The Islamic
Society of
Holland Park
held a fund
raising
dinner last
night
(Saturday)
at the
Islamic
College of
Brisbane for
the purchase
of the
building
across the
road from
the Mosque.
With almost
900 in
attendance,
it was
standing
room only
with a much
larger than
anticipated
support from
the
community
for the fund
raiser.
Mr Farooq
Dudhia
delivered a
presentation
that
included an
overview of
the Mosque
and the new
facilities
that would
become
available
with the
purchase of
the new
property.
Haji Hussin
Goss and his
trusty
auctioneers
gavel were
once again
at the helm
steering the
diners to
the required
target of
$275 000.
The food was
prepared on
site by
Khans
Catering
with the
waft of
freshly
baked naan
bread
tantalizingly
permeating
the hall.
The
delicately
seasoned
butter
chicken,
lamb and
vegetable
curries,
tandoori
chicken and
rice that
accompanied
it proved
just as
fresh and
tasty.
The dinner
eventually
raised $90
500 leaving
a shortfall
of $184 500.
Donations
for the
restoration
of the
facilities
,estimated
at $20 000,
can be made
through the
Islamic
Society of
Whyalla,
Westpac
Bank, BSB
035 072,
Account
number 106
963.
BACKGROUND
TO WHYALLA
Whyalla is a
small town
in South
Australia,
approximately
450km north
of Adelaide.
Arrium,
formerly
“One Steel”,
mines iron
ore outside
of the town
and in the
town is a
Steelworks.
These two
are the main
employers in
Whyalla.
The small
Muslim
community
number less
than 10.
Muhibija
Brkic came
to Australia
from Tusla
in Bosnia
and has been
in Whyalla
since the
1970’s.
Kashif Iqbal
and Omar
Aziz are
young
Pakistani
engineers
working at
the
Steelworks
and are
living there
with their
families.
They take
the
responsibility
of leading
prayers at
the Islamic
Centre. In
addition, an
Indian
family
manages a
United
Petrol
Station and
two young
Pakistani
men run a
kebab shop
in town.
The
attendance
at Juma
Prayers is
about 15.
This
includes two
doctors who
drive from
Port
Augusta,
78km away,
to attend.
Magrib
Salaat is
held
nightly.
Dr Nazir
Mahomed of
Brisbane
very
recently
visited the
town to
settle in
his daughter
Razia who
will be
spending a
year there
serving the
Whyalla
community at
the local
hospital as
an intern
pharmacist.
He told CCN:
"The Islamic
Centre is
truly
wonderful,
with Allah’s
blessing,
and lots of
hard work
has been put
in by the
local
community to
get it to
where and
how it is.
When we
arrived
there
earlier in
the month we
were
welcomed
with open
arms and
made to feel
very much at
home."
The
following
images of
the Centre
were
captured by
Dr Mahomed
before the
fire
destroyed
many parts
of the
building.
Dr Nada Ibrahim
was conferred
with her
Doctorate
by Griffith
University for her
dissertation
entitled
Intimate
Partner
Violence in
the Diverse
Australian
Muslim
Community:
Exploring
Attitudes/Beliefs,
Perpetration,
and
Victimisation.
The thesis
was
supervised
by Associate
Professor
Mohamad
Abdalla (National
Centre of
Excellence
in Islamic
Studies,
KEL),
Professor
Paul
Mazerolle
(PVC, Arts,
Education &
Law) and
Professor
Malik B.
Badri
(University
of Khartoum,
Sudan).
Dr Ibrahim
told CCN
that she
encountered
many
challenges
while
undertaking
her
research.
One of the
major ones
was getting
Muslims from
South-East
Queensland
to
participate
in her
research.
Being a
potentially
sensitive
topic Nada
had a very
low response
rate and so
had to
extend her
data
collection
time for a
further few
months which
meant
working
extra hard
at
encouraging
the Muslim
community to
participate
in her
research.
Nada also
experienced
some back
issues from
sitting too
long for
extended
periods of
times. She
was forced
to take 6
months off
her thesis
to allow my
back to
recover.
"During
those times
I realised
the blessing
of health
subhanAllah,"
she told
CCN.
The writing
process
itself was
very
challenging,
especially
getting it
to the
standard
expected
from both of
her
supervisors
who had very
high
expectations.
"So
basically
the thesis
could not go
for
examination
until it was
at a very
high
standard...alhamdulillah
for that."
