A report on
the recent
arson attack
on the
Toowoomba
Mosque and
subsequent
community
activities
is
available
here.
Prof
Shahjahan
Khan,
president of
the Islamic
Society of
Toowoomba,
told CCN:
"Alhamdulillah
the damage
is not as
bad as it
could have
been. The
whole
burning
attempt was
recorded on
our CCTV."
In addition
to the
repair costs
of the
damage
caused by
the fire the
Society
needs to pay
the
following
bills as
soon as
possible:
Auditing of
accounts fee
$1660; Zip
Water
Fountain
bill $2046;
Surveying
cost $ 660;
Osman
Insurance
Broker $4552
Senior
police
offers have
advised the
Mosque to "put
up good
quality
fences
around the
Mosque, especially
at the west
side of the
hall, and
east of
parking", and
suggested a
number of
other
security
measures.
Your contributions may be made through any of
the bank
accounts
below:
Commonwealth
Bank
of
Australia,
Toowoomba
Plaza
Branch
VICTORIA:
Over the
last 5
years, the
number of
Victoria
Police
employees of
Islamic
faith has
increased to
almost 100.
These
Muslims are
employed in
many varied
areas within
Victoria
Police.
Victoria has
one of the
largest
Muslim
communities
in
Australia.
Victoria
Police has
committed to
promote
multiculturalism
and
diversity
within its
own ranks
through its
recently
released
Equity and
Diversity
Action Plan.
In September
2013, Chief
Commissioner
of Police
Ken Lay
sanctioned
the
formation of
a Victoria
Police
Muslim
Association
(VPMA).
Media
Liaison
Officer of
the of the
VPMA Leading
Senior
Constable
Albert
Fatileh
said, “The
VPMA aims to
promote
social
harmony and
cohesion and
the profile
of Muslims
working in
Victoria
Police.”
Fatileh
said,
“Muslim
police
members
would
participate
in cultural,
religious
and general
community
events to
strengthen
relationships
within the
wider
community.
Members of
the VPMA
have
commenced
working with
Islamic
Schools and
other
community
groups.
Fatileh
said, “We
will
emphasise
the
importance
of respect
and
acceptance
of all
persons, no
matter race
or religion,
and the
importance
to obey the
law of the
land.”
The VPMA
will provide
support,
advice,
language
assistance
and cultural
knowledge to
other police
members. A
further
expected
outcome
would be an
improved
retention of
members of
Islamic
faith.
The VPMA is
affiliated
with the
Victoria
Police
Amateur
Sports and
Welfare
Society.
During the
recent
Victoria
Police
Multi-Faith
dinner, the
President of
the VPMA
Leading
Senior
Constable
Maha Sukkar
was
recognised
for her
outstanding
community
work and as
being the
first woman
to wear the
Hijab within
a police
service in
Australia.
Any further
enquiries
about the
VPMA can be
directed to
Leading
Senior
Constable
Albert
Fatileh via
e-mail:
albert.fatileh@police.vic.gov.au
or phone
0407-566
385.
What is it
like to wear
a hijab?
Women around
the world -
Muslims and
non-Muslims
alike - are
embracing
religious
tolerance to
mark World
Hijab Day by
wearing the
traditional
head
covering.
Organisers
of World
Hijab Day
asked women
to share
their
experiences
of "a day in
the life of
a hijabi"
through
social
networks
like
Twitter,
Facebook,
and
Instagram. @WorldHijabDay
also posted
women's
updates
throughout
the day.
You cannot
judge a
woman until
you’ve
walked a
mile in her
shoes… or in
this case,
her scarf.
“The Daily
Show” star
Aasif Mandvi
wants to
find out.
The comedian
is
attempting
to
“challenge
stereotypes
and
misinformation
about
Muslims”
with a new
web series
called
“Halal In
The Family.”
A parody of
the
quintessential
American
sitcom "All
In The
Family," "Halal"
follows the
lives of an
“all-American
Muslim”
family, with
Mandvi
starring as
the dad.
Each of the
show’s four
planned
episodes
focuses on a
different
challenge
facing the
American
Muslim
community
today --
like
government
surveillance
and spying;
online
bullying and
hate
networks;
media bias;
and "the use
of
anti-Muslim
prejudice
for
political
gain."
