The
Islamic Council of
Queensland acknowledges the
overwhelming support by the
community in donating relief
supplies that have been sent
by MCF and Gold Coast Mosque
to Fiji.
Insha'Allah
this will greatly assist
those in need at this
difficult time.
There are thousands of
people still in evacuation
centres. Since many
businesses still remain
closed, a lot of people are
unemployed and are in
desperate need of cash for
transport, school fees and
to buy medicines, etc.
To meet some
of these needs the ICQ is
holding a Dinner Night on
12th May at the Islamic
College of
Brisbane.
Tickets are
$50 each or a table of 10
for $500.
We are
pleased with the tremendous
support we are receiving for
this event. To date 50
tables have been booked and
we are not very far from our
target of 60 tables which
would help us raise $30,000.
All the money
collected will be forwarded
to the Fiji Muslic League,
who will be responsible for
distributing to the needy.
The dinner will include a
variety of dishes prepared
by specialist chefs. Some of
the dishes are : butter
chicken, fried rice, goat
palau, puri and vegetarian
dishes, roast chicken, etc.
Those who have purchased the
tickets please should make
sure that they bring their
tickets along for the lucky
draw. The winner gets a
return air ticket to Fiji.
Please come along, enjoy the
night and support this
worthy cause!
Through
the generosity of the
community, two containers of
clothing, food, linen and
kitchen utensils are on
their way to assist those
affected by the floods in
Fiji.
Because of the amount of
goods received, a third
container is going to be
sent to Fiji with more aid.
Once again,
the community has rallied
together to donate the
freight costs of this
container.
The following
items are required to pack
the next container:
"A
Journey of Health"- a
Women's and Children's
Health Seminar will be held
at the AMYN Centre on Sunday
20th May and Sunday 27th May
from 1-4pm.
Female health
specialists will provide
up-to-date talks on a wide
range of health matters
specific to women and
children.
Dr Jenny Ho and Dr Sharon L,
Obstetrician and
Gynaecologists from
Sunnybank Private Hospital;
and Jenny Jones, Breast Care
Nurse at Mater Health
Services will present on
topics relevant to women of
all ages on Sunday 20th May.
Colleen Allman, Child Health
Nurse and Dr Haseena
Mohamed, Paediatrician from
Metro South Health Service
District will cover issues
relevant to babies and
children including settling
techniques, child
development, sleep, fever,
asthma and constipation.
There will be an opportunity
to ask plenty of questions
and informal interaction
with the presenters.
Cost: $25 per session.
Includes notes folder and
afternoon tea.
Childminding facilities will
be available for $5/child
for the afternoon.
Contact Sr Laila on
0415355896 to book your seat
or for further information.
Amnesty
International have issued a
report looking at prejudice
and discrimination faced by
Muslims in Europe.
‘Choice and
Prejudice: Discrimination
against Muslims in Europe’
is based on field research
conducted in Belgium;
France; the Netherlands;
Spain and Switzerland, and
aims “to focus on
discrimination on grounds of
religion or belief and to
illustrate some of its
consequences on Muslims in
Europe.”
The report
states:
“Muslims in
Europe face
discrimination
in several areas
of life because
of their
religion, their
ethnic origin or
their gender, or
a combination of
these grounds.
Discrimination
has a negative
impact on their
lives and
affects their
exercise of many
human rights. It
blights their
individual
prospects,
opportunities
and self-esteem
and can result
in isolation,
exclusion and
stigmatization.
For example,
legislation and
policies
restricting the
wearing of
religious and
cultural symbols
and dress often
have the effect
of excluding
from employment
Muslim women who
choose to
manifest their
religious,
cultural or
traditional
background by
wearing specific
forms of dress
and thus
indirectly
contribute to
their own
marginalization...
Such legislation
and policies are
detrimental to
women’s equality
and autonomy.