During her
research
Nada
sacrificed a
great deal
of time that
she would
have spent
with her
family.
"Unfortunately
I had also
lost contact
with a lot
of my
friends and
particularly
had a
non-existent
social life.
Alhamdulillah
I am now
slowly
getting back
my social
life which
is great to
be able to
do so now."
"But,
alhamduillah,
no pain, no
gain!"
Nada told
CCN that her
plans
stemming
from the PhD
are to
publish from
her thesis
at least 10
journal
articles.
"I want to
leave a
legacy
behind in my
writing so
it may
become part
of my sadaqa
jaariya and
most
importantly
I want
people to
benefit from
it and I
want it to
be for the
empowerment
of the
Muslim
community."
"I am hoping
that I can
inshaAllah
do some
further
research in
the area of
partner
violence at
the national
level with
the intent
of
preventing
partner
violence and
publish from
those as
well."
" I would
like my work
to create
awareness of
how much
partner
violence
goes against
the
commandments
of Allah and
destroys the
harmony and
balance in
relationships."
"While doing
the PhD I
haven't had
much mental
energy to
invest in a
relationship.
So my
priority now
is also to
invest in
"project
marriage"
and I hope
inshaAllah
that I find
someone who
is
compatible
with me. May
Allah ease
the
process."
Nada has a
long list of
people and
organizations
that she
would like
to thank and
you can find
them
here and
she can be
contacted at
n.ibrahim@griffith.edu.au.
Akram
Azimi is a
Western
Australian
finalist for
Young
Australian
of the Year
which will
be announced
next week on
Australia
Day.
Born in
1987, Akram
is a
dedicated
mentor to
young
Indigenous
people.
Arriving in
Australia 13
years ago
from
Afghanistan
he went from
being ‘an
ostracised
refugee kid
with no
prospects’
to becoming
his school's
head boy.
An
outstanding
student, he
topped the
tertiary
entrance
exam scores
among his
classmates.
He's now
studying a
triple major
– law,
science and
arts – at
the
University
of Western
Australia.
Intent on
giving back
to his
adopted
country,
Akram uses
his
leadership
and pastoral
skills to
help young
people in
remote and
rural
Western
Australia.
In 2011 he
co-founded a
student-run
initiative I
am the other
set up to
raise
awareness
about
Indigenous
issues in
universities.
His
philanthropic
roles have
included
working with
True Blue
Dreaming,
which helps
disadvantaged
remote
Indigenous
communities.
For three
years, Akram
mentored
young
Indigenous
people in
the Looma
community in
the
Kimberley
region, and
he has
mentored
primary
school
students in
the small
farming
community of
Wyalkatchem,
in WA’s
wheat belt.
Akram is
also
mentoring a
Special
Olympics
athlete to
help raise
community
awareness of
disability
issues.
NSW:
Jamal-Ud-Din
El-Kiki
(20), who is
in his third
year
studying for
a Bachelor
of
Psychology
at
University
of Sydney,
recently
represented
Australia at
an
International Quran
memorization/tajweed/tafseer
competition.
The
Khartoum
International
Holy Quran
Award is
one of
several
international
Quran
competitions
held
annually,
where one
representative
from each
country is
invited to
compete.
The
competition
was held for
the fourth
time this
year, and
was the
first time a
representative
from
Australia
has
qualified to
attend.
Despite the
very
rigorous
assessments
and
notwithstanding
the fact
that he was
representing
a non-Muslim
country
where he
completed
his entire
memorization
of the Quran,
Jamal-Ud-Din
was able to
secure the
5th position
among 53
contestants,
who were
mostly from
Arab and
other Muslim
countries.
As a
prerequisite,
contestants
were
required to
have
thoroughly
memorised
the entire
Quran, as
well as
become
familiar
with Arabic
explanations
of key terms
in a given
juz’ (a
thirtieth/
part of the
Quran).
During the
four-day
assessment
period, each
contestant
would be
routinely
called up to
sit before a
panel of
four judges
who would
assess their
recitation
for accuracy
of
memorisation,
fluency and
articulation
(Tajweed).
The top
three
winners were
awarded and
congratulated
by the
Sudanese
President,
Omar Al-Bashir.
Jamal-Ud-Din
told CCN
that it was
a wonderful
experience
being a part
of the event
and "yes,
these
competitions
are a huge
deal
overseas.
