The
CresWalk
RacePack
Pick-Up-Day
yesterday
(Saturday)
was
a
hive
of
constant
activity
when
a
record
number
of
registered
participants
(in
excess
of
600)
came
in a
steady
stream
in
preparation
for
today's
much
anticipated
event.
They
were
each
given
a
Muslim
Aid
Australia
sling
bag
with
their
race
tags,
and
the
early
entrants
received
a
commemorative
CresWalk2013
T-shirt
sponsored
by
Crescents
Wealth
and
a
cap
sponsored
by
Brisbane
Diagnostics.
Today
(Sunday)
is
the
culmination
of
month's
of
preparation
by
the
Crescents
of
Brisbane
Team
of
volunteers
who
are
looking
forward
to
making
this
the
best
CresWalk
ever,
insha'Allah.
Hosted by
the Council
of Imams
NSW, the
Australian
National
Imams
Council
(ANIC) held
its sixth
Annual
General
Assembly
meeting on
Sunday the
19 May at
the office
of the Grand
Mufti of
Australia in
Fairfield,
Sydney and
it was .
Thirty five
Imams
representing
all the
states of
Australia,
including
the Grand
Mufti
of
Australia,
Dr Ibrahim
Abu Mohamed,
attended the
meeting.
In
his opening
address, the
Grand Mufti
of Australia
made an
emotional
appeal to
all Imams to
be united in
their
approach and
to recognize
the
diversity of
Muslim
community in
Australia.
The Assembly
then elected
the
following 19
member
Executive
Committee
for 2013/15.
o President
: Imam
AbdulAzim
Afifi VIC
o Vice
President :
Imam Riad
ElRifai SA
o Secretary
: Imam Shady
Alsuleiman
NSW
o Assistant
Secretary :
Imam Fawaz
Kamaz NSW
o Treasurer
: Imam
Mohamadu
Nawaz VIC
o Assistant
Treasurer :
Imam Imraan
Husain QLD
o Fatwa
Committee :
Imam Ibrahim
Abu Mohamed
(Mufti of
Australia)
NSW
Imam Shabbir
Ahmed NSW
Imam
Mohammad
AbuEid VIC
Imam Essa
Mousa VIC
Imam
Asadullah
Tariq Syed
QLD
o Executive
Committee
Members :
Imam Yahya
Safi NSW
Imam
Abdulsalam
Zoud NSW
Imam Abdulla
Al- Hawari
VIC
Imam Yusuf
Peer QLD
Imam Amin
Abou Samaha
SA
Imam Hisham
Obeid WA
Imam Burhaan
Mehtar WA
Imam Adama
Konda ACT
By Mohammed Farouk, (Event
Co-ordinator/Asst Sec ICQ)
The 2013
Islamic
Council of
Queensland
(ICQ)
organised
Qur’an
Recitation
Competition
was held on
Sunday, 19
May at the
Islamic
School of
Brisbane
Multi-Purpose
Hall, at
Karawatha.
In this
year’s
competition
12
Institutions
(Schools/Colleges
and Madrasah)
from
Brisbane and
Gold Coast
participated.
A total of
78
participants
in 9
categories,
ranging from
boys and
girls under
6 years up
to 14 years
and over for
boys, were
registered
and 72
participants
actually
presented
their
recitation
on the day.
Every
participant
was
presented
with a
‘Certificate
of
Participation’
and a
participation
Medal. The
major prize
winners
(1st, 2nd
and 3rd) in
each age
category
were
presented
with special
Winners
Certificates
as well as a
Trophy. The
overall
winner in
the girl’s
category was
Sumaiyah
Gedik and
the overall
winner in
the boy’s
category was
Mohammed
Amaan Yousaf,
both of them
representing
the
Australian
International
Islamic
College,
Durack.
Over 300
people
comprising
the
participants,
parents,
friends and
general
public
attended the
function and
were treated
to a
delicious
lunch of
beef palau
and tomato
chutney.
