Photo above
(courtesy of
Ms Faiza El
Higzi) taken
on Friday at
fajr
(morning)
prayer in
Makkah where
millions of
pilgrims
prepare
themselves
for the Hajj
rituals
starting
on Wednesday
(24th
October) at
Mena and culminating
in Eid al-Adha
celebrations
on Friday 26
October.
Eid
al-Adha
or Feast
of the
Sacrifice
or
Greater Eid,
is a
religious
day
celebrated
to honour
the
willingness
of ʾIbrāhīm
(Abraham) to
sacrifice
his son
Ismā'īl
(Ishmael) as
an act of
obedience to
God, before
God
intervened
to provide
him with a
sheep to
sacrifice
instead.
Saturday
October 27th
is the day
to take your
dusty car,
the family,
and a good
appetite to
Kuraby State
School at
1523
Beenleigh
Road,
Kuraby.
From 8am to
1pm, the
Helping
Hands youth
of the
Church of
Jesus Christ
of Latter
day Saints,
The Lions
Club of
Kuraby and
Crescents
of Brisbane
will be
combining to
raise much
needed money
for the
Special
School at
Kuraby with
a Car Wash
and Bake
Sale and
Family Fun
Day.
Come over
and support
the halal
sausage
sizzle with
a difference
at the
Crescents of
Brisbane
stall.
A MOTHER
and daughter
who were
refused
drivers
licences
because they
would not
allow
themselves
to be
photographed
for
religious
reasons were
not
discriminated
against, a
tribunal has
found.
The
Queensland
Civil and
Administrative
Tribunal, in
a
just-published
decision,
dismissed
complaints
of
discrimination
made by
Sunrise
Eliza Kayah
Celeste
Emanuel and
Mimi Yahjah
Emanuel
(previously
known as
Wilhelmina
Maria
Anthonia).
The pair had
claimed they
had been
discriminated
against when
the
Queensland
Government's
Transport
Department
refused to
issue them
with
licences
when they
declined to
be
photographed
- a
statutory
requirement.
Mr Wensley,
in his
21-page
judgment,
said: "Each
of these
ladies
complains
that they
have been
unlawfully
discriminated
against
because the
State of
Queensland
has refused
to issue
them with
driver
licences
because they
declined to
allow
themselves
to be
photographed."
"Each
(woman) says
that she
cannot agree
to having
her
photograph
taken for
this purpose
because her
religious
beliefs
prevent it,
the taking
of a
photograph
being in
direct
violation of
God's Second
Commandment."
However, Mr
Wensley
dismissed
the pair's
complaint,
saying it
was
reasonable
for
photographs
be on
licences.
"I conclude
that the
imposition
of the
requirement,
to have a
photograph
on a
Queensland
driver
licence, is
a reasonable
one in all
of the
circumstances,"
he said.
"Therefore,
the claims
of indirect
discrimination
must fail."
The Second
Commandment:
Thou shalt
not make
unto thee
any graven
image, or
any likeness
of any thing
that is in
heaven
above, or
that is in
the earth
beneath, or
that is in
the water
under the
earth.
(Source:
Wikipedia).
IN David
McLintock's
impassioned
plea to turn
away Muslims
for
destroying
our society
(CCM
3/10)
expresses
concerns
that he will
be labelled
racist.
He seems to
conflate
race with
religion in
the manner
German and
other
European
Jews were
identified
as a race
for
centuries
past.
Muslims come
from many
"race"
groups,
African,
Semites,
Caucasian,
Persian,
even
Australian
Aboriginal.
They come in
all colours
from black
though
middle
eastern
swarthy to
Asian yellow
and English
rose white.
I, as a well
known
atheist am
not about to
wave a flag
for any
theist
group, but
before
people like
David start
inflaming
the mob I
think
some figures
need closer
examination.
He claims
500,000
Muslims in
Australia
and may well
be right and
most live in
Sydney where
he makes
much of the
reported
Muslim
"riot."
Facts. The
protest
involved
about 100
demonstrators
and 20-odd
were no
doubt
rightfully
arrested.
They were
there
because some
hothead
stirred up a
small
mob of youth
over some
irrelevant
issue
The
headlines
might sound
calamitous
but the
reality is
that in the
whole of
Australia
these
hotheads
gained
support from
just 0.02%
of the
Muslim
population
in the city
with the
largest
numbers of
Muslims in
Australia.
Imagine
applying the
same logic
to Yeppoon
in the same
proportions.
