Zac's Halal
Meats in Woodridge worked in
overdrive to process and
pack, ready for
distribution, in excess of
800kg of meat donated by
Muslim Aid Malaysia. Imam
Ghazaleh was contacted by
Muslim Aid Malaysia to
oversee the delivery of the
Qurbani meat and further
organise the distribution
through a Muslim
organisation in Logan city.
With the assistance of
Janeth Deen who shortlisted
recipients from databases
kept at the Welfare Shop and
MCF in the Logan area, the
distribution was achieved.
Logan city is a low
socio-economic area with
over one hundred and
eighty-six different Ethnic
Groups. It settles a great
proportion of Migrants,
Refugees and Asylum Seekers.
It also houses many single
parents and unemployed
members of our community.
Janeth contacted Access
Services who are responsible
for settling many of the
migrants and refugees,
Multilink who also work with
refugees. These
organisations cooperated and
jointly arranged for the
recipients to collect their
5kg meat parcel from Zac's
Halal Meats.
It was heart-warming to see
the gratitude on the faces
of the recipients, many of
them had not been able to
afford meat for many months,
due to the high cost of
living.
The Australian Halal Food
Services kindly covered all
costs involved in the
distribution of this meat
including transportation and
processing charges. Special
mention must be made of
Nolan Meats for the
slaughter and initial meat
processing.
Australian Youth Forum 2012 Steering Committee
announced
Minister
for Youth Peter Garrett this
week announced the members
of the 2012 Australian Youth
Forum (AYF) Steering
Committee.
Mr Garrett
announced Ms Sara Saleh
(pictured left),
an executive member of
community-based
not-for-profit Sydney-based
Muslim organisation Mission
of Hope, as Chair of the
2012 Committee.
“Sara brings her experience
of being a member in 2011
and a strong media and
communication background, to
lead the Committee,” Mr
Garrett said.
In addition
to her role at Mission of
Hope Sydney Ms Saleh is an
independent media production
professional and an NGO
Project Co-ordinator. She
has in the past served as a
tutor/project researcher at
University of Sydney, a
reporter/correspondent at
Gulf News and a news/feature
show Intern at CNN. She has
a Social Sciences degree
from the University of
Sydney and is fluent in
Arabic and French.
The 2012
Steering Committee will be
comprised of eight new
members and two carry-over
members from 2011.
“This is a
fantastic opportunity for
the members of the AYF to
advise Government and
empower other young people
to engage with the
Government,” Mr Garrett
said.
"It will
provide a link between the
Australian Government and
young people."
“I will be seeking their
advice on the future
development of the
Australian Youth Forum, as
well as their views on how
best to build our
interactions with young
people, in particular those
who face barriers to
participation.
“The 2012 Committee members
have been selected because
of their passionate
commitment to youth
engagement, their expertise,
and their diverse personal
experiences; and I look
forward to working with them
next year.
“The Australian Government
recognises the vital
contribution that young
people make to our society,
and we value the opinions
and ideas put forward by the
Australian Youth Forum
Steering Committee.”
“I would like to thank the
outgoing members of the
Australian Youth Forum
Steering Committee for their
contribution they have made
this year, and I hope they
will continue to be
advocates for young people.
“I congratulate the incoming
members and look forward to
working with them over the
next 12 months.”
The 2012 Australian Youth
Forum Steering Committee
members are:
• Polly Henry, Canberra, ACT
• Sara Saleh, Randwick, NSW
• Nina Cass, Moree, NSW
• Lauren Moss, Nakarara, NT
• Jack Piggott, Rolleston,
QLD
• Lauren Jew, Port
Noarlunga, SA
• Cedrick Mulumba,
Glenorchy, TAS
• Hugh Stephens, Malvern,
VIC
• Emil Kogan, East St Kilda,
VIC
• Sjorn Kraan, Cannington,
WA
Watch highlights of the Jalsa on
Islam TV (details below)
ECCQ’s “Howzat” Multicultural Cricket
The Ethnic Communities
Council of Queensland (ECCQ)
is working in partnership
with Queensland Cricket (QC)
to introduce cricket to
culturally and
linguistically diverse
youth.
The 'Introduction to Cricket
– "Howzat” Multicultural
Cricket' project provides an
opportunity for boys and
girls (10 yrs – 22 yrs) to
learn about and play cricket
as a way to introduce both
leadership skills and
healthy living choices. This
unique project is funded by
the Queensland State
Government, and is free for
all participants.
