AFC Asian
Cup
Australia
2015
organisers
have praised
fans for
embracing
Asia’s
biggest
football
tournament
after
attendances
passed the
250,000 mark
just eight
days into
the group
stage.
Last night
more than
33,000 fans
turned out
for games in
Brisbane and
Melbourne,
bringing the
total crowd
for the
first 16
games to
259,070.
According to
AFC General
Secretary,
Dato’ Alex
Soosay, the
number of
spectators
is a cause
for
excitement
for Asian
football,
and he
believes
that the
numbers will
only grow as
the
tournament
progresses.
“We
truly have a
great
tournament
on our
hands. The
passion and
enthusiasm
in each of
the matches
played so
far both on
and off the
pitch has
been
remarkable.
“Great
credit must
be given to
the
Australian
Local
Organising
Committee
who has
promoted the
event
wonderfully
with
activities
and
initiatives
aimed at
raising the
interest of
fans – like
the AFC
Asian Cup
Adopt a Team
programme
which
encourages
Aussies to
support a
second team.
“It is
amazing that
a match
between
Qatar and
Iran in
Australia
could amass
more than
22,000
supporters,
while the
match
between
Japan and
Iraq had
22,941
people in
the stadium.
"The
travelling
fans have
been a joy
to watch, as
they not
only support
their team,
but they
also bring a
touch of
culture and
uniqueness
to the
game,” he
added.
“I take my
hat off to
the fans.
They are
helping us
achieve our
dream of
staging a
tournament
that will
never be
forgotten,”
said Michael
Brown, CEO
of the Local
Organising
Committee.
“We have
spent years
preparing
what we
hoped would
be a huge,
multicultural
celebration
of football,
and the fans
are making
that a
reality.
“It’s not
just the
numbers –
though they
are
impressive.
It’s the
passion and
colour fans
from all
competing
nations are
bringing.
“The first
Asian Cup on
Australian
soil is
enjoying
tremendous
support at
all five
venues –
Sydney,
Melbourne,
Brisbane,
Canberra and
Newcastle.
“We are
half-way
through the
tournament –
16 matches
out of 32.
But the big
ones are
still to
come – the
knockout
matches of
the
quarter-finals,
semi-finals
and the
final itself
– so we feel
we are well
on track to
crack our
target of
half a
million
spectators.
“There are
some games
coming up
where we
expect very
big crowds
and people
who want to
attend
quarter-finals,
semi-finals
and the
final should
buy their
tickets now
to avoid
disappointment.”
The biggest
crowd so far
has been
50,276 at
Sydney’s
Stadium
Australia
for the host
nation’s
match
against
Oman.
Australia’s
opening
match
against
Kuwait at
the smaller
Melbourne
Rectangular
Stadium was
a sell-out
with an
attendance
of 25,231.
Another
Socceroos
sell-out is
expected
tonight in
Brisbane
with only a
few seats
left for the
game against
Korea
Republic.
Asia’s
top-ranked
team Iran
have enjoyed
superb
support,
drawing
17,712
against
Bahrain in
Melbourne
and 22,672
against
Qatar in
Sydney.
Defending
champions
Japan
attracted
over 17,000
against
Palestine in
Newcastle
and another
bumper gate
of almost
23,000
against 2007
champions
Iraq in
Brisbane
last night.
The average
crowd for
the group
stage
matches to
date is
16,192.
The
Islamic
Society
of
Algester
in
conjunction
with
Seekers
Point
will
be
hosting
the
Annual
Meelad
un
Nabi
(Sallallahu
Alayhi
Wa
Sallam)
at
The
Islamic
College
of
Brisbane
today
(Sunday
18th
January
2015)
at
2.00
pm
Bushra Faisal
(right) fitting Barbara Poley
(left) with a Hijab
HERVEY BAY:
WOMEN in the
Hervey Bay
Muslim
community
are
encouraging
others to
look at life
through
their eyes,
by trying on
the hijab
headcovering.
The women
are
participating
in World
Hijab Day
for the
first time
to shed some
light into
Islam and to
dispel any
negative
connotations
attached to
it in light
of the
recent
anti-Muslim
sentiments.
World Hijab
Day was
founded by a
New Yorker
as a way of
increasing
understanding
and
tolerance
between
Muslims and
non-Muslims
by inviting
all women to
try a Hijab
and
understanding
the meaning
behind it.
A former
atheist
turned
Muslim,
Barbara
Poley said
the recent
terrorist
attack in
France that
killed 12
people by
"so-called
Muslims" has
once again
put Muslims
in a bad
light.
"Islam is a
beautiful,
peaceful
religion and
no way in
the Quran it
says people
should
commit acts
of
terrorism,"
the Hervey
Bay woman
said.
Maryam Saeed,
an IT
specialist
who has been
in the Bay
for three
years said
the hijab to
the Muslims
was a way to
be modest.
"We don't
want people
to be scared
of us just
because we
look
different,"
she said.
"Our beliefs
are to do
with
ourselves.
