seniors were presented to 15 nominees
by the Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and
Minister for Community Services and Housing and
Minister for Women, Karen Struthers MP
during the week in Parliament House.
Amongst the successful nominees
(out of a list of 250 applications) was Ms
Janeth Deen who was recognized for her
contributions to the community.
Janeth is the President
and founder of the Queensland Muslim Welfare
Association of Queensland Inc, a non-profit
organisation based in Woodridge.
Through the association, Janeth runs a
welfare op-shop, collecting clothes and
other goods from the Muslim community and
selling or donating them to members of the
local community of all faiths and cultural
backgrounds.
Over the past four years, Janeth has helped
countless families and individuals with
clothes, crockery and furniture. She has
also assisted many refugees with food,
clothes and toys.
Janeth is the secretary of the Muslim
Charitable Foundation, which raised
thousands of dollars during the recent
floods. She worked tirelessly throughout
this period delivering food and offering
solace at local recovery centres.
She is also the President of the Queensland
Muslim Historical Society, and voluntarily
tutors Chinese and Taiwanese students in
English. On top of all this, Janeth
baby-sits her daughter's triplets every week
and tends to her mother who suffers from
Alzheimer's.
Janeth has worked hard to foster multi-faith
initiatives to promote understanding and
peace between non-Muslims and Muslims. She
is an exceptional and inspiring role model
for the whole community.
Another of the 15 recipients of
the award was Toowoomba retired Presbyterian
Minister, Mr Rex Finedon for his work
with the local Sudanese community. Rex has
worked tirelessly to help many African people in
Toowoomba obtain their driver's licence. This
includes using his own car to train learner
drivers, buying petrol and fixing his car at his
own expense.
Rex has helped many young people with their
English language skills, and helped others to
secure jobs through his support and
recommendations. He also encourages migrants to
join different social networks, to help them
connect with their new community.
Over the past 25 years, 500
seniors have received the Premier's award.
(left to right)
Premier Anna Bligh, Ms Janeth Deen
and Ms Karen Struthers MP
The 15
award recipients
Mr Rex Finedon and
protégé
Master of ceremonies
and TV news presenter,
Bruce Paige
Coming Up
on Q&A
This Monday, Q&A is broadcasting live from the
Melbourne Writers Festival with:
Celebrated author, Kate Grenville
, The Secret River
and
Sarah Thornhill
Former speech writer for Paul Keating and
biographer, Don Watson
, Recollections of a Bleeding
Heart
Outspoken Afghan activist and author, Malalai Joya
, Raising my Voice
Author of Stasiland
and All That I Am
, Anna Funder
Malaysian-Australian slam poet, Omar Musa
So, what's your question?
Watch Q&A live, 9.35pm on ABC 1, ABCNews24 and
stream it on our website, abc.net.au/qanda
Her enemies
call her a dead woman
walking, and to date Malalai
Joya has escaped four
assassination attempts. Life
as Afghanistan's most
outspoken female MP is
fraught with danger.
In 2003, at 25, Malalai made
worldwide news when she
publicly denounced the
Taliban and corrupt warlords
who she claims have emerged
to take control of the
country with American
backing. In 2005, she was
elected to the Afghan
parliament, but two years
later was banished for her
fierce criticisms of corrupt
elements in the Afghan
government.
Since then, she’s lived
semi-underground, touring
the world speaking against
the Taliban, corruption and
misogyny in Afghanistan.
Often referred to as “the
bravest woman in
Afghanistan” she is a
writer, feminist and
anti-war activist . In 2010,
she was named by Time
as one of the 100 Most
Influential People of the
World.
Malalai was schooled as a
refugee in Pakistan in the
1990s, in part at schools
run by RAWA, the
Revolutionary Association of
the Women of Afghanistan.
She was a teacher in
underground schools in
Afghanistan during the
Taliban era and in Farah
province, her home, she set
up free clinics and an
orphanage.
Malalai is opposed to all
foreign troops in
Afghanistan. She wants the
U.S. and NATO troops to
leave, immediately. “They
should leave,” she says.
