The
establishment of IQRA Live
heralds the pioneering of
Traditional Islamic sciences
to be broadcast and streamed
from Perth, Western
Australia.
Aiming to
fulfil the needs of those
seeking to gain access to
Traditional Islamic
knowledge and insights, the
introduction of IQRA Live
seeks to extend IQRA
Academy's programs and
events to an increased
audience.
IQRA Live
will be launching on the 8th
of July 2012 with an 'Ulama
Panel Discussion titled 'The
Fiqh of Ramadan: Fasting and
Feasting', presented by Sh.
Yusuf Parker of Al-Hidayah
Centre and Sh. Shabir Adam
Sulaiman Moosa. Issues
regarding the intricacies of
worship, fasting and
devotional acts will be
covered in a two-hour Panel
discussion in order to
understand the etiquette,
ethos and beauty of the
blessed month of Ramadan.
Additional IQRA Live
features include Friday
Khutbah broadcasts, online
delivery of Tafseer
[Commentary of the Holy
Quran], as well as Taraweeh
streaming in Ramadan.
To access and
view these programs as well
as to be a part of new
developments and changes
taking place, you can
register your details.
Sheikh Ahmed
Deedat (pictured left) in discussion
on the use of information technology at the
iPCI
From working
in a shop in a remote area
of KwaZulu Natal, to
debating the famous American
reverend, Jimmy Swaggart in
the USA — the story of
Sheikh Ahmed Deedat is truly
amazing.
Sheikh Ahmed
Deedat was born in Surat,
India in 1 July 1918. His
family emigrated to South
Africa in 1927.
Ahmed Deedat
was a very bright student
and excelled in school. Lack
of finance interrupted his
schooling and at age of 16
he took on the first of many
jobs in retailing.
After reading
a book called Izharul Haq —
“The Truth Revealed” — a
book about a debate with
Christian Missionaries in
the then British India,
Sheikh Deedat was spurred on
in the direction of dawa —
Islamic missionary activity.
Over the next
four decades, he immersed
himself in a host of
activities. Conducting Bible
classes, lectures and
debates all over world. He
established the first
Islamic seminary in Southern
Africa to train missionaries
at Assalaam Educational
Institute — Braemar.
He published
more than 20 books and
distributed millions of
copies of free literature
and pamphlets the world over
which were translated into
many languages.
He also
delivered thousands of
lectures all over the world,
crossing all the continents
and successfully engaging
some of the major Christian
evangelists in public
debates.
His career in
the field of Comparative
Religion took him across all
five continents and dialogue
with the heads of the
Christian world, including
the late Pope John Paul.
So fearless
was his stand in defending
what he believed was the
truth that Deedat was
refused entry into France
and Nigeria on the grounds
that “he would cause civil
unrest”.
In 1957,
Sheikh Deedat, together with
two of his close friends,
founded the Islamic
Propagation Center (IPC) in
Durban. The centre printed a
variety of books, and
organized and offered
classes to new Muslims.
Deedat also
received a personal phone
call at the IPCI from former
President Nelson Mandela,
who was in Saudi Arabia at
the time, congratulating
Deedat for his iconic status
in the Muslim world.
He was
awarded the prestigious King
Faisal Award in 1986 for his
services to Islam in the
field of Propagation.
This first
opportunity to go abroad
arose in 1976, when a good
friend, Ebrahim Jadwat,
travelled to Riyadh for a
conference.
“When I asked the people
from Saudi television to
interview him, they laughed
at me, saying that they had
50 or 60 of the greatest
scholars from all over the
world, so why should they
interview him?” recalls
Jadwat. “So I said, ‘Give
him two minutes of your time
and I’m sure you’ll find
something interesting.’ So
they humored me and gave him
the opportunity to come on
television.”
The rest, as
they say, is history...
Sheikh Deedat
with his entertaining
approach, dynamic
personality, deep knowledge
of Christianity and unique
ideas, swept the Arab world
off its feet. Going to
Riyadh opened up many doors
for him, and his dream of
printing and distributing
the Qur’an and other
literature soon become a
reality.