We don't
impose the
hijab on
anyone but
we'd like to
invite all
to the event
to try and
understand
us and our
religion.
"We too hate
crime and
violence as
anyone else
and when
people do
crazy things
we do feel
the backlash
and that's
the reason
why we want
to hold this
event - to
spread
awareness."
Mrs Saeed
said in
Islam there
was a
balance
between two
things -
worship and
serving
humanity -
and that's
exactly what
they are
doing.
"The
majority of
the Muslims
here are
doctors. Why
would we
hurt anyone
when we are
trying to
save lives,"
she said.
There are 20
families in
the Hervey
Bay Muslim
Society
including
Aussie
converts.
The group
will hold
the World
Hijab Day
gathering at
Mary Ryan
Bookstore,
15 Central
Avenue,
Urraween
from 9am to
3pm, January
31. Everyone
is welcome
to attend.
Source:
Dominah
Devadas |
10th Jan
2015 5:00 AM
Fraser Coast
Chronicle
HORRIFIED:
Gympie Muslim community leader
Shifa Mustapha hopes the world’s
support for free speech will
show terrorists they have
achieved nothing. Patrick Woods
TERRORISTS
defame the
religion
they claim
to support
and are
enemies of
real Islam,
Gympie
Muslim
community
leader Shifa
Mustapha
said this
week.
"When
robbers wear
a George
Bush mask to
commit an
offence,
no-one
blames
George Bush.
"These
people are
wearing a
mask of
Islam," Mrs
Mustapha
said
yesterday.
Mrs Mustapha
took a
courageous
stand for
peace and
international
tolerance
when she
spoke to The
Gympie
Times,
pointing out
that the
victims and
heroes of
the Paris
shootings
and siege
included
Muslims.
"Muslims,"
she says,
"are not
responsible
for what
crazed
killers do.
"I don't
think anyone
holds
Christians
responsible
for the
Holocaust.
"And you
can't blame
the excesses
of Josef
Stalin on
atheism."
Muslims,
like anyone
else, viewed
the events
in Paris,
and many
terrorist
acts before
that, with
horror.
The Gympie
based
religious
teacher has
represented
the
Queensland
Muslim
community
extensively
in
multicultural
forums,
ethnic
meetings and
multi-religious
gatherings.
"We have
seen our
religion
hijacked by
thugs and
murderers,"
she said.
"It may help
to tell you
that the
majority of
people they
have killed
were Muslims
and so was
the first
person
killed in
Paris."
Mrs Mustapha
says the
atrocities
committed by
Muslims in
Paris, in
the name of
Islam, were
part of "a
long line of
atrocities
we have all
viewed with
horror."
But she says
the horror
is even
greater for
Muslims who
stand up
against
terror and
risk
retribution.
"As a Muslim
I can tell
you that the
horror you
experience
is magnified
many times
over for we
who know
that Islam
has no
dealing with
these evil,
insane
actions of
those
claiming to
be its
followers.
"I speak for
the majority
of Muslims,
and for
those you
probably
know already
within the
region.
"We have
seen our
religion
hijacked by
thugs and
murderers;
criminals
who have
dragged it
in the blood
and dust of
their
heinous
actions -
and we weep.
"We weep for
the victims
and their
relatives
and friends.
"We weep
also for the
destruction
of
friendships
and ideals;
for the loss
of innocence
and peace,
as surely as
heaven weeps
with us
all."
She asked
Australians
and
particularly
Gympie
people to
understand
that the
first death
in Paris was
that of a
policeman, a
Muslim named
Ahmad.
She
expressed
the hope
that the
wounds of
terrorism
would not be
too deep for
the rest of
us to
understand.
But if we
are at risk,
she says,
Gympie's
small Muslim
community
(about 30
people,
including
children)
stands with
us and faces
the same
risk, "an
even greater
risk for
those of us
who stand
openly
against
them."
"Overnight
huge
demonstrations
of sympathy
were held
for the
victims, as
well as to
uphold
freedom of
speech and
the right to
draw
cartoons."
Reflecting
the view of
The Gympie
Times
cartoonist
Jeff Douwes,
she said
those
offended by
cartoons
have a right
to retaliate
with pens
and words
and
drawings,
but not with
bullets and
bombs.
She says she
hopes the
world's
support for
free speech,
including
that of the
Islamic
world, will
show
terrorists
they have
achieved
nothing.
"For the
better part
of the
night, a
good few of
us have been
sending out
messages of
peace and
support for
the protests
worldwide,
but it
amazes me
there are
still
Muslims who
uphold the
violence.
"They set
themselves
up as judge,
jury and
executioner
and they
place
themselves
above Allah.
A life is a
life and
each life
belongs to
Allah."
From the
Gympie
Times,
Queensland
published 14
January 2015
A YEAR ago,
Rockhampton's
Dr Gul-E-Rana
didn't wear
a hijab.