“Muslims
should be
given the
possibility
to make
independent
choices in
relation to
the
expression
of their
cultural and
religious
backgrounds…
Muslims
should be
able to make
these
choices free
from any
pressure or
coercion
from family
or community
and any form
of
stereotype
and
prejudice
from other
private
citizens or
state
institutions
“Discrimination
against
Muslims in
Europe is
fuelled by
stereotyped
and negative
views, which
fail to take
into account
basic
demographic
and
sociological
factors such
as the
diversity of
Muslim
groups as
well as
their
cultural and
religious
practices
across the
region.
Regrettably,
some
political
parties’
messages and
the
portrayal of
Muslims in
some
sections of
the media
reinforce
these views.
There is a
particular
responsibility
for public
officials
and those
seeking
political
office not
to promote
or
strengthen
stereotypical
views which
are likely
to foster
intolerance
and
discrimination.”
In its
conclusions, the report
states that:
"Amnesty
International is
concerned that
anti-discrimination
legislation is
not effectively
implemented in
several European
states and that
European
institutions are
failing to
tackle this
problem. Muslims
are
discriminated
against on the
ground of
religion or
belief in
employment even
in countries
where such
discrimination
is prohibited
under domestic
legislation…Regrettably,
public
authorities have
not put in place
effective
mechanisms to
prevent private
employers to
discriminate on
the ground of
religion or
belief. At times
states have
introduced
general bans on
religious and
cultural symbols
and dress in
public
employment in
order to achieve
aims, such as
enforcing
neutrality and
secularism,
which are not
per se
legitimate under
international
law.
“Restrictions on
the wearing of
religious and
cultural symbols
and dress have
sometimes been
introduced in
education and
lead to
violations of
the rights of
Muslim pupils to
freedom of
religion or
belief and
freedom of
expression. On
some occasions
states have
introduced
general bans in
public education
without proving
that they were
necessary and
proportionate
for the
achievement of a
legitimate aim.
“Restrictions on
the
establishment of
places of
worship have
limited the
exercise of the
right to freedom
of religion or
belief in
countries and
regions such as
Switzerland and
Catalonia
(Spain). Last
but not least,
some European
governments have
introduced
legislation
resulting in
general bans on
the wearing of
full-face veils,
often not on the
basis of
reliable data
and without
consulting women
affected by such
prohibition.”
The report puts forward
recommendations to the
countries studied as a
whole; to the relevant
regional bodies, and to
countries in particular
based on their own issues
and practices.
These
include:
• For all governments to
establish national equality
bodies to monitor and advise
on anti-discrimination
legislation and
discrimination-related
issues.
• The introduction of, or
improvement of current
anti-discrimination
legislation in relation to
employment as well as in
other areas, including that
domestic legislation protect
against discrimination on
the ground of religion or
belief.
• Informing Muslims and the
public about redress
mechanisms in relation to
discrimination.
• Avoiding the introduction
of general restrictions on
religious and cultural
symbols and dress in public
employment. If adopted, such
restrictions should serve
legitimate purposes and
should be proportionate to
and necessary to achieving
those purposes. Where such
restrictions are in place,
states should monitor the
effects and impact on
religious and ethnic
minorities, including
Muslims.
• Avoiding the introduction
of general bans on the
wearing of religious and
cultural symbols and dress
in education. Where such
bans are adopted, ensuring
that they are based on an
objective and reasonable
justification. The report
makes specific
recommendations for France
to regularly review its
legislation in this area.
• Restricting the building
of places of worship only
proportionate to the
achievement of legitimate
aims (eg. Public safety).
The report makes specific
recommendations for
Switzerland to repeal its
prohibition on the building
of minarets.
• Avoiding the adoption of
legislation which imposes a
general ban on full-face
veils.
PhD
student at Griffith
University, Ms Alimatul
Qibtiyah will be the
keynote speaker at a
special pre-Mother's Day
event hosted by the
Believing Women for a
Culture of Peace.
Ms Qibtiyah
obtained her first Masters
degree in Social Psychology
from Gadjah Mada University,
Jogjakarta, Indonesia and
her second Masters degree in
Women’s Studies from the
University of Northern Iowa,
USA in 2005.