“The future civil war will
not be more dangerous than
the current civil war.” She
is bitterly opposed to the
Taliban, but is equally
opposed to those she calls
“gangsters” who run the old
Northern Alliance, and to
President Karzai.
Malalai’s recent tour of the
United States was disrupted
when the State Department
refused to grant her a visa.
The decision was reversed
after worldwide protests.
Her first visit to Australia
was in 2009, with her
autobiographical book
Raising My Voice. She
returns this month and will
appear at the Melbourne
Writers Festival, promoting
her new book, A Woman
Among Warlords.
Omar
Musa is
a
Malaysian-Australian
rapper
and poet
from
Queanbeyan,
near
Canberra.
He has
lived in
London
and
California
and
spends
most of
his time
on the
road,
performing
and
writing.
He has
won
numerous
awards
for
poetry
and
music,
including
the
Australian
Poetry
Slam in
2008 and
the
British
Council's
Realise
Your
Dream
award in
2007.
In 2008
he
recorded
with the
award
winning
British
rapper
Akala.
The
following
year he
released
his
first
hip-hop
record,
The
Massive
EP to
critical
acclaim
and
published
his
first
book of
poetry,
The
Clocks.
He
regularly
features
at
writers
festivals
in
Australia
and
overseas
and has
run
creative
workshops
in
remote
Aboriginal
communities.
Peter Gray drew
international media attention when he threw his
shoes at former Prime Minister, John Howard
during Q&A last year.
The money raised from the sale of these shoes
will be given through the Australian Red Cross
to the International Committee for the Red Cross
which has worked in Iraq since 1980.
Bid now to make your contribution to the
work of the Red Cross in Iraq or find out the
current highest bid. If you have any questions
or want to make a donation, call the Red Cross
on 1800 811 700.
Watch last week's
Q&A (Islam, Israel and Insurgents) in which
right-wing US political commentator Daniel Pipes
continues his diatribe against all things
Muslim, enjoy how Doug Cameron treats him with
contempt and sympathize with Hanifa Deen as she
battles with more than her fair share of
audience questions:
CURIOUS minds conducted science
experiments and questioned the reasoning behind
scientific theories during Science Week at Al-Hidayah
Islamic School in Bentley last August.
Each class in the primary school
ran a science experiment and decorated the
classrooms with scientific information as a part
of National Science Week.
Experiments varied from exploring
the chemicals in the air and learning about the
laws of motion to the adaptation of plants and
animals.
Principal Jamiel Pradhan said the
students presented the experiments to their
parents as well as students from nearby Bentley
Primary School, who visited the school as a part
of the Science Fair.
“We hope this helps build an
interest in science, not only through the
theory, but also through the hands-on
activities,” he said. “And we are trying to
expose them to explaining and analysing science
to the public.”
Photo Gallery
Toys bring joy to refugee children
As
we are coming to the end of Ramadhan, local
Brisbane organisations, Muslim Charitable
Foundation (MCF) and AMARAH joined forces once
again to bring Eid joy to refugee families.
Over 100 refugees received
zakatulfitr collected by MCF
throughout the month, and over 70 children under
the age of 18 received Eid presents (toys,
sporting gear, board games, handbags and
jewelry), kindly donated by AMARAH and their
supporters.
The zakatulfitr and presents were
personally delivered to the families by members
of MCF and AMARAH. The families were much
appreciative of the kind gesture and the
children were so excited and happy at seeing the
presents.
Inshallah, this venture will
continue again next year.
Call for
donations
The Welfare Shop of the
Queensland Muslim Welfare Association has two
families on their books who have finally found
rental houses and are in urgent need of
furniture and white goods.
One is a single mother with two
children and the other is a newly arrived family
with three small children and one expected in
October. The husband has only a few hours of
work weekly.
The goods required are:
a dining room and lounge suite in good condition
a refrigerator in good working order
a washing machine in good working order
rugs or small carpets
curtains - clean and in good condition.
two cots - one for each family
both families will need a lawn mower
a pram which will carry two children, one a new
born and one one year of age
Contact Janeth Deen on 0435 086 796 if you can
help
Are you
up to the challenge?
