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Mr Ismail Cajee,
president of the
Islamic Council
of Queensland,
issued the
following press
release:
The Islamic
Council of
Queensland
(ICQ) would
like to
thank
everyone for
their
participation
at the
Eidgah which
was held on
Saturday 18
July 2015 at
the Islamic
College of
Brisbane,
Karawatha.
The
logistics of
coordinating
such a large
gathering
requires the
cooperation
of a
significant
number of
individuals
and
organisations.
ICQ would
like to
express its
sincere
gratitude to
everyone who
assisted in
making this
event a
success. The
Eidgah is a
fantastic
expression
of the power
of unity
among our
society and
we pray that
Allah
accepts our
efforts.
In addition
to this, we
would
specifically
like to
thank the
Islamic
College of
Brisbane,
our member
societies
and our
organising
partners
Holland Park
Mosque and
Kuraby
Mosque. We
would also
like to
thank the
Muslim
Charitable
Foundation
(MCF) for
collecting
the Zakat
and Fitrah,
the Deen
family for
serving food
to the
attendees
and the many
volunteers
who assisted
with the car
parking, set
up and
various
other
matters.
We were also
fortunate
enough to
listen to
the
beautiful
recitation
of Surah Ar
Rahman from
Qari Ziyaad
Patel, a
wonderful
khutba from
Mufti Ziyaad
Ravat and a
noteworthy
reminder
from Moulana
Uzair Akbar.
May Allah
continue to
bless our
scholars for
their
tireless
efforts.
Please
accept our
apologies if
we have
missed
anyone else
that should
have been
mentioned.
The official
attendance
was
approximately
7,500 and we
understand
that we had
capacity to
handle
another
1500. We
also had
ample car
parking and
we estimate
that we
would have
managed to
accommodate
another 100
to 150 cars.
Given the
extremely
cold weather
this year,
the Eidgah
was held
indoors and
under cover.
We thank
everyone for
their
understanding
in this
regard.
Finally on
behalf of
the Islamic
Council of
Queensland
we would
like to wish
you all a
very blessed
Eid and we
look forward
to actively
working with
you in
future.
Please feel
free to
provide us
any feedback
through our
website at
www.icq.net.au.
Eid In The
Park 2015 || United Muslims
of Brisbane (UMB)
Nationals MP George
Christensen (right) says a
petition calling on Prime
Minister Tony Abbott to block
him from attending a Reclaim
Australia rally is
"intimidation".
Coalition MP George
Christensen plans to attend
a right-wing extremist rally
in Mackay today (Sunday),
despite warnings from NSW
Police about the rising
danger of such movements.
Queensland Nationals MP
George Christensen announced
on Thursday that he plans to
attend a rally in his
electorate being held by
anti-Islam group Reclaim
Australia.
Mr
Christensen
posted a
statement on
Facebook to
explain his
attendance:
"I want to
support
people who
seek to
defend our
Australian
way of life,
our culture
and our
freedoms
from the
threat of
radical
Islam."
At previous Reclaim
Australia rallies in Sydney
and Melbourne, neo-Nazis
have clashed with
anti-racism protesters.
This week, NSW Police deputy
commissioner Nick Kaldas
described far-right
extremism and marches that
"encourage divisive notions
of us and them" as some of
the biggest challenges
facing police.
At the University of Western
Sydney's Advancing Community
Cohesion conference, Mr
Kaldas expressed concern
about upcoming rallies by
Reclaim Australia but was
reluctant to speak about the
size of the threat because
he was "loath to give them
any oxygen".
"There is definitely
activity on the extreme
right-wing of politics and
people using events around
the world to [justify]
events in Sydney," he said.
"We are not taking our eye
off that."
A petition calling for Prime
Minister Tony Abbott to ban
Mr Christensen from
attending the rally has
gathered 700 signatures.
Mr Christensen responded
that "hell will freeze over
before I give in to such
intimidation".
Ms Bishop revealed that none
of the 400 extremists under
government surveillance are
right-wing, anti-Islam
campaigners.
Hon Richard
Marles MP, Acting Shadow
Minister for Citizenship and
Multiculturalism and Member
for Corio,
released a press statement
in which he called on Tony Abbott
"to show some leadership"
and denounce George
Christensen for planning to
attend and address the
anti-Islam, Reclaim
Australia rally.
He went on to
say:
It is
extraordinary that a
member of Tony Abbott’s
Government would even
consider attending such
a hate-filled event.
The Prime Minister
should do what Julie
Bishop failed to do this
morning and call on Mr
Christensen to not
attend the extremely
divisive event.
Reclaim Australia
rallies are synonymous
with racist behaviour.
Mr Christensen’s
decision to address this
event comes as academics
and police have told a
conference on social
cohesion that right-wing
extremists are posing a
significant threat to
Australia.
Divisive and
inflammatory actions
from members of the
Government undermine
efforts to build
community harmony.
Social inclusion
involves concentrating
on what brings us
together, not whipping
up division.
Australia is a
successful multicultural
nation that continues to
be enriched by the
contribution of people
from a diverse range of
backgrounds. The Labor
Party is proud of
Australia’s rich
multiculturalism and
will always stand to
defend it.
It would be nice if
all members of the
Abbott Government said
more about promoting
social inclusion more
often, and meant it.
Tony Abbott is happy to
stop members of his
Government from
appearing on Q&A, yet he
allows Coalition MPs to
attend these racist
rallies.
He should put his foot
down and stop a member
of his Government from
addressing and promoting
Reclaim Australia
events.
Saudis studying in Australia
are advised against using the
Saudi attire while in public
places to avoid complications.
JEDDAH: The Saudi Embassy in
Australia has advised all
Saudi scholarship students
and their families in the
country to refrain from
wearing the thobe or the
national dress in =5 places.
The warning comes amid
preparations for Eid Al-Fitr
celebrations as authorities
are keen to ensure the
safety of Saudis from
miscreants, who may find it
easy from the clothing to
identify and target them.
The embassy also advised the
citizens to avoid any
discussions, heated
arguments and unsafe places.
“These warnings aim to
protect the safety and
security of our citizens in
Australia,” said Ali Al-Haji,
head of the media department
at the embassy.
“Nabeel bin Mohammed Al-Saleh
(Saudi ambassador to
Australia) is providing
comprehensive support to the
Saudi citizens on the
continent,” he said.
Waleed Aly is a curious cat.
He's a deep-thinking
academic fronting a
prime-time alternative news
show on commercial
television.
At the start of the year he
left a sweet gig as host of
the prestigious Drive slot
on Radio National to go to
Channel Ten. He's
self-deprecating,
quick-witted, a Richmond
Tigers diehard, a lawyer and