The project will be held at
several locations throughout
Queensland, with the two
next sessions being in
Rockhampton and Brisbane.
Numbers are limited, so
register quickly if you live
in Rockhampton or Brisbane!
Brisbane
Venue: South Brisbane
District CC, Fehlberg Park-Venner
Road, Fairfield, Brisbane
Date: 14, 15 and 16 December
Time: 08.30 am - 12.30 pm
Download Brisbane
registration pack
Rockhampton
Venue: Norths CC, Juds Park,
Norman Road, North
Rockhampton
Date: 12, 13 and 14 December
Time: 09.00 am - 01.00 pm
Download Rockhampton
registration pack
For more information about
the program please contact
Amit Sharma, Ethnic
Communities Council of
Queensland Project Officer
on 0404 627 003 / 07 3844
9166 ext 123 or email
seca3@eccq.com.au
Empires to Nations well-attended and informative
The United
Muslims of Brisbane –
sponsored lectures, Empires
To Nations, held last 25 &
26 November 2011 at the
Nathan Campus of Griffith
University was decisively
educational as much as
inspirational.
Together, Drs. Amjid
Muhammad and Atif Ahmed took
the audience on a journey
through history. Remarkable
moments were brought to life
with powerful visual images
and animated maps, battle
sequences and rich sounds.
The lectures analysed many
areas of interest from an
Islamic perspective. Lessons
were drawn that can be
applied to our situation
today, an organizer of the
roadshow told CCN.
The lectures showed the
causes of the fall of the
massive Ottoman Empire and
the Muslims’ response to
such downfall.
Around the Muslim World with CCN
New
research on 'Representation of Muslims in the British press'
Academics
at Lancaster University have completed an ESRC financed
research project on ‘The representation of Muslims in
the British press 1998-2009'. The researchers analysed
over 200,000 media articles written on Islam and Muslim
over the eleven year period.
The research is the most extensive study done to date
and is in the same vein as earlier studies such as the
Cardiff University report of 2008, ‘Images of Islam in
the UK: The Representation of British Muslims in the
National Print News Media 2000-2008’ and a further ESRC/AHRC
funded research project on ‘Media portrayals of religion
and the secular sacred’ led by Professor Kim Knott and
Dr Elizabeth Poole (2010).
The study, conducted by Dr Paul Baker, Professor Tony
McEnery and Dr Costas Gabrielatos, reiterates key
findings from other studies reinforcing claims of media
bias towards fringe groups at the expense of mainstream
Muslims, and on word association with Islam and Muslims
engendering negative connotations with the religion and
its adherents.
From the research summary paper:
“A Lancaster University research team led by Dr. Paul
Baker and funded by the Economic and Social Science
Research Council, has collected and analysed over
200,000 newspaper articles written about Islam and
Muslims between 1998 and 2009. This amounted to 143
million words of journalism which was analysed by the
team using computer software to search for and identify
language patterns across the articles in order to give
an idea of the most frequent ways that Muslims are
written about. Generally, the team found that the
majority of representations took care not to make
over-generalising statements about Muslims in an overtly
negative way, although some tabloids did use headlines
such as MUSLIMS TELL BRITISH: GO TO HELL! (Daily
Express, November 4th, 2010), BBC PUT MUSLIMS BEFORE
YOU! (The Star, October 18th, 2006), MUSLIM SCHOOLS BAN
OUR CULTURE (Daily Express, February 20th, 2009).
Engage
My
journey to Islam - 1
My name is Abdullah Al-Kanadi.
I was born in Vancouver, Canada. My family, who were Roman
Catholics, raised me as a Roman Catholic until I was 12
years old. I have been Muslim for approximately six years,
and I would like to share the story of my journey to Islam
with you.
I suppose in any story it’s best to start from the
beginning. During my childhood I attended a Catholic
religious school and was taught about the Catholic faith,
along with other subjects. Religion was always my best
class; I excelled academically in the teachings of the
Church. I was pressed into service as an ‘altar boy’ by my
parents from a very young age, which pleased my grandparents
a great deal; but the more I learned about my religion, the
more I questioned it! I have this memory from my childhood,
I asked my mother: “Is our religion the right one?” My
mother’s answer still rings in my ears to this day: “Craig,
they are all the same, they’re all good!” Well to me this
didn’t seem right. What was the point of me learning my
religion if they were all equally good!?