If yobbos
crashed a
party and
bashed an
elderly man
(as has
happened),
would he
call for all
Queenslanders
or
Christians
to be
prevented
from moving
to Yeppoon?
Just for the
record,
given his
claim to be
indigenous
(born in
Australia
-his
definition)
so are a
third of all
Australian
Muslims, no
doubt some
of the
demonstrators.
99.08% of
Australian
Muslims had
no part in
this event
and there is
no evidence
from that
they, as a
group are
seeking to
impose their
standards on
their
adopted
country.
A
NEW ZEALAND
child in
Australia
has won the
right to
disability
care after
being
initially
denied
it because
of his
nationality.
The Ismail
family’s
battle led
to a
statewide
policy
reversal in
Western
Australia,
with all
resident New
Zealanders
now able to
apply for
disability
care.
New
Zealand-born
Abdurahman
Ismail,10,
was
diagnosed
with
Asperger’s
syndrome in
2010,
requiring
specialist
support
costing
about $800 a
month.
His family
moved from
South Africa
to New
Zealand in
1999, and in
2008 to
Australia,
where his
father works
as a finance
manager for
a global
infrastructure
company.
The first
board of
directors of
the Ethnic
Communities
Council of
QLD (ECCQ)
under the
new
constitution
was elected
this week at
the peak
body’s
annual
general
meeting.
The new
constitution
was
unanimously
approved by
members at a
special
general
meeting in
June, taking
effect from
July 1,
2012.
The
nomination
of Agnes
Whiten OAM
was
unopposed
and she was
re- lected
chairperson.
Serge
Voloschenko
OAM and
Michael Yau
were elected
to the new
positions of
deputy
chair.
Others
elected to
the board
were:
Chalani
Gunasekara,
Dr Mustafa
Ally, Alex
Daniloff,
Surendra
Prasad OAM,
Irene Cayas,
Gail Ker
OAM, and Dr
Carla
Tromans.
Nick Xynias
AO BEM, has
been
nominated
Hon
President by
the board
and, in
accordance
with the
constitution,
will be a
director on
the board.
The slick US drama, now into its
second series on Channel 4, draws praise
from critics and viewers, but its
ridiculous view of Arabs and Islam is a
distortion of Middle Eastern realities,
writes Peter Beaumont in
The Observer
Before
I begin: a
caveat. I
know
television
drama is
often
fanciful and
ridiculous.
The West
Country of
Midsomer
Murders
would be the
murder
capital of
Europe if
you took it
at face
value; the
London of
Spooks a
place of
endless
shootings,
conspiracies
and car
chases.
But
fictional
drama tells
us truths
about
ourselves in
ways that
can be as
uncomfortable
as they are
unintended.
The Emmy-winning
Homeland on
Channel 4 is
a case in
point. Its
plotting is
as
ridiculous
as it is
exciting.
But what
makes it
difficult to
watch is its
treatment of
Muslims.
In the first
episode of
the new
season we
were
confronted
with a new
character, a
glamorous
correspondent
with a
cutglass
English
accent, a
Palestinian
family and
access to
both the CIA
and the US
Congress.
Like the
Saudi prince
from the
last series
and the
academic,
behind the
scenes these
high-profile
Muslims
living in
the US share
a secret:
both
willingly or
otherwise
they are
covert
helpers of
Abu Nasir,
the al-Qaida
terrorist
leader.
In other
words, it
does not
matter
whether they
are rich,
smart,
discreetly
enjoying a
western
lifestyle or
attractive:
all are to
be
suspected.
I admit I
have no idea
how the
story arcs
in Homeland
will develop
and what
surprises
are in
store. What
I do know is
how both
Arabs and
Islamists
have been
portrayed
thus far as
violent
fanatics,
some of whom
are powerful
and
influential
infiltrators.
As someone
who has
spent much
time in the
Middle East,
I find the
depictions
not only
crude and
childish but
offensive.
There is
more to it
than the
portrayal of
individuals.
For Homeland
presents an
odd and
unbelievable
image of
relationships
between
countries
and
identities
in the
region,
where
Palestinians,
Iraqis,
Saudis all
share an
agenda
regardless
of
background,
culture and
history.
Should any
of this
matter in a
fictional
series? The
answer is
yes.
It has not
only been
Damian
Lewis, the
British
actor who
plays the
character
Brody, who
has insisted
that its
appeal is
that its
"action is
grounded in
a political
reality".
Reviewers
have also
praised the
"credibility"
of a
programme
whose fans
include the
president of
the United
States.
