The Brisbane
City Council has now
authorized the finalization
of the Rochedale Mosque
construction.
A spokesperson for the
Mosque said that while the
journey has been a very long
one the generous support of
the community has seen the
major construction completed
and only the inside
furnishings are still
outstanding.
It is now necessary to raise
funds for the finalization
of the external costs of the
Mosque as well as the
payment of outstanding
council fees. "We require
another $300,000 to finalize
the project before we can
start using this wonderful
Mosque."
The public is invited to
attend the Open Day of the
Mosque today (12 August)
after zohr prayer and
to contribute financially so
that Mosque can start to be
used as soon as possible
.
This will be an excellent
opportunity for the public
to see the work that has
been done so far and get a
first hand appreciation of
the facilities that will be
provided for use by the men,
women and children of the
community.
Amongst other
initiatives, there are plans
to establish a library, hold
Qur'an and Arabic classes,
and support various youth
development projects.
"We have
invested a lot of time and
effort into this project
thus far but we need all the
assistance we can get to
finish Allah Subhānahu Wa
Ta’āla’s house. We started
with just a block of land
and a small house to a sight
of beauty in the ceiling,"
added the spokesperson.
LOCATION:
ROCHEDALE MOSQUE, 2674 Logan
Road, Eight Mile Plains WHEN:
12th August 2012, After Zohr
prayer
Yet Zakah is
1 of the 5 pillars of Islam,
so you don't want to make
mistake!
This short
video (19 minutes) shows
three examples of the most
common situations, and yours
is likely to be one of the
three, and shows how to
calculate Zakah by:
(1) the book-keeper's hard
way, and
(2) the easier and still
Halal proper way!
The video is presented by
Brisbane's Shaykh AbuIsmaeel
Aslam Hussain of HikmahWay
Institute.
Now that you
know how to calculate your
zakaat, the next critical
question is what are some of
the causes that your zakaat
could be used towards. Mr
Iqbal Lambat has been
looking at options for the
payment of zakat and zakat
al-Fitr and researched a
number of causes especially
for CCN readers.
Some worthy
causes you can donate to:
•
Rohingya Muslims
Rohingyas live in
western Burma. They are
referred to as one of
the most persecuted
communities in the
world. Al-Jazeera
reported on Wednesday
that Human Rights Watch
released a 56-page
report which accuses the
Burmese security forces
of participating in the
rape, murder and
displacement of Rohingya
Muslims in the region.
Many Muslims are
stranded on the
Burmese-Bangladeshi
boarder and are
starving. The same fate
exists for those still
in Burma. A Rohingya
woman recently told the
BBC: "This week I have
only had three meals.
But I am living alone.
It is much worse for
some of the families
with 10 or 11 mouths to
feed. Death would be
better than this life."
•
Palestinians
The Canadian
International
Development Agency
reports that almost 58
percent of Palestinians
live in poverty, and
about half of this group
lives in extreme
poverty. About 50
percent of Palestinians
experience or risk
experiencing food
insecurity. The
Association for Civil
Rights in Israel reports
that over 84% of Muslim
children live below the
poverty line in East
Jerusalem.
• East
Africa
Somalia is one of the
poorest countries in the
world, devastated by
poverty, high food
prices and recurrent
droughts. The UNDP
states: "The magnitude
of human suffering is
alarming. Millions in
the region are facing
severe food shortages.
Disproportionately
affected are children
–their mortality levels
are truly shocking."
•
Syria
The war is impacting
numerous Syrians. Abu
Hamza, a Free Syrian
Army colonel from the
Jebel al-Zawiya district
south of Idlib, told the
Guardian that neither
the FSA nor local
communities could
provide shelter or food
for the thousands of
displaced civilians
being forced to sleep in
fields or on the streets
of towns and villages.
More than 250,000
refugees are believed to
have fled Aleppo in the
past fortnight, with
large parts of the city
of 2.5 million people
now empty.
