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The Islamic College of Brisbane held another
of its very successful and vibrant Annual Quran Recitation
Competition on the 27th and 28th of March at the school’s
newly inaugurated multi-purpose hall.
From the primary school, the overall winner of the boy’s
category was Jama Ahmed, and the overall winner of
the girl’s category was Safiyya Houdchia.
From the secondary school, the overall winner
of the boy’s category was Naci Erol and the overall
winner of the girl’s category was Maryam Mahmoud.
The winners were presented with trophies and
certificates.
Over the two days 9 qualified Imams and
Scholars sat on the judging panels.
In addition to the pleasant and beautiful
Quran recitation of the participants, teachers of the school
staged Nasheed choirs and plays.
There was strong competition amongst the
participants and most encouraging to see new names taking
the top prizes.
Over a 100 people who attended the event were
treated to a delicious lunch.
The chairman of ICB, Haji Mohammed Yusuf delivered a vote of
thanks and said that the main focus of the college was to
provide an Islamic upbringing for the children and youth.
The special visiting guest attending the
competition, Sheikh Mohammed Ramzan who plays an active role
in tarbiyah and youth education in the UK, enlightened the
school students, parents and teachers with the etiquettes of
seeking knowledge.
Two weeks
ago, CCN reported that a
daughter had challenged her
mother’s Islamic will in an
Australian court.
She had
objected to receiving half a
share compared to each of
her brothers.
It was
clearly established in court
that the mother was
suffering from dementia at
the time she signed her
will.
The Master
presiding the case ruled
that the will was invalid as
the mother was not of not of
sound mind, memory and
understanding as a result of
her dementia. He did not
rule on the Islamic aspects
of the will.
Since this case, a number of
politicians have weighed
into the discussion on the
applicability of Islamic law
of inheritance in Australia.
The
48th Annual Congress of Muslims Australia (AFIC), the
national umbrella body of the Australian
Muslim community was held in Sydney during the weekend.
Delegates attending from all States of
Australia including Christmas Island, ACT and Northern
Territory met over two days to review AFIC’s activities,
give directives and policies for the future and to elect a
new President and Executive Committee.
As per tradition, a Congress Dinner was held
to celebrate the 48th anniversary of Muslims Australia which
has grown into a large and formidable organization.
The inter-state delegates and Muslim leaders
were joined by many other members of the Muslim community of
Sydney and many friends and colleagues from the
multicultural and religious communities including political
leaders representing the federal, state and local
governments.
Mr Hafez Kassem (pictured right) from
Sydney, who was the outgoing Vice President, was elected as
the President of AFIC. Mr Ikebal Patel from Queanbeyan, who
was the outgoing President, was elected Vice President. Dr
Sahabuddin Abdullah from Adelaide was elected as the new
Secretary and Mr Metin Yavuz from Melbourne was elected as
the new Treasurer.
The other members of the Executive include Mr
Ashraf Usman Ali of Sydney as the Assistant Treasurer, Mr
Keysar Trad of Sydney as Assistant Secretary, Miss Rawah El
Samman from Sydney, Mr Harun Abdullah from Hobart and Mr
Abdul Kamreddine of Melbourne as Executive Members. The
Executive Committee and the office-bearers will hold office
for three years.
Mr Kassem, addressing the Congress Dinner
assured the guests that AFIC under his leadership will
continue with the direction that AFIC has taken in the
educational and spiritual development of the Muslim
community in Australia’s multicultural society, including
efforts towards improved and friendly relations with the
multi-cultural and multi-faith communities in Australia with
increased vigour.
He said that AFIC will use its resources and
efforts to unite the Muslim communities and to make
Australia a proud country that all Australians call home.
The
Marist College Emerald visited Kuraby mosque on excursion to
learn more about Islam
Imam Akram addressed them for one hour and thereafter took
questions.
Imam told CCN that the students enjoyed their
visit during which many misconceptions where clarified and
they left the Mosque with "a better understanding of Islam
and a smile on there faces."
The Mosque receives on average 30 to 40
school visits regularly each year during which some 100 to
200 students per school attend the Mosque to learn more
about Islam and to build bridges of understanding.
"It is most encouraging to see that these
numbers and the growing interest in Islam is increasing
every year," he told CCN.
Griffith University researchers want to know
how television audiences responded to coverage of the 10th
anniversary of 9/11.
