Volunteers arrived
armed with hammers,
drills and chisels
at the crack of dawn
last Saturday and
within hours razed
the old shed on the
Kuraby Mosque
property alongside
to make way for the
establishment of new
ghusl,
janazah and
storage facilities.
The
Mosque is seeking
funds for the
project and you can
donate to the cause
using the following
bank details:
Account name :
Islamic Charitable
Trust Fund
BSB/Acc Number :
064162 / 10311340
Institution :
Commonwealth Bank
Reference: Janaza
Project
Mr
Anas Abdalla (left in
photo) recently received
the Supply Chain and
Logistics Association of
Australia - Queensland
Division, Winner of the High
Commendation for the 2012
QLD Future Leaders Award.
Over the past twelve months
Mr. Abdalla has
directly project managed and
delivered projects with an
identified value of over
$60m pa. for some of
Australia's largest
corporate companies.
The
small but growing
Muslim community of
the town of Gatton,
west of Brisbane,
celebrated the end
of Ramadan last
Sunday with a mini-Eid
festival of food,
fun and rides.
Co-ordinated by the
supremely selfless
Sultan Deen (only
just recovering from
his huge Brisbane
Eidfest effort the
day before), the
festivities brought
together a diverse
group of Muslim
cultures and ethnic
origins but despite
the deliciously hot
curry and rice, the
traditional Aussie
sausage sizzle
proved the delicacy
of choice for the
relatively new
migrants.
Local
GP, Dr Iqbal Sultan
and visitors from
Brisbane, Hashim
Hatia and Dr Shafiq
Omar pitched in to
make the day one the
locals would like to
see become the
annual highlight of
Gatton.
(left to right) Riyaad Ally of
Muslim Aid Australia
(Sydney)
and Sheikh Burhaan
Mehtar of Al Imdaad
Foundation (Perth)
Muslim Aid
Australia's Manager of
International Projects,
Riyaad Ally, is heading
back to Sydney from a week
in the Middle East
overseeing the logistics and
distribution of humanitarian
aid to Palestinian orphans
and Syrian refugees on the
Jordanian borders.
After
coordinating the
distribution of school bags
to Palestinian orphans, Ally
travelled with aid partner, Al-Imdaad Foundation,
to the distribution centre
in al Mafraq near the Zaatri
refugee camp where they set
up the tents, maternity
boxes, and food packs.
The aid team
encountered their first
obstacle arising from claims
that
28 police officers had
been injured the previous
day by the Syrian refugees
in the Zaatri camp. The
families of the police
officers and the locals
refused to permit the
distribution to take place
but after some tense
negotiations the muhaafiz
in the area was convinced to
allow the assessed refugees
to be brought to the
distribution centre for aid.
Brisbane's
Indonesian community
celebrated Eid and
the end of the
fasting month with
food and
entertainment at the
Holland Park State
High School Hall
last Sunday.
The
event was organized
by the Indonesian
Islamic Society of
Brisbane and was
well attended by a
community leaders
and local
politicians.
Ms
Fenti Forsyth,
member of the IISB
organizing team,
told CCN: "It was a
great opportunity
for the community to
meet with the IISB
and I hope it will
sow the seeds for
future collaborative
events."
In the second
instalment of this multi
award-winning series, six
prominent Australians risk
their lives to experience
the reality of refugee life,
as they embark on an
extraordinary and
confronting three-week
journey. Tempers flare as
the Australians - Peter
Reith, Catherine Deveny,
Angry Anderson, Michael
Smith, Imogen Bailey and
Allan Asher - move in with
resettled refugees and
asylum seekers. But nothing
can prepare them for the
twists and turns in store.
They face mortal danger in
the world’s deadliest cities
- from the sweltering,
war-torn capital of Somalia,
Mogadishu, to the riotous
streets of Kabul, freezing
amidst the mountains of
Afghanistan.