The reality
is that what
Homeland
portrays is
a peculiar
view of the
Islamic
world, one
rooted,
perhaps, in
its genesis
as an
Israeli
drama, where
the view of
the
surrounding
neighbourhood
is more
paranoid and
defensive.
It matters
for this
reason.
Popular
culture both
informs and
echoes our
prejudices.
Indeed,
popular
literature,
plays, films
and
television
have often
been crude
in their
representation
of perceived
enemies –
Jews,
Germans,
communists,
Irish
"terrorists"
and now
Muslims,
amplifying
concerns
that may be
based in
some reality
like the
phenomenon
of al-Qaida
terrorism to
represent it
as some
vague,
universal
truth.
In some
respects the
negative
portrayal of
Arabs in US
film and TV
dramas is
not a new
phenomenon,
as
documented
by academic
Jack Shaheen
in his
studies The
TV Arab and
Reel Bad
Arabs where
he has
argued that
historically
Arabs in US
dramas have,
since the
1920s, been
depicted as
being one of
the "three
Bs… bombers,
belly
dancers or
billionaires".
Indeed, when
there are
inherent
biases in
the way that
TV portrays
groups and
individuals
– as in
Homeland –
they seem to
reflect
widespread
and widely
held
attitudes.
In other
words,
television
drama such
as Homeland
not only
reflects
cultural and
social
anxieties at
any given
time, it
reflects
back those
anxieties,
reinforcing
and shaping
them.
Crucially
there is
strong
evidence
that
counter-stereotypical
fictional
depictions
in popular
culture may
have a
positive
impact, with
some arguing
that it can
help turn
around
prejudicial
attitudes.
What is
intriguing
is that
Homeland
seems out of
step with
trends in
characterisation
post-9/11,
in US TV and
film at
least. After
a period
when – as
even Howard
Gordon, the
executive
producer of
24, admitted
in 2009 –
the trend
for
depicting
Muslims as
terrorists
seemed to be
in decline,
it sticks
out like a
sore thumb.
Then, Howard
described
the reason
for that
change at
least in
terms of his
own show's
development,
not least as
public
attitudes
began to
alter in the
wake of the
Abu Ghraib
abuse
scandal in
Iraq. "We
began to
realise," he
said in
remarks to
Souheila al-Jadda,
co-producer
of the
American TV
series Who
Speaks for
Islam?,
"that by
portraying
Muslims
strictly as
terrorists
on the show
we were...
unwittingly
exploiting
some of the
fears of our
audience
members." He
added: "I
think that
the impact
of our
content or
creative
content is
one of our
greatest
exports. It
becomes a
very
powerful
instrument
for
understanding
each other
in this
terrible...
divide we
find
ourselves in
with the
Muslim
world."
That
coincided,
too, with
emerging
criticism
from both
Muslim
advocacy
groups in
the US over
depiction of
Muslims in
drama as
well as the
refusal by
actors to
play
"sinister"
Arabs.
Perhaps, in
the end,
Homeland
will
surprise and
conclude
with a more
challenging
and nuanced
picture of
Islam and
the Arab
world that
goes beyond
the
stereotypes.
Working
sister
seeking
accommodation
to share
with another
sister(s) in
Brisbane
area.
Contact by
email:
periotta11@hotmail.com.
VACANCY
Australian
International
Islamic
College is
seeking an
experienced
person to
work in
their admin
and library.
Must be
computer
literate and
have
administration
skills.
Please email
CV to
admin@aiic.qld.edu.au
or phone
Mariam Ali
3372 1400
for further
information.
ASYLUM
SEEKER
SUPPORT
PROGRAM
As-Salaam
Institute is
undertaking
a Charity
Support
Drive
particularly
to aid
asylum
seekers
entering
Brisbane.
For more
information
click here.
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.
Each week, CCN
publishes
a
personality
selected
from the
list:
No. 43
Sheikh
Hamza Yusuf
Hanson
Teacher and
Co-founder
of Zaytuna
College, USA
Country: USA
Born: 1960 (age
51) Source of Influence: Scholarly Influence: Leading Islamic
authority in a country with 2.6 million
Muslims School of Thought: Traditional Sunni,
Maliki, Asha’ri
Sheikh Hamza
Yusuf Hanson is
the Western
World’s most
influential
Islamic figure.
He is seen as
one of the
foremost
authorities on
Islam outside
of the
Muslim World. He
is a co-founder
of Zaytuna
College in
Berkeley,
California, the
first
Muslim
liberal arts
college in the
USA.