They’re
pretty much
the Quranic
Olympics!"
CCN
INTERVIEW
WITH
JAMAL-UD-DIN
What is your
background?
I was
born in
Sydney. My
father is of
Egyptian
heritage and
my mother is
Australian
(she
reverted to
Islam in her
teenage
years, and
nonetheless
played the
greatest
part in my
learning of
the Quran.
May Allah
SWT reward
her
immensely
for her
efforts).
Where did
you study
the Quran
and for how
long? My
memorisation
of the Quran
took place
at home,
under the
mentoring of
my mother. I
started off
with the
very short
chapters
such as
Surat Al-Nas
from the age
of about 3,
and followed
through to
the age of
14, when I
finished
memorising
the whole
Quran,
alongside my
primary and
secondary
schooling
(didn’t take
time off
school at
any point).
Thereafter,
I sat with a
number of
community
sheikhs to
fine-tune my
recitation
and tajweed.
How did
you get to
go to the
competition
– what was
the process
for
qualifying
to represent
Australia? I had
already been
aware of
there being
a number of
competitions
held across
the Middle
East. I had
previously
represented
Australia in
Tripoli,
Libya in
2010, and in
Makkah,
Saudi Arabia
in 2011. I
found out
about this
particular
competition
through its
online
website (www.furqan.sd)
as well as
its Facebook
page.
Applicants
had to
provide
their filled
application
form, letter
of
recommendation
from a
sheikh, and
passport
details.
Usually, the
Sudanese
embassy or
consulate in
the
respective
country
would
mediate the
application
process, but
since there
is no
Sudanese
diplomatic
mission in
Australia, I
was required
to send my
documents
via email. I
was later
notified
that my
application
had been
successful,
and my
return
economy
class ticket
and visa
were then
emailed to
me.
(On a
further
note: In
terms of
“representing”
Australia;
this was
merely on
the grounds
of me being
an
Australian
citizen. In
the case of
Muslim
countries,
however,
contestants
are
appointed by
their
respective
Ministry of
Endowments
and Islamic
Affairs, so
it’s
official in
their case)
CONTROVERSIAL
anti-Islam
campaigner
Geert
Wilders will
visit
Australia
next month.
The
right-wing
Dutch MP was
due to visit
in October
last year
but was
forced to
postpone
because the
federal
government
took its
time
deciding
whether to
approve his
visa.
Tour
organisers Q
Society - a
group
concerned
about the
so-called "Islamisation
of
Australia" -
have now
announced Mr
Wilders will
speak in
Melbourne,
Perth and
Sydney in
February.
"The
Australian
experiment
of
multiculturalism
is failing
in relation
to Islam,
just as it
has failed
everywhere
else," the
group says
on the event
website.
"Australians
are being
misled to
believe
Islam is
'just
another
religion' -
when it is
in fact much
more."
Immigration
Minister
Chris Bowen
has
condemned
the MP's
extremist
views but
ultimately
decided not
to use his
ministerial
discretion
to block his
visa.
"I've taken
the view, in
the end,
that I
didn't want
to make him
a cause
celebre," he
said in
October.
"I think
probably
what he
would like
me to do is
refuse his
visa so he
can make a
hero of
himself and
get his
cause more
attention."
Mr Wilders,
founder of
the
fourth-largest
political
party in the
Netherlands,
told a UK
newspaper in
2009: "I
don't hate
Muslims. I
hate their
book and
their
ideology."
The birth of
the Prophet
(pbuh) will
be
commemorated
on Thursday
24th of
January at
the Mosque
after Magrib
Salaat (Jammat
6:50pm).
There will
be a Yaseen
Khatam,
followed by
Qasidah
Burdah and
Naat after
which there
will be a
talk,
finishing
with
SalaatusSalaam.
After the
Isha Salaat
there will
be the
opportunity
to make
Ziyarat of
the Bal
Mubarak.
Please
ensure you
come early
enough to
secure a
place as the
Mosque gets
very full on
this night.
Parking is
also
provided
behind the
shed so
please make
use of this
facility.
Please bring
a plate to
share as
well after
the
function.
Shajarah
Islamic
Kindergarten
requires a
sister who
is at least
Diploma
Qualified
and holding
a
Supervisor's
Certificate
(or eligible
for
Certificate)
to work in
our Islamic
childcare
from end
February/start
of March
2013.