Associate Professor Jacqui Ewart and Dr Halim Rane will ask
Brisbane residents for their opinions and attitudes towards
Australian television news coverage of the commemoration of
the 10th anniversary.
The project builds on previous work the researchers have
undertaken into media coverage of the 10th anniversary of
9/11.
Associate Professor Ewart said they had identified that
Australian television’s coverage of the events of 9/11 had
changed significantly over the past decade.
“We found that television news programs in Australia have
moved away from the conflation of terrorism with Muslims and
Islam and instead, explore themes of human resilience and
resolution.
“We now want to know how television audiences perceived the
coverage of the 10th anniversary and how they responded to
it,” she said.
The researchers will hold focus groups in Brisbane with
television audiences in mid-April.
Participants will be provided with a $20 gift voucher for
their contribution.
The 2nd AMYN Annual Islamic Convention
Brisbane 2012 called Muslims Making a Difference is
scheduled for 14 April at the University of Queensland, St.
Lucia, Building 3, Room 206 from 1pm to 5:30pm.
A number of seminars, panel discussions,
competitions, video presentations and Islamic stalls are
planned for the day.
The
government has called for
input from community groups
on new ways to tackle
racism, as indigenous and
non-Anglo Australians say it
is still rife.
The Australia
Human Rights Commission
hopes that a series of
public consultations will
help it to evaluate where
and how racism is being
expressed across the nation.
A discussion paper released
today outlines possible
responses to a 2011 report
that showed growing numbers
of Australians who said they
had experienced
discrimination based on
their ethnic background or
appearance.
The report showed 9 per cent
felt that way in 2007, 10
per cent in 2009 and 14 per
cent in both 2010 and 2011.
"A zero tolerance approach
to racism goes hand in hand
with the broad acceptance of
multiculturalism in
Australia. It is integral to
achieving a fair go for
all," Human Rights
Commissioner Helen Szoke
said in a statement on the
web.
Dr Hassan
says he came to Australia on
a skilled migration visa,
having worked for a
pharmaceutical company with
a presence in 22 countries.
However, Dr Hassan said he
ended up driving a taxi
after several recruitment
agencies refused to
represent him because he had
no Australian experience.
Further to that, Dr Hassan
said that as a new arrival
in the country, he attended
a seminar organised by the
immigration department.
The attendees - all recent
immigrants - were told that
Internet job sites only
advertised 20 per cent of
the positions available, and
the rest could be found only
through 'networking'.
"How can people who have
just landed in this country
network?" asks Dr Hassan.
"Is it non-mandatory to
advertise?"
"Where should I sit, in the
bar and start drinking? I
know it doesn't happen this
way. Noone is going to come
over to you and say 'It's
your lucky day, I'll give
you a job," he says.
'PUT YOUR SCARF BACK ON'
Perth resident Sara A - who
asked that her surname not
be published - told SBS that
she was ordered to put her
headscarf back on or she
wouldn't be allowed to leave
Australia.
Ms A says she her passport
photograph - taken in her
country of origin - showed
her wearing the scarf
because that was the law
there.
However, since becoming a
permanent resident of
Australia she no longer wore
it very often.
"Why do I have to wear
Islamic attire at the
airport in Australia to be
able to travel?" she asked.
"(The border guard) just
wanted to insult me for
sure. If a man wore a tie in
his passport photo does
(not) necessarily means he
must wear tie again," Ms A
added.
"I was truly hurt by her
behavior. this happen to me
just once but if I was a
true Muslim and always wear
scarf this things might
happen more often," Ms A
said.
Seeing Islam
as a way to reconnect with
their roots, the number of
Aboriginal Australian Muslim
converts is increasingly
growing, perceiving a
cultural fit between their
traditional Indigenous
beliefs and the teachings of
Islam,
The Conversation website
reported..
For Alinta, an Aboriginal
Australian Muslim, “Islam
connects with [her]
Aboriginality” because of a
shared emphasis on gendered
roles and spheres of
influence.
“In Islam, men have a clear
role and women have a clear
role, and with Aboriginal
people, that’s how it was
too,” she added.
Another Aboriginal
Australian, Nazra, said that
she found a shared concern
between Muslims and
indigenous Aussies towards
environment.
“In the Qur'an it tells you
very clearly don’t waste
what is not needed … and the
Aboriginal community is the
same,” Nazra said.