Second
Episode
In this
episode, the refugee
experiment gets bolder
still. The Australians
experience two countries
torn apart by war. With
ever-present danger, their
differences become more
pronounced. In Afghanistan,
Reith, Deveny and Anderson
arrive as riots break out
across the country. Tension
is high as the Australians
are confronted with a stark
reminder of why so many
Afghanis desperately want to
escape their country. They
meet victims of violence,
and visit makeshift camps
for displaced Afghanis.
Meanwhile, in Mogadishu,
Smith, Bailey and Asher meet
a group of mothers
desperately trying to keep
their starving children
alive. They then join the
greatest human exodus of
modern times, heading for a
refugee camp on the
Ethiopian border.
Final
Episode
In the final
episode, the Australians
head for Indonesia. They
live with a refugee family
in Jakarta, desperate to get
on a boat no matter what the
risk. Reith, Deveny and
Anderson travel to the
island of Roti, a recruiting
ground for people smugglers.
But the young men they meet
are not the villains they
expected. The six
Australians then become boat
people themselves, aboard an
Indonesian fishing vessel
headed for Christmas Island
and directly into the eye of
a storm. Finally, with
unprecedented access to
detainees, the journey
reaches an emotion-charged
conclusion within the walls
of the notorious Christmas
Island Detention Centre.
Kate Hudson
and Riz Ahmed have roles in The Reluctant
Fundamentalist
The cultural
clash between east and west
after 9/11 is brought
sharply into focus in Mira
Nair's adaptation of the
best-selling novel The
Reluctant Fundamentalist,
which opened the Venice Film
Festival this week.
The film tells the story of
Changez Khan, played by
British actor Riz Ahmed, a
Pakistani in America who
re-evaluates his identity in
the aftermath of the
terrorist bombings of the
Twin Towers.
It is the first movie
co-production between India
and Pakistan and also
features Hollywood actors
Kiefer Sutherland, Liev
Schreiber and Kate Hudson.
Nair, the 54-year-old Indian
director of Monsoon Wedding
and Salaam Bombay, has lived
in New York for decades, and
thought she was uniquely
placed to adapt Mohsin
Hamid's novel - even though
until recently, she had
never set foot in Pakistan.
"I think of the book as a
gift to me," she says. "A
few years ago, I went to
Pakistan for the first time.
Growing up in modern India,
we didn't go over the border
readily and it proved to be
a deeply moving experience.
"The city of
Lahore was utterly unlike
what Pakistan is often made
out to be - a hotbed of
drone attacks and
corruption. Instead, I found
the Venice of the east - a
place of great refinement
and beauty.
The city
of Lahore
was utterly
unlike what
Pakistan is
often made
out to be -
a hotbed of
drone
attacks and
corruption.
Instead, I
found the
Venice of
the east - a
place of
great
refinement
and beauty.
Mira Nair
"So then I wanted to make
something contemporary about
Pakistan, and the book was a
springboard for me. I could
do something on today's
world, but which was also a
dialogue between Pakistan,
the Indian sub-continent and
the west. During the last
decade, we have walked a
tightrope between these
cultures."
In Nair's version of The
Reluctant Fundamentalist, an
American journalist, played
by Liev Schreiber, goes to
interview Changez Khan, a
university professor in
Lahore suspected of stirring
up anti-western sentiment.
Previously, it emerges, Khan
had been both a student at
Princeton and a high-flier
on Wall Street. Yet, as he
watches the Twin Towers
falling on television, Khan
is unable to suppress his
first instinct - admiration
at the bombers' audacity to
strike at the heart of
western capitalism.
Actor and rapper Ahmed, who
plays Khan, has previously
had parts in Michael
Winterbottom's Road to
Guantanamo and played an
ambivalent British jihadist
in Chris Morris' Four Lions.
But this, he believes, is
the first time Hollywood has
looked at 9/11 from a non-US
viewpoint.
"I think
we've only seen it so far in
South Asian films, but in
terms of movies coming out
of the USA it's unique," he
says. "Hopefully it's quite
a bold film, an original
film and a timely one too in
terms of contemporary events
- both politically and
personally.