But when
people
started to
commit
violent
crimes in
the name of
Islam, Dr
Gul felt she
had to stop
her religion
from being
hijacked.
Hearing
another
Muslim woman
speak about
the hijab
and identity
further
cemented Dr
Gul's
decision to
start
wearing the
traditional
headscarf.
"I wanted to
identify
with
Muslims,"
she said.
"I always
wanted to do
it, but you
need that
conviction
to do
something."
Dr Gul moved
to Australia
from
Pakistan
five years
ago and has
worked at
the
Rockhampton
Hospital
since then.
Although she
felt wearing
the hijab
was the
right
decision, Dr
Gul felt
anxious
about the
ripples it
might cause
in her
workplace.
She said the
biggest
worry was
whether
patients
would still
trust and
respect her.
But all
those
anxieties
disappeared
the first
day Dr Gul
walked into
work wearing
the hijab.
"It was just
very
natural,"
she said.
"I think
when you
make the
decisions
that are
right for
you, you
just have
that
positive
thing about
you and
everything
just works.
"You cannot
get rid of
your
identity
anyway, so
you should
own it.
"I never
faced any of
the hatred."
Dr Gul said
she was
"very
passionate"
about Islam
and believed
it to be
"100%
peaceful",
but
understood
people
feared the
religion
after
reading
about
crimes.
"When this
is
splattered
across the
media ...
naturally
you're going
to be afraid
of us," she
said.
"For us it's
frustrating
because we
are Muslims.
"No religion
tells you to
do bad
stuff.
"What are
these people
reading,
what are
these people
doing?
"To us it is
completely
untrue."
Although Dr
Gul was
disappointed
those
involved in
terrorist
group ISIS
could affect
how peaceful
people live
in
Australia,
she said for
every
darkness in
the conflict
there was
light.
She said
more people
were taking
the time to
learn about
Islam and
understand
most Muslims
did not
agree with
extremist
behaviour.
"We want to
explain to
people," Dr
Gul said.
"It's not
something
which is
exclusive to
us.
"We're all
just people
and we need
to
understand
each other."
The
Rockhampton
Mosque will
hold an open
day on
Saturday,
December 6,
from 9am to
1pm.
What is the
hijab?
The hijab is
a scarf
covering a
woman's head
and neck,
leaving her
face
uncovered.
Hijab also
means to
dress
decently or
modestly and
applies to
men and
women.
Comedian
Dieudonne,
whose
trademark
gesture, the
quenelle,
has drawn
severe
criticism
for being
anti-Jewish,
will pay
fines
incurred for
defamation
and hate
speech, the
French
interior
minister,
Manuel Valls,
has vowed.
Valls,
speaking on
a radio show
on Friday,
said he
would ensure
that
Dieudonne,
47, would
have to pay
the $88,500
he had run
up in fines,
and would
try to
legally
block
performances
by a man he
branded a
"little
trader of
hate".
Since 2000,
Dieudonne
has been
fined seven
times for
defamation,
using
insulting
language,
hate speech
and racial
discrimination.
Dieudonne's
inverted
down-arm
salute made
headlines
again this
week after
his friend,
French
football
striker
Nicolas
Anelka, used
it to
celebrate a
goal in
England. The
on-field
sign sparked
a media
storm and
Anelka
agreed not
to repeat
it.
I think 2014
will be the
year of the
quenelle
Dieudonne
M'Bala
M'Bala
The comic
insists the
gesture is
not
anti-Jewish
and merely
reflects his
anti-establishment
views.
"I think
2014 will be
the year of
the
quenelle,''
Dieudonne
said in a
video posted
this week on
YouTube. In
that video,
Dieudonne
also denied
he is
anti-Jewish.
"There's a
misunderstanding.
I don't say
I won't be
one day. I
leave that
possibility
open.'
Valls said
Dieudonne
would be
"forced to
pay" and
that "nobody
is above the
law".
Veteran Nazi
hunters
Serge and
Beate
Klarsfeld
have called
on people to
protest
against
Dieudonne.
"It is
legitimate
and normal
when someone
makes
anti-Semitic
speeches and
says that
not enough
Jews were
gassed in
the gas
chambers,
that people
rise up to
protest,"
Klarsfeld
told AFP
news agency.
"People who
go to see
Dieudonne go
there to
hear
Jew-bashing,"
said
Klarsfeld.
The
controversy
his tour is
provoking is
a far cry
from the
comedian's
early career
when he
teamed up
with Jewish
comic Elie
Semoun in
sketches
that tackled
racism and
slavery.
Rebecca Kay:
"A lot of people in the Muslim
community were devastated."
Sydney
Muslims
attempted to
help police
find an
Islamic
State flag
so the Lindt
cafe gunman
might free
hostages,
but now they
feel they
were "set
up".
About 2pm on
Monday,
December 15,
Rebecca Kay
took a phone
call from
NSW Police
Counter-Terrorism.
The officer
wondered if
she could
help police
find an
Islamic
State flag.