The Arabic
and Islamic
Studies
Department
of the
Australian
International
Islamic
College
compiled
this
summary of
the school's
achievements
in the
competition.s
HALAL food
is now sold
at a dozen
McDonald's
restaurants
and bacon is
off the menu
at some KFC
outlets to
accommodate
the
religious
sensitivities
of
Australia's
growing
Muslim
population.
The Muslim
population
has soared
by 40 per
cent to
476,291 in
just five
years -
paving the
way for a
building
program of
schools,
mosques and
prayer rooms
in the
suburbs of
Sydney and
Melbourne.
Even the
country's
biggest
sports
stadiums,
including
ANZ Stadium
and the MCG,
have moved
to offer
multi-faith
prayer rooms
for devout
Muslims.
A KFC
spokesman
yesterday
said three
of its
restaurants,
including
two at
Bankstown
and
Punchbowl,
are
certified to
sell halal
food
prepared in
a way that
is
acceptable
to Muslims.
"KFC is
mindful of
responding
to customer
demand and
cultural
sensitivities
in a
balanced
way," the
spokesman
said.
Eight
McDonald's
restaurants
in Sydney
and four in
Melbourne
offer halal
food but,
unlike some
KFC outlets,
they have
not taken
bacon off
the menu.
"We are
pleased to
be able to
offer halal
menu items
in
restaurants
where there
is strong
demand from
the local
community,"
media
relations
manager Skye
Oxenham-Lupul
said.
"Our halal
restaurants
also provide
non-halal
menu items,
however
modified
storage and
food
preparation
procedures
have been
implemented
to ensure
that correct
segregation
is
maintained."
Figures from
the 2011
census show
a long-term
decline in
the number
of
Australians
who identify
as
Christians -
down from 89
per cent in
1976 to 61
per cent in
2011.
But it is
the push for
official
recognition
of sharia
law that
worried many
Australians
who made
submissions
to the
federal
parliamentary
inquiry into
multiculturalism.
More than
200
submissions
to the
inquiry
raised
concerns
about or
discussed
the question
of Islam in
Australia.
The
Democracy
Awareness
Campaign
conducted by
Crescents of
Brisbane,
AMARAH and
the Islamic
Council of
Queensland
through
roadshows
around the
state was
concluded on
Thursday 23
May in
Queensland's
Parliament
House in
Brisbane
with the
tabling of
the report
on the
project to a
small group
of invited
politicians,
government
officials
and
community
leaders.
It was also
an
opportunity
to showcase
the various
Muslim
organizations
who
contribute
so
significantly
to the
social,
economic and
educational
fabric of
the State.
Crescents of
Brisbane's
president,
Dr Mustafa
Ally, who
presided
over the
proceedings,
launched the
report,
after
describing
the
objectives
of the
project and
the model
that was
adopted at
the
roadshows as
well as the
lesson
learned from
the
exercise.
Minister for
Aboriginal,
Torres
Strait
Island and
Multicultural
Affairs of
Queensland,
Minister
Glen Elmes,
Mr Graham
Perrett MP,
Member for
Moreton and
Cr Angela
Owen-Taylor
representing
the Lord
Mayor,
Cr.Graham
Quirk
followed
with
speeches
that were
supportive
of the
project
Ms Naseera
Naeem (18)
spoke of the
impact her
participation
in the
Queensland
Youth
parliament
had had on
her and her
presentation
was very
well
received.
Ms Nora
Amath,
president of
AMARAH,
categorized
and gave an
overview of
the various
Muslim
organizations,
while Mr
Mohammed
Farouk spoke
on the role
of ICQ, Ms
Hafizah
Suleman on
Crescents of
Brisbane and
Ms Salam El-Merebi
on AMARAH.
Mr Mohammed
Yusuf,
president of
ICQ, thanked
the members
of the
Muslim
community
who attended
the
workshops
and the many
organizations
who lent
their
support to
this
initiative.
Abu Hafsah
Abdul Malik
Clare
(Jerome
Clare), was
born totally
BLIND
without
sight and
raised in
Canada. He
embraced
Islam in
1996 and
since has
been
conveying
the message
of Islam
across the
world. He
was the
first
completely
blind person
to bes
accepted
into
professional
wrestling.