“Water and food are so
precious you only take what
you need.”
Muslims, who have been in
Australia for more than 200
years, make up 1.7 percent
of its 20-million
population.
Coming to Australia from
early 1700s, Muslim
fishermen from Indonesia
made annual voyages to the
north and northwestern
Australian coast where they
developed a trade with
aboriginals.
The first Muslims to settle
permanently in Australia
were the cameleers, mainly
from Afghanistan.
Nearly three thousand
cameleers came to Australia
between 1860 and 1930.
Nineteen of every 20 were
Muslims who had a profound
effect on inland Australia.
From the mid-1880s, Muslim
Malays came to north
Australia as indentured
laborers in the
pearl-shelling industry.
Islam is the country's
second largest religion
after Christianity.
Equality
Rejecting the idea of mono-culturalism,
Aboriginals found themselves
more attracted to the
teachings of Islam, which
made human beings into
different nations and tribes
who should interact to know
each other.
Islam doesn’t just say
“you’re Muslim, that’s it,”
Shahzad, another aboriginal,
said.
“It
recognizes we belong to
different tribes and
nations. So it doesn’t do
what Christianity did to a
lot of Aboriginal people,
[which] was try and make
them like white people.”
I could very
well have
become a
terrorist,
without
Islam,
through the
way I’ve
been
treated.
Islam came
into my life
and actually
said hey,
cool down,
it’s
alright,
justice will
be served
eventually.
Preaching
equality between all people,
regardless of skin colour,
Islam found a great support
among aboriginal Muslims who
suffered from years of
racial discrimination.
According to Justin, one of
Aussie aboriginals, said
“before I was the typical
Black angry man. I was just
consumed by anger”.
For them, Islam offered an
alternative system to the
hurt of colonization that
includes a strict code of
conduct and a moral and
ethical framework.
The adoption of a faith that
demands the avoidance of
alcohol, drugs and gambling
has also played a positive
role in their lives.
That framework connected
them to their traditional
heritage.
Sulaiman stressed that he
considered terrorism before
becoming a Muslims.
“I could very well have
become a terrorist, without
Islam, through the way I’ve
been treated,” he said.
“Islam came into my life and
actually said hey, cool
down, it’s alright, justice
will be served eventually.”
Ba, Nadi,
Lautoka and Sigatoka have
been flooded again this
week. People are still being
rescued from their roofs
when boats are available.
Many elderly people and
children are suffering from
cold from being wet. Dengue
fever is the biggest fear.
The supermarkets have empty
shelves. The remainder of
stock from the welfare shop
will be sent to Fiji as soon
as we can fill a container.
We are short of food to send
in the container. Tinned
goods, rice, flour, dahl,
and whatever people can
donate will be greatly
appreciated
As we all know Fiji is made
up of islands and it is
expensive to import goods.
The income of the people is
very low and goods are
expensive. Clean linen will
be useful as well as
kitchenware. There are many
Muslim families in Fiji that
have been impacted by the
floods as well as other
groups. We need to help
everyone in dire straits.
The people of Fiji, one of
our nearest neighbours, need
our help. Please help Janeth
Deen fill the container and
if anyone can offer a few
dollars to help pay for the
container, it will be
helpful as well.
Contact Janeth Deen on 0435
086 796 if you are able to
help.
Over the next
few weeks, CCN will post
images from a new exhibition
at the British Museum in
London that traces the
history of the Hajj:
An ivory
sundial and Qibla pointer, to indicate the
direction of Mecca.
Turkey 1582-9
The Church of England newspaper last week featured a review of the British Museum’s exhibition on ‘Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam’.
Reviewer Brian Cooper wrote:
“Latest of its major exhibitions on spiritual themes, it showcases pilgrimage artefacts, records and souvenirs down the centuries; pilgrim routes across three continents converging on the Holy Sanctuary; atmospheric photos of camel caravans taking pilgrims across hostile deserts; historic newsreels of Ottoman Empire pilgrimage steamers on the Red Sea, and a superb contemporary film of the Mecca rituals (which Muslims believe originated in Abrahamic times).
“Since non-Muslims are forbidden entry to the Holy Sanctuary of Mecca, this exhibition offers unique insight into its otherwise closed world, every year the focus of three million pilgrims’ personal journeys and their often life-changing collective experience of Islam.