This was one
of the
demands of
Man Haron
Monis, the
gunman
holding 18
hostages at
the Lindt
cafe in
Martin
Place.
"And if they
give him a
flag he was
going to
exchange it
for a
hostage,"
says Ms Kay,
a convert to
Islam who
has become a
prominent
community
member in
western
Sydney.
Ms Kay was
one of
several
people
contacted
that
afternoon,
and she was
only too
willing to
help.
"A lot of
people in
the Muslim
community
were
devastated,"
she says.
"We were
ready to
jump – 'just
say how
high' – to
help police
prevent a
tragedy."
Ms Kay
believes she
called as
many as 50
people, but
finding an
IS flag – or
anyone
willing to
admit they
had one –
proved no
easy task.
And soon her
contacts
started
asking: "Are
we being set
up?"
"They were
very
suspicious,"
she says.
"Some
accused me
of being an
informant."
But she
counselled
that they
should try
to help.
And the
officer kept
calling
back, "three
or four
times over
the next
hour to see
if I had got
an Islamic
State flag
or not.
There was a
sense of
urgency that
I get it and
that I take
it down to
Bankstown
police
station, and
they were
going to put
it in a
patrol car,
with the
lights
[flashing],
and bring it
to the
city."
Monis's
hostages
recited his
demands on
Facebook and
YouTube, as
police
worked to
have them
taken down.
Hostage
Julie
Taylor, a
barrister,
said he
would free
five
hostages if
Prime
Minister
Tony Abbott
called him
to record a
short
conversation
to be played
on air. He
would
release two
if the
politicians
told "the
truth, which
is that this
is an attack
by Islamic
State
against
Australia".
And he would
allow one to
go if the
flag were
delivered.
In the end,
Ms Kay says,
police
sourced
their own
flag. But
then they
told her it
had been
decided
there would
be no trade
with Monis
in any case.
By now she
had burnt
many bridges
in her own
community.
It got
worse. About
2am the next
morning –
about the
time of the
deadly final
shootout
inside the
Lindt cafe –
NSW Police
searched the
western
Sydney home
of one of
the young
men she had
contacted.
He had
considered
handing over
his flag to
Ms Kay but
then
thought, no,
it was a
trap.
"And so he
then
believed I
did try to
set him up,"
she says.
The next
morning, she
was told,
the
Australian
Federal
Police
raided the
homes of
another two
men who had
been
contacted
during the
community's
urgent
attempt to
help save
hostages.
"Obviously,
they were
listening to
all our
phone
calls," Ms
Kay says.
"I want to
be able to
have
dealings
with police
… but when
it gets
thrown back
in your
face, it
sets us back
two steps."
Lawyer Zali
Burrows, who
represents
some of the
people who
tried to
help police,
wonders:
"Why didn't
they just
print one
out?"
A laser
printer
could have
produced the
flag on
cloth and
they could
have
delivered it
in half an
hour, she
says.
Lydia
Shelly, a
solicitor
from the
Muslim Legal
Network,
says: "Our
overriding
concern was
with the
safety of
those
innocent
Australians
being held
against
their will."
Police would
not respond
to questions
about the
flag or
whether they
intended to
allow Monis
to display
it to the
world's
televisions
and risk him
winning the
support of
other
extremists.
Ms Kay says
there is
nothing
sinister
about the
flag that
Islamic
State has
misappropriated.
It depicts
the
prophet's
seal and
"it's a flag
that Muslims
should have.
It's not our
fault that
these
barbarians
have taken
it as their
flag."
She says she
would want
to help
police in
another such
crisis, but:
"They're not
building
trust. With
this
incident
they have
not built
trust at
all.
"You don't
understand
the pressure
cooker we're
in and the
interference
that the AFP
and ASIO
have, and
the fear
that they
create, and
how they
stalk – and
I can say
stalk with
confidence –
members of
our
community
and instil
fear in
their
families and
ostracise
them from
their
workplace
and the
people they
know, so
they become
paranoid and
they don't
interact
with anyone.
"This is the
kind of norm
they've
created
here, where
no one
trusts
anyone any
more."
“So when
Charlie Hebdo will be published
insha ' Allah (God willing), do
not pay attention. Do not
respond to the provocation,"
Matic wrote.
CAIRO –
French
director
Isabelle
Matic has
announced
her decision
to revert to
Islam on her
FaceBook
account,
making the
unexpected
announcement
only a few
days after
Charlie
Hebdo Paris
attacks.
“Today, I
passed
through the
first pillar
of Islam.
There is no
god but
Allah and
Muhammad is
His
Prophet,”
Matic said
in a message
posted on
her Facebook
page on
January 11.
She followed
her
announcement
with a
series of
posts in
which she
thanked
Moroccan
actor Hicham
Bahloul for
announcing
her decision
on Moroccan
papers.
In another
message, she
described
how she took
the decision
and its
effect on
her beliefs
in freedom
of
expression.
“Between the
massacre at
the premises
of Charlie
Hebdo and
other event
that have
followed: I
became a
Muslim,”
Matic wrote.