Mandvi
writes:
“Halal
in the Family will expose a broad
audience to some of the realities of
being Muslim in America. By using
satire we will encourage people to
reconsider their assumptions about
Muslims, while providing a balm to
those experiencing anti-Muslim bias.
I also hope those Uncles and Aunties
out there will crack a smile!”
The web
series
traces its
roots back
to a “Daily
Show” skit
called “The
Qu’osby
Show,” a
parody of
“The Cosby
Show.”
Production
has wrapped
up on the
project.
Mandvi is
now trying
to crowdfund
money to
cover the
costs of
promoting
“Halal in
the Family.”
He wants to
make sure
the show
reaches
Americans
who have
“little to
no exposure”
to Muslims.
The show's
publicists
did not
immediately
respond to a
request for
comment.
“In order to
change the
conversation
about
Muslims in
American
media we
need a
diverse,
unified
movement of
people who
are willing
to take a
stand
against
anti-Muslim
bias,”
Mandvi
writes. “By
fueling a
portion of
this project
with
donations
from across
the country
we will
demonstrate
that
thousands of
people are
fed up with
the
treatment of
American
Muslims.”
In an
interview
with
HuffPost
Live, Mandvi
admitted he
isn’t the
most devout
of Muslims.
Still, he
said,
religion
will always
be a part of
his
identity.
“Religion is
so much more
than the god
you pray to.
The religion
that you
associate
with, it's
culture, it
is family,
it is
background.
That is
something
that I have
always grown
up with," he
said.
Linda
Sarsour,
Senior
Strategist
for the
Campaign to
Take on
Hate, is an
adviser to
the project
who has seen
all the
episodes.
She called
the show
"brilliant"
and "funny."
"[It] brings
you the most
pressing
issues
impacting
American
Muslims from
bullying to
discrimination
to
surveillance,"
she told
HuffPost in
an email.
"Comedy
allows
people to
put their
guard down,
it's less
aggressive
and you can
weave
important
issues and
political
statements
throughout.
I am excited
for its
release into
the living
rooms of my
fellow
Americans
across the
country."
Americans’
opinions of
Arabs and
Muslims have
become
increasingly
negative in
the past
decade.
According to
research
conducted by
the Arab
American
Institute,
only 27
percent of
Americans
have a
favorable
opinion of
Muslims,
while 42
percent
believed
police are
justified in
using racial
profiling to
target Arab
Americans
and American
Muslims. The
negative
feelings are
strongest
among
Republicans
and senior
citizens,
Reuters
reports.
(l
to r): Mr Ismail
Cajee, President of ICQ; Mr
Abdurahman Deen, Dr Janathan
Inkpin, Prof Shahjahan Khan,
Vice President of Islamic
Council of Queensland, Dr
Mark Copland, Bishop Robert
McGuckin (Catholic Bishop of
Toowoomba), Bishop Cameron
Venerables (Anglican Bishop
of Toowoomba), Dr Assad
Bangash, Dr M Ashraf Memon,
and Mr Allan Bruce
The Khan
Family
A post
wedding
reception of
the second
son of Prof
Shahjahan
Khan, Adnun
Abdullah
Khan and
daughter-in-law,
Farhana
Haider
Chowdhury
held on
Saturday, 31
January in
Toowoomba.
"Whenever
the subject
of Islamist
terrorism
comes up,
the national
conversation
almost
always
circles back
to a
somewhat
bigoted
question:
are Muslims
more violent
than other
kinds of
people
because of
their
religion?
What these
conversations
usually lack
is data;
that is,
evidence
that Muslim
societies
are actually
more violent
than other
ones. And it
turns out,
according to
UC-Berkeley
Professor M.
Steven Fish,
that judging
by murder
rates,
people in
Muslim-majority
countries
actually
tend to be
significantly
less
violent:
"Predominantly,
Muslim
countries
average 2.4
murders per
annum per
100,000
people,
compared to
7.5 in
non-Muslim
countries.
The
percentage
of the
society that
is made up
of Muslims
is an
extraordinarily
good
predictor of
a country's
murder rate.
More
authoritarianism
in Muslim
countries
does not
account for
the
difference.
I have found
that
controlling
for
political
regime in
statistical
analysis
does not
change the
findings.