Look out for The Voters Challenge
sign at Eidfest on Saturday 3 September, answer
a few questions and win an instant prize.
You can also enter your name into
the draw to win an iPad2.
The winner of the iPad will be
announced at Eidfest at the end of the day.
If you're not in it - you can't
win it!
See you at the voter's booth!
Relief
work in Pakistan continues in earnest
From her home in the Gold
Coast Ms Zuleka Julu Latif is helping
with the relief work that is being
overseen by Dr Rubina Gilani.
"The work will continue
this year as there are still many
without roofs over their heads and
without basic necessities," Julu told
CCN.
As many as 300 houses have been
completed and blankets and food have
been distributed with the funds
collected in Queensland earlier this
year.
If people would like to give their
Zakaat or Sadqa or even donations to
this relief fund call Julu on 0400142786
or Shamshad on 3345 4484.
You can also transfer donations directly
to Zuleka Latif, CBA 064 117 676328.
State your name and the type of
contribution i.e. Zakaat or Sadqa or
donation, purely for tracking purposes.
All information will remain
confidential. All funds will be
processed immediately after Eid-u-Fitr.
Dr Rubina has also built a room in a
village to serve as a classroom for the
purpose of education for the children.
If anyone is interested in supporting
this education project, please feel free
to contribute towards it, stating that
it is for education.
Writers
Award deadline extended
The closing date for entries for
the inaugural CCN Young Muslim Writer
Award has been extended from 31 August
to midnight 30 September in order to give
our budding young authors and poets a chance to
recover from Ramadan.
CCN has already received a number of entries
from around the country and this one-off
extension will also give others, who may have
only recently been made aware of the Award, to
participate, insha’Allah.
There will be cash and other prizes for the
winners and runners-up and a distinguished panel
of authors, journalists and academics on the
judging panel.
All
Black and Muslim convert Sonny Bill Williams is
getting support from Australian boxing legend
Anthony Mundine to help him through the month of
fasting for Ramadan.
Williams converted to Islam two years ago. He is
the first Muslim to wear the All Blacks jersey.
Mundine confirmed to the Sydney
Morning Herald that the rugby star was following
the rules of the Muslim holy month, which means
he should not eat or drink water between sunrise
and sunset during August.
New Zealand Academy of Sport
nutritionist Dane Baker said he would be having
a rough time keeping his energy levels up while
fasting throughout the day.
"With someone who hasn't grown up
Muslim, like Sonny Bill, it can be quite hard
for their bodies to adapt to the fasting."
Mr Baker, who worked in Qatar
with the national soccer team, said the rugby
star would have a finely balanced diet to ensure
he had enough energy throughout the day.
"It's really a science because
it's all about what each individual's needs are
... with a player like Sonny Bill, I'd focus on
getting as many carbs into him throughout the
night as possible and also increase his fat
intake for those extra calories," he said.
Mr Baker said one of the main concerns was the
depleted fluid intake because strict followers
were not allowed to drink during the day.
He also said it was difficult to
cram in food before sunrise because it was
usually a time for prayer, so after sunset was
when athletes focused on loading their bodies
with energy and carbohydrates.
It was harder for athletes in
non-Muslim countries to adhere to the fasting
because in Middle Eastern nations event times
were changed to suit Ramadan, Mr Baker said.
Two-times world boxing champion
Mundine, a middleweight, said he and Williams
were supporting each other during their fasting.
He said they had been in constant
contact during Ramadan.
"He knows what I am going through
and he knows how tough it is. The advice that I
give to him is pretty simple and it relates to
getting enough fluid in his body because that's
the issue that I have ... I hope he gets
something out of my support," Mundine told the
Sydney Morning Herald.
Mundine said he had to make
changes to his training and combined the two
separate sessions into one because he did not
have the energy to do two a day. But he said the
sacrifice and fasting was worth it.