“Am I still
for freedom
of
expression
for all and
Charlie
Hebdo in
particular?!
Yes,” Matic
wrote
yesterday.
“With regard
to my
position
towards the
caricatures
of the
Prophet, I
will write
you the text
of the SMS
that I
received
this morning
from a
mosque which
agreed quite
well with my
thoughts
since the
beginning of
the
cartoons,
well before
I became a
Muslim,” she
added
“They are
making fun
of Muhammad
and do not
harm
Muhammad.
They are
making fun
of a
character
that they
have
imagined and
to whom they
have given a
name. This
man is not
our
Prophet,”
she wrote.
The new
Muslim
referred to
the early
life of
Prophet
Muhammad
(peace be
upon him)
when
non-believers
rejected his
calls to
Islam.
“The Makkans
laughed at
Muhammad
(worthy of
praise) in
the
appellant
Modamam
(worthy of
name
calling).
The prophet
peace be
upon him was
smiling.
Yes, he was
smiling! And
he said:
They are
making fun
of Modamam
and not me,”
Matic wrote.
“The wisdom
is the
answer to
provocations.
And this is
what our
beloved
Prophet
(peace and
blessings of
Allah be
with him)
has taught
us.
“So when
Charlie
Hebdo will
be published
insha '
Allah (God
willing), do
not pay
attention.
Do not
respond to
the
provocation.
And do not
give them of
importance,”
she added.
In its
Wednesday’s
edition,
Charlie
Hebdo
magazine
features a
cartoon of a
man they
claim to be
the prophet
of Islam on
the cover.
The cover
depicts
Prophet
Mohammed (pbuh)
with a tear
falling from
his cheek,
holding a
sign that
says, "Je
suis
Charlie”
under the
headline
"All Is
Forgiven."
The edition
is the first
after two
gunmen
attacked the
magazine’s
headquarters
in Paris,
killing 10
journalists
and two
policemen.
Two of the
dead were
Muslims, an
editor and a
police cop.
It
culminates
the
magazine’s
long history
of offending
millions of
Muslims
worldwide.
What
percentage
of terror
attacks in
the United
States and
Europe are
committed by
Muslims?
Guess. Nope.
Guess again.
And again...
“Not all
Muslims are
terrorists,
but all
terrorists
are
Muslims.”
How many
times have
you heard
that one?
Sure, we
heard Fox
News’s Brian
Kilmeade say
it, but to
me, that was
simply part
of the Fox
News plan to
make their
viewers
dumber, as
we saw again
this past
weekend when
its
terrorism
“expert”
Steve
Emerson was
caught
fabricating
the story
that
Birmingham,
England, is
closed to
non-Muslims.
But more
alarmingly,
even some
reasonable
people have
uttered this
statement.
And that
comment is
often
followed up
by the
question:
Why don’t we
see
Christian,
Buddhist, or
Jewish
terrorists?
Obviously,
there are
people who
sincerely
view
themselves
as Muslims
who have
committed
horrible
acts in the
name of
Islam. We
Muslims can
make the
case that
their
actions are
not based on
any part of
the faith
but on their
own
political
agenda. But
they are
Muslims, no
denying
that.
On the
Sunday 1
February at
Sabvoda Park
Kuraby, from
11am to 5pm,
Slackscreek
Mosque will
be holding a
Family BBQ
to raise
funds for
the new
Musjid
project in
Slackscreek.
"Alhumdullilah,
so far we
have
collected
$1M to date
and require
$1.1M by end
of June
2015," Imam
Akram told
CCN..
"The day
will be full
of fun
activities
like soccer,
cricket,
volley ball,
tug of war
and much
more."
"A $20 adult
ticket and a
$10 child's
ticket gets
you a full
plate of BBQ
meat, 2x BBQ
lamb chops,
2x sausages,
1x chicken
fillet,
salad,
sauce, bread
and a can of
drink. NOW
THAT'S VALUE
and the best
part of it
is that you
will be
supporting
the house of
Allah swt,"
said Imam
Akram.
To reserve
tickets
contact Imam
Akram on
0431201164,
Dr Mohammed
Akram
Hoosain on
038 271 939
or Ustaad
Abdul Samim
Khan on 0413
669 987
After a Fox
News host
used the
France
terror
attacks to
call for the
murder of
radical
Islamists,
Russell
Brand has
taken on
what he
calls the
channel’s
“hateful”
rhetoric.
Referencing
Judge
Jeanine
Pirro’s
Saturday
segment
which urged:
“We need to
kill them.
We need to
kill them,”
Brand
described
the former
prosecutor’s
language as
having “the
same energy
as the
murderers -
judgement,
hate,
certainty in
your own
position,
condemnation,
the language
of war.”
In a
production
of The Trews
entitled:
"Charlie
Hebdo: Does
Fox News
Terrorise
Us?", Brand
also noted
Pirro’s
repeated use
of the word
“them” when
talking
about
Muslims,
accusing her
of
“fortifying
boundaries
and borders
between us.”