Topic: No
Sight No
Worries
Date: 26th
of May (this
Sunday)
Time: 5:00pm
(After
Maghrib)
Speaker: Abu
Hafsah
Where:
Masjid Al
Farooq
Kuraby
Mosque
Address
:1408
Beenleigh
Road Kuraby
This
week's
nasheed,
25
Prophets
Lyrics
by
Zain
Bhikha,
is
brought
to
you
by
the
organizers
of
the
Queensland Nasheed
Competition
(click
on
the
thumbnail
for
more
details).
USA: THE
United States has denounced what it calls a
rising tide of both anti-Muslim and
anti-Jewish sentiment around the world.
It has urged all nations to ensure freedom
of religion.
In a wide-ranging annual report on religious
freedom, the State Department voiced alarm
at growing attacks against minority groups
and painted a bleak picture of nations such
as China, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea and
Saudi Arabia.
The freedom
to profess
and practice
one's faith,
to believe
or not to
believe or
to change
one's
beliefs,
that is a
birthright
of every
human being
John
Kerry
Secretary of State John Kerry, while
acknowledging that the US record was not
perfect, called religious freedom a
"universal value" as he presented the
report.
"The freedom to profess and practice one's
faith, to believe or not to believe or to
change one's beliefs, that is a birthright
of every human being," Kerry said.
"I urge all countries, especially those
identified in this report, to take action
now to safeguard this fundamental freedom,"
he said.
Kerry announced the appointment of Ira
Foreman, who served as President Barack
Obama's campaign outreach director to Jewish
voters, to fill the State Department
position of special envoy to combat
anti-Semitism.
The report said anti-Semitism was rising in
the media of Egypt and Venezuela, where
failed presidential candidate Henrique
Capriles has Jewish ancestry.
It also pointed to Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad's remarks questioning the extent
of the Holocaust.
"Anti-Muslim rhetoric and actions were
clearly on the rise, particularly in Europe
and Asia," the State Department report,
which covered 2012, said.
"Government restrictions, which often
coincided with societal animosity, resulted
in anti-Muslim actions that affected
everyday life for numerous believers," it
said.
Government
restrictions,
which often
coincided
with
societal
animosity,
resulted in
anti-Muslim
actions that
affected
everyday
life for
numerous
believers
The report
sharply criticised the record of Myanmar,
also known as Burma, on the same day that
President Thein Sein was meeting with US
President Barack Obama in a sign of US
support for the former general's democratic
reforms.
The State Department report said officials
in Myanmar fanned a wave of violence
targeting the mostly Muslim Rohingya
community and that Myanmar promoted
Theravada Buddhism over other faiths.
The survey said that religious freedom
declined further in China and that
authorities cracked down particularly hard
on the mostly Muslim Uighur community and on
Tibetan Buddhists, whose monasteries are
under close watch.
The report said Muslims also faced new
restrictions in 2012 in countries ranging
from Belgium, which banned face-covering
religious attire in classrooms, to India
where schools in Mangalore restricted
headscarves.
Graduating
from Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
(WCMC-Q), 20-year-old Iqbal El-Assaad is
possibly the youngest Arab doctor ever.
Iqbal El-Assaad
is the youngest medical doctor to graduate
from Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
(WCMC-Q) in its ten-year history. When Iqbal
was a toddler, she learnt algebra by
watching her older siblings study. Before
El-Assaad's fifth birthday, her favourite
pastimes were reading books and solving
mathematical problems.
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: This is a
winter warmer of a dish and one that is amongst
the more popular of choices at Indian
restaurants. Now you can have it in the comfort
of your home.
Lamb
Korma
Ingredients
1kg lamb cut into
cubes
2 Onions sliced
3 Tab Ghee/oil
2 Tab Ginger Garlic Mix
1 stick Cinnamon, 2 lavang (cloves) an a 2 pods
of elachi
1 tsp Dhana jeeru mix (1/2tsp each of coriander
and cumin)
2tsp. chili powder
1tsp salt
125ml yoghurt
1 tin Coconut milk
1 tin tomato or 4 fresh tomatoes pureed
½ cup chopped cashew nuts
Method
1. Sauté onions in ghee or olive
oil until light brown, toss in the nuts, and
quickly stir fry.