Estimated to be constructed before the reign
of King Song Tham (1610-1628) of Ayutthaya period, Tonson
Mosque is considered the oldest Islamic mosque in Bangkok.
It was once renovated in 1954 in an attempt
to restore the architectural style of the old mosque.
Tonson Mosque not only functions as a
religious ground, but it also features ancient remains and
relics.
At the outside of the building lies a
graveyard of the chiefs of the Muslims in Thailand.
Source: CCN's Man-on-the-Mussallaah
Six-kilo
baby born in Germany, named Jihad
GERMANY:
A woman in Germany has given birth to the country's heaviest
baby and has gone ahead and named him Jihad, local media has
reported.
According to the doctors at Berlin’s Charité hospital, the
baby - weighing a whopping six kilos - was born to
40-year-old Elfi Yaghi who weighed about 240 kilos and
suffered from gestational diabetes.
He was named Jihad – the controversial Islamic term used to
describe the religious war all followers are to wage against
'non-believers'.
While Yaghi did not say why she gave her baby that name, the
Daily Mail reports she is a devout Muslim.
According to data, Germany has the largest Muslim population
in Western Europe after France with some 3.5 million Muslims
living in the country.
Baby Jihad has joined 13 siblings - nine brothers and four
sisters - and is reportedly the largest baby born naturally
in Germany.
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CCN Readers' Book Club: You are what you
read!
This week a CCN
Reader recommends
Islam: New Frontiers
by
Dr. Syed Husain Pasha
Book Review
Islam: New Frontiers is perhaps one of the most serious and
challenging books in our hands today – on just about any
topic. At the same time, paradoxically, few books are
perhaps more fun or exciting to read or contemplate.
How could it be otherwise?
For, the book is on Islam and Muslims, and there is no more
serious or significant topic in today’s world than that one.
And on top of that, the book is based almost entirely on the
Qur’an, which is an extraordinary methodology to use in this
time and age to say the least.
The object of the book seems to be nothing less than a
complete restructuring of human thought and inquiry on the
most fundamental notions of God and his creation on the one
hand and the nature of humanity’s role on earth on the other
hand.
If the name of the game is taking dominant sociopolitical,
cultural and communication paradigms of the day and flipping
them on their head, then there is no stronger candidate for
that role among today’s publications than Dr. Pasha’s Islam:
New Frontiers. Nor is there perhaps a book more relevant to
the turbulent times through which our world is passing
today. The Publishers are owed a debt of gratitude for
making a publication of this moment and significance
available to the English-speaking world at this juncture in
our history.
If the book is read with the seriousness and attention it
merits, it has the potential to have as profound and
far-reaching an impact on religion, society, government and
human relations as Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species
eventually came to have on scientific and social thought
nearly a century and a half earlier.
Dr. Syed Husain Pasha is perhaps one of the most fearless
and original thinkers of a generation. The Muslim world –
and in many ways the rest of the world – has not produced a
clearer or more energetic analyst or thinker like him on the
topic of Islam and Muslims since Iqbal and Maududi of India,
Syed Qutb of Egypt and Ali Shari’ati of Iran. His style
combines clarity and rationality with a hint of sarcasm and
humor all of which make his writing powerful and
irresistible, even when it unfolds in its lighter vein which
it does from time to time.
In the confusion and chaos that sweep the world on Islam and
Muslims today, Dr. Pasha’s Islam: New Frontiers is a
must-read for everyone, everywhere. Whether in the mass
media or blogosphere, and whether in the universities or in
government and policy circles, and regardless of whether
that person is a Muslim or a non-Muslim, Dr. Pasha’s Islam:
New Frontiers is one book that no thoughtful reader can
afford to miss.
Dr. Pasha is an American academic with a strong Islamic
background.
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: Fathima Adat's unusual
combination of strawberries, which is very much in season at
the moment, and spinach has all the makings of a summer
salad bursting with contrasting and tingling flavours.
Strawberry and Spinach Salad
Ingredients
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
1/4 cup castor sugar
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoon of minced red onion
1 bag of fresh spinach or a mixture of rocket
lettuce - rinsed and dried - However you can use
any amount you desire
1 punnet of strawberries - sliced - you may add
a second punnet if you desire
1/4 cup of almonds - blanched and slivered
Method
Whisk together the sesame seeds, poppy seeds,
sugar, olive oil, vinegar, paprika,
Worcestershire sauce and onion. Cover and chill
for an hour.