"I've talked to Sonny about it
all and the feeling we have is the same - first
of all it makes you a stronger person.
You learn a lot about yourself
and what makes you tick."
Vodafone Junior Warriors fullback
Omar Slaimankhel is also strictly fasting for
Ramadan.
RAMADAN
* This year lasts from August 1 until August 29.
* Healthy Muslims meant to fast from sunrise to
sunset.
* Participants must refrain from all food,
drink, chewing gum, tobacco and sexual contact.
* Those excused from fasting include the
elderly, pre-pubescent youngsters, the ill,
travellers, pregnant women, nursing mothers and
menstruating women.
The United Nation's Committee on
Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends
Special Consultative Status has
recommended the Minhaj-ul-Quran
International for special consultative status
with the Economic and Social Council.
The 19-member Committee
recommends to the Council general, special or
roster status, in accordance with such criteria
as the civil society applicant’s mandate,
governance and financial regime. Organizations
enjoying general can attend the Council’s
meetings and circulate statements and, in
addition, address meetings and propose agenda
items.
Minhaj-ul-Quran International is
a United Kingdom-based international
organization working to promote peace,
tolerance, interfaith harmony and education,
tackle extremism and terrorism, engage with
young Muslims for religious moderation, promote
women’s rights, development and empowerment, and
provide social welfare and promotion of human
rights.
The spiritual head of the
organization, Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, delivered a
series of lectures in Brisbane and other states
recently.
In the sort of touch he exhibited
for the Australians on Friday against a Sri
Lanka Board XI at the P Sara Oval, Colombo,
Usman Khawaja radiates the ease that only the
very best batsmen possess.
Calm, judicious and still in
defence, Khawaja never hesitated to score when
the opportunity arose, and a chanceless 101
retired was his fitting reward, as the
Australians took the lead with five wickets in
hand and a day to play.
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The CCN
Centre Link
Community Events Management - Project Officer
ECCQ has been funded by
the Department of Immigration & Citizenship under
its Diversity and Social Cohesion program to provide
community events management training to ethnic
communities to help build their capacity to conduct
successful cultural events and festivals.
ECCQ is seeking a
dynamic and enthusiastic person to develop, manage,
and deliver event management training to culturally
and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in
Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns.
NEW YORK (AP) — Even a fatwa
is grist for comedy when you're David
Letterman.
Back from two weeks' vacation and making his
first TV appearance since a threat against
his life was posted on a jihadist website,
the "Late Show" host played it all for
laughs during Monday's monologue.
Letterman began by thanking his studio
audience for being there.
"Tonight," he said, "you people are more, to
me, honestly, than an audience — you're more
like a human shield."
Then he apologized for having been tardy
coming out onstage.
"Backstage, I was talking to the guy from
CBS," he explained. "We were going through
the CBS life insurance policy to see if I
was covered for jihad."
Until Letterman delivered his jokes, his
situation seemed no laughing matter.
Last week, a frequent contributor to a
jihadist website posted the threat against
Letterman. He urged Muslim followers to "cut
the tongue" of the late-night host because
of a joke and gesture the comic had made
about al-Qaida leaders on a show that aired
in June.
"A guy, a radical extremist threatened to
cut my tongue out," Letterman marveled
during Monday's monologue. Then, referring
to his disastrous turn hosting the Oscars in
1995, he added: "I wish I had a nickel for
every time a guy has threatened (that). I
think the first time was during the Academy
Awards."
"And so now," he continued, "State
Department authorities are looking into
this." But they could save themselves some
trouble, he suggested: "Everybody knows it's
(Jay) Leno."
Along with his monologue, Letterman mined
the situation for his Top Ten List: "Top Ten
Thoughts That Went Through My Mind After
Hearing about the Threat."
Among them:
— "Why is the staff in such a good mood?"
— "How can someone be so angry at a time
when Kim Kardashian is so happy?"
— "Some people get Emmy nominations; some
people get death threats."