In July 1985, Sheikh Deedat
agreed to a debate with an
American missionary, Prof.
Floyd E. Clark, at London’s
Royal Albert Hall. The
debate attracted Muslim
holidaymakers from all over
the world, and Sheikh Deedat
proved to be an instant hit.
He soon found himself swept
up in a whirlwind of tours:
Morocco, Kenya, Sweden,
Australia, Denmark, and of
course, the USA, where he
became famous for what is
known as the “Great Debate.”
Eight
thousand people showed up,
to watch Sheikh Deedat
debate the topic, “Is the
Bible the Word of God?” with
the American Reverend Jimmy
Swaggart, who was the head
of a $100 million ministry.
The IPC
expanded its activities and
its premises, moving to a
larger building, and became
known as the Islamic
Propagation Center
International.
On May 3, 1996, Sheikh Ahmed
Deedat suffered a stroke,
known as “lock in syndrome,”
which left him paralyzed
from the neck down. It also
meant that he was no longer
able to speak or swallow.
Soon thereafter he was taken
to Saudi Arabia on a medical
jet, especially flown in by
the royal family. He
received specialized
treatment and care at the
King Faisal hospital in
Riyadh, where he was taught
to communicate by
coordinating his eye
movements with an
alphabetical chart which he
memorized.
Sheikh Ahmed
Deedat passed away in South
Africa at the age of 87 on 8
August 2005.
The nikah of Mohamed
Ahsan, son of
Reffik
and Hameeda Dada,and
Nazifa, daughter of
Yahya and Zaida
Hasham was
performed at the Algester
Mosque yesterday (30 June).
The bridal
reception and walimah was
held that evening at the
Islamic College of
Brisbane's multi-purpose
hall in Karawatha where some
700 guests were in
attendance.
The venue,
which was used for the first
time for such a purpose, was
transformed into an
exquisite backdrop for a
wedding reception and
coupled with delectably
home-cooked cuisine
(prepared by the Algester
Mosque Ladies Auxiliary) the
evening exuded the most perfect
of ambiances befitting such a
joyous occasion.
Australians
get a bad rap overseas, and
our stocks seem especially
low in India. In fact, a
sizeable chunk of India's
1.2 billion people think
Aussies are dumb, drunk and
racist.
But doesn't every
country have its negative
stereotypes?
In this
six-part factual series,
journalist Joe Hildebrand
takes four Indians on a road
trip around Australia to
examine our worst
stereotypes -- are we really
beer-swilling, racist
bogans, or are we simply
misunderstood?
Shot on
location in India and across
Australia, this series puts
its Indian protagonists
smack bang in the middle of
passionate debates and
immersive experiences that
could change their opinion
of Australia forever.
After three
weeks of seeing the good,
the bad and the ugly up
close, will our intrepid
Indian travellers still
think that Australians are
dumb, drunk and racist?
And what will
we think of ourselves, after
seeing Australia through
their eyes?
Journalist
Joe Hildebrand sets out on a
pilgrimage to Delhi and
beyond to examine this
anti-Australian sentiment.
While in India Joe meets the
four locals who will join
him on a road trip across
Australia. As a newsreader
and journalist for a Hindi
network, Gurmeet Chaudhary
was shocked by the negative
stories appearing regularly
in the Indian media. Call
centre worker Mahima
Bhardwaj takes Joe through
the unpleasant encounters
she’s had with Aussies over
the phone. Amer Singh is a
third year law student in
Chandigargh who decided it
was safer to stay in India
to study. Radhika Budhwar
advises Indian students
where they should study
overseas; she hasn’t
recommended Australia for
the last five years. All
agree to risk life and limb
to visit our reviled and
dangerous country.