Her studies
are focused on gender
relationships in Indonesia
and women issues. Her latest
book is Islamic Feminism
and Global Feminism in
Moving with the Times: The
Dynamic of Contemporary
Islam in A Changing
Indonesia.
Volunteers
are needed to participate in
a research study regarding
Muslim teenager girls’
experiences in non-Muslim
schools in Griffith
University, Mt Gravatt.
The research
team needed at least 10
volunteers to participate in
this study. It is an open
invitation for all Muslim
girls (age between 13-19)
who are attending non-Muslim
schools to become part of
this study. As part of this
project, volunteers will be
asked to participate in an
interview, which will take
approximately 30-40 minutes.
The interview will be audio
recorded and all the
information will be treated
as confidential. The
interviews will be
requesting information about
the experiences of young
women as they participate in
contexts where their Islamic
faith is not part of the
dominant culture. These
experiences may be positive,
negative or neutral.
The study is part of further
studies being conducted by a
research student at Griffith
University, herself a Muslim
woman. Trying to find out
how non-Islamic schools may
be better able to cater for
Muslim women is part of the
basis of this study.
Volunteers who want to
participate, or have any
other questions about the
research project, please
feel free to phone or email
us on our contact details
given below. The research
team is looking forward of
your valuable feedback.
Expressions
of interest are now open for
prospective Stall Holders &
Therapists for the Sisters’
House Spa Day being held on
Sunday 10th June at the AMYN
Centre.
Applicants can either offer
a therapy (massage, hair and
beauty services etc) or hold
a retail stall of their
relevant business.
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. 18
H.H.
General
Sheikh
Mohammed bin
Zayed Al
Nahyan
Crown Prince
of Abu Dhabi
& Deputy
Supreme
Commander
of the UAE
Armed Forces
Sheikh Mohammed
bin Zayed Al
Nahyan is the
Crown Prince of
Abu Dhabi and
Deputy Supreme
Commander of the
UAE Armed
Forces, as well
as next in line
to be President
of the United
Arab Emirates.
The UAE is
increasingly
becoming an
important center
for global
weapons trading,
with Abu Dhabi
as host to one
of the world’s
the largest
defense expos in
2009.
Political and
Military
Leadership
Sheikh Mohammed
is chairman of
the Abu Dhabi
Executive
Council—an
executive
leadership body
in Abu Dhabi,
which is
constantly
engaged in the
assessment of
public policy.
Since becoming
Crown Prince in
2004, Sheikh
Mohammed has
been recognized
for his
groundbreaking
initiatives as
an influential
leader of Abu
Dhabi as well as
Deputy Supreme
Commander of
the armed
forces. He is a
special advisor
to UAE President
H.H. Sheikh
Khalifa bin
Zayed Al Nahyan.
Economic
Development
With Abu Dhabi
sitting on a
10th of the
world’s proven
oil reserves,
Sheikh Mohammed
bin Zayed Al
Nahyan maintains
immense
political
influence in the
Muslim World as
a leading member
of the Abu Dhabi
National Oil
Company—which
directs
development
efforts for the
UAE’s role in
the oil and gas
industries. In
spite of the
debt crisis
affecting Gulf
states, Abu
Dhabi has
emerged mostly
unscathed.
Sheikh Mohammed
is chairman of
the Abu Dhabi
Council for
Economic
Development (ADCED),
which has been
developing
initiatives to
boost
entrepreneurship
among youth in
the UAE.
Humanitarian
Sheikh Mohammed
is noted for his
philanthropic
and humanitarian
efforts in
charitable
giving. He has
donated billions
of dollars to
various causes.
December 2010
marked the
launch of a
three-year
project to
establish a
global center
for health care
research in Abu
Dhabi through
the World Health
Care Congress (WHCC),
under the
patronage of
Sheikh Mohammed.
Sustainable
Development
Sheikh Mohammed
has been a
champion of
sustainable
development in
Abu Dhabi as an
advocate for the
implementation
of green
technologies. He
pledged $15
billion for the
development of
clean energy
through solar,
wind, and
hydrogen power.