“Amid such panoply and adventure, the fundamental purpose of Hajj — sustained prayer and spiritual discipline — is constantly evoked. The miniature prayer book of a Sumatran imam (1614) is typical of devotional works; 18th-century Indian watercolours depict correct prayer postures; the ‘Guide to Good Deeds’ prayer book by 15th-century Moroccan Sufi al-Jazuli, popular with Ottoman Turkish pilgrims, is among many rare works lent by the Khalili Trust.
“Spiritual centre of Islam since the 7th century Muhammad era, Mecca today is an ultra-modern skyscraper city, its vast marble multi-hall Sanctuary recently quadrupled in area by the Saudi monarchy. Ancient manuscripts, map-like pictures on glazed tiles, jerky early newsreels of pilgrims at prayer, sweeping vistas of huge worshipping crowds today — all declare Hajj to Mecca, attended now by many UK Muslims, is a very remarkable religious phenomenon, without parallel in the Christian world.
“Implicitly challenging us to examine our own faith, this exhibition is a must for Christians wanting to learn about Islam, whether or not already involved in inter-faith contacts.”
There are
over 1.6
billion
Muslims in
the world
today,
making up
approximately
23% of the
world's
population,
or more than
one-fifth of
mankind.
The
Muslim500
publication
is part of
an annual
series that
provides a
window into
the movers
and shakers
of the
Muslim
world. It
gives
valuable
insight into
the
different
ways that
Muslims
impact the
world, and
also shows
the
diversity of
how people
are living
as Muslims
today.
The 2011
Muslim500 lists the
world's most
influential
Muslims who
have
impacted on
their
community,
or on behalf
of their
community.
Influence
is: any
person who
has the
power (be it
cultural,
ideological,
financial,
political or
otherwise)
to make a
change that
will have a
significant
impact on
the Muslim
World. The
impact can
be either
positive or
negative.
The
influence
can be of a
religious
scholar
directly
addressing
Muslims and
influencing
their
beliefs,
ideas and
behaviour,
or it can be
of a ruler
shaping the
socio-economic
factors
within which
people live
their lives,
or of
artists
forming
popular
culture.
Over the
coming
weeks, CCN
will publish
a
personality
selected
from the
list:
No. 14
H.E.
Sheikh Abdul
Aziz ibn
Abdullah Aal
Al Sheikh
Grand Mufti
of the
Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia
As the Grand
Mufti, Sheikh
Abdul Aziz ibn
Abdullah Aal Al
Sheikh has the
highest position
of religious
authority in the
Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia. He is an
Islamic scholar
based in
Mecca—the seat
of Islam—and has
influence as a
leading cleric
of the expansive
global movement
of Salafi
Muslims.
Head of Sunni
Jurisprudential
Committees
Sheikh Abdul
Aziz Aal Al
Sheikh is
chairman of the
Council of
Senior Scholars,
a scientific
consultative
commission
composed of
leading Sunni
scholars of
Sharia (Islamic
law). He has
been behind
fatwas that call
for more rights
for women and
children.
Aal Al Sheikh is
also chairman of
the Permanent
Committee for
Islamic Research
and Fatwas
(religious
edicts), a
special
committee
designated for
the researching
and issuing of
religious
rulings and
edicts on
jurisprudence,
the Hadith, and
Aqida (creed)
for the Sunni
world.
As head of the
Presidency for
Scientific
Research and
Religious Edicts
(Dar al Ifta),
Aal Al Sheikh is
often the
spokesperson for
controversial
rulings issued
from the
Kingdom. He is
recognized for
his influence in
enforcing a
distinct view of
Islamic
tradition. In
2008, he
publicly
criticized
Muslim
televangelists
who encouraged
Muslims to
celebrate
birthdays and
anniversaries—stressing,
instead, that
only the two
occasions of
‘Eid and the
weekly Friday
observations are
valid occasions
to celebrate.
In this, and
also in his
condemnation of
Turkish soap
operas sweeping
the Arab World,
Aal Al Sheikh
has stressed the
importance of
eliminating
distracting
practices. He is
also ardently
opposed to the
practice of
marrying off
very young girls
to older men,
emphasizing its
incongruence
with human
decency and
Islamic
tradition.
The Arab
Spring
•• The Grand
Mufti issued a
fatwa that
demonstrations
were forbidden
from a judicial
point of view.