The children
are all 3-5
with some
before and
after-school
care as
well. This
is a
permanent
part time
position.
To enquire
please call
07 3172 7850
or email
cover letter
detailing
why you
would like
to work in
our Islamic
Childcare
Centre and
resume to
info@shajarah.qld.edu.au.
AIIC
Teachers
Wanted
(UPDATED
INFORMATION)
Qualified
teachers are
required for
the AIIC's
Durack and
Gold Coast
Campuses.
The moral
ambiguity of Homeland or Argo is a fitting
tribute to the reality of US Middle East
policy
HOLLYWOOD:
America's Middle East policy has been
enthusiastically endorsed. Not at the UN or
Arab League, however, but by the
powerbrokers of Hollywood. At the Golden
Globes, there were gongs for a heroically
bearded CIA spook saving hostages and
American face in Iran (the film Argo); a
heroically struggling agent tracking down
Bin Laden (Zero Dark Thirty) and heroically
flawed CIA operatives protecting America
from mindless, perpetual terror (TV series
Homeland).
The three winners have all been sold as
complex, nuanced productions that don't shy
away from hard truths about US foreign
policy. And liberal audiences can't get
enough of them. Perhaps it's because,
alongside the odd bit of self-criticism,
they are all so reassuringly insistent that,
in an increasingly complicated world,
America just keeps on doing the right thing.
And even when it does the wrong thing – such
as, I don't know, torture and drone strikes
and deadly invasions – it is to combat far
greater evil, and therefore OK.
Viewers are
left to
believe that
Muslims/Arabs
participate
in terrorist
networks
like
Americans
send holiday
cards
Laila
Al-Arian
When I saw Argo in London with a Turkish
friend, we were the only ones not clapping
at the end. Instead, we were wondering why
every Iranian in this horribly superior film
was so angry and shouty. It was a tense,
meticulously styled depiction of America's
giant, perpetual, wailing question mark over
the Middle East: "Why do they hate us?"
Iranians are so irked by the historically
flimsy retelling of the hostage crisis that
their government has commissioned its own
version in response.
Zero Dark Thirty, another blanked-out,
glossed-up portrayal of US policy, seems to
imply that America's use of torture – sorry,
"enhanced interrogation" – is legitimate
because it led to the capture of Osama bin
Laden (something that John McCain and others
have pointed out is not even true). Adding
insult to moral bankruptcy, the movie has
been cast as a feminist film, because it has
a smart female lead. This is cinematic
fraud: a device used to extort our approval.
Homeland was no better. It is the story of
an American marine taken captive by a top
al-Qaida terrorist who turns out, wouldn't
you know, to be Palestinian. Tortured while
detained (though I'm guessing this would be
bad torture, not the good kind used in Zero
Dark Thirty), the marine turns to Islam and,
coincidentally, to terror. Meanwhile, all
the Arab and Muslim characters in Homeland –
however successful, integrated, clever,
whatever – are all somehow signed up to the
global terror network. As Laila Al-Arian, a
journalist and co-author of Collateral
Damage: America's War against Iraqi
Civilians, puts it: "Viewers are left to
believe that Muslims/Arabs participate in
terrorist networks like Americans send
holiday cards." She describes this
celebrated Golden Globe winner as "TV's most
Islamophobic show".
When challenged, the creators of these
travesties respond with pat dismissal: the
director Kathryn Bigelow pointed out that
Zero Dark Thirty is "just a movie". Ben
Affleck has spoken touchingly of his concern
that Argo might be politicised.
But why would these renditions of US policy
be seen in the Middle East as anything other
than attempts to seize the moral high
ground? It's all supposed to be a massive
stride forward in the portrayal of
complexity, made to challenge American
audience preconceptions – and a far cry from
the bad old days depicted in Reel Bad Arabs,
a documentary that shows how Hollywood
caricatures Arabs as "belly dancers,
billionaire sheikhs and bombers", according
to one reviewer.
But such slick, award-winning cinema isn't
about nuance, it's just self-serving moral
ambiguity – and in this sense it is a
fitting cultural reflection of actual US
policy in the Middle East.
Bangladesh
Begins World's Second Largest Muslim
Gathering
DHAKA: More
than a million Muslims gathered on the banks
of a river in Bangladesh recently to pray
and listen to religious scholars at the
start of the world's second largest annual
Islamic congregation.