He added:
“Now this is
obviously
hilariously
funny but in
another way
there’s a
toxicity to
it, because
Fox News, as
we know, is
owned by
Rupert
Murdoch and
it’s not
like he’s
just a daft
lovely old
man, you
know, sort
of like a
racist
granddad… oh
don’t worry
he’s a
granddad,
he’s from a
different
time.
“Different
if your
granddad
owns a
multi-trillion
dollar media
organisation
and has
investments
in energy
companies
that will
benefit from
further
military
activity
abroad that
requires the
malignment
and hatred
of Muslims
and Muslim
nations and
the
dehumanisation
of Muslims
to
continue.”
Brand, who
has
repeatedly
locked horns
with Murdoch
and Fox
News,
pointed out
the media
mogul’s
share of
ownership in
the
Israeli-American
company
Genie, which
has been
granted
rights to
explore for
oil in the
Israeli-occupied
Golan
Heights.
'We need to
kill them': Jeanine Pirro
“There’s
always an
economic
angle,
there’s
always an
idealogical
angle,” he
said, before
highlighting
the fact
former
American
Vice
President
Dick Cheney
is on the
advisory
board of the
same
company.
He said:
“Look at the
people
behind these
ideas.
Again,
remember,
terrorism is
wrong,
killing
people is
bad, but
that has to
mean all
types of
terrorism.
“Who gets to
define what
terrorism
means? Who
gets to
decide what
violence is
necessary?
Early
findings
from the
recent
nation-wide
study of 800
Australian
Muslims
funded by
the
government
and
conducted by
Dr. Adrian
Cherney &
Associate
Professor
Kristina
Murphy found
that 79 per
cent Muslims
disagree or
strongly
disagree
with a
suggestion
that
terrorists
have
“legitimate
grievances”
among other
finding such
as 74 per
cent Muslims
supported
anti-terror
laws and
same number
feel that
these law
target
Muslims.
The full
results of
the survey
will be
release to
public by
the end of
this month.
However, the
headlines in
the major
newspapers
focused on
one finding
of 21 per
cent who
either
agreed or
strongly
agree with
the same
statement.
“Terrorists
have valid
grievances,
say some
Muslims”
read the
headline of
the article
about the
survey
result
written by
Rachel
Olding in
Sydney
Morning
Herald.
The leader
of
self-proclaimed
Anti-Islam
hate group Q
Society, Ms.
Debbie
Robinson
used this to
justify her
theory that
“21% of
Muslims in
Australia
sympathize
with Islamic
terrorists
and agree
that
terrorists
have valid
grievances”
Ali Kadri is
the
president of
Holland Park
Mosque in
Brisbane and
is also one
of the
spokespersons
of the
Muslim
community in
Queensland.
Ali is also
a small
business
owner and a
graduate of
International
Relations
from
Griffith
University.
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Murdoch says Muslims must
be held responsible for France terror
attacks
News Corp boss tweets to say
even peaceful Muslims must bear burden of
deadly Charlie Hebdo death toll ‘until they
destroy growing jihadist cancer’
Rupert Murdoch has been
strongly criticised after tweeting that
“most Moslems” – even if peaceful – must be
held responsible for the religion’s “growing
jihadist cancer” in the wake of the terror
attacks in France.
But the tweet angered many
who criticised Murdoch for holding a
religion of billions of peaceful people
responsible for the actions of a minority of
extremists.
One Twitter user referenced Murdoch’s own
responsibility in the case of the News Corp
phone-hacking scandal, while the Australian
comedian Adam Hills was sceptical about the
media mogul’s contribution to the debate.
J.K. Rowling Responds to Rupert Murdoch's
Muslim Tweet
J.K. Rowling is not a big
Rupert Murdoch fan.
After Paris was hit by a recent terror
attack at satire magazine Charlie Hebdo's
offices that left 12 dead, Murdoch tweeted
Friday: "Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but
until they recognize and destroy their
growing jihadist cancer they must be held
responsible."
The media mogul also added that the world
was being threatened by "big jihadist
danger" and blamed "political correctness"
for people turning a blind eye to it.
Now, the Harry Potter author has fired back
at Murdoch on Twitter. "I was born
Christian. If that makes Rupert Murdoch my
responsibility, I'll auto-excommunicate,"
Rowling tweeted Jan. 11.
She also pointed out that issues have been
caused by people practicing Christianity and
Catholicism, citing the Spanish Inquisition
and televangelist Jim Bakker. "Eight times
more Muslims have been killed by so-called
Islamic terrorists than non-Muslims," she
added.
Mehdi Hasan: A polemical take
on politics, economics and foreign affairs
As a Muslim, I’m fed up
with the hypocrisy of the free speech
fundamentalists
The response to the inexcusable murder of
Charlie Hebdo’s staff has proved that many
liberals are guilty of double standards when
it comes to giving offence.
Dear liberal pundit,
You and I didn’t like George W Bush.