•• He and 18
other members of
the Council of
Senior Scholars
in Saudi Arabia
signed a fatwa
prohibiting
demonstrations.
The argument for
this was that
Saudi Arabia is
based on the
Qur’an and
Sunnah and that
it is necessary
to stay hand in
hand and
obedient. Thus,
reform can be
accomplished by
advice not by
demonstrations
or methods that
give rise to
discord or
dividethe
nation.
The ethics
of a true
believer are
portrayed in
his brother,
for when he
sees good
deeds he
encourages
him … And if
he perceives
any sort of
violation
and abuse of
Sharia’, he
seeks to set
him on the
right path
and amend
(him)
UK:
George Galloway, the leading figure in Respect, has grabbed
a remarkable victory in the Bradford West byelection,
claiming that “By the grace of God, we have won the most
sensational victory in British political history”.
It appeared that the seat’s Muslim community had decamped
from Labour en masse to Galloway’s call for an immediate
British troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and a fightback
against the job crisis.
On a turnout of 50.78%, Labour’s shellshocked candidate
Imran Hussein was crushed by a 36.59% swing from Labour to
Respect that saw Galloway take the seat with a majority of
10,140.
Labour had held the seat in 2010 with a majority of 5,763.
It marks an extraordinary personal and political comeback
for the controversial politician who lost in the UK general
election in 2010, and in the Scottish parliament in 2011,
appearing to confirm that the remainder of his career would
lie in broadcasting and celebrity programmes.
IOC
urged to use London Olympics to end Saudi prejudice against
female athletes
The
IOC praised the Saudis for allowing Dalma Malas to take part
in the youth games omitting the fact that she was a
self-financed unofficial team member.
A leading human rights organisation has urged the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) to pressure Saudi
Arabia to end its discrimination against women in sports as
a prerequisite for allowing the Kingdom to participate in
this summer’s London Games.
In its report Steps of the
Devil: Denial of Women and Girls’ Right to Sport in Saudi
Arabia released Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised the IOC
for failing to penalise National Olympic Committee (NOC) of
Saudi Arabia for not fielding a single female athlete to any
of the past Olympics (along with Brunei and Qatar) nor
having any sport program for women.
The IOC reserves a limited number of places for male and
female athletes who are not required to meet the qualifying
standards in swimming and athletics events. But despite this
concession, Saudi Arabia has never sponsored a female team
and its NOC does not have a women’s section.
HRW Senior Middle East Researcher, Christoph Wilcke, said
the ban “clearly violates the Olympic Charter’s pledge to
equality and gives the Olympic movement itself a black eye.”
HRW also documented discrimination by the Gulf state’s
Ministry of Education in denying girls PE in state schools,
as well as prejudiced practices by the sports ministry’s
licensing women’s gyms and supporting only all-male sports
clubs.
Of 153 youth ministry-supported sports clubs in the country,
none have a women’s team.
In its interviews with Saudi women, HRW said it found no
government sports infrastructure for women, with all
designated facilities and officials limited exclusively to
men.
“While the IOC has criticised Saudi Arabia for failing to
send women athletes to the Olympics, it has not conditioned
the Kingdom’s participation on ending discrimination against
women in sports,” said HRW in its report.
A spokesman for the IOC told The Muslim News the Committee
“encourages” NOCs to uphold the non-discriminatory spirit of
the Olympic charter but “does not give ultimatums nor
deadlines but rather believes that a lot can be achieved
through dialogue.”
The IOC also insisted they are “in regular contact with the
three NOCs which have yet to send women to the Olympic
Games, ie, Qatar, Brunei and Saudi Arabia. As a result of
fruitful discussions, the three NOCs included women in their
delegations competing at the Youth Olympic Games in
Singapore last summer.
Dalma Rushdi Malhas [the equestrian] was one of them. She
was the first female Saudi athlete to compete in an Olympic
competition and claimed a bronze medal in the Equestrian
Jumping event.
“We are very pleased with this evolution, which can only
been seen as a promising development leading towards London
2012.”
However there are precedents of the IOC of giving ultimatums
for dealing with member states who violate its Charter.
In 1964 the IOC barred South Africa from taking part in the
18th Olympic Games in Tokyo over its refusal to condemn
apartheid.
IOC announced the decision after South Africa failed to meet
an ultimatum to comply with its demands that the South
African Government renounced racial discrimination in sport
and opposed the ban in its own country on competition
between white and black athletes.
