The Kuraby
Mosque held an Open Day
yesterday (Saturday) under
the banner of the Federation
of Australian Muslim
Students and Youth (FAMSY).
The opening
ceremony was addressed by
the Hon John Mickel,
the Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly, the
Very Reverend Dr. Peter Catt
of the Anglican Church of
Australia, Imam Akram
Buksh of the Kuraby
Mosque and Ms Farzanah
Ally.
Mr Ismail
Essof ably mc'ed the formal
proceedings which was
followed by guided tours
through the Mosque and a BBQ
and butter chicken lunch.
The
Queensland Muslim Historical
Society, the Muslim
Charitable Foundation, the
Islamic Women's Association
of Queensland, AMARAH and
the Muslim Funeral Services
hosted information stalls
through the day.
The CCN
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Bosnian BBQ raises $5K
By Janeth Deen
On Sunday,
13th November the Old Bridge
Soccer Club held a series of
soccer matches at the Acacia
Ridge Splash Centre.
A BBQ was
held after the games, as a
fund raising event for the
eye gaze machine for Dzenan
Nuhovic.
About 400 members of the
Bosnian community and their
friends attended and event
which raised $5,000 enabling
the Dzenan Nuhovic fund to
get up to the half way mark,
with a balance of $15,800.
This fund raiser was the
second held for this cause,
the first being the Women' s
Glamour night.
Plans are now
in place to hold a
Multicultural entertainment
event for women at the
Macgregor State Primary
School on Sunday 4th March
from 3pm to 6pm.
This event is
planned to bring women from
different ethnic backgrounds
together to celebrate
International Women's Day.
Funds raised
from this event will be
donated to the trust fund
for the eye gaze machine.
Ladies,
please mark this date on
your calendar!
A
CCN Musical Interlude: Tomorrow / Bokra - أغنية
بكرا
Moorooka ward candidate announced
Press Release by Yasmin Khan
Ms
Yasmin Khan has been
endorsed as the Lord Mayor’s
representative for the
Brisbane City Council ward
of Moorooka.
Ms Khan has
worked in the community for
more than 20 years and her
family has been associated
with the south side of
Brisbane for more than 120
years. Her forefathers were
instrumental in building the
first mosque in Queensland,
the Holland Park Mosque,
which is now more than 100
years old.
Ms Khan has
been at the helm of the
highly successful Qld
Eidfest Association which
runs Eidfest, the yearly
festival that celebrates the
end of Ramadhan, since its
inception eight years ago.
She was a member of the
Islamic Women’s Association
for seven years, with three
years as President. She
also started Qld I-Care
Association, which won the
2008 Premier’s Award for
Excellence in Public Sector
Management in the Engaging
and Serving Communities
section for a joint
initiative with the
Queensland Police Service.
press release
Muslim Welfare Shop earnest appeal
We are now
operating from Shop 5 and it
is quite small.
The donations
have come thick and fast, at
this point in time we ask
all donors to stop dropping
them off at the shop.
Please DO NOT
BRING DONATIONS UNTIL WE
REQUEST THEM.
We do not
have room to store any more
goods.
We thank
those who have supported us
over the last three years.
The CCN Classifieds
Share
accommodation
I am looking
for people to share
accommodate with me in
Slacks Creek.
Rent per
room: $100 a week including
electricity
Close to Logan hospital and
Logan TAFE.
Empires
to Nations this week in
Brisbane is not a movie but
a well researched
multi-media presentation
(i.e. videos, maps,
graphics) with live
commentaries from the stage.
The
experience is similar to
watching a documentary film
but, according to the
organizers, patrons will be
"amazed to see this
first-of-a-kind presentation
in Brisbane".
The show will
be presented over TWO
nights. It will start every
night at around 7pm and will
go on for 3 hours. There
will be a break for salatul
Isha and quick snacks in
between.
It
seems like the one question that's on every
marriage-seeker's mind is, "Where do I meet someone?"
I've heard people tell me
stories filled with frustration of going to dinner after
dinner, party after party, and a variety of speed dating,
singles, and networking events with the expectation of
meeting someone, and walking away more confused than when
they had first ventured out.
Nothing really seemed to make
sense and so nothing that came after made sense either.
When I first met Emery Abdel-Latif and Micha Balon, it
seemed like everything made sense about their story.
They didn't set out to find
each other, but were drawn to Zuccotti park by their
respective passion for social justice and activism.
Many people spend months and
even years looking for the right person amongst many wrong
people. Good communication and compatibility just seem hard
to find.
For Emery and Micha, it
didn't take that long to find out what they needed to know
about each other.
They went into Zuccotti Park
being themselves, found each other as they actually are, and
let that be the basis of their relationship.