The Arab
Spring
•• Joined NATO
in enforcing a
no-fly zone over
Libya.
•• Moved quickly
to respond to
any protests in
UAE; (these in
fact
only involved 5
bloggers).
The UAE is
not merely a
financial or
economic
centre, nor
is it only a
tourist
destination
between East
and West,
but an
important
humanitarian
centre on
the
international
stage.
Saudis
isolated as Qatar announces it’s to send female athletes to
Olympics
Brunei’s Maziah Mahusin
Saudi Arabian Olympic
Committee (SAOC), President, Prince Nawaf bin Faisal said
that they would again not any female competitors to London
2012
Qatar’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) has announced that
it will send at least three female athletes to the London
2012 Olympic Games, and Brunei has indicated that
400-metre-runner Maziah Mahusin could be selected for their
team, the first time either country has sent female athletes
to the Olympics.
Qatar’s announcement has intensified calls for Saudi Arabia
to be kicked out of this summer’s games after its officials
announced they will not prevent female citizens from
competing in the Olympics but it will not officially endorse
them either.
Qatar’s NOC revealed on April 8 that swimmers Wafa Arakji
and Noor Al-Malki as well as air rifle shooter Bahia Al-Hamad,
19, will be sent to the games.
Al-Hamad won a silver medal at the Arab Championships last
month to add to the three gold medals and two silver she won
at the 2011 Arab Games in Doha.
Qatar’s Wafa Arakji
All three have been granted
quota places rather than qualifying automatically, arranged
by the world governing bodies and the International Olympic
Committee (IOC).
The decision to send Qatari female athletes to the Olympics
for the first time since they made their debut at Los
Angeles in 1984 will help Doha’s campaign to host the 2020
Olympics and Paralympics, where they are facing rivals Baku,
Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo.
“We are absolutely delighted that we have been able to
secure another place for one of our young female athletes at
London 2012,” Qatar Olympic Committee General Secretary,
Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, said in a statement.
“We are grateful to the IOC for their support in helping
make this happen.”
“Athletes like Bahia, Nada and Noor will also provide
inspiration to the next generation of female Qatari sports,”
he added.
The announcement came just four days after Saudi Arabian
Olympic Committee (SAOC) President, Prince Nawaf bin Faisal,
said that they would again not send any female competitors
to London 2012.
Speaking at a press conference in Jeddah, the Prince said,
“Female sports activity has not existed [in the kingdom] and
there is no move thereto in this regard. At present, we are
not embracing any female Saudi participation in the Olympics
or other international championships.”
Qatar's Maziah Mahusin
The Prince also said recently
that Saudi women living and training abroad may represent
the kingdom and could participate but only if they are
accompanied by a male guardian and are modestly dressed.
Prince Nawaf acknowledged there was a growing demand for
sport among Saudi women.
“There are now hundreds or thousands who practice sports but
in a private way and without any relationship to the General
Presidency of Youth Welfare,” he said.
A spokesperson for the IOC told The Muslim News they are
“still in discussion and working to ensure the participation
of Saudi women at the Games in London.”
Senior Researcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW) Middle East
and North Africa Division, Christoph Wilcke, told The Muslim
News the issue is “more complicated than just the
participation or non-participation” of Saudi women at the
games.
In a February report titled Steps of the Devil’: Denial of
Women’s and Girls’ Rights to Sport in Saudi Arabia HRW
documented the systematic discrimination against women in
sport in Saudi Arabia, including their exclusion from the
153 sports clubs regulated by Nawaf’s ministry, the SAOC and
the 29 national sporting federations, which are also
overseen by Nawaf in his capacity as head of the NOC.
Qatar’s Bahia Al-Hamadi
Wilcke called on the IOC to abandon its “minimalist approach
that is not going to help bring real change…if the IOC keeps
talking forever it’s saying we have no serious interest in
protecting the Olympic Charter based on fairness and
justice.”