American Scholar
Hanson converted
to Islam in 1977
when he was
only 17
and spent many
years studying
Arabic,
Islamic
jurisprudence
and philosophy
with some of
the Muslim
World’s
most prominent
and well-
respected
scholars. His
popularity,
and accordingly
his influence,
stem from his
being
deeply steeped
in the
classical
traditions of
both the
Western and
the Islamic
world as well as
his gift of
speech.
Educator
He is seen as
the primary
figurehead for
spreading
traditional
Sunni orthodoxy
in the West
through his
popular
speeches and his
teaching at
short intense
study programs
such as Deen
Intensive, The
Rihla and RIS.
He has recently
started a blog
on sandala.org
where he
discusses issues
of the day.
They're looking at making it a global event with
next weekend (27th October 2012) being the global
event date.
We are looking at bringing this initiative to the
streets of Brisbane Insha Allah - however will
probably do so a week later after the global event
(because of Eid and other logistics).
We appeal for your assistance in this regard be it
financial and/or personal support.
Insha Allah our intentions are as follows:-
1. We will distribute roses in Queens Street Mall.
2. We have set a date of 3rd November for
distribution.
3. We intend distributing a minimum of 500 roses
........... more if we get the financial support.
4. We have sourced roses at a price of 85cents each.
5. We have arranged the distribution to be recorded
and put on You Tube.
6. We will attach a card to the rose with a saying
from a historic person, will have a Quranic Ayah and
a couple hadith of Prophet Muhammed (s.a.w.)
7. We require assistance preparing the roses for
distribution.
8. The preparation will take place 2 days before the
distribution.
9. We need to place the order for the roses by 24th
October ....... quantity will depend on the
financial support we get before that date.
10. Your chance to be part of this global event.
For further information you may contact me on 0402
575 410 or Mariam on 0405 038 972
Was Salaam Faisel
Dear Editor
Assalaamu alaikum
I was hoping I could get more information on how to
get involved in the initiative to spread the true
message of the Prophet (SAW).
I
think its a great idea to bring it to the streets of
Brisbane.
Jazakallah khair
N. S.
Dear Editor
I am from Adelaide and would like to make a
contribution for the flowers.
JEDDAH:
The Arafat Day, when millions of Muslim
pilgrims will stand in prayer on the mount
of Arafat near Makkah at the peak of the
annual pilgrimage, will be on Thursday (Oct.
25).
The Supreme Court said that Friday (Oct. 26)
would be Eid Al-Ahda or the feast of
sacrifice.
“As nobody sighted the Dul
Hijjah crescent on Monday evening, Tuesday
(Oct. 16) is the 30th day of Dul Qaada and
Wednesday (Oct. 17) is the first day of Dul
Hijjah,” it added.
In accordance with the
Supreme Court’s statement, Haj begins on
Oct. 24 when pilgrims will gather in Mina,
spending a day and night there in worship
and meditation before heading to Arafat the
next morning.
About three million pilgrims from around the
world are expected to perform Haj this year.
Culture and Information
Minister Dr. Abdul Aziz Khoja ssaid Haj
events would be telecast live to all
countries free of charge on the instructions
of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King
Abdullah, using Arabsat 5A, Asiasat 5, Menos
system and Intelsat 60.
During the week, Sheikh Abdul
Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of
the Two Holy Mosques, handed over a new
Kaaba cover to Abdul Qader Al-Shaibi, senior
gatekeeper of the Holy Kaaba.
Spectator
questions ‘wisdom’ of conversion to Islam
UK: Last week’s Spectator
cover story explored the subject of female
conversions to Islam particularly among
Christian women.
Entitled,
‘Till faith do us part’ Spectator
columnist Melissa Kite argued that ‘more and
more Christian women are converting to
marry’, and questioned the ‘wisdom’ of such
conversions.
Kite begins by conveying an anecdote of a
friend of hers who has converted to Islam to
marry her fiancé. Relaying her friend’s
approach to conversion, “I’m really not that
bothered…I’m not a practising Christian. It
doesn’t make any difference to me either
way,” Kite iterates her own unspoken
thoughts on the matter as “Why on earth are
you converting to a faith which thinks you
are the infidel?”
She argues that her friend’s ‘casual’
attitude to the conversion “will matter to
millions of Christians who, like me, are
worried about their community selling out.