They skipped past the
pretenses that one assumes are necessary in a first, second
or even 10th date.
Their relationship grew
organically and wasn't forced to be something that it wasn't
meant to be.
There is something special
about people being drawn to each other because of their
shared values. Even in their wedding it was clear to see a
reflection of their worldview.
A lot of people will tell you that weddings are supposed to
be about the bride.
When I asked Micha about her
wedding and why she wanted it to be at Zuccotti Park, she
said she wanted it to be not just about her and Emery, but
about people.
And what better place to have
it then at Occupy Wall Street, a movement that is about
people.
And so amongst the people
this past Sunday morning, with a sea of tents in front of
us, I sat with Emery and Micha as a "Mic Check" was called
to get everyone's attention -- the wedding ceremony was
about to begin.
We
were sitting in a spiritual corner of sorts, used for
worship and meditation by people of all backgrounds. I sat
in between the couple and started my sermon.
I spoke about the Qur'anic
recommendation for love and mercy being the fundamental
values that a marriage should build itself upon and how
marriage becomes an opportunity for personal growth and
development as it really is the ultimate test for one to
show that they can honour the rights that someone else has
over them.
As I spoke, I looked at each
of the faces sitting before me and saw how remarkably
different one was from the next.
People who were young and
old, of every skin colour, and social class sat attentively.
The only thing that most
seemed to share in common was the smiles they had on their
faces and a genuine sense of joy that emanated from their
beings.
It was clear to see that each
person there was genuinely happy for the couple and that to
me is the way a wedding should be. Emery and Micha finding
each other made sense, the venue of their wedding ceremony
made sense, and a final critical component to their wedding
also made sense: the guest list.
It wasn't made up of people
who were "supposed" to be there, but of people who were
meant to be there -- people who had the best interest of the
bride and groom in mind and extended nothing to them other
than their most sincere of well wishes.
At a time when popular
culture has made weddings moreso about centerpieces,
dresses, and who made your wedding cake, it was nice to be a
part of a wedding that focused on kinship.
I've officiated a lot of
weddings over the last few years, and each one is special in
its own way. What made this one special was how right it
felt from all angles. Values such as love, justice,
compassion, and mercy are meant to transcend socially
constructed differences and a wedding at Wall Street under
occupation definitely combined all of these. It just made
sense.
Saudi
moral committee threatens to cover “tempting” women’s eyes
Women with sexy eyes in Saudi
Arabia may be forced to cover them up, according to the
spokesperson of the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue
and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) in the conservative Gulf
kingdom.
Spokesman of the Ha’eal district, Sheikh Motlab al-Nabet
said the committee has the right to stop a women whose eyes
seem “tempting” and order her to cover them immediately.
Saudi women are already forced to wear a loose black dress
and to cover their hair and in some areas, their face, while
in public or face fines or sometimes worse, including public
lashings.
The announcement came days after the Saudi newspaper al-Watan
reported that a Saudi man was admitted to a hospital after a
fight with a member of the committee when he ordered his
wife to cover her eyes. The husband was then stabbed twice
in the hand.
The CPVPV is Saudi’s Sharia, Islamic law, executive arm and
was founded in 1940 to ensure Islamic laws are not broken in
public, yet over the years, the committee has been largely
criticized over its human rights violations.
In 2002, the committee refused to let female students out of
their burning schools in Mecca for “not wearing the proper
head cover,” which contributed to a large number of dead.
15 young girls died in the fire and dozens more were
injured. The CPVPV men banned the firemen and policemen from
accessing the girls as “it is not okay for girls to be seen
without their full Islamic dress in front of strangers.”
The committee, which only accepts and trains volunteers, has
questionable powers on the Saudi street, as they operate
under the supervision of the King himself.
A Wikileaks document released last year mentioned that “wild
Western-style parties” are regularly held at royal palaces
in Jeddah, away from the reach of the committee, who stands
helpless against any royal violations.
It was reported that the parties had alcohol, drugs, dancing
and sex, according to American consulate wires published by
the whistle-blower organization.
Islamic
‘Facebook’ called SalamWorld to be launched in Istanbul
Salamworld,
an Islamic social networking website, is set to start its
journey from Istanbul.
The website is funded by prominent Muslim businessmen, with
over 100,000 people waiting for membership. Based in
Istanbul, Salamworld will have working branches in many
other cities, including Cairo, London, Moscow, Dubai and New
York.
The site will be streamed in 15 languages. The site’s name
”Salamworld” means “Hello world,” and the motto for the site
reads “no politics, no bans, no limits.”
Salamworld aims to attract 100 million users by the end of
its first three year term, targeting Muslim youth,
intellectual leaders and non-Muslims wanting to learn more
about Islam.