More
Muslims,
less
homicide."*
UK broadcast
journalist
Cathy
Newman's
initial
visit to a
mosque in
London on #VisitMyMosque
day didn’t
go so well.
She
mistakenly
went to a
mosque that
wasn't
participating
in the event
and tweeted
about the
experience.
Now, there's
CCTV footage
that puts
her tweets
into
question.
She's since
apologized
for "any
misunderstanding
there has
been," but
the social
media storm
is already
raging. #CathyNewmanLies
The Muslim
Vibe
presents
'This is not
my Islam' by
Sanasiino. A
spoken word
poem
speaking out
against the
hijacking
and
tarnishing
of the name
of Islam, by
extremist
militants
such as ISIS
and others.
153 million.
The number
of orphans
worldwide –
more than
six times
the
population
of
Australia.
That’s 153
million
children
without one
or both
parents to
give them a
home,
safety…and,
most
importantly,
love.
For many
orphans, the
threat of
poverty is
constant:
where will
the next
meal come
from? Where
are we going
to live? If
we get sick
and can’t
afford
medicine…will
we survive?
And if they
make it
through this
childhood of
hunger,
poverty and
insecurity,
they have
little hope
for a better
life.
Without an
education
and the
tools to
support
themselves,
there is
small chance
of a
brighter
future
ahead.
Shahzeb is
only six
years old.
He's
struggling
to survive
in the slums
of
Rawalpindi.
His home has
no running
water, no
heat. When
it rains
heavily, the
gutters
overflow,
and feces
rush into
the house.To
add to his
problems,
he;s an
orphan and
his mother
is disabled
and can't
work. We
need your
help
supporting
children
like Shahzeb
so families
like his are
living again
and not just
surviving.
Shahzeb is
only one of
the 153
million.
Your
sponsorship
could mean
the world.
Muslim
Funeral
Services Ltd
provides
funeral
director
services to
the Muslim
community
across South
East
Queensland.
We have
positions
available
for male
assistant/s
to work on a
part-time,
on-call
basis, with
our team to
facilitate
with the
funeral
arrangements.
Duties will
include
driving for
all
transfers,
assist with
the
preparation
of the
grave,
assist with
the Ghusl
and liaise
with the
family of
the
deceased.
No specific
experience
is necessary
but the
ability to
work with a
team, be
available
on-call, be
empathetic
and have a
driver’s
licence are
essential.
For further
details,
including
remuneration
please
contact Dr.
Mohammed
Iqbal Sultan
on 0412 845
786 or via
email
admin@mfs.asn.au.
MCCA VACANCY
As part of
the plan to
open new
offices in
Brisbane,
Adelaide and
Perth, MCCA
is looking
for suitably
qualified
and
experienced
people to
join their
highly
skilled
team.
Vacancy for
a junior
pharmacy
assistant
for a
pharmacy in
Logan
Experience
is not
essential,
license
preferable.
Duties
include
serving
customers,
receiving in
stock,
marking off
stock, stock
management,
general
house
keeping,
dusting,
vacuuming,
cleaning
shelves,
placing the
bin out,
checking
mail.
Pay is the
guild award
rate, which
differs with
age. Hours
are from
mid-morning
till 5.30pm
(half an
hour break),
Saturdays
included
8.30 till 1
pm (3.5 days
a week).
Email
resumes to
loganpharmacy@hotmail.com.
I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely
thank the many readers of CCN who supported my
election campaign for the State Electorate of
Stretton. While I did not achieve my goal this
election, I do take heart that I secured the fifth
highest Independent vote in Queensland. I now look
forward to family time, returning to work and
continuing with my normal community activities that
includes actively supporting social inclusion.
Taking part in our democratic process is one the
greatest privileges to experience and as such, I
congratulate all winning candidates.
Petition, praise and
protest by British Muslims (Press
Release)
UK: A petition of over 100
000 British Muslims will be presented to the
Prime Minister highlighting the view that
the majority of Muslims worldwide call for
‘Global Civility’ rather than destruction of
human life.
British Muslims shall
acknowledge the self-restraint shown by the
British media in the current ‘Charlie Hebdo’
cartoon insults.
Thousands of British Muslims shall protest
on the reprinting of the caricature of the
Holy Prophet Muhammad p.b.u.h. outside
Downing Street, London on 8th February 2015
from 11 am. They shall be presenting at 10
Downing Street a Petition signed by over 100
000 British Muslims with an open letter to
the Prime Minister highlighting the view of
the majority of the Muslim worldwide calling
for ‘Global Civility’.