Episode 2
(Warning:
Classified MA)
Joe
and the Indian tourists
dive head first into
Australia’s
multicultural melting
pot. Despite being a
nation built by
successive waves of
refugees, the most
recent arrivals often
cop the most flack and
in Australia in 2012, it
is Australian Muslims
who are on the front
line.
Mahima, Radhika, Gurmeet
and Amer are in the
second week of their
‘dumb, drunk and racist’
road trip, and begin
this episode in Sydney’s
Lakemba – a suburb with
a predominantly Muslim
population. Radhika is
clearly surprised by the
lack of white people in
Lakemba: “This is not
really Australia… these
people have built their
own country in another
country.” Later, Radhika
and Mahima meet Nasro, a
Somalian refugee, who
tells them that although
she has experienced
kindness, she has little
doubt that most
Australians are racist.
Venturing deeper into
the heart of this issue,
Joe takes the travellers
to Cronulla beach and
tells them the story of
the infamous 2005 riots.
The footage of that
awful day shocks
everyone and brings law
student Amer to tears.
The crew then travel
back into the heart of
Sydney’s Western suburbs
and play a game of
soccer with the
all-women, multi-ethnic
Lakembaroos.
Finally Joe takes them
to Villawood Immigration
Detention Centre. There
they meet members of the
Australian Protectionist
Party, a group that
believes
multiculturalism is a
failure and Muslim
immigration should be
stopped altogether. As
they are talking,
several pro-refugee
advocates arrive and
tempers flare as the
Indians find themselves
in the middle of a
heated argument about
multiculturalism.
Sheikh Furqan
Jabbar is an instructor with
AlKauthar Institute. He will
be teaching the “Worst of
the Worst - The Study of
Satan, Pharoah and Dajjal”
course in Sydney on the 7th
and 8th of July and in
Brisbane on the 14th and
15th of July 2012.
Shajarah
Islamic Kindergarten is
a new initiative that has
come from within the local
Southern Brisbane Muslim
Community.
There is
arguably a widespread need
for such a service in
preparation for young Muslim
children in the year before
they are to begin attending
Prep year at school.
The
Kindergarten program is
considered vital
educationally and both
Australian National and
State governments have
targets of 100% of
appropriately-aged children
to attend such programs.
Children who
were born between 1 July
2007 and 30 June 2008 are
eligible for Kindergarten
this year, and between 1
July 2008 and 30 June 2009
will be eligible in 2013.
Kindergarten
programs are run 40 weeks a
year (in line with school
terms) and attendance by
children is for 15 hours a
week or 3 days a fortnight.
As an Islamic
Kindergarten, Shajarah
Islamic Kindergarten
aims to build on the basic
program offered at
Kindergarten, including
adding age-appropriate
Arabic language and Islamic
learning areas.
The aim is to
provide an Islamic
environment in which
children can learn and grow
together.
Preparations
to become an accredited
Kindergarten Program
Provider are in progress
with plans to open in the
third school term of this
year on Monday the 8th of
October for
Kindergarten-aged children
whether we are accredited as
a child-care or a
Kindergarten.
The
Kindergarten centre will be
located in the Kuraby area.
(Actual address to be
announced.)
Kindergarten
Community information
sessions are planned for the
near future where updates
about accreditation will be
provided as they come to
hand.
If you would
like your child to attend in
term four this year, or in
2013, provide the following
details
here.
If you are
interested in joining the
staff of Shajarah Islamic
Kindergarten, provide
the following details
here.
Unity
Cup Indoor Soccer Tournament
is back in 2012 after a 2
year hiatus.
Since its
inception in 2004, Unity Cup
has been a place for people
to "enjoy some friendly
competition, meet new
friends and put that fitness
to their test."
Tournament
organizer, Ahmed Essof, told
CCN that this year's event
will, as in the past, will
feature 16 teams and run for
one full day on 2nd
September.
Places for
registration are on a
first-come-first-serve
basis.
If you are
interested, you are
encouraged to register as
soon as possible as spots
are filing up fast.