One joke that may have helped spark the
fatwa was one of several lampooning al-Qaida
in Letterman's June 8 monologue. This was
just days after the death of al-Qaida leader
Ilyas Kashmiri, who was killed by a U.S.
drone strike in Pakistan. Though Kashmiri
was rumored to be a long-shot choice to
succeed Osama bin Laden, he wouldn't have
worked out even had he lived, Letterman
cracked, pointing to Kashmiri's "rocky
start" as a front-runner: "He botched up the
story of Paul Revere."
The real butt of that joke: Sarah Palin,
potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate,
who in early June on her "One Nation" bus
tour had claimed that Paul Revere's famous
ride was intended to warn British soldiers
as well as his fellow colonists.
The website contributor, who identified
himself as Umar al-Basrawi, railed in his
post that Letterman had referred to both bin
Laden and Kashmiri and said that Letterman,
in discussing Kashmiri's death, had "put his
hand on his neck and demonstrated the way of
slaughter."
"Is there not among you a Sayyid Nosair al-Mairi
... to cut the tongue of this lowly Jew and
shut it forever?" Al-Basrawi wrote,
referring to El Sayyid Nosair, who was
convicted of the 1990 killing of Jewish
Defense League founder Meir Kahane.
Letterman is not Jewish.
Al-Basrawi, considered likely to be an
alias, has made some 1,200 postings to the
Muslim website, according to Adam Raisman,
an analyst for the Site Monitoring Service.
The private firm, part of the Site
Intelligence Group, provides information to
government and commercial clients on what
jihadists are saying on the Internet and in
traditional media. Raisman said the online
forum is often used by al-Qaida.
The FBI said last week that it was looking
into the threat.
While Letterman and his writers were
polishing their jokes Monday afternoon,
outside on Broadway, a bomb-sniffing dog was
led around the periphery of the Ed Sullivan
Theater in midtown Manhattan. Meanwhile,
ticketholders queuing up along the sidewalk
seemed relaxed about attending Letterman's
first taping since the assassination threat.
Some were even unaware that his life had
been threatened.
"I'm not worried. They've got metal
detectors," said Kendall Phillips, a
25-year-old from Houston, noting a standard
provision in the TV world for screening
audience members. "Plus, it's like really
hard to get tickets."
AP Entertainment Writer Jake Coyle
contributed to this report.
New York police employ
"mosque crawlers" to spy on Muslim
neighbourhoods as part a powerful secret
intelligence apparatus constructed with help
from the CIA, an investigation has claimed.
The NYPD is said to have become "one of the
nation's most aggressive domestic
intelligence agencies" since the September
11 terrorist attacks, frequently pushing
civil liberties laws to their limits.
Police spies are sent into mosques without
any evidence of wrongdoing while "rakers" go
into book shops, cafés and bars in ethnic
minority areas, according to the report by
The Associated Press.
Based on interviews with 40 law enforcement
officials and extensive documentation, it
found the CIA had been instrumental in the
NYPD's intelligence unit despite not being
allowed to spy on Americans.
The Telegraph
Groups
protest Muslim prayers at Toronto public
school
Several
faith-based groups protested outside the
Toronto District School Board's headquarters
Monday over Muslim prayers taking place in a
Toronto school.
For three years, hundreds of students have
been praying in the cafeteria at Valley Park
Middle School during their lunch hour. The
school doesn’t run or pay for the service.
TDSB director of education Chris Spence said
the decision to hold the prayer sessions was
made in consultation with the school
community.
The service is operated by members of the
Valley Park community, and was un-opposed by
parents of other students at the school
before Ron Banerjee, claiming to represent a
group called the Canadian Hindu Advocacy,
began complaining earlier this year.
"When you have 400 students coming in and
out of class...it's extremely disruptive,"
said Banerjee, who organized Monday's
protest. "It's discriminatory. It raises
lots of questions in terms of 'Why are
Muslims alone being allowed to do this?'
This is part of the Islam-ification of
society."
Members of the Jewish Defence League of
Canada and the Christian Heritage Group also
took part in the protest.