Nair continues: "It's a
human story of a young man
from Pakistan who dreams of
America, who loves it, who
pursues the American dream
and who has it all -
Princeton, Wall Street -
then suddenly the world
changes and he is looked at
as the 'other'.
"He has to make a decision
for himself - what does he
do, where does he go, where
does he belong? And that
seesaw is something I know
well as someone who has
lived half my life in New
York and the other in
India."
Mira Nair
insists the film is at its heart about what
it means to be human
In the wake of the bombings,
Changez Khan is suddenly the
target of suspicion and
hostility in New York. The
cast admit the film could
make uncomfortable viewing
for western audiences.
"You need to strike a
delicate balance on how you
treat such challenging
material," says Kate Hudson.
"In this case, I definitely
needed to meet up with Mira
Nair first and have her
explain her vision for the
film before I signed up for
anything."
Nair,
however, says she remembers
the difficulties her family
faced in the weeks after 11
September 2001 and the US
invasion of Afghanistan.
"After 9/11, many people
like my family who regarded
New York as home, people who
looked like us, suddenly
became the 'other'. But what
interested me about the
story was the fact that we
see all points of view.
"I think that what we show
is that the world is
complicated. I am as much
steeped in the US as the
Indian subcontinent and we
portray the USA with a lot
of intimacy, knowledge and a
certain degree of love, so I
hope there's balance in it.
"You know, America is a
vibrant place of more than
300 million people and not
all of them will endorse the
stance the USA has taken
since 9/11."
Since its debut at Venice,
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
has had some strong reviews,
especially for Ahmed's
performance.
Yet, as he
watches the
Twin Towers
falling on
television,
Khan is
unable to
suppress his
first
instinct -
admiration
at the
bombers'
audacity to
strike at
the heart of
western
capitalism.
The Guardian
called it "bold and muscular
storytelling with a
plausible performance from
Riz Ahmed in the lead role -
though there is something
flabby and evasive in the
inevitable equivalence it
winds up proposing between
Islamic fundamentalism and
aggressive American
capitalism".
The Telegraph however,
praised the performances but
said Four Lions "explored
tough themes and torn
loyalties more effectively
than this".
The Hollywood Reporter
pointed out that in 2001,
three days before the Twin
Towers fell, Nair won
Venice's Golden Lion Award
for her warm family drama
Monsoon Wedding, and that
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
is a result of the enormous
shift in culture since then.
Nair, though, insists that
politics is not the driving
force of the film.
"I have made a film that
isn't just about the US or
Pakistan, it is about what
it means to be a human being
and the decisions we have to
make," she says.
"When Liev Schreiber and Riz
Ahmed's characters are
talking, it's obvious that
both these men should and
would be friends in
different circumstances -
the sadness is the world
will not let them be."
The American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
has issued guidelines saying
the health benefits of
infant circumcision outweigh
the risks of the surgery,
but the influential
physicians' group has fallen
short of a universal
recommendation of the
procedure for all infants,
saying parents should make
the final call.
The change was prompted by
scientific evidence that
suggests circumcision can
reduce the risk of urinary
tract infections in infants
and cut the risk of penile
cancer and sexually
transmitted diseases,
including HIV and the human
papillomavirus, or HPV,
which causes cervical and
other cancers.
The AAP's guidance,
published on Monday in the
journal Pediatrics comes
down in favour of the
procedure, saying the health
benefits of newborn male
circumcision "justify access
to this procedure for
families who choose it".
We're saying
if a family
thinks it is
in the
child's best
interests,
the benefits
are enough
to help them
do that
Dr
Andrew
Freedman
"We're not saying you have
to have it," said Dr Andrew
Freedman, a pediatric
urologist at Cedars-Sinai
medical centre in Los
Angeles, who chaired the
AAP's circumcision
taskforce. "We're saying if
a family thinks it is in the
child's best interests, the
benefits are enough to help
them do that," he said.
Circumcision, the surgical
removal of the foreskin of
the penis, is a ritual
obligation for infant Jewish
boys and is also a common
rite among Muslims, who
account for the largest
share of circumcised men
worldwide. Other
populations, including wider
US society, adopted the
practice due to potential
health benefits but those
advantages have become the
subject of debate, including
recent efforts to ban
circumcision in San
Francisco and Germany.