And in 1999, says HRW, the IOC banned Afghanistan NOC under
the Taliban from participating in the 2000 Sydney Olympics
due, in part, to the Taliban’s discrimination against women
in sport.
However, the IOC failed to confirm if Saudi NOC will send a
female athlete to the London Games. The IOC also failed to
mention that Malhas, whose participation in the London games
remains a doubt, has trained in exclusively private
facilities, has self-financed her trip to international
competitions and was not officially delegated to represent
the Kingdom in the Singapore Youth Olympics.
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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: This simply
delicious roulade recipe is kindly being shared by Ms Hamida
Dada our guest chef of the week.
Roulade Cake
Ingredients
6 eggs
¾ cup castor sugar
¾ cup flour
2 Tbls Cocoa
1 Tsp Baking Powder
Pinch of salt
METHOD
1. Beat egg whites and pinch of salt till stiff,
adding sugar a little at a time until well
dissolved.
2. Then add in egg yolks, beat well. Fold in dry
ingredients.
3. Pour mixture into a well greased swiss roll
pan.
4. Bake at 180 degrees until light brown.
5. Turn out and roll while still hot and when
cool cut roll into four.
6. Put fresh cream on all the strips.
7. Roll one and stand on plate, go round the
first roll with the second roll, continue with
the other two and when you finish it will be the
size of a cake.
8. Pour over a cooled ganache (see below) and
decorate.
GANACHE
Ganache is a French term referring to a smooth
and velvety mixture of chocolate and cream
Ingredients
500g milk, white, or dark chocolate (depending
on which you prefer)
250ml cream
METHOD
Place finely chopped chocolate in a bowl.
Bring cream to boil and pour over the chopped
chocolate.
Whisk mixture until smooth.
Allow mixture to cool to a consistency which can
be piped.
CCN Reader: Dear Flightstar Fozi, our family of four
wants to drive to Alice Springs in August. What is your
advice on the areas, accommodation and attractions?
Flightsar Fozi: With so many Australians travelling
overseas these days because of the Aussie dollar, it is rare
that someone wants to travel in there own back yard.
There is plenty to occupy you for a week or more in Alice
Springs.
One of my favourite attractions is the Desert Park. It
showcases the plants animals and landscapes of Australia
Desert at the base of the Mac Donnell Range.
Alice Springs is the hub of Aboriginal art and you could
easily spend a morning or afternoon visiting the galleries,
most of which are in the city.
Few hours away beyond the town are natural attractions of
Standley Chasm, Ormiston Gorge and Glen Helen Gorge.
You could also take the Mereenie Loop Road to Kings Canyon
and Uluru.
There is a range of hotel and motel style accommodation
which we can book for you.
There are also driving safety tips for Alice Springs on the
Tourism Northern Territory website but make sure
that your vehicle is in good condition.
Mula
Nasruddin left a meeting at his office, and desperately
gave himself a personal
TSA pat down.
He was looking for
his keys. They were not in his pockets. A quick search
in the meeting room revealed nothing.
Suddenly he
realized, he must have left them in the car.
Frantically he
headed for the parking lot.
His wife, Begum BiBi,
had scolded him many times for leaving the keys in the
ignition.
His theory was that
the ignition was the best place not to lose them.
Her theory was that
the car would one day be stolen.
As he burst through
the doors of the office, he came to a terrifying
conclusion.
Begum BiBi's theory
was right.
The parking lot was
empty.
He immediately
called the police, gave them his location, confessed
that he had left his keys in the car, and that it had
been stolen.
Then he made the most difficult call of all, "Honey,"
Mula Nasruddin stammered.
He always call her
"honey" in times like these. "I left my keys in the car,
and it has been stolen."
There was a period of silence. Mula Nasruddin thought
the call had been dropped, but then he heard my wife's
voice, "Husband," she barked, "I dropped you off!"
Now it was Mula
Nasrudin's time to be silent.
Embarrassed, he
said, "Well, come and get me."
Begum BiBi retorted, "I will, as soon as I convince this
policeman I have not stolen your car!"
Indeed, in view of its
function, religion stands in
greater need of a rational
foundation of its ultimate
principles than even the
dogmas of science.
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The
48th Annual Congress of Muslims Australia (AFIC), the
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The
Marist College Emerald visited Kuraby mosque on excursion to
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UK:
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