If you
looking for some fun and a
great way to burn off the
Ramadan and Eid feasts,
gather your workmates and
friends and get a team
together.
For more
details, see poster
PS: This will
also get you in good shape
for CresWalk2012 on Sunday
23 September.
Sir Sebastian
Coe headed the London bid to
host the 2012 Olympic games
and is Chairman of the
London Organising Committee
for the Games.
In a written
interview with Editor of The
Muslim News, Ahmed J Versi,
Sir Seb answered a wide
range of questions on the
Olympics many of which
affect Muslim athletes and
East End locals
Amongst the
questions Ahmed Versi put to
Sir Seb was this:
The
Olympics as you are
aware falls during
Ramadan, but you refused
to change the date.
Thousands of Muslim
athletes from many
countries as well as
thousands of Muslim
spectators and
volunteers have been
affected by this. Many
have refused to
volunteer and attend
events because of this.
We have also interviewed
Muslim athletes who have
complained on this issue
but are not speaking out
publicly. If Australia
and China were able to
change the dates why not
us?
Sir Seb's
response::
The IOC
specified the following
time window to all the
bidding cities for the
2012 Games: July
15-August 31. Ramadan
dates in 2012 are from
July 21-August 20 and
all bidding cities for
2012 therefore
overlapped with Ramadan.
We want to make sure
that all athletes,
media, spectators,
workforce and volunteers
are able to participate
fully in the Games
whilst following
Ramadan. For example,
teams will be able to
order break of fast
packs which will include
water, nutritional bars
and fruit, the Olympic
Village will offer 24
hour catering and there
will be back of house
faith rooms for staff to
use when needed. There
will also be a Multi
Faith Centre in the
Village which will offer
support, pastoral care
and spiritual help to
athletes and officials.
Volunteers will also
receive a briefing to
make sure they are aware
of Ramadan and the needs
of the Muslim community.
All our plans have been
developed with our
Multi-Faith Reference
Group – which consists
of representatives of
the various faith
communities – and who
have advised LOCOG on a
number of issues.
Dr Bari,
Former Secretary General of
Muslim Council of Great
Britain, is on the LOCOG
Board and has been a key
part of the discussions on
London 2012 and Ramadan.
Community Meal/Ifthar with the Homeless & Disadvantaged
AMARAH
St Andrew's Anglican Church, cnr Cordelia & Vulture St, West
End
0422 349 786
6pm
22
July
Sunday
Ifthaar: Experience the tastes of Indonesia
Indonesian
Islamic Society of Brisbane
UQ Campus, Multi-faith Centre
0407 632 492
After Maghrib
28
July
Saturday
Ifthaar: Experience the tastes of Indonesia
Indonesian
Islamic Society of Brisbane
Griffith University, Nathan Campus TBA
0407 632 492
After Maghrib
4
August
Saturday
Ifthaar: Experience the tastes of Indonesia
Indonesian
Islamic Society of Brisbane
Darul Uloom, BURANDA
0407 632 492
After Maghrib
11
August
Saturday
Ifthaar: Experience the tastes of Indonesia
Indonesian
Islamic Society of Brisbane
QUT, Kelvin Grove TBA
0407 632 492
After Maghrib
If
you’re holding
public iftars,
lectures,
exhibitions,
homeless food
collections,
fund-raising
initiatives or
anything else this
Ramadan email
ccn@crescentsofbrisbane.org
with the following
details:
Date:
Day:
Event:
Organizer:
Venue:
Contact phone no.:
Time:
The Crescent was NOT
sighted anywhere in Australia on
Wednesday night.
Therefore, the 1st day of Sha'aban
1433 falls on Friday the 22nd of
June 2012
http://crescentwatch-australia.alghazzali.org/
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. 27
H.E.
President
Abdullah Gül
President of
the Republic
of Turkey
Abdullah Gül is
the 11th
president of the
Republic
of Turkey and
the first modern
Turkish
head-of-state
from an Islamist
background.