The rally shall express their deep regret at
the killings in Paris of 17 people which
were in violation of Islamic Law. British
Muslims will also condemn the reprinting of
the caricature of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
p.b.u.h. in the Charlie Hebdo magazine.
Shaykh Tauqir Ishaq, a senior spokesman for
the Muslim Action Forum (MAF) organising the
protest, said “Perpetual mistakes by
extremists, either by cold-blooded killers
or uncivilised expressionists, cannot be the
way forward for a civilised society. The
peace-loving majority of people must become
vociferous in promoting Global Civility and
responsible debate. At this time of
heightened tension and emotion, it is
crucial that both sides show restraint to
prevent further incidents of this nature
occurring.”
Shaykh Noor Siddiqi, a MAF representative,
said “The actions of the UK media in not
publishing the cartoons, is highly
appreciated by British Muslims and we hope
that this kind of self-restraint and mutual
respect will ultimately lead to a harmonious
society.”
The rally will be attended by several
hundred Muslim scholars and thousands of
British Muslims from across the United
Kingdom.
Tributes paid to
world-renowned Manchester scientist and
researcher who revolutionised sugar industry
UK: Dr Layla Zakaria Abdel
Rahman, who studied at the University of
Manchester Institute of Science and
Technology, passed away at her home in
Didsbury aged 59 last Saturday after a fight
against cancer
She was a leading Manchester scientist and
globally-respected researcher.
Tributes have been paid to Sudanese-born Dr
Layla Zakaria Abdel Rahman, who studied at
the University of Manchester Institute of
Science and Technology (UMIST).
A renowned expert in the field of biological
technology, she passed away at her home in
Didsbury aged 59 last Saturday after a fight
against cancer.
Dr Layla, a mother-of-two, uncovered a
radically new method of growing sugar cane.
The breakthrough, which she made at her
research laboratory near the former
Manchester Science Park, meant the plant
could be grown from seeds rather than the
conventional stem cutting methods.
It led to cheaper and more productive
cultivation in developing countries.
Friends said Dr Layla, who won national
awards and earned global recognition for her
work, was much-loved within Manchester’s
Sudanese communities.
A funeral service took place at a mosque in
Victoria Park yesterday (Tuesday) ahead of
burial at Southern Cemetery in Chorlton.
Dr Layla, the granddaughter of a Sudanese
tribal king, moved to Manchester to study in
the late 1980s after completing her
education in Sudan.
She had graduated from the University of
Khartoum in Sudan and went on to complete a
Masters degree and a Phd at UMIST.
Gaafer Ali, a close friend and secretary of
Manchester Sudanese Cultural Society, said
companies sponsored her research in
Manchester. He said: “She had a tremendous
and wonderful career. It shows what sort of
a person she was.
“She came from a humble background but
achieved so much success and was an amazing
person. She had an ability to get people to
love her. She broke boundaries in her field.
“She will be very sadly missed and was a
wonderful human being.”
Dr Layla’s breakthrough involved taking
cells from plant leaves, shoots or roots and
growing them in a liquid culture to produce
artificial seeds able to germinate. For
years, scientists funded by the sugar
industry had been trying to find ways to
increase crop yields, without success.
But her results and patented techniques
garnered global attention and attracted
interest from huge research and production
companies across the world.
U.N. Rights Chief Says
He’ll Shine a Light on Countries Big and
Small
Prince Zeid
Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein, the new
United Nations high commissioner
for human rights, is a member of
the Jordanian royal family
GENEVA — IN a 20-year
career at the United Nations, Prince
Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein has had more
than a few opportunities to witness the
human capacity for cruelty, but nothing
seared his memory quite like two scenes
from the Balkan wars of the 1990s.
In one, he is traveling in a United
Nations convoy when the car of a Bosnian
Serb paramilitary fighter pulls
alongside, and on its hood is the
severed head of a Bosnian Muslim child
adorned with a United Nations
peacekeeper’s blue helmet.
That episode and the plight of two young
girls shot by a sniper in Sarajevo have
left him decades later, as the new
United Nations high commissioner for
human rights, still asking, “How can you
comprehend this?”