Based on a review of more
than 1,000 scientific
articles, the taskforce said
male circumcision does not
appear to adversely affect
penile sexual function,
sensitivity of the penis or
sexual satisfaction.
The AAP said parents should
be given unbiased
information about the
procedure and be allowed to
make their own decision.
But the group did say it was
imperative that those
performing circumcision were
adequately trained, used
sterile techniques and
offered effective pain
relief.
Last week, an unnamed doctor
in Germany filed charges
against a rabbi for
performing ritual
circumcisions on infant
boys, two months after a
court in Cologne angered
Jews and Muslims by banning
the practice.
Rabbi Shmuel Goldin,
president of the Rabbinical
Council of America, said
circumcisions done for
religious purposes did not
typically involve pain
medication but he noted that
the procedure was quick and
had a long tradition of
success.
"We've performed it for
centuries with no adverse
effects to our children," he
said. "For us, it is such a
critical component of our
religious life that an
attempt to eradicate it is
an attempt to eradicate our
religion. To have this
happening in Germany, given
our history, is particularly
saddening to us."
We've
performed it
for
centuries
with no
adverse
effects to
our
children.
For us, it
is such a
critical
component of
our
religious
life that an
attempt to
eradicate it
is an
attempt to
eradicate
our
religion.
Rabbi
Shmuel
Goldin
In the US, the guidelines
may begin to turn the tide
on infant circumcision,
which has begun to fall in
recent years as insurers
have balked at paying for a
procedure without a strong
medical justification.
In as many as 18 states the
public Medicaid programme
has stopped paying for the
procedure, a trend some
doctors fear could
significantly increase US
health costs because of a
rise in cases of urinary
tract and HIV infections.
In a statement issued on
Friday in anticipation of
the guidelines, the
anti-circumcision group
Intact America said most of
the studies underlying the
guidelines were based on
research done on adult men
in Africa.
"The taskforce has failed to
consider the large body of
evidence from the developed
world that shows no medical
benefits for the practice,
and has given short shrift,
if not dismissed out of
hand, the serious ethical
problems inherent in doctors
removing healthy body parts
from children who cannot
consent," said Georganne
Chapin, the group's
executive director.
Dr Douglas Diekema, a
pediatric bioethicist from
the Seattle Children's
Research Institute and the
University of Washington who
served on the taskforce,
said the group considered a
wide range of ethical
issues, including pain
experienced by the child and
whether parents have the
right to make the decision
without the child's consent.
"There is no decision you
can make that doesn't
potentially put a child at
risk. If you choose to
circumcise, there is a risk
he'll grow up to be a man
who wishes he wasn't
circumcised," Diekema said.
Waiting until the child was
older to make the choice
about circumcision would
lose much of the early
benefits, and because the
foreskin was thicker in
teenagers the procedure
carried more risks, he said.
"I really don't think there
is an easy answer … [but] we
were unanimously agreed that
it's inappropriate to do
this procedure without
adequate pain control. That,
in many ways, is one of the
biggest ethical issues."
It is
predicted that some 200
asylum seekers will be
entering Brisbane each month
until the end of year.
These
migrants have $17 per day
allowance to live on and are
in dire need of support in
anyway possible. The
food hampers made by the
Brisbane Muslim community
and As-Salaam Institute will
be distributed to these
people. the Institute
already has 200 hampers and
need to raise funds for an
additional 500.
You
can donate into the
following account or via
Paypal to
mnaseemappl@hotmail.com.
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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. 36
H.E.
President
Mahmoud
Abbas
President of
the
Palestinian
National
Authority
Country:
Palestine Born: 26 March 1935 (age 76)
in
Galilee, Israel. Source of Influence: Political Influence: One of the founders
of
Fatah, and leading peace negotiator in the
Palestine-Israel conflict. School of Thought: Sunni
Abbas, also
known as Abu
Mazen, is the
President of the
Palestinian
National
Authority, a
cofounder
of Fatah, and
chairman of the
Palestine
Liberation
Organization.