The streets of Dhaka were largely deserted
as devotees flocked to the River Turag at
Tongi, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) north
of the capital, where the Biswa Ijtema
(World Muslim Congregation) was held over
three days.
Nurul Islam, one of the chief organizers,
said canopies stretching for more than a
kilometer, erected on open ground on the
banks of the river, were filled.
"There are more than a million devotees
already here, but we hope, like last year,
that the number will pass the two million
mark at the final prayers on Sunday," he
said at the start of the event.
Special trains and ferries were arranged to
transport pilgrims to the event, while army
engineers set up dozens of makeshift bridges
and water tanks.
The devotees either slept in the marquees or
braved the chilly temperatures outside --
Bangladesh is currently experiencing its
coldest winter since independence from
Pakistan in 1971.
"Around 30,000 foreigners from more than 100
countries also joined the congregation this
year," Islam said.
Launched by Tablig Jamaat, a non-political
group that urges people to follow the tenets
of Islam in their daily lives, the gathering
at Tongi was first held in 1964.
It is the second largest annual gathering of
Muslims in the world, after the Hajj
pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
Bangladesh is the world's third-largest
Muslim-majority nation, with Muslims making
up nearly 90 percent of its 152 million
population.
SINGAPORE — Malaysia has been rated the
world's top Muslim-friendly holiday
destination in a survey that listed Egypt,
Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
and Singapore as runners-up.
The
study by Singapore-based Muslim travel
consultancy Crescentrating ranked countries
on how well they cater to the growing number
of Muslim holidaymakers seeking halal -- or
Islam-compliant -- food and services.
It used criteria including the level of
safety in a country, the ease of access to
halal food and prayer facilities, and
whether hotels cater to the needs of Muslim
guests.
On a scale of one to 10 in which 10 is the
best score, Malaysia came out number one
with a grade of 8.3 among 50 nations
surveyed.
Egypt was in second place with 6.7, followed
by the United Arab Emirates and Turkey both
with 6.6. Saudi Arabia was in fourth place
with a score of 6.4 and Singapore was fifth
with 6.3.
Indonesia, Morocco and Jordan scored 6.1 to
tie in sixth place, trailed by seventh-place
Brunei, Qatar, Tunisia and Oman, all with a
score of 6.0.
Crescentrating chief executive Fazal
Bahardeen said the survey was taken from the
point of view of the traveller, meaning that
it measured the ease of access by Muslim
tourists -- not locals -- to halal food and
facilities.
"Malaysia is one of the few countries where
you can find a prayer place in almost every
location -- be it a shopping mall or the
airport," Fazal told AFP.
He said that while Malaysian authorities
have been focusing on the market for several
years, Indonesia -- the world's most
populous Muslim nation -- has not done as
well.
"The main problem for Indonesia is that it's
not straightforward for a Muslim visitor to
find halal food availability. For locals
it's probably not an issue."
Saudi Arabia figured as a holiday
destination for the first time since the
survey started in 2011 because more Muslims
use their holidays to go there to perform
the Umrah, a minor pilgrimage, Fazal said.
In terms of cities as a shopping
destination, Dubai pipped Kuala Lumpur for
the number-one spot, according to the survey
which rated the presence of halal food and
prayer facilities at shopping malls.
Istanbul, Jeddah, Singapore, Cairo, Abu
Dhabi, New Delhi, London and Doha completed
the top-10 shopping destinations.
Thailand's Suvarnabhumi Airport and the
Kuala Lumpur International Airport were
rated among the friendliest to Muslim
travellers.
Spending by Muslim tourists is growing
faster than the global rate and is forecast
to reach $192 billion a year by 2020, up
from $126 billion in 2011, according to a
study by Crescentrating and another company
released last year.
Little Shaima planted a beautiful
apple tree but didn't want to share her apples. But
the squirrels and little boys stole them anyway.
Slowly but surely, she learns that sharing is good
in the children's book "The Apple Tree," the first
in a series by Mariam Al-Kalby, an Irvine-based
writer.
Growing up, Al-Kalby couldn't find
any children's books that introduced Islam in a
meaningful way. Instead, she would read about native
Americans and the "Little House on the Prairie" and
played with the American Girl dolls – feeling like
she didn't quite belong.
"I loved Samantha just because she had brown hair,
and she looked a little bit darker than the other
girls," she said.
Now a mother of two, Al-Kalby has found that the
need for children's books on Islam is still there.