She continues: “The growth of Islam in
Britain is often still put down to
immigration, but a study last year estimated
that the number of Islamic converts in
Britain has risen by two-thirds from 60,000
in 2001 to about 100,000. Around 5,200
people in the UK become Muslims each year.
And while there are no figures on marriages
specifically, we do know that 62 per cent of
conversions are women and that the average
age at conversion is 27, which is pretty
much the age most women get married now.”
Kite comments at the comparative ease of
converting to Islam in relation to other
religions, and then states that “I also
fear that we Christians are just too polite.
The notion that we must put others before
ourselves is admirable, but it is also what
makes us rather ineffectual at
faith-preservation. Middle-class Christians
may be the worst in this respect, and
middle-class female Christians even flakier
still. When my friend bends over backwards
to accommodate her Muslim husband, she is
displaying the ultimate trait of a
nicely-brought-up English girl: ‘No, no, you
first! After your religion. I insist!’
“In uncertain times, and in the face of
an aggressive atheist movement, people who
suddenly decide that they want religion are
choosing strong religions with hard and fast
rules, strict boundaries and moral
certainties.
“Call me narrow-minded, but I would not
convert to someone else’s religion for all
the tea in China.
“The Church of England, meanwhile, looks
down its nose at such dogma, preferring
instead to issue edicts that are ecumenical
to the point of absurdity, in the interests
of social cohesion. As my friend embarks on
her new life as a Muslim convert, she will
no doubt discover more about what sort of
social cohesion Islam is prepared to offer
her.”
UK: The attempted
assassination of a 14-year-old girl was
driven by pathological hatred of women – not
politics, as the Taliban claim.
'I had a terrible dream yesterday with
military helicopters and the Taliban." So
began the diary of Malala Yousafzai, an
11-year-old girl living in Pakistan's Swat
region in 2009 while the Taliban had de
facto control and female education was
banned. The BBC website published the diary,
and a few months later a New York Times
documentary revealed more about the girl
behind the pen.
Today, as Malala Yousafzai remains critical
but stable in hospital following an
assassination attempt by the Taliban, I
watched the laughing, wise, determined
11-year-old in that video and thought of the
Urdu phrase, "kis mitti kay banee ho"
– "from what clay were you fashioned?"
It's an expression that changes meaning
according to context. Sometimes, as when
applied to Malala Yousafzai, it's a
compliment, alluding to a person's
exceptional qualities. At other times it
indicates some element of humanity that's
missing. From what clay were you fashioned,
I'd like to say to the TTP (the Pakistan
Taliban), in a tone quite different to that
in which I'd direct it to the 14-year-old
girl they shot "because of her pioneering
role in preaching secularism and so-called
enlightened moderation" and who, according
to their spokesman, they intend to target
again.
The truth is both Malala Yousafzai and the
Taliban were fashioned from the clay of
Pakistan. When I say this about Malala it is
not in a statement of patriotism about my
homeland but instead an echo of a sentiment
expressed by the novelist Nadeem Aslam:
"Pakistan produces people of extraordinary
bravery. But no nation should ever require
its citizens to be that brave."
The Missing Martyrs: Why There Are
So Few Muslim Terrorists
by
Charles Kurzman
Review
Terrorist
attacks every day? Where are the missing martyrs?
In this startlingly counterintuitive
book, a leading authority on Islamic movements
demonstrates that terrorist groups are thoroughly
marginal in the Muslim world.
Charles Kurzman draws on government
sources, public opinion surveys, election results,
and in-depth interviews with Muslims in the Middle
East and around the world. He finds that young
Muslims are indeed angry with what
they see as imperialism--and especially at Western
support for local dictatorships.
But revolutionary Islamists have
failed to reach them, as can be seen from the
terrorists' own websites and publications, which
constantly bemoan the dearth of willing recruits.
Kurzman notes that it takes only a
small cadre of committed killers to wreak
unspeakable havoc.
But that very fact underscores his
point. As easy as terrorism is to commit, few
Muslims turn to violence.
Out of 140,000 murders in the United
States since 9/11, Islamist terrorists have killed
at most three dozen people.
Of the 150,000 people who die each
day, worldwide, Islamist militants account for fewer
than fifty fatalities--and only ten per day outside
of the hotspots of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan.
The real bulwark against Islamist
violence, Kurzman finds, is Muslims themselves, who
reject both the goals of the terrorists and their
bloody means. With each bombing, the terrorists lose
support among Muslims.
Incisive and authoritative, The Missing Martyrs
provides much-needed corrective to deep-seated and
destructive misconceptions about Muslims and the
Islamic world.