Remember his puerile declaration after 9/11
that “either you are with us, or you are
with the terrorists”? Yet now, in the wake
of another horrific terrorist attack, you
appear to have updated Dubbya’s slogan:
either you are with free speech . . . or you
are against it. Either vous ętes Charlie
Hebdo . . . or you’re a freedom-hating
fanatic.
I’m writing to you to make a simple request:
please stop. You think you’re defying the
terrorists when, in reality, you’re playing
into their bloodstained hands by dividing
and demonising. Us and them. The enlightened
and liberal west v the backward, barbaric
Muslims. The massacre in Paris on 7 January
was, you keep telling us, an attack on free
speech. The conservative former French
president Nicolas Sarkozy agrees, calling it
“a war declared on civilisation”. So, too,
does the liberal-left pin-up Jon Snow, who
crassly tweeted about a “clash of
civilisations” and referred to “Europe’s
belief in freedom of expression”.
In the midst of all the post-Paris grief,
hypocrisy and hyperbole abounds. Yes, the
attack was an act of unquantifiable evil; an
inexcusable and merciless murder of
innocents. But was it really a “bid to
assassinate” free speech (ITV’s Mark
Austin), to “desecrate” our ideas of “free
thought” (Stephen Fry)? It was a crime – not
an act of war – perpetrated by disaffected
young men; radicalised not by drawings of
the Prophet in Europe in 2006 or 2011, as it
turns out, but by images of US torture in
Iraq in 2004.
Please get a grip. None of us believes in an
untrammelled right to free speech.
A look at the writings of
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi – sentenced to
1,000 lashes
Raif Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in
prison and 1,000 lashes for setting up a
website that championed free speech in the
autocratic kingdom. His blog, the Saudi Free
Liberals Forum, was shut down after his
arrest in 2012. .
Ian Black analyses extracts from his key
published Arabic writings that show a man
who risked his freedom to question some of
the basic tenets of life in Saudi Arabia -
especially the central role of religion.
Reflecting on the role of the
Muslim religious establishment on 12 August
2010, Badawi warned about the stifling of
creativity:
As soon as a thinker
starts to reveal his ideas, you will
find hundreds of fatwas that accused him
of being an infidel just because he had
the courage to discuss some sacred
topics. I’m really worried that Arab
thinkers will migrate in search of fresh
air and to escape the sword of the
religious authorities.
Badawi argued on 28 September
2010 in favour of “secularism [as] the most
important refuge for citizens of a country.”
Urged by clerics not to attend “heretical”
celebrations marking Saudi national day, he
underlined the importance of separating
religion from the state. Strikingly he does
not attack the Saudi monarchy and even
praises the liberal governor of Mecca, the
intellectual and poet Khaled al-Faisal Al
Saud.
Pope on Charlie Hebdo:
There are limits to free expression
Pope Francis
waves to thousands of Filipinos
waiting alongside his motorcade
route after arriving in Manila
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE: Pope
Francis said on Thursday there are limits to
freedom of expression, especially when it
insults or ridicules someone's faith.
Francis spoke about the Paris
terror attacks while en route to the
Philippines, defending free speech as not
only a fundamental human right but a duty to
speak one's mind for the sake of the common
good.
But he said there were
limits. By way of example, he referred to
Alberto Gasparri, who organizes papal trips
and was standing by his side aboard the
papal plane.
There are so
many people
who speak
badly about
religions or
other
religions,
who make fun
of them, who
make a game
out of the
religions of
others
Pope
Francis
“If my good friend Dr. Gasparri says a curse
word against my mother, he can expect a
punch,” Francis said, throwing a pretend
punch his way.
"It's normal. You cannot provoke. You cannot
insult the faith of others. You cannot make
fun of the faith of others."
Many people around the world have defended
the right of satirical magazine Charlie
Hebdo to publish inflammatory cartoons of
the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) in the wake of
the massacre by Islamic extremists at its
Paris offices and subsequent attack on a
kosher supermarket in which three gunmen
killed 17 people.
But recently the Vatican and
four prominent French imams issued a joint
declaration that denounced the attacks but
also urged the media to treat religions with
respect.
Francis, who has urged Muslim
leaders in particular to speak out against
Islamic extremism, went a step further when
asked by a French journalist about whether
there were limits when freedom of expression
meets freedom of religion.
Francis insisted that it was
an “aberration” to kill in the name of God
and said religion can never be used to
justify violence. But he said there was a
limit to free speech when it concerned
offending someone's religious beliefs.
“There are so many people who
speak badly about religions or other
religions, who make fun of them, who make a
game out of the religions of others,” he
said.
If my good
friend Dr.
Gasparri
says a curse
word against
my mother,
he can
expect a
punch. It's
normal. You
cannot
provoke. You
cannot
insult the
faith of
others. You
cannot make
fun of the
faith of
others.
Pope
Francis
"They are provocateurs. And
what happens to them is what would happen to
Dr. Gasparri if he says a curse word against
my mother. There is a limit."