“The IOC can say lets see what we can do to help” adding
that there is existing working models of other conservative
Muslim countries where men and women are segregated but both
are provided access with facilities.
He added that HRW would like to see more than “a symbolic
gesture or just a token” of allowing women living and
training outside of the kingdom to participate in the games
“if Huda [Abdullmoheen] or Manaal [Sari], (expats) won a
medal and the women in Saudi Arabia felt inspired they could
not do the same; they can not train in Saudi Arabia.” s
this coon this grubby spear chucker this
fuzzie chip-on-his-shoulder pickaninny with navy
gums this lemon-eyed teapot musical wog this
thieving zulu blubber-lipped savage, swinging
his shlong this midnight chocolate convict nig-nog
gorilla and golliwog jigaboo dancer, chalkie,
tar negroid shadow-face darkie, spook nigger in
the swimming pool in his monkey-suit
uggah-buggah boogie nig-jig ape jungle bunny,
african black, black, slave…
but I don’t mind niggers a nigger’ll buy a round
it’s these ungrateful, rag-headed, racialist
pakis I wanna skin alive, torture and set alight
By Lori ‘Zakariyya’ King
UK: A Muslim student has won the inaugural Stephen Lawrence
Poetry Prize award which is open to University of Greenwich
students.
The award, which was set up in tribute to Stephen Lawrence,
who was killed in a racist attack in 1993, took place on
March 30.
The poetry competition ran along the themes of justice,
tolerance and tackling prejudice.
Lori ‘Zakariyya’ King (pictured left), a Muslim
convert of ten years, was awarded by Stephen’s mother,
Doreen Lawrence, who listened intently as the students read
their poems.
Titled ‘What, What Nigger’ the 28-year-old’s proactive poem
was a response to racist comments made by the Stephen’s
murderers immediately before they stabbed him.
HOLLYWOOD
– Cheering up their Muslim teammate, a Floridian high school
football team decided to don hijab before their season
finale game to show solidarity with their Muslim captain who
has been taunted repeatedly over her religious outfit.
"Everybody looked at us weird," West Broward senior Marilyn
Solorzano told Sun Sentinel website on Friday, April 20.
"I understand now everything she went through and how hard
it must have been.
“We just wore it for one day, and we noticed the difference.
It was hard to keep on. It kept falling and our heads got
really hot. You have to give her [credit] for wearing it
every day."
Donning hijab in middle school, Irum Khan (pictured
right), 17-year-old captain of West Broward High flag
football team, endured far more than the usual pre-teenage
taunting.
Early during her first years of high school, some classmates
called her a terrorist and cursed at her.
She had rocks thrown at her and was physically attacked more
than once.
"I got a lot of weird looks when I started wearing the hijab,"
said Khan, who first donned the modest clothing in fifth
grade and wears long sleeves and tights under her uniform.
"Kids at that age don't know a lot about it. I went through
half the year in sixth grade and then I took it off.
“I couldn't take the name-calling, the strange looks, the
racial slurs. It was too much."
Though she hid the abuse from her family and school
officials, she finally spoke up as her parents encouraged
her to talk with school administrators and things got
better.
Though none of Khan’s team has ever faced this bullying,
they decided to take a stand and get a small taste of how
difficult life can sometimes be for one of their own.
The idea of wearing hijab was first mentioned by Khan when
she jokingly said it would be interesting for the whole team
to wear the traditional Muslim dress during a game.
Instead of laughing, Solorzano, a fellow captain, seized on
the opportunity.
"Everyone thought it was a really cool idea to support her
and her religion," she said.
"It's really important to us because Irum is the only one
here that's covered head to toe. We thought it'd be
something nice."
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The
bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global free
market has exploited crises and shock for three decades,
from Chile to Iraq In her groundbreaking reporting over the
past few years, Naomi Klein introduced the term disaster
capitalism.
Whether covering
Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of
the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed
something remarkably similar.
People still
reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time
with economic shock treatment, losing their land and homes
to rapid-fire corporate makeovers.
The Shock Doctrine
retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time,
Milton Friedman s free market economic revolution.