2. Liquidize the onions, nuts, coconut milk and
tomatoes until fine.
3. Marinate lamb in yoghurt.
4. In a little oil braise the ginger garlic,
dhana jeeru and chili and then add the cinnamon,
cloves and elachi.
5.When the aroma (in 2 seconds)
arises add the lamb, cook for 5mins and then add
the liquidized mixture and simmer until meat is
done and the sauce is thick.
6. Garnish with chopped green dhania and serve
hot with rotis or naan.
If you were lucky enough to take part in today’s
Creswalk challenge, then be sure to follow through by:
• Enjoying a full stretch session - Try stretching as
soon as possible after you’ve crossed the finish line.
If you don’t get around to it, make sure you stretch at
home or even put on a yoga DVD and enjoy the relaxation
after the workout.
• Rehydrate – Drink lots of water. No doubt you would’ve
lost fluid while walking or running so it’s important to
replenish the body.
• Enjoy a healthy meal after the hard work – Have a
protein rich meal to aid in muscle recovery.
• Reward yourself – Be sure to acknowledge the hard work
you’ve done and reward yourself by continuing your
training on an ongoing basis so you can reap the
rewards..
Have your hubby or wife give you a nice massage and book
yourself and some friends in for another one during the
week if possible.
Kareema has just created a ground breaking new product,
the T-Mat for yoga, pilates, exercise, etc. A world
first, the idea behind it is to experience an
uninterrupted flow of movement while practising yoga
with all its beautiful poses and direction changes.
One side can be folded on top of the other for more
support under the knees or back during Pilates and it’s
a great tool to have for your floor work during exercise
and stretching.
Keep an eye out for the website launch over the next few
weeks or call 0404844786 for queries and purchases.
Mat folded with extra side folded
on top – knee or back support
Mat opened T-shape for better
flow of movement through poses
Jallaludin
call the hotel manager in panic: "Please come fast, I am
having an argument with my wife and she says she will
jump from your hotel window."
Manager : Sir, I am sorry, but this is your personal
matter and we can't interfere in a domestic issue.
Jallaludin : You idiot! The window's not opening. This
is a maintenance issue!!!
We have
not instructed the (Prophet)
in Poetry, nor is it meet
for him: this is no less
than a Message and a Qur'an
making things clear: That it
may give admonition to any
(who are) alive...
KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS CLASS Venue: Algester Mosque, 48 Learoyd Rd, Algester When: Every Tuesday after Isha Teacher: Imam Aslam Al Qadri 1st topic: Understanding Hijab and it's significance
in Islam/ Implementing the sunnah in everyday life, eg the
sunnah of eating, sleeping, interaction with people socially
etc etc.......
For any further information please contact me on 0433552409
or ladies can contact Shakira Ayoob on 0449800205.
Kuraby Mosque Tafseer &
Taalim
Tuesday tafseer and taleem classes at Kuraby Mosque every Tuesday
11am - 12.30pm
Bald Hills Mosque Weekly Tafseer
The weekly program schedule is as follows:
Mondays: Tafseer
Wednesdays: Tafseer
The above lessons will start at 7:30 pm and will go for
approximately 1/2 an hour each day.
All brothers and sisters are welcome.
Queensland Police Service/Muslim Community
Consultative Group
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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Letters to the
Editor
The
Democracy
Awareness
Campaign
conducted by
Crescents of
Brisbane,
AMARAH and
the Islamic
Council of
Queensland
through
roadshows
around the
state was
concluded on
Thursday 23
May in
Queensland's
Parliament
House in
Brisbane
with the
tabling of
the report
on the
project to a
small group
of invited
politicians,
government
officials
and
community
leaders.
John
Kerry
Jallaludin
call the hotel manager in panic: "Please come fast, I am
having an argument with my wife and she says she will
jump from your hotel window." 
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