Facing intense
secularist
opposition to
his
political
career, Gül has
maintained a
focus on
democratic
reform. As prime
minister and
subsequently as
foreign
minister, Gül
pursued a
pro-active
foreign policy
and largely
succeeded in
striking a
balance between
Turkey’s
traditional
Western-anchored
foreign policy
priorities and
its new
interests in the
Middle East and
the Muslim
World.
Influence
through
Pragmatic
Leadership
Gül’s political
influence in
Turkey and
abroad derives
from his ability
to reconcile the
demands of a
predominantly
religious
electorate with
those of the
secular
establishment of
the Turkish
Republic.
Together with
Erdogan, Gül has
worked to expand
the sphere of
democratic
rights in
Turkey, which in
turn have
benefited the
predominantly
traditional and
religious
segments of
Turkish society.
Gül continues to
play a
significant role
in the current
efforts to find
a lasting
solution to
Turkey’s Kurdish
issue. Gül was
also the first
Turkish
politician to
visit Armenia.
The
competition for the
CCN Young Muslim
Writers Awards (YMWA)
for 2012 is now
open.
Please encourage our
young boys and girls
to participate.
Last
year's inaugural
awards were a
resounding
successful with
entries coming from
all around Australia
and many considered
by our independent
panel of judges as
being of very high
standard.
The one place
to do all your Ramadan and
Eid Shopping.
We have
literally brought the IBC –
Islamic Books & Clothing
shop from Melbourne to
Brisbane for 3 days next
weekend Friday June 29,
Saturday June 30 & Sunday
July 1.
We’ve loaded up a great
collection of Ladies, Men’s,
Girls & Boys Islamic
Clothing (Abbayahs, Thobes,
Caps, Scarves), Islamic
Books (Quran, Seerah,
Children’s Books), Prayer
Mats, Wall Frames, Attar,
Tasbih, Zam Zam Water, DVD’s
(Mufti Ismail Menk, Khalid
Yasin, Children’s DVD’s) and
heaps more.
Lots of
specials too:
• Buy
1 Get 1 Free Audio CD’s –
Yusuf Islam, Zain Bhikha,
Sami Yusuf
• Pashmina
Scarves $10 each, 3 for $25
• Long
Scarves $8 each, 3 for $20
• Ladies
Swimwear 20% off
• Large
Attar $5 each, 3 for $12
Free DVD –
The Empire of Islam, valued
at $15 for all purchases
over $100 (limited stock)
PLUS MUCH MORE
The ladies clothing range
includes linen skirts, cool
cotton/linen tops and a
range of Maxi dresses with
matching cotton cardigans.
There are a variety of
scarves too square scarves,
long scarves, designer rose
scarves, hijabs, khimars,
headbands & caps. There is
something to suit everyone.
Our men’s range of Thobes
offers many styles, colours
and fabrics including pin
striped Thobes, Morrocan
style Thobes with hoods as
well as traditional white
cotton Thobes. Men’s caps
are available in a wide
variety of colours & styles
– cotton, knit from the
traditional to the trendy.
Children’s Clothing:
Girls Abbayahs - for ages 5
– 16.
Small Boys Thobes - for ages
1 to 8.
Young Boys Thobes - for ages
9 – 16, (traditional and
Omani-no collar), cotton,
rayon, white & colours
WHERE: Islamic
College of Brisbane Hall, 45
Acacia Rd, Karawatha
Friday
June 29th (after Juma) until
8 pm Saturday (June
30) from 10am – 5 pm. Sunday (July
1) from 10am – 5 pm.
EFTPOS &
Credit Card facilities
available
Ahmed Imam is looking
forward to meeting up with
old friends and making many
new ones too.
4
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bathroom house
in Marsden.
Separate
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backyard.
Situated in a
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down the road
from Logan
mosque. Rental
is $370 per
week. Can be
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Call Laila on 0415467868 /
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order.
Please note that we already
have many pre booked orders
so please place your orders
asap as we will be only
taking a limited number of
orders.