In contrast to the
popular myth of this movement s peaceful global victory,
Klein shows how it has exploited moments of shock and
extreme violence in order to implement its economic policies
in so many parts of the world from Latin America and Eastern
Europe to South Africa, Russia, and Iraq.
At the core of
disaster capitalism is the use of cataclysmic events to
advance radical privatization combined with the
privatization of the disaster response itself. Klein argues
that by capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war,
the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming new
economy, and is the violent culmination of a radical
economic project that has been incubating for fifty years.
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: For a soft and
scrumptious treat you simply can't go wrong with Ferial
Goodfellow's recipe. Decadently delicious and deliciously
decadent as the old man of the house would say!
CHOCOLATE DATE CAKE
Ingredients
250g
butter
1 cup castor sugar
3 eggs
½ packet pitted dates, 125gm
2 tsp bi-carb of soda
1 cup boiling Water
2 cups self raising flour
1 tab Cocoa powder
Method
1. Combine dates, bicarb and boiling water in a
heat proof bowl and leave to cool.
2. Sift flour and cocoa
3. Beat butter and sugar.
4. Add eggs one at a time.
5. Add cooled date mixture.
6. Fold in sifted flour and cocoa.
7. Pour into your greased baking pan and bake in
a prepared 180degree oven for approx 35 minutes.
8. When cool spread with chocolate ganache and
sprinkle with nuts and flake.
Q: Dear Kareema, I need some muscle tone through my legs
as I love boxing and tend to do much more upper body than
lower body exercises. Any tips? A: Some of my favourite leg-toning exercises include
lunges and squats.
Try
incorporating them into your daily workouts and you should
see results almost immediately.
You’ll work your core as well – be sure to engage it.
Slow
your movements down to ensure good technique (the slower you
go, the harder your muscles need to work).
For
more of a challenge, use some weights while doing these
exercises.
If
you’re not already running and skipping, start including it
as part of your workout sessions.
Q: Dear Flightstar Fozi, our family of four will
be visiting Europe in June. We will be travelling by
ourselves from Rome to Paris via Milan, Turin and Nice but
don't know the best railpass to purchase
Flightsar Fozi: According to my research, the best
railpass would be a Eurail France / Italy saver pass. This
pass is available for first or second class travel and
starts at four flexi days or travel
within two months. Some of the trains in this itinerary have
mandatory reservations, so the passholders will need to pay
a supplement to reserve their trains. You can buy these
passes at any reputable travel agent.
Jallaludin
wanted to be an accountant, so he went and took the
accountancy exam.
Examiner: If I give you two goats and then I give you
another two goats, how many goats do you have?
Jallaludin: Five.
Examiner: No, listen carefully again. If I give you two
goats and then I give you another two goats, how many
goats have you got?
Jallaludin: Five.
Examiner: Let's try this another way. If I give you two
bottles of milk and then I give you another two bottles
of milk, how many bottles of milk have you got?
Jallaludin: Four.
Examiner: Good! Now, if I give you two goats and then I
give you another two goats, how many goats have you got?
Jallaludin: Five.
Examiner: How on earth do you work out that two lots of
two goats is five?
What is
with you must vanish:
what is with Allah will
endure. And We will
certainly bestow, on those
who patiently persevere,
their reward according to
the best of their actions.
People want you to be happy.
Don't keep serving them your
pain!
If you could untie your
wings
and free your soul of
jealousy,
you and everyone around you
would fly up like doves
Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī
The Immense Ocean by Imam Ahmed Ibn Ajiba
al Hasani
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– Cheering up their Muslim teammate, a Floridian high school
football team decided to don hijab before their season
finale game to show solidarity with their Muslim captain who
has been taunted repeatedly over her religious outfit.
The
bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global free
market has exploited crises and shock for three decades,
from Chile to Iraq In her groundbreaking reporting over the
past few years, Naomi Klein introduced the term disaster
capitalism. 
Jallaludin
wanted to be an accountant, so he went and took the
accountancy exam. 
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