In the wake of the Paris
attacks, the Vatican has sought to downplay
reports that it is a potential target for
Islamic extremists, saying it is being
vigilant but has received no specific
threat.
Francis said he was concerned
primarily for the faithful, and said he had
spoken to Vatican security officials who are
taking “prudent and secure measures."
“I am worried, but you know I
have a defect: a good dose of carelessness.
I'm careless about these things,” he said.
But he admitted that in his
prayers, he had asked that if something were
to happen to him that "it doesn't hurt,
because I'm not very courageous when it
comes to pain. I'm very timid." He added,
“I'm in God's hands. "
Steven Emerson On Fox News
- Birmingham is all Muslim
Fox
News - the bastion of freedom, facts,
accuracy and... only joking!
Even by the American news channel's
standards they surpassed themselves on
Sunday by allowing an 'expert' to claim
Birmingham is a Muslim-only city.
Steven Emerson said: "And in Britain, it's
not just no-go zones, there are actual
cities like Birmingham that are totally
Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don't
go in.
Even by the American news channel's
standards they surpassed themselves on
Sunday by allowing an 'expert' to claim
Birmingham is a Muslim-only city.
Steven Emerson said: "And in Britain, it's
not just no-go zones, there are actual
cities like Birmingham that are totally
Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don't
go in.
"And parts of London, there are actually
Muslim religious police that actually beat
and actually wound seriously anyone who
doesn't dress according to Muslim, religious
Muslim attire.
"So there's a situation that Western Europe
is not dealing with."
Probably because it's completely imaginary
Steve as just 21.8% of the city’s population
are Muslim in reality.
Emerson, who is the Executive
Director of The Investigative Project on
Terrorism, subsequently issued an apology,
telling the Huffington Post:
"I have
clearly made a terrible error for
which I am deeply sorry. My comments
about Birmingham were totally in
error. And I am issuing an apology
and correction on my website
immediately for having made this
comment about the beautiful city of
Birmingham. I do not intend to
justify or mitigate my mistake by
stating that I had relied on other
sources because I should have been
much more careful. There was no
excuse for making this mistake and I
owe an apology to every resident of
Birmingham. I am not going to make
any excuses. I made an inexcusable
error. And I am obligated to openly
acknowledge that mistake. " Steve
"PS. I intend to make a donation to
Birmingham Children's Hospital"
Despite the apology, Emerson
still insisted London was patrolled by
"Muslim vigilantes".
Story Of The Tatars From The Beginning To
'Ain Jalut
by
Dr. Raghib Al-Sirjani
Review from Publisher:
This
book is a translation of the Arabic book “Qissat Al Tataar”
which was written by the well-known Egyptian writer and
historian: Dr Ragheb Al Sirjany.
The ‘Story of the Tatars’ is presented in a story-like
fashion that makes it incredibly captivating. The book will
educate you about the history of these events. The book,
extremely successfully, parallels the Tatar’s events with
modern day scenarios in the Muslim world which highlights
how history can repeat itself over and over again.
The ‘Story of the Tatars’ is an amazing narrative in many
ways and in many aspects. It has striking resemblances to
many events occurring in the Muslim world in our times and
many lessons can be drawn from this amazing story.
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KB says: This is
a Pakistani dish with depth of flavour and with
an international appeal. Serve it hot with rice
or naan bread. My preference is the naan bread
or roti which allows you to wipe up all the
gravy and leave your plate clean.
Chicken Jalfrezi
Ingredients
• 700g chicken
breast meat cut into cubes, skin off
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil or vegetable oil
• 1 onion thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon garlic and ginger paste
• 1 red bell pepper thinly sliced
• 1 green peppers - thinly cliced
• 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 5 tablespoons tomato puree
• 5 cloves garlic finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• Juice of a lemon
• 1 small bunch chopped coriander leaves
Method
In a small pan over medium
heat braise the ginger and garlic, chilli
powder, cumin and coriander powder for a
minute and then add your cubes of chicken
and salt and cook until the chicken is
almost done and then add the tomato puree
and lemon juice and simmer for a few
minutes.
In a wok, stir fry the
onions, the chopped garlic, the red and
green peppers with a pinch of salt and cook
until just tender.
Add the mixture in the wok
to the chicken and allow to simmer for
approx. 3 mins and then sprinkle with the
coriander and adjust your seasoning for salt
or chillies or add a little water to thin
the sauce.
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after Isha
Wednesday
Seerath
after Isha
Thursday
Dars Nizame (Urdu)
after Isha
Friday
Biyaan
after Isha
Sunday
Joula
after Maghrib
Sunday
Biyaan
after Isha
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recordings at
www.masjidtaqwa.org.au.
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Queensland Police Service/Muslim
Community Consultative Group
Meeting Dates & Times
Time: 7.00pm sharp Date: Tuesday 2 December 2014 Venue: Islamic College of Brisbane - 45 Acacia Road
Karawatha
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