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Dutch lawmakers vote down
bill that caused uproar in Jewish, Muslim
communities.
The Dutch upper house, the
Senate, last week rejected a bill that would
have banned the ritual slaughter of animals
and had been criticized by both Muslim and
Jewish groups.
The bill, proposed by the small Party for
the Animals, stipulates that livestock must
be stunned before being slaughtered,
contrary to Muslim halal and Jewish kosher
laws, which require animals to be conscious.
The lower house of parliament passed the
bill a year ago, leaving a loophole saying
religious groups could continue ritual
slaughter if they proved it was no more
painful than other methods of slaughter.
Earlier last month, the Dutch government and
the Jewish and Muslim communities in the
Netherlands reached an agreement that
asserted that animals could continue to be
ritually slaughtered as long as they lost
consciousness within 40 seconds of their
throats being cut. After that period they
would have to be stunned.
But the Senate rejected the bill by 51 votes
to 21, meaning it cannot become law.
Dutch Muslims, mostly of Turkish and
Moroccan origin, had complained they felt
stigmatized by the measure.
European Union regulations require animals
to be stunned before slaughter but allow
exceptions for ritual slaughter, which the
European Court of Human Rights has ruled is
a religious right.
Banning
of Muslim veil in France linked to increased
hostility towards veiled Muslim women in the
UK - University of Leicester study
UK: Evidence shows that there
is a link between the banning of the veil in
France and increased levels of anti-Muslim
hostility towards veiled Muslim women in the
UK, according to researchers at the
University of Leicester.
Research from the Department of Criminology
suggests that the veil ban stigmatises
veiled Muslim women as ‘criminals’ and
fosters Muslim ‘otherness’. Even if not
explicitly inciting hate-motivated violence,
the law in its application contributes to a
climate of intolerance of Islam in the West.
Irene Zempi (pictured right), who led
the study, presented her research on
Islamophobia at a Departmental Research
Seminar at the University of Leicester in
May this year.
Ms Zempi argues: "In light of my interviews
with veiled Muslim women, I am confident
that the French veil ban is a ‘trigger’
event which has led to increased levels of
anti-Muslim hostility towards women who wear
the face veil – the most visual symbol of
Islam in the West.
"The veil ban policy is a clear
manifestation of Islamophobia. The veil ban
is not a ‘religious-blind’ piece of
legislation; rather it attacks ‘Islam’
through the religious code of dress for
Muslim women."
University of Leicester Press Release
Woman
turned away from parents evening for
refusing to remove niqab
UK: The Daily Mail reported
that a veiled Muslim woman from Manchester
was turned away from attending parents
evening at her son’s school because the
school’s security policy requires all faces
to be visible, for identification purposes,
whilst indoors. Maroon Rafique, who wears
the niqab, was told that she had to remove
it for security reasons, even though she had
attended the school wearing the niqab on
previous occasions without encountering any
problems.
From the Daily Mail:
“A mother was turned
away from a parents’ evening because she
was wearing a full-face veil.
“Maroon Rafique, 40, was told that for
the security and safety of children and
teachers at the college there was a ban
on any type of face coverings.
“She was warned that unless she removed
her full-face covering, known as the
niqab, she would not be allowed into the
college to attend.
“In the end, a stunned Mrs Rafique was
forced to call her husband, who took her
place and went with their son Awais, 18.
“Mrs Rafique, who has worn the niqab for
seven years, said: ‘I’m born in this
country and British. Why should what I
wear offend anyone? I didn’t want to
make any fuss. All I wanted was to find
out the information to help my son go to
university.
“‘I offered to sit at the back or at the
front, anywhere where I wouldn’t be
seen, if they thought I was going to
offend anyone.
“‘I was really upset because whenever
I’ve visited the college before there’s
never been a problem, in fact the tutors
have been welcoming and friendly.’
“Mrs Rafique, of Whalley Range,
Manchester, had been invited to attend
the parents’ evening and talk about her
son’s education at The Manchester
College.