80 per cent of Valley Park students are
Muslim, and the school began the Friday
services to prevent students from missing
classes to pray at a nearby mosque.
The TDSB defended the sessions, saying it’s
simply trying to accommodate the religious
beliefs of its many Muslim students, as
mandated by the Ontario Human Rights Code.
It said the issue is not one about religion
in schools but about religious
accommodation.
"We have a predominantly Muslim population
in the student body, so the parents were
asking for a space where we can provide for
Friday prayers," board trustee, Shaun Chen
previously told CityNews.
Banerjee doesn't buy it.
"If they want to accommodate the Muslim
students, they get a one hour lunch break,
the mosque is five minutes away, they can
just tell them to pack a lunch and during
your one-hour break go off to the mosque."
In the meantime, Canada's largest Hindu
group, Canadian Hindu Network, says the
views of the Canadian Hindu Advocacy are not
representative of mainstream Hindus.
The
only Muslim in Greenland – Fasting for 21
hours this Ramadan
NUUK: Wassam Azaqeer, a
Lebanese, who lives in a country surrounded
by icebergs called “Greenland”, is the only
Muslim in this state who is fasting daily
for 21 hours with full determination.
Greenland is the largest island in the
world; lies between the North Atlantic and
the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province
of Denmark.
According to an Arab TV report, Wassam
Azaqeer, who is living in Greenland from the
past several years and has been called “Arab
Columbus” as he is the only Arab Muslim who
not only managed to live in
Greenland-despite for its long and difficult
journey, but also running a successful
business in the capital city of Greenland
called Nuuk.
Wassam, is running his own restaurant where
he receives 200 customers each day.The month
of the Ramdan,this year, came in summer so
Wassam has to fast for 21 hours and after
Iftari he only got 2 hours to prepare for
Sehri to start next fast.
In these 2 hours Wassam, also has to offer
his Maghrib and Isha prayers. Wassam says
that he is very proud Muslim to be living on
a state where he is the only one fasting and
praying in the name of Allah.
He says he sometimes think about going to
Lebanon in this holy month but he stops
himself by thinking that if left Greenland,
there wont be anyone to fast and pray on
this land.
A
Marine Discovers Islam in Iraq
Before
Ibrahim Abdel-Wahed Mohamed left Sea Cliff
for a tour of duty with the Marines in Iraq,
he was Anthony Grant Vance, the son of
American and Panamanian parents who had
raised him as a Catholic.
Despite his Christian upbringing, though, he
had been curious about Islam since his
childhood in Kansas, where he had two
Afghani friends. He thought about pursuing
anthropology studies to further learn about
religion and different cultures, but instead
ended up joining the military.
Mohamed felt the pull toward the faith
strengthen in Iraq -- "the heart of the
Islamic world," as he says -- and he reached
out to the Muslim contractors on his base
and started learning about the precepts of
the Quran.
Convinced that he was being called to Islam,
he officially became a Muslim while still
serving in Iraq. There he underwent Shahada,
a profession of faith where a person
testifies in front of others that "there is
no god but God and Mohammad is the messenger
of God," as the Sunni declaration reads.
His transformation may seem dramatic, but
it's not entirely unique. The number of
Latinos in the U.S. converting to Islam is
growing, and Long Island is no exception.
Huffington Post
Courthouse
site of protest over Islamic film
COOKEVILLE -- A crowd of more than 100
peaceful protestors gathered outside the courthouse last
night with signs saying "We love Muslims" and "All
religions believe in justice," among many others,
showing their opposition to the Tennessee Freedom
Coalition's showing of what they call a highly
controversial film about the Islamic religion.
"A Warning to America," by Geert Wilders, a Dutch
politician who has spoken out against Islam, was shown
in the county commission chambers last night. DVDs of
the film were also available for purchase at the event.
"We're here to voice another side," Pat Handlson,
minister of Cookeville First Presbyterian Church and
event organizer said. "I think it's sad there's been
such negativity surrounding the Murfreesboro mosque."