She takes the Hadith, or the sayings of the Prophet
Muhammad, as her inspiration.
"When a Muslim plants a tree, whatever is eaten from
it is charity from him and whatever is stolen is
charity and whatever is subtracted from it is
charity," the epigraph of "The Apple Tree" reads.
A glossary in the back of the book helps non-Arabic
speaking readers with a few terms. Al-Kalby said the
lessons each book in her upcoming series are simple
and universal, allowing Muslims and non-Muslims to
connect with common themes.
It's also a gift to her two daughters, Maimuna, 3,
and Shaima, 1, who lent her name and looks to her
mother's first child protagonist.
And although Al-Kalby's youngest daughter stars in
her debut children's book, Maimuna will get her
chance to shine in the next one, so that the pair
can read about little girls just like them.
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: A very
refreshing dessert that will complement any meal
during these unbearably hot and steamy
Australian summer days. I haven't tried this
yet, but a friend suggested serving it with ice
cream.
Pineapple Jelly Desert
Ingredients
1 pkt
pineapple jelly
250 ml sour cream
250 ml fresh cream
1 225gm can of crushed pineapple
1 can condensed milk
Method
Make
up pineapple jelly as per directions on the box
and set it in your serving bowl for around 15
minutes.
Meanwhile, mix all the remaining ingredients
together and then fold the mixture into the
pineapple jelly.
pour
this into your serving bowl and allow it to set.
Decorate with cream, pineapple pieces, and
flaked almonds.
Refrigerate overnight if possible and serve very
cold.
Q: Dear Kareema, we need help as a family. Two of
us are bordering on obesity and one actually is obese
(we’ve had our measurement taken by our family doctor).
I have a toddler too so we really need to make some
healthy changes right away. Do you have any suggestions?
A: GET ACTIVE TOGETHER.
The good news is that it’s not all doom and gloom.
Fighting obesity can actually be a lot of fun for the
whole family.
Obesity is the result of an imbalance between energy
consumed and energy expended, continually over time.
So if food is fuel, what you eat can be burned off
through physical activity.
Kids love being engaged and active – pull the plug on
the computer games and TV and find a sport or activity
that everyone can take part in. 5 to 12 year olds need a
minimum of 60mins of exercise daily.
Smuggle some vegies into your meals and add extra
activities to your day (washing the car, cleaning up at
home or even gardening).
Above all stay focused and positive. Remember it’s a
lifestyle change so don’t expect results overnight,
rather over time…
Mula Nasruddin's wife was making a breakfast of fried
eggs for her husband when he burst into the kitchen.
"Careful,"
Mula Nasruddin cried, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter!
Oh my goodness! You're cooking too many at once. TOO
MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh
my word! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're
going to STICK! Careful ... CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL!
You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn
them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind?
Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to
salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"
The wife stared at him in amazement, "What in the world
is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a
couple of eggs?"
Mula Nasruddin calmly replied, "I wanted to show you
what it feels like when I'm driving."
Whoever
recommends and helps a good
cause becomes a partner
therein: and whoever
recommends and helps an evil
cause, shares in its burden:
and Allah has power over all
things.
Australian Muslim Youth
Network (AMYN)
Find out about the
latest events, outings,
fun-days, soccer
tournaments, BBQs organised
by AMYN. Network with other
young Muslims on the
AMYN Forum
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Dr Nada Ibrahim
was conferred
with her
Doctorate
by Griffith
University for her
dissertation
entitled
Intimate
Partner
Violence in
the Diverse
Australian
Muslim
Community:
Exploring
Attitudes/Beliefs,
Perpetration,
and
Victimisation.
Akram
Azimi is a
Western
Australian
finalist for
Young
Australian
of the Year
which will
be announced
next week on
Australia
Day.
NSW:
Jamal-Ud-Din
El-Kiki
(20), who is
in his third
year
studying for
a Bachelor
of
Psychology
at
University
of Sydney,
recently
represented
Australia at
an
International Quran
memorization/tajweed/tafseer
competition.
The
right-wing
Dutch MP was
due to visit
in October
last year
but was
forced to
postpone
because the
federal
government
took its
time
deciding
whether to
approve his
visa.
Laila
Al-Arian
The
study by Singapore-based Muslim travel
consultancy Crescentrating ranked countries
on how well they cater to the growing number
of Muslim holidaymakers seeking halal -- or
Islam-compliant -- food and services.
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