“I mean there’s a degree of villainy
that is so disturbing and so beyond our
ability to process it mentally that it
leaves you asking questions,” he said in
a recent interview. “It leaves you with
the feeling that you’ve got to try and
do what you can at some stage to prevent
this.”
A prince in Jordan’s reigning royal
family, Mr. Zeid struck some human
rights activists as an improbable choice
for a job upholding the rights of the
world’s downtrodden. It could be seen as
an unusual outcome for someone who had
started professional life as a
policeman, with five years in Jordan’s
desert police before joining the United
Nations.
Yet those familiar with his career
applauded the choice.
“He
had all the attributes we wanted,”
Kenneth Roth, the Human Rights Watch
executive director, remarked of the
prince, who has agreed to drop his
royal title in his new post. “He is
a man of stature and principle with
a long and demonstrated commitment
to human rights.”
“He’s someone who was seared by the
experience of the U.N. in Bosnia,” said
Nader Mousavizadeh, a close friend and
former adviser to the former secretary
general, Kofi Annan. “Zeid came out very
much with a view that if the U.N. was to
stand for anything, it would have to
stand for the victims of aggression.”
He is also “an absolutely cool-blooded
realist about what is politically
possible,” added David Harland, a former
United Nations colleague who now heads
the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, a
Geneva-based conflict mediation
organization, attributing some of Mr.
Zeid’s achievements to “charm, clarity
and a sharp knife.”
The question among human rights experts
was whether Mr. Zeid would use his
office as a pulpit to publicly criticize
the misdeeds of nations, as did his
predecessor, Navi Pillay, a doughty
South African jurist, or opt for the
more traditional approach of discreet
back-room conversations.
Mr. Zeid’s answer, four months into the
job, seems to be pragmatic use of all
available levers. By working diplomatic
channels, he will make his first
official country visit next week to the
United States, which, according to Ms.
Pillay’s staff, never even replied to
her repeated requests for a visit. He
believes negotiations are making headway
on a visit to China, another prominent
country that never found a convenient
date to receive Ms. Pillay during her
six years in the office.
Over a hundred
women gathered on Friday to
celebrate the opening of the
Women's Mosque of America
US: The first all-female
mosque in the US opened on Friday as more
than 100 women from all over the country
travelled to worship at the site in Los
Angeles.
Housed in a multi-faith worship space,
originally built as a synagogue, Pico-Union
now homes the Women’s Mosque of America, as
well as Jewish and Christian groups in
California.
Founder M. Hasna Maznavi decided change was
needed after she became disillusioned when
her place of worship began separating the
women from the men during prayer.
“I just wanted to have a safe space where
women could come and get inspired and hear
from the khatib,” she said.
A
khatib is the individual who delivers the
sermon, known as a khutbah.
She explained it was an opportunity that
women would not otherwise have. “The
speakers are always a male imam and not only
that but it is very hard to access the imam
because of the way that mosques are
structured architecturally.”
Ms Maznavi added: “This mosque gives us a
chance to connect with our leaders and also
with one another in a way that we wouldn’t
in another environment.”
There are roughly 2,000 mosques across the
United States, although this is believed to
be the first intended solely for women.
Approximately two-thirds of these uses a
divider to separate male and female
worshippers during Morning Prayer, according
to a 2011 study, and the number may be
higher for Friday prayers.
The Women’s Mosque plans to hold one Friday
evening prayers a month, but may extend that
if possible.
One of the new worshippers was Samantha
Haikal, from Las Vegas in Nevada. “Islam is
a religion of diverse peoples,” she said.
Ms Haikal continued: “To have something that
can represent, even more specifically our
women, and the strong sense of community
that we have amongst the women of our
community is very, very important.”
Islam is the third largest faith in America,
after Christianity and Judaism, representing
0.6 per cent of the population.
Saudi Historian Saleh Al-Saadoon:
Our Women Should Not Be Allowed to Drive
Lest They Get Raped
SAUDI ARABIA: During a TV
show, Saudi historian Saleh Al-Saadoon said
that women should not be allowed to drive on
the grounds that they might get raped if
their car broke down on the roadside.
"[Western women] don't care if they are
raped on the roadside, but we do", he said
on the January 11, 2015 show on the Saudi
Rotana Khalijiyya TV.