Wilders, according to Rachel Welch, organizer of the
film showing and vice-chair of the Putnam County
Republican Party, has been under persecution in his
country for hate speech and speaking out against Shariah
law. Not long ago he was acquitted, but he still has to
travel with bodyguards as he was put under a "fatwa"
(call for his death) by Muslims.
Herald-Citizen
The Inbox
Dear Editor
Ramadan Mubarak.
We are now in New Zealand after leaving London a few
months ago.
After reading the tipoff on CCN, I just watched Q
and A on “Australia Network” on our satellite TV.
I just wanted to say that Daniel Pipes is a
disgrace. Who is he and how did he get a visa to get
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Ali Abdul v The King: Muslim stories
from the dark days of White Australia
by
Hanifa Deen
Synopsis
Award
winning author Hanifa Deen enters
the wonderful world of the archives
and discovers a tribe of men with a
hidden history – men whose stories
are rarely told: the ‘Ghans’,
cameleers, ‘sepoys’, hawkers,
herbalists, and pearl divers, known
collectively as ‘Mohammedans’ in
early Australian history.
Mahomet Allum,
wonder herbalist and ladies’ man,
bush battler Ali Abdul, the feisty
Afghan Rock men, and Sam the
republican pearl diver, are some of
Deen’s ‘men from the archives’. To
others they are troublemakers and
‘lustful aliens’. Unwelcome and a
threat to Australian workers, these
are the dark strangers in the days
of the White Australia Policy, when
race was used to classify people and
bar them from entering the country.
This fascinating
collection of narratives combines
Deen’s gift for storytelling with
history and nostalgia as she takes
the reader back into Australia’s
past. These stories may even help
explain some of the moral
ambiguities and strange ironies that
trouble us today.
UWA Publishing
Some white Australians exercised a
violent hatred for these wrongly labelled "dusky
Hindoos".
In some cases, the cause of their
animosity was commercial: the cameleers were
competing very successfully against white- wned
haulage businesses that used bullocks and horses. In
other cases, a deep-seated racism regularly drove
white Australians to distrust, fear and attack the
very men who were helping develop the continent.
After the Aborigines and the
Chinese, the "Ghans" were particularly reviled as
racially inferior to whites. The cameleers may
not have been the first or only target of racist
violence, but the solution was usually the same. As
one man said in 1897 in a letter to a newspaper:
Get rid of the bastards. . . Next to the dirty
Chinks the Afghans take the cake and their morals
are exceedingly questionable".
Deen balances such stories of
institutionalised racism and cruelty with examples
of ordinary (white) Australians deviating from the
twisted "normality around them and treating Muslims
with humanity and generosity of spirit.
The White Australia Policy was
eventually dismantled. But it took 70 years and
there are many in the Islamic community who argue
our old racist attitudes still prevail. Race remains
as central and controversial an issue in modern
Australia as it did a century ago. And with 380,000
Muslims living here now, Islam is probably even more
significant than it ever was.
Would you
like to see the cover of your favourite book on our book
shelves below?
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.
KB says: I have created this recipe
especially for those of you who want to bake a batch of
cupcakes for CresCafe. So I am afraid there's no excuse
for not supporting a very worthy cause and having a go at
cupcake baking! Each year I am taken aback by the
imagination, creativity (and to say nothing of the
taste) of the cupcakes that people donate for sale at CresCafe.
This year, will be no different
if not better and I look forward to catching up with some
of you at EidFest this Saturday insha'Allah.
CUPCAKES for CRESCAFE
Ingredients
2 eggs
1 cup castor sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tablespoons cocoa (sifted)
1/2 cup warm milk
1/2 cup oil
Method
1. Beat eggs till light
in colour and fluffy
2. Slowly add sugar and keep beating
3. Add oil and beat to incorporate
4. Fold in sifted dry ingredients with a
spoon
5. Add warm milk and essence - and stir in
lightly, lifting batter & folding in
lightly.
Put mixture in cup cake pans and bake at
180c
When it's cool, ice with chocolate topping.