His
standing
improved
dramatically
after he
submitted
Palestine’s bid
for
statehood at the
UNGA and gained
membership to
UNESCO.
Politics
President Abbas
is one of
the surviving
founding members
of Fatah – the
main political
grouping within
the PLO.
He has always
been
committed to
pursuing an
independent
Palestinian
State through
negotiations and
was one of
the principal
architects of
the Oslo Peace
Process.
Problems &
Statehood Bid
Abbas’s term as
President has
not been an
easy one. He
has faced many
internal and
external
problems but has
managed to come
through largely
unscathed. After
seeing that
years of peace
negotiations
were leading to
nothing
but the
relentless
growth of
illegal
settlements in
the West
Bank and East
Jerusalem,
President Abbas
chose to look
for an
alternative
strategy:
submitting a
statehood
bid at the UN.
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US
synagogue welcomes Muslims seeking a place
to pray
VIRGINIA: Muslims around the
world are gathering for Friday prayers, and
in one neighbourhood in the US state of
Virginia, the worshippers will enter a
building that could hardly be further from a
traditional mosque.
At a time when religious differences are
sparking conflict in the Middle East and
beyond - it is cooperation between two
faiths which is allowing this unique
programme flourish.
The BBC's Katty Kay reports on how the
Jewish community opened its doors because
the area's mosques could not accommodate all
of the growing Muslim population.
The author of this book
is an American Muslim of Indian origin. Brought up
and educated in California and London, the author
was shocked by the tragic events of September 11,
2001 but, like other American Muslims, she was
frequently asked questions by her friends,
colleagues and acquaintances about her faith and its
practices. This inspired the author to write this
book.
According to the author, this book attempts to “show
what it means to be Muslim. It is an introduction,
in anecdotes, of mainstream Islam from the viewpoint
of a South-Asian American Muslim woman who grew up
in a middle-class suburb of Los Angeles. There is no
single Islam, no absolute interpretation of it -
just as there is no single, absolute interpretation
of Christianity or Judaism or any other religion.
This book describes the basic beliefs and practices
of mainstream Muslims throughout the world,
illustrated with vignettes of life as an American
Muslim.” (p3)
Consisting of an introduction and 11 chapters, this
is a conversational book rather than an academic
study or a religious textbook.
In chapters one and two, the author provides an
overview of fundamental Islamic practices, thus
showing that Judaism, Christianity and Islam have
more in common than we are led to believe. “Islam
is”, argues the author, “one of many American
faiths. Muslims are ordinary people who share the
same monotheistic tradition as Jews and Christians.
We struggle with the same daily conflicts and
challenges as our non-Muslim neighbors…But the
common Western perception of Islam has become a
contorted, evil caricature of the real thing…since
the end of the Cold War, we in the United States
have been bombarded with daily, unchecked, untrue,
public denigration of Islam to an irresponsibly
defamatory degree. The words of ill-informed
fear-mongers, designed to convince us that Muslims
are essentially different from the rest of humanity,
are accepted by too many people as truth.” (p2)
In chapters three and four, the author provides a
brief account of the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace
be on him) and the nature of the Qur’an, touching
upon the challenge of interpreting the Divine
message without a proper understanding of the Arabic
text and context of the verses.
By contrast, in chapters five and six the author
briefly describes the difference between Sunni,
Shi’a, Sufi and other groups that exist in the
global Muslim community. After that the author deals
with the question: who makes rules in Islam? Unlike
Catholicism, argues the author, there is no one
single central figure in Islam (like the Pope) or
even a system of priesthood. Muslim scholars have
always interpreted the Qur’an and Prophetic
traditions for the guidance of the masses.
In chapters seven, eight and nine, the author
explores the role of women in Islam, clarifies the
difference between Jihad and fundamentalism.