In a large bowl add the remaining ingredients
(spinach, strawberries and almonds) Pour the
dressing over salad and toss. Refrigerate for 10
minutes before serving.
Q: Dear Kareema,
I’ve been struggling with my weight for as long as I can
remember and often tend to resort to yoyo dieting to try and
slim down. I’m constantly tired and am desperate for help! A: If you’re overweight you’ll find that your body is
weaker than normal (hence the tiredness). I suggest you
forget about dieting – rather watch your portion size. Cut
back on things like sugar, white rice / bread, butter, etc.,
and opt for wholegrain crackers, low-fat cheeses / yoghurt,
lean meat and fish, etc.
You’ll have more energy and
feel better by making these small changes. Remember, the
more you move, the more you lose! Yoyo dieting is not a good
idea. It might seem like it works at the time, but trust me,
the weight will creep back on before you know it.
All questions sent in
are published here anonymously and without any
references to the author of the question.
Flightstar Fozi's Travel Tips
Q: Dear Flightstar Fozi, we booked our flights to the
US leaving in a couple of weeks time and my nephew now wants to come
with us. He is only 13 and I am concerned that if he does
not get on our flight then he will have to travel alone. Is
it safe to let him travel by himself considering also that
he has to change flights.
A: With airfares being so cheap, and both parents
working nowadays it is now common for children to travel
alone.
Airlines normally consider children from 5 – 12 as
unaccompanied minors.
Although your nephew is outside this age range, he can still
be considered as an unaccompanied minor if the parents
request it.
When these children are ticketed a note is put on the
booking system that the child will be unaccompanied, so the
airlines will be aware of it, and may need to put on
additional staff.
Normally what happens with these children is that the person
booking them in at departure will have to fill out some
paper work which accompanies the child for the whole trip.
The ground staff will then escort the child to the aeroplane
or boarding area.
They hand over the paper work to the cabin crew who then
take responsibility for the child.
At each stage someone is signing for the child.
When they get to the destination someone will take him to
the next boarding gate and will hand over the documentation
and child to the next airline ground crew.
On the plane the child is well looked after also by getting
activity books to occupy their time, and is usually sitting
down the back closest to the cabin crew area.
The person who collects the child at the final destination
has to be the one nominated on the forms at check in.
It will obviously also depend on the maturity of the child
but it is a safe way for children to fly, but it can be a
little tricky if you have long stop overs.
All questions sent in
are published here anonymously and without any
references to the author of the question.
The CCN Chuckle
NASA officials were
interviewing three prospective astronauts to send to Mars on
a dangerous one-way trip.
Only one of the three
would go, and that candidate would never return to Earth.
The final three
candidates were Simon, a technology junkie (great
understanding of the shuttle's equipment); Peter, a motor
mechanic (knows the ins and outs of the shuttle's engine)
and Mula Nasruddin, a material shop owner (knows the exact
measurements of distances etc.)
The interviewer asked
the first candidate, Simon, how much he wanted to be paid to
go.
"One million dollars,"
replied Simon, "and I want it donated to my alma mater, Rice
University."
The interviewer asked
the next candidate the same question.
"Two million dollars,"
answered Peter, "and I want to give one million to my family
and leave the other million to medical research."
The third candidate, Mula Nasruddin, was asked the same
question.
"Three million dollars!"
replied Mula Nasruddin.
"Why so much?" the
interviewer inquired.
Mula Nasruddin beamed
and said replied, "If you give me three million, I'll keep a
million, give you a million...
and we'll send Simon."
Adaptation from: Radio
Islam
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your life, you shape your
habits. In the last 30
years, your habits shape
you.
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Minister
for Youth Peter Garrett this
week announced the members
of the 2012 Australian Youth
Forum (AYF) Steering
Committee. 
Academics
at Lancaster University have completed an ESRC financed
research project on ‘The representation of Muslims in
the British press 1998-2009'. The researchers analysed
over 200,000 media articles written on Islam and Muslim
over the eleven year period. 
GERMANY:
A woman in Germany has given birth to the country's heaviest
baby and has gone ahead and named him Jihad, local media has
reported.
Islam: New Frontiers is perhaps one of the most serious and
challenging books in our hands today – on just about any
topic. At the same time, paradoxically, few books are
perhaps more fun or exciting to read or contemplate.
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