The threat of Islamist terrorism is
real, Kurzman shows, but its dimensions are, so far,
tightly confined.
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The more that you read,
The more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
The more places you will go.
Dr Seuss
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KB says: Whenever you
feel in the mood for a tangy, delicious fish
curry then I have just the recipe for you.
After dhall and rice on a
Friday, this is the hubby's favourite dish.
Fish Curry - Durban Style
Ingredients
1. 1 kg filleted fish, washed (I prefer the skin
off) which has been smeared with your favourite
fish masala or see below for recipe.
2. ¼ cup of oil
3. 1 chopped onion
4. Handful of curry leaves
5. ½ tsp mustard seeds
6. 2 tsp crushed garlic
7. 1 tsp red chilli powder
8. 1 tsp green chillies
9. 1 tsp crushed coriander and cumin mix
10. 1 tsp salt
11. ½ tsp white pepper
12. 1 cup grated tomatoes
13. ½ cup tomato puree
14. ¼ cup tamarind paste
15. 1 tsp fish masala (see recipe below)
16. ¼ cup of coconut
Method
1. Heat oil in a wide based pot.
2. Sauté onions and curry leaves for a few mins
and then add items 5,6,7,8 and 9 and sauté for a
minute.
3. Add items 10 to 16 and simmer for at least 5
mins.
4. Add the fish and cook until fish is done, if
it’s filleted then approx. 8mins.
5. Lastly add water to make the amount of gravy
you require.
6. Sprinkle with chopped fresh coriander and
serve hot with yellow rice.
Fish Masala
Process the following ingredients to form a
paste.
This makes a large quantity and could be frozen
for future use, when you are making fried fish
or fish biryani etc.
1. 2 cups fresh ground garlic
2. 1 cup fresh ground red chillies
3. ¼ cup of green chillies
4. ¼ cup salt
5. 1 tab turmeric powder
6. 2 tab tomato paste
7. ½ cup crushed coriander seeds
8. ¼ cup crushed cumin
9. ¼ cup curry leaves
10. 1 tsp cinnamon powder
11. +-½ cup vinegar
Mula Nasruddin frantically searched his wardrobe for an
outfit to wear for Eid the next day.
Finding nothing that would fit, he rushed off to the
stores and bought himself a new and very expensive
shalwar kameez.
When he tried it out at home, he found that while the
kameez (shirt) fitted him well, the shalwar (trousers)
was too long by 10cm.
He asked his mother to help him shorten it for him but
she was not feeling well and told him to go ask his wife
to do it for him.
So Mula Nasruddin approached his wife. But she said she
was very tired and had a lot of work to do still for Eid.
Then Mula Nasruddin asked his daughter. His daughter
apologized for not able to do it that night because she
had agreed to meet some friends.
Later that night, Mula Nasruddin’s mother thought to
herself, "My son has been very nice to me. I'll just
help him to shorten his shalwar before going to rest."
So she shortened the trousers by 10cm.
Then his wife finished her work and thought," My husband
knows I am always very busy and seldom asked me to help
him. I would oblige him today." So she shortened his
shalwar by another 10cm.
His daughter came home from visiting her friends, and
thought, "Papa loves me very much and when I turned him
down, he was not angry at all! I would help him to
shorten his shalwar." So she shortened her father's
trousers yet another 10cm and left it by his bedside
while he was asleep.
Mula Nasruddin woke up on Eid morning to find his
khameez was just about the same length as his shawal.
If anyone
withdraws himself from
remembrance of (Allah) Most
Gracious, We appoint for him
an evil one, to be an
intimate companion to him.
Such (evil ones) really
hinder them from the Path,
but they think that they are
being guided aright!
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Network (AMYN)
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latest events, outings,
fun-days, soccer
tournaments, BBQs organised
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A
NEW ZEALAND
child in
Australia
has won the
right to
disability
care after
being
initially
denied
it because
of his
nationality.
Before
I begin: a
caveat. I
know
television
drama is
often
fanciful and
ridiculous.
The West
Country of
Midsomer
Murders
would be the
murder
capital of
Europe if
you took it
at face
value; the
London of
Spooks a
place of
endless
shootings,
conspiracies
and car
chases.
JEDDAH:
The Arafat Day, when millions of Muslim
pilgrims will stand in prayer on the mount
of Arafat near Makkah at the peak of the
annual pilgrimage, will be on Thursday (Oct.
25).
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