•
Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the
world's most densely
populated countries with
150 million people, 49
percent of whom live
below the national
poverty line. In
addition, the country
has child malnutrition
rates of 48 percent, the
second highest in the
world
Brisbane's
As-Salaam Institute is
undertaking a Food Drive
particularly to aid migrant
Muslims coming into
Brisbane.
According to
the Institute, Multicultural
Development Association (MDA)
has indicated that that
within three months, 500 or
more Muslim families will
arrive into Australia as
asylum seekers who will not
supported by any Government
aid or benefits whatsoever.
This includes no food
provision, housing, medical
aid, education, English
language benefit or any
other.
The Institute
is raising funds to put
together a food hamper
containing a list of
suggested items. Each family
will be given one hamper.
These hampers will be
distributed through MDA.
Nominations
for the inaugural award for
Muslim understanding in
Australia as hosted by the
Centre for Muslim and
non-Muslim Understanding,
University of South
Australia are now open.
The award is about
recognising an individual or
organisation who has
contributed the most to
furthering understanding
between Muslims and
non−Muslims within
Australia.
Nominations close on 31
August 2012.
For further
information and nomination
form click
here.
As Ramadan
reaches an end, this
documentary tells the
little-known story of three
English gentlemen who
embraced Islam at a time
when to be a Muslim was to
be seen to be a traitor to
your country.
Through
personal journeys of still
surviving relatives, the
programme looks at their
achievements and how their
legacy lives on today.
I
was looking for sponsorships
a few months ago to attend
the two week Global Young
Leaders Conference in
Washington, DC and New York
City these holidays.
I would like
to report back, and say that
it was a wonderful
experience, and I am so
grateful for the assistance
of CCN and CCN readers in
helping me get there.
The conference brought
together over 300 young
scholars from all over the
world, representing over 20
nationalities.
We were all
allocated country groups of
around 25 scholars (not
necessarily where we came
from) and from this we
attended Leadership Group
Meetings several times a
day. In these meetings,
known as LGMs, we discussed
and expanded on our
leadership skills.
Before
visiting sites, we had a
briefing, and on our return,
we debriefed. In this way,
we all got to share our
experiences, and each
country group left feeling
like family. Additionally,
our country groups worked
together to participate in a
UN Security Council
Simulation on the Cyprus
Situation in Washington, DC
and in New York City, we put
all our efforts into a UN
Global Summit Simulation, in
which our country groups
divided into separate
committees and put forward
resolutions.
Once
at the Summit, we reformed
our country groups, and had
the chance to debate and
vote on resolutions based on
our country’s national
interests.
I was
extremely interested in
understanding how the UN
process works – especially
in the UN Security Council
Simulation, in which the
country groups who held veto
(known as the P5) were
allowed to utilise it.
The trip was not all work
though. In Washington, DC we
visited several monuments
and memorials, including a
White House photo
opportunity, the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial, the
Martin Luther King Jr
Memorial, and the Holocaust
Memorial Museum, among
others. We also spent time
at the Smithsonian
Institute, which included
the Museum of Natural
History.
In New York
City, we visited many
places, including Chinatown
and Little Italy, Greenwich
Village (where it’s so easy
to get lost in the
meandering streets!), Soho,
Manhattan, Times Square and
Rockefeller Center. One of
the most amazing things in
New York City was being able
to visit the United Nations,
and have a guided tour. On
the other hand, being able
to experience Mary Poppins
on Broadway was quite
amazing too!
Thanks to the conference, I
know feel so much more
culturally aware – it’s hard
not to experience and
immerse yourself into your
peers culture when you
become so close. I’m also
quite amazed at the
generosity and kindness of
people around the world.
After two weeks, we became
as close as family, and I am
happy to report that thanks
to social networking, I am
still in touch with many of
the scholars I met at the
conference.
Once again, I just wanted to
say thank you for making
this experience possible. I
thoroughly enjoyed the
conference and look forward
to one day travelling to
visit the scholars I met in
their home countries.
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:
On 4th August, the Ms. Verity Barton (State MP- Broadwaters) joined the
Gold Coast Mosque for
Ifthaar.
She was overwhelmed with
the reception and
delicious food from
Indonesia and Malaysia
which were prepared by
the Indonesian
community.
She also expressed her
support for the
establishment of the
Youth Centre.
(left to right)
Sister Zulaika
Goss, Miss.Janet
(Verity's mother),
Miss.Verity Barton MP
and Haji Hussain Baba (ISGC-Secretary)
Iftar @ UMB
Bond Uni sponsored Iftar with MPs
On 3rd August Bond
University sponsored the
Iftar at the Gold Coast
Mosque.
It was attended by the
senior management of the
Bond University along
with
dignitaries including
Mr. Stuart Roberts
(Shadow Defence
Minister), Mr. Rob Molhoek (State MP for
Southport) and Supt.
Paul Ziebarth, Police
District Commander for
Gold Coast.
They had an enjoyable
time over a sumptuous
dinner prepared by
in-house chef Haji Athar
Shah and Haji Habib
Jamal (Treasurer) .
Mr. Rob Molhoek
expressed his support
for the establishment of
the proposed Youth
Centre within the Mosque
compound.
(left to right)
Mr. Rob Molhoek (State MP
Southport), Haji Hussin Goss (ISGC-President),
Mr. Stuart Roberts (Shadow Defence
Minister), Mr. Alan Finch-(pro Vice
Chancellor Bond University), Sheik Aadel, Imam Imraan Husain, Mr. David
Forde, Mr. Chris Madden (Pro Vice
Chancellor Griffith University) and
Haji Hussain Baba (ISGC Secretary)
A comprehensive
list of answers
of the most
common questions
to do with
Ramadan that
covers topics
such as what
breaks your
fast, illness
and pregnancy,
taraweeh, not
fasting due to
hardship, making
up fasts, Laylat
Al Qadar, Itikaf
(spiritual
retreat) + more
is available
from
Seekers Guidance.
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. 33
Dr Aaidh
Al Qarni
Saudi
Scholar
Born: 1960 (Age
51) Source of Influence: Scholarly Influence: Writer of the
popular selfhelp book Don’t Be Sad (La
Tahzan), which has sold over 2 million
copies. School of Thought: Moderate
Salafi
Dr Aaidh Al
Qarni is a
prominent Saudi
scholar, author,
and activist
preacher, best
known for his
popular
self-help book
Don’t Be Sad. Dr
Al Qarni has
over 800 Islamic
audio lectures
and is a
prolific writer
and preacher for
tolerance.
Self-help
Icon
Among the
millions of
books Dr Al
Qarni has sold
are publications
that centre
around self-help
themes—a
new trend
in the world of
Islamic books.
The best selling
Don’t Be
Sad has become a
foundational
text in the
application
of Islamic
principles as a
remedy for the
obstacles
of daily life.
Other titles
include, You Can
Be the Happiest
Woman in the
World and The
Key to Success.
Popular
Preacher
Dr Al Qarni has
garnered a
substantial
following
through a
preaching career
which spans
various modes of
broadcast media
from audio
lectures to a
comprehensive
website,
alislamnet.com.
He lectures at
mosques,
colleges, and
Islamic
institutions and
hosts a weekly
television show,
Our History, on
Iqraa satellite
channel. Dr Al
Qarni is a
respected
academic and
Hafiz of the
Qur’an.
The
International
Islamic School
Primary in
Malaysia is
looking for
teachers and for
a principal for
Kuala Lumpur and
Kuantan branch.
The opening is
for September
2012.
Most important
criteria:
academically
qualified,
native speaker
of the English
language, at
least 3 years
teaching
experience,
excellent akhlaq.
Other additional
knowledge or
skills would be
welcomed.
The salary will
be based on
qualification
and experience.
Interested
parties may
browse the
school website:
www.iis.edu.my.
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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 a very high
standard.
Methodist
minister observes Ramadan in solidarity with
Muslims
ROWLETT
— Outsiders may see differences between Imam
Yaseen Shaikh and Rev. Dr. Wes Magruder, but
they don't.
"I have no doubt that Muslims and Christians
worship the same God," Magruder said. "We
have some of the same core foundations."
Magruder is senior associate pastor of First
United Methodist Church of Rowlett. Shaikh
is the leader of the Islamic Association of
Collin County in Plano.
The two are friends, and Magruder is doing
something rarely done outside the Islamic
faith: observing the holiest Muslim month of
Ramadan.
That means fasting from dawn to sunset. No
food, no drink — not even water.
"My initial thought was that he's crazy,
because it's pretty intense," Shaikh said.
"However, when I understood his intentions
of solidarity — wanting to walk in the shoes
of a Muslim for a month — then it was very
encouraging and inspiring."
Magruder
said he just wanted to see what it was like
to test his self-discipline and his
spirituality. He is finding it a difficult,
yet exciting, pursuit.
"I feel it," he said. "I feel it all the
time — this constant awareness that I could
use a drink, or I'm really hungry. But every
time that becomes a conscious thought, I
turn it into a prayer. That's the purpose of
fasting; It forces me to be conscious of God
and God's presence all the time."
"Frankly, all we Methodists do is give up
soda or chocolate for 30 or 40 days in
Lent," Magruder continued. "It's wimpy
compared to Ramadan, and I'd like to see a
return to a more strenuous and rigorous
practice of fasting. I think it'd be good
for us."
Shaikh is very impressed.
"It's a complete fast, where you deprive
your body completely of the basic needs you
have," he said. "It allows your spirituality
to surface and for you to connect with your
spiritual side."
He added that not only are Muslims
abstaining from food and drink, they also
abstain from speaking ill of others, using
profanity, or smoking.
"I've
never heard of someone willing to observe
fast," Shaikh said of Magruder.
And it appears many other people hadn't
heard of it either — until Magruder started
blogging about it. On a big day, he said he
would usually get 250 hits.
"This week I started getting 5,000 hits a
day, from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka,"
he said. "And the Muslims who are responding
have all been extremely supportive. They've
offered tips on how to make it through the
fast."
He said many Christians have begun asking
questions to discover exactly what Ramadan
is.
"I'm trying to become a bridge," Magruder
said.
Shaikh appreciates the effort.
"I think it sends a message of unity of
mankind," he said. "We may have differences,
but our differences are there to be
celebrated."
Saudi
Arabia's Sarah Attar gets standing ovation
at Olympic Stadium
The
London Games have just had their 'Eric the
Eel' moment, and it came in the form of a
diminutive middle-distance runner who lives
in California.
The Olympic spirit was on full display in
London on Wednesday as Sarah Attar, the
first female track athlete to compete for
Saudi Arabia in the Olympics, was cheered
every step of the way in her 800m heat.
In the end, she completed the two laps of
the track nearly 45 seconds behind the
winner, but her participation alone
represented an historic moment.
Dressed in a long-sleeved green training
top, long jogging bottoms and a white hijab,
she certainly stood out on the start line in
sweltering heat in the Olympic Stadium.
And it was quickly obvious that Attar wasn't
going to be able to keep pace with the rest
of the field as she fell a long way behind.
But whatever the sport, Olympic crowds love
a plucky trier and Attar was given a
standing ovation as she crossed the finish
line, almost a full lap behind the others.
It was a scene reminiscent of
Sydney 2000, where Eric 'the Eel'
Moussambani, the swimmer from Equatorial
Guinea, won hearts all over Australia after
swimming his 100m freestyle heat in a time
that was slower than the 200m world record.
Attar's
time of two minutes 44.95 seconds was a long
way behind that recorded by the winner,
Kenya's Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei, who ran
two minutes 01.04 seconds.
It doesn't matter though, because Attar is
making history as one half of the first ever
women's team to represent Saudi Arabia.
Speaking after the race, she said: "It is
such an honour to be representing Saudi
Arabia. Hopefully this can make such a huge
difference.
"It was such a unique
opportunity [to represent Saudi Arabia],
they invited me and welcomed me and to make
that first step for women is just the most
amazing feeling ever."
Her teammate, the judoka Wojdan Shaherkani,
wrote her name into Olympic history last
week when she was defeated by Puerto Rican
Melissa Mojica in a first round bout.
The fight only lasted a minute but
Shaherkani will forever have the distinction
of being the first Saudi female Olympian.
Attar
and Shaherkani were forced to walk behind
the male Saudi athletes in the Opening
Ceremony parade of nations, a symbol of an
ultra-conservative country in which women
are actively discouraged from participating
in sport.
Attar, 19, was born and raised in California
and trains at Pepperdine University in
Malibu, where she is studying art.
She has dual-nationality because of her
Saudi father Amer and chose to represent the
Middle Eastern country.
The Saudi Olympic Committee overturned a ban
on women athletes in June despite strong
opposition from many quarters of society.
But officials demanded that all female
competitors would be dressed 'to preserve
their dignity' - hence the modest,
long-sleeved garments and hijab covering the
hair.
Oregon
trail that led Mohammed Farah to 10,000m glory
LONDON: THE tale of Mohammed Farah (seeing
above after winning his gold medal)
might just be the best of all the Olympic
Games fables. It has been a globe-trotting
trip around three continents ending with a
ground-breaking union with a man who once
died.
Farah is the British Muslim who has put off
fasting for Ramadan while he pursues a
lustrous long-distance double. Now he stands
to become only the sixth man to win the
10,000 and 5000 metres at the same Olympics.
It would be a remarkable feat for a man who
was considered talented but flawed before he
got serious, went to live with the Kenyans
and then relocated to Portland, Oregon, last
year to work with the Cuba-born coaching
guru, Alberto Salazar.
Farah's story is as great as Saturday's run.
He was born in Somalia, raised in Djibouti
and beaten up on his first day at school
after moving to England aged 8. He jumped
off Kingston Bridge, garnered a reputation
for flakiness and then reinvented himself.
On Saturday he hugged his stepdaughter, who
was too frightened by the noise in the
Olympic Stadium to join him on the lap of
honour, and then his wife, who is seven
months pregnant with twins.
This is my
country and,
since I was
eight years
old, this is
where I grew
up," he
said. "This
is where I
started
life. This
is where I
went to uni.
This is my
country.
Mohammed Farah
"I'm Olympic champion today
but it's been years and years of hard work,
and that's what we forget," Farah said.
"That's what I was thinking
when I crossed the line and saw my wife and
daughter because only they know what I have
been through to be here, away from them five
or six weeks at a time when Tania is
pregnant, and I can't be worrying about that
because I have to think about training."
If that sounds selfish then that is the lot
of the long-distance runner. After all, it
is a lonely business, but Farah had friends
on his side in that epic 10,000metres. On
the track was Galen Rupp, the American who
helped Farah to break the African hegemony
and helped himself to a silver medal, and
off it he had Salazar.
The multinational approach is interesting.
The preamble to the Olympic Games has been
marked by a debate about nationality and
so-called plastic Brits. But the rise to the
top of Farah is a unifying milestone for a
multicultural nation.
In his finest hour, Farah was asked whether
he felt as patriotic as the other gold
medal-winners on a mesmerising night. "This
is my country and, since I was eight years
old, this is where I grew up," he said.
"This is where I started life. This is where
I went to uni. This is my country."
Nobody doubts it. Farah will start the 5000
metres as the favourite to complete the
final leg of an incredible journey. "I
couldn't believe the noise," Farah said as
he reflected on his gold medal.
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: With this likely being the
last Ramadan issue of CCN for 1433 let me share one final
tasty treat that you can add to your ifthaar menu. After
three failed attempts at growing my own methi bhaji from
methi seeds in a plant box I had to resort to the frozen
variety.
However, I do plan to have another go at
growing my own after receiving some very good advice and
tips from the neighbouring Runcorn vegetable gardener who
was featured in last week's CCN.
Methi Bhaji Rotlas (Fenugreek Leaves Crumpets)
Ingredients
3 bunch methi bhaji or 3 blocks of frozen methi
bhaji (which I have used)
1 large grated onion (with water squeezed out)
2 beaten eggs
1 tab chana flour (besan flour)
1 tab Mielie meal or polenta
1½ tab whole meal flour
½ tsp. dhana and jeeru mix (crushed coriander
and cumin seeds)
Pinch of turmeric
½ tsp. green chillies or add more if you prefer
¼ cup of corn kernels which have been thawed out
or use the canned variety
½ tsp. baking powder
¼ cup milk
Method
Mix all the above together.
Lightly grease a non-stick frying pan and place
a tablespoon of the mixture, spreading it into a
circle or you could use non-stick egg rings
which may need to be slightly greased.
Cook for approx. 3 mins, the base will be light
brown and when the top is set, flip it over and
cook for a further minute or 2 until light
brown.
Repeat with remaining batter, setting aside the
cooked crumpets in a warm place.
Q: Dear Kareema, I try to do yoga at least once or twice
a week to de-stress. What are the benefits of the relaxation
phase as I find it hard to switch off sometimes?
A: Total relaxation is actually very good for the
brain. Don’t even wait for your next yoga session to relax,
try making some time every day (at least 10 minutes) to just
sit and reflect or ‘rest’ your brain. Studies show that
those periods of rest can help improve functions such as
learning, awareness, judgement and memory. So not only will
your brain thank you for it down the track, it means your
whole body gets a chance to rest and recover daily. All you
have to do to benefit is completely ‘let go’, focus inwards
and build a healthier mind and body.
While he was there, he bid for a parrot.
Mula
Nasruddin really wanted this bird, so he got caught up
and thoroughly involved in the bidding.
He kept on bidding, but kept getting outbid, so he bid
higher and higher and higher.
Finally, after he had bid much more than he had
intended,
Mula
Nasruddin won the bid; the parrot was his at last.
As he was paying for the parrot, he said to the
auctioneer, "I hope this parrot can talk. I would hate
to have paid this much for it, only to find out that he
can't talk!"
"Don't worry." said the auctioneer, "He can talk. Who do
you think kept bidding against you?"
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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I
was looking for sponsorships
a few months ago to attend
the two week Global Young
Leaders Conference in
Washington, DC and New York
City these holidays. 
Once
at the Summit, we reformed
our country groups, and had
the chance to debate and
vote on resolutions based on
our country’s national
interests. 
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— Outsiders may see differences between Imam
Yaseen Shaikh and Rev. Dr. Wes Magruder, but
they don't.
Magruder
said he just wanted to see what it was like
to test his self-discipline and his
spirituality. He is finding it a difficult,
yet exciting, pursuit.
"I've
never heard of someone willing to observe
fast," Shaikh said of Magruder.
The
London Games have just had their 'Eric the
Eel' moment, and it came in the form of a
diminutive middle-distance runner who lives
in California. 
Attar's
time of two minutes 44.95 seconds was a long
way behind that recorded by the winner,
Kenya's Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei, who ran
two minutes 01.04 seconds.
Attar
and Shaherkani were forced to walk behind
the male Saudi athletes in the Opening
Ceremony parade of nations, a symbol of an
ultra-conservative country in which women
are actively discouraged from participating
in sport.
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