We wish to announce the marriage of our son ISMAIL
to AASIYAH ...... Daughter of Yakub & Rashida Sidat
of Batley, England.
The wedding took place on 28th October in Batley
after Jummah Salaah.
Make Dua that Almighty Allah grant them and all
recently married and to be married couples a life
filled with everlasting Love, Happiness, Compassion,
Understanding, Taqwa and Good Health..........
Aameen.
Faisel & Amina Essof
Dear
Editor
I would like to invite
your readers to Brookwater for the
Sunday 8th
of January at a special discounted price of
$65pp just before course renovations.
Normal prices on the weekend are
at least $100 and I would be happy to throw in some
prizes as well.
The $65 will include cart, green
fee and prizes.
Tee times will hopefully be for
an 8:00am or 8:30am Shot Gun Start depending on
players that confirm back.
I am looking to get everyone out
early as the course closes at 2pm on that day for
renovations.
Please pass this on to all
friends, families, previous golfer and current
golfers who might be interested in this deal. The
idea is to get more players involved and I would
like to make this an annual event with the hope of
getting larger numbers.
Please RSVP back to me no later
than 30th
of December to secure the booking.
I look forward to all responses
and hopefully having a big day as well!
Kind Regards,
Shahaad
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Manager | Brookwater Golf & Country Club
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CCN Readers' Book Club: You are what you
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This week
a CCN Reader
recommends
Ladies Who Launch in Hong Kong
by
Maseena Ziegler
How did 12 women with no previous experience as entrepreneurs go on to create million-dollar businesses in Hong Kong? Ladies who Launch in Hong Kong captures their journey to success – from start-up challenges to lessons learned – and shows how you, too, can create a hugely successful business of your own. Find out the secrets to their success including:
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* How they attracted customers and celebrity clients
* And how they sought venture capital funding
'These women mean business! If you’ve toyed with the idea of starting up your own venture, this unique book can offer the tips and ideas you need to get started.'
Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Leader in Me 'Truly inspiring and interesting stories that will make you want to forge your own path. This book shows you why some things need to be believed to be seen.'
Guy Kawasaki, author of Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions, and former chief evangelist of Apple 'This book is a blueprint for every woman who has dreamed of starting her own enterprise. The lessons you’ll learn from the stories of these successful entrepreneurs will save you time, money, and heartache.'
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{Editor] CCN congratulates Kareema on the birth of her
fifth child, a baby girl, last Friday on 11/11/11. We wish Kareema well and thank her for continuing to keep her Keep
Fit column going even while in hospital where she has,
reportedly, been working out with the doctors and nurses
there as well.
REASONS TO EAT BROWN BREAD
The following findings were the latest
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Eating brown bread three times a day
cuts the risk of bowel cancer by a fifth. Researchers have
discovered
that eating brown bread or wholegrain
cereals can provide significant protection from the disease
which is
diagnosed in about 13,500 Australians
each year and kills almost 4000.
It has been widely known wholegrains
are good for your heart, but it’s ability to help prevent
cancer is an added bonus.
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Flightstar Fozi's Travel Tips
Q: Dear Flightstar Fozi, when I travel on
flights I always have to request a Muslim Meal, but I have
heard that some airlines have all halal meals anyway. Is
this true as sometimes I feel embarrassed about getting my
meal served before everyone else.
A: Unfortunately when you do request a special meal,
it is easier for the cabin crew to serve the special meals
first and then everyone else gets to choose between the
chicken or the lamb, say.
But do not be embarrassed about it.
Nowadays
there are a variety of meals that the airlines can offer to
suit just about all dietary requirements.
You can get a vegetarian, seafood, gluten free, child,
diabetic, and even a low sodium meal.
Be sure to make the meal request when you book your tickets
but if you forget, you can request it up to 24 hours before
you depart.
However, it is true that some airline meals are halal
anyway.
The national airline of Muslim countries have halal food as
standard so when you book with airlines such as Etihad,
Emirates, Malaysia, PIA for instance you don't have to worry
about requesting a special Muslim meal.
Just check with your travel agent or the airlines when you
book your ticket.
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Ms
Yasmin Khan has been
endorsed as the Lord Mayor’s
representative for the
Brisbane City Council ward
of Moorooka. 
It
seems like the one question that's on every
marriage-seeker's mind is, "Where do I meet someone?" 
We
were sitting in a spiritual corner of sorts, used for
worship and meditation by people of all backgrounds. I sat
in between the couple and started my sermon. 
Salamworld,
an Islamic social networking website, is set to start its
journey from Istanbul.
Nowadays
there are a variety of meals that the airlines can offer to
suit just about all dietary requirements. 
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