NEW YORK: WHAT started in the
1990s as the original “The Halal Guys” food
cart has become a word-of-mouth success
story on the streets of New York and looks
set to create a Middle Eastern street food
phenomenon in national and international
markets within the next five years.
Scenes of block long queues stretching out
from the food carts have become iconic on
the corner of 53rd Street and 6th Avenue,
where the original Halal Guys food cart
began. Showcasing the recognizable yellow
logo with the wording “Halal Guys,” matching
the color of New York taxi cabs, the cart is
a regular haunt for New Yorkers and a must
for tourists. The on-the-go gyro and chicken
dishes served with orange rice, topped with
the famous white sauce is a staple street
cuisine that New Yorkers have taken to over
the past decade.
It is not uncommon for customers to queue
for over an hour in order to savor the
platter’s delights.
“It’s our first trip to New York and Halal
Guys was on the top of our to-do list. We
are braving the harsh bitter cold of winter
here in New York, not in the least bit put
off by the long queue. It’s all part of the
experience. There’s a real spirit of
anticipation... about what treats lie ahead.
It will all be worth it soon, explains
Laurie Pattison who was visiting New York as
a tourist at the time.
With a simple menu and many left wondering
what the key ingredients are for the popular
white sauce, the food cart remains a regular
haunt for office workers, taxi drivers and
tourists. As the food carts are open till 4
a.m., clubs goers are also kept satisfied.
The story of Halal Guys began more than a
decade ago. Founded by three Egyptians —
Mohamed Abouelenein, Ahmed Elsaka and
Abdelbaset Elsayed — it decided to swap
selling hot dogs from their Midtown cart to
serving halal food to Muslim cabdrivers.
“We figured out that most of the cabdrivers
are Egyptian, Pakistani... they suffered too
much from no halal [food]” explains
Abouelenein in a New York Times interview.
The Halal Guys
is now on the cusp of becoming a
fast-food chain after signing a
deal with Fransmart
The Halal Guys is now on the cusp of
becoming a fast-food chain after signing a
deal with Fransmart, the restaurant
franchise consulting firm that has been
renowned for making food chains like Five
Guys Burgers, Fries and Qdoba success
stories.
The Halal Guys first shop opened on 14th
Street last year, providing early insight
into what a franchise might look like.
Whilst the menu resembles the one from food
cart, with the signature meat and rice
platter dish, the addition of kofta and
deserts like basbousa have provided Halal
Guys a chance to expand the culinary
experience of Middle East inspired food.
Now the owners of the Halal Guys business
are working on a five-year business plan,
according to their official website, which
will see the brand expand to over one
hundred locations in the US as well as in
South East Asia with talks of expansion into
the Philippines and South Korea.
With 25 years of selling on the streets of
Manhattan, the Halal Guys has steadily grown
to become the leading and largest food cart
company within the New York area and
observers say it could be the first time a
Middle Eastern halal food outlet could
potentially join the ranks of McDonald’s and
Kentucky Fried Chicken.
How the street food experience transitions
to an in store seated one is still being
watched with keen interest. But what is
clear is that the brand’s potential is being
viewed as the first and largest Middle
Eastern street-food concept to take the US
by storm, unperturbed by the connection to
the Muslim culture of halal food. — Al
Arabiya News
Q: Dear Kareema, my
parents are in their 70’s and I can see they are
slowly becoming less active and also seem to be
more forgetful. What can I do to help get them
back on track?
A: Being active improves the brain’s
plasticity, literally helping your grey matter
to grow and survive.
Try finding a walking group for
them to join or take them to the local pool for
a regular session of gentle aerobics or a swim
which is great at any age.
Add a little strength training (
by even using canned food at home) and you will
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KB says: Since
mangos are plentiful this season, I would like
to share what has become my family's favourite
drink this summer.
Mango and Ginger Floats
Ingredients
¼ cup pureed mango
2 large scoops of Greek yogurt or ice cream
Ginger Ale
Fresh fruit
Method
1. Place
pureed mango at the bottom of a tall glass.
2. Add the yogurt or ice cream.
3. Fill the glass with Ginger Ale
4. Top with an additional scoop of yogurt or ice
cream
5. Garnish with fresh fruit skewers and a
smoothie straw.
6. Best served chilled.
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