Chocolate Topping: Melt 200g milk chocolate in the microwave
for a minute and a half, then add to it ½
cup fresh cream and stir in and beat into a
smooth consistency or until its glossy.
For vanilla cup cakes, simply leave out the
cocoa and add an extra 1 tablespoon of flour
to the mixture. To add an extra final touch
for CresCafe to your already delicious
cupcakes decorate them with the following
buttercream recipe:
Ingredients
• 185g butter, softened
• 2 1/4 cups icing sugar mixture
• 2 tablespoons milk Method
Using an electric mixer, beat butter in a
bowl until pale. Gradually add icing sugar
mixture and milk, beating constantly until
combined
Q: Dear Kareema,
I’ll be taking part in the Bridge to Brisbane fun run
this year with a group of friends and just wondering if
it’s a good idea to take on CresWalk as well?
A: Absolutely! Why not invite your friends to
take on the challenge with you.. If you’ve started your
pre-race training/preparation, keep it up until CresWalk
and aim to improve your time.
The courses may be very different which may not only be
a great challenge, but an opportunity to greatly improve
your fitness levels while taking in some of Brisbane’s
awesome sights.
If you have not started on your training program yet,
get started on a daily walking routine this week and be
sure to follow my 4-week CresWalk training schedule as
of next week.
Make sure you have good running shoes with ankle support
and get clearance from your doctor before taking on any
form of training.
All the best and walk your way to a healthier you!
YOU CAN GET ALL THE INFO YOU NEED ABOUT THIS YEAR’S
CRESWALK BY CLICKING ON THE BUTTON ON THE RIGHT OR AT
THE EIDFEST AND EVEN SIGN UP ON THE SPOT. LOOK FOR THE
CRESCAFE STALL AND ASK ONE OF OUR FRIENDLY MEMBERS…
All questions sent in are published here anonymously
and without any references to the author of the
question.
The CCN Chuckle
Four close
friends, Mula Nasruddin, Jallalludin,
Karimmullah and Salaammuddin, all age 40,
discussed where they should meet for lunch.
Finally it was agreed that they would meet at
Efendi's Turkish Restaurant in Victoria Point
because the waitresses there were, shall we say,
easy on the eyes.
Ten years later, at age 50, the friends once
again discussed where they should meet for
lunch. Finally it was agreed that they would
meet at Efendi's Turkish Restaurant in Victoria
Point because the food was good and the baclava
selection was excellent.
Ten years later, at age 60, the friends again
discussed where they should meet for lunch.
Finally it was agreed that they would meet at
Efendi's Turkish Restaurant in Victoria Point
because they could dine in peace and quiet and
the soft Turkish music in the background was
soothing to the ear.
Ten years later, at age 70, the friends
discussed where they should meet for lunch.
Finally it was agreed that they would meet at
Efendi's Turkish Restaurant in Victoria Point
because the restaurant had wheelchair access and
ample disability parking bays.
Ten years later, at age 80, the friends
discussed where they should meet for lunch.
Finally it was agreed that they would meet at
Efendi's Turkish Restaurant in Victoria Point
because they had never been there before.
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you want to help those suffering from the famine
crisis engulfing the Horn of Africa and you
don't know what to do?
Omar
Musa
As
we are coming to the end of Ramadhan, local
Brisbane organisations, Muslim Charitable
Foundation (MCF) and AMARAH joined forces once
again to bring Eid joy to refugee families.
a dining room and lounge suite in good condition
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Black and Muslim convert Sonny Bill Williams is
getting support from Australian boxing legend
Anthony Mundine to help him through the month of
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Several
faith-based groups protested outside the
Toronto District School Board's headquarters
Monday over Muslim prayers taking place in a
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Award
winning author Hanifa Deen enters
the wonderful world of the archives
and discovers a tribe of men with a
hidden history – men whose stories
are rarely told: the ‘Ghans’,
cameleers, ‘sepoys’, hawkers,
herbalists, and pearl divers, known
collectively as ‘Mohammedans’ in
early Australian history.
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