“But when the mother of two arrived she
was apprehended by security staff in the
lobby of the college’s Northenden
campus.
Rafique told the Daily Mail that, "I do
get abuse every now and again in the
street, which I just have to deal with.
However, I was very surprised when I was
treated this way by the college."
Her son, Awais said that "We’ve never,
ever been told about any rule about what
parents can wear."
A spokesperson for the college stated
that Rafique’s concerns were being taken
‘very seriously’, and that, “The
Manchester College provides a safe and
inclusive environment that fosters
development and achievement. We apply a
single dress code to all college users,
including learners and visitors.
She added that, “At all times we need to
be able to identify all individuals
easily in order to maintain safety and
security, and therefore we ask that
faces are clearly visible while indoors.
Our dress code is reviewed through our
quality improvement group and we will
take this situation into account at the
next review.”
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and other hate literature available on
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Anyone can use Amazon's
Kindle Direct Publishing service to upload
an ebook and set their own price
UK: The
Daily Mail reports that the online
book-seller, Amazon, has allowed the sale of
offensive, racist and ‘potentially
dangerous’ literature through its ebooks
platform, which allows any self-publishing
author to upload ebooks for sale without
content passing through the normal screening
channels of traditional publishing.
Mail Online
Target
of Muslim Woman, Quran used in SEAL Training
US:
A national Muslim civil rights and advocacy
organization called on Pentagon officials
not to use a target depicting a Muslim woman
wearing a religious head scarf (hijab) and
verses from the Quran in combat scenarios
for training Navy SEALs at the new close
quarters combat range at Joint Base Fort
Story in Virginia Beach, Va.
The Washington-based Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said that
military facility, referred to as a "kill
house," features a number of combat
scenarios, including a mosque and a movable
target of a Muslim woman wearing hijab and
aiming a handgun. Verses from the Quran,
Islam's revealed text, are also displayed
behind the target.
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KB says: This deliciously tasty and
visually appealing dessert was prepared for a pre-wedding
celebration during the week by Fathima Adat. It proved just
as popular as the many other beautifully prepared
desserts that were on offer on the night.
Chocolate Mousse
INGREDIENTS
1
litre of cream
¾ of 750g tub of nutella
1 bar of mint aero chocolate
1 packet Arnott’s chocolate ripple biscuits or
something similar
METHOD
1.Beat the cream until soft peaks form and
fold in the nutella.
2.Grate the mint aero chocolate (reserving
a little for garnish) and fold into the mixture.
3.Process the biscuits until you have a
rough sandy consistency.
4.
Spoon the mousse and biscuit crumbs in
alternative layers into individual serving
glasses or a large bowl and chill in fridge for
at least 1 hour. Remove from fridge 15 minutes
before serving, and top with extra whipped cream
and grated chocolate.
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servants ask you concerning
Me, I am indeed close (to
them): I listen to the
prayer of every suppliant
when he calls on Me: let
them also, with a will,
listen to My call, and
believe in Me: that they may
walk in the right way.
.
The Immense Ocean by Imam Ahmed Ibn Ajiba
al Hasani
Date: Saturday 3 March 2012, then
every second Saturday of each month Time: 3pm - 4:30pm Venue: IWAQ Office, 11 Watland St, Springwood
Light refreshments provided.
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tournaments, BBQs organised
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Australians
get a bad rap overseas, and
our stocks seem especially
low in India. In fact, a
sizeable chunk of India's
1.2 billion people think
Aussies are dumb, drunk and
racist.
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US:
A national Muslim civil rights and advocacy
organization called on Pentagon officials
not to use a target depicting a Muslim woman
wearing a religious head scarf (hijab) and
verses from the Quran in combat scenarios
for training Navy SEALs at the new close
quarters combat range at Joint Base Fort
Story in Virginia Beach, Va.
Jallalluddin,
Habibulla and Mula Nasruddin went to a wedding function
in Dubai.
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