Thereafter, the author explains the role of criminal
law in Islam with reference to theft and adultery
because Shari’ah (Islamic law) as a whole is often
portrayed as being outdated and barbaric due to the
harsh punishment prescribed for such crimes. In so
doing the author seeks to contextualise the whole
debate around crime and punishment in Islamic law.
Then, in chapter ten the author explains that, like
other Americans, Muslims too were shocked and
horrified by the events of September 11 but sadly
the coverage in the media did not reflect this.
So what should Muslims do to correct misconceptions
about Islam? According to the author, “It is up to
us Muslims to educate ourselves about our religion
so we can stem the divisiveness and prevent
extremists from success. It is up to us Muslims to
defend and explain our religion and reconcile it to
the modern world. Most of us have indeed been
trying. But we need media cooperation to give us a
voice.” (p216)
In the final chapter of the book, the author
explains why misconceptions about Islam persist and
seeks to separate the reality from the murky
mythology that is perpetuated by the media. As a
result, the faith of more than one billion people is
projected as enemy number one, evil religion. The
author wants to move beyond such inaccurate
characterisation. “If we can separate the daily
distortions from the reality, perhaps we can break
out of that medieval framework of domination and
hostility. Instead of propelling ourselves
inexorably towards a ‘clash of civilization,’
perhaps we can avoid a ‘clash of ignorances’. (p247)
This is an interesting, invaluable and timely book
even if at times the reviewer disagreed with the
author’s interpretation of aspects of Islamic
theological and legal issues. Recommended reading
especially for non-Muslims.
Muhammad Khan
M Khan is author of the widely
acclaimed book, The Muslim 100 (reprinted 2010;
Kindle 2011).
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KB says: I would like to share a
great recipe for those who have leftover dates from Ramadaan.
This cake is soft and perfect with a cup of tea and I
promise you that you will be shopping for more dates just to
make this cake again and again.
Date and Nut Loaf
Ingredients
150g chopped dates
5ml bicarbonate of soda
200ml boiling water
60g butter
100g brown sugar
1 egg
5ml vanilla essence
50g chopped pecan nuts
200g flour
5ml baking powder
Chopped pecan nuts for decorating
Method
1. Sprinkle bicarbonate of soda onto the dates,
pour boiling water over and allow it to soak.
2. Cream the butter and brown sugar, beat in the
egg, and add essence and the nuts.
3. Fold in the sifted flour and baking powder
and lastly add the date mixture. This makes a
soft mixture.
4. Pour into a greased loaf pan or mini loaf
pans, decorate with pecans and bake at 180”c for
approx 10 mins for mini loaf pans or approx 20
mins in a loaf pan.
Q: Dear Kareema, what can I do to intensify my cardio
workouts and boost metabolism?
A: Try to run harder, bike faster, climb higher – you’ll
definitely burn more calories, the surest path to weight
loss and getting fitter.
The
higher the intensity of the exercise the longer your
metabolism will stay elevated afterward, which means
you get a mini metabolic lift if you add bursts of time
(intervals) during which you push your limits.
Working out outdoors is also more challenging as you have to
deal with the elements.
Jallalludin and his wife, Tulsi Begum, decided to
vacation in Dubai during the winter.
They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they
spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier.
Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to
coordinate their travel schedules.
So,
Jallalludin left Cairo and flew to Dubai on Thursday.
His wife would fly down the following day.
Jallalludin checked into the hotel. There was a computer
in his room, so he decided to send an e-mail to his
wife.
However, he accidentally left out one letter in her
e-mail address, and without realizing his error, he sent
the e-mail.
Meanwhile.....somewhere in Qatar, a widow had just
returned home from her husband's funeral. He was an Imam
of many years who passed away following a sudden heart
attack. The widow decided to check her e-mail, expecting
messages from relatives and friends. After reading the
first message, she fainted.
The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother
on the floor, and saw the computer screen which read:
To: My Loving Wife, Tulsi
Begum
Subject: I've Arrived
Date: 16 May 2012
I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have
computers here now and you are allowed to send e-mails
to your loved ones. I've just arrived and have been
checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for
your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you
then!
Hope your journey is not as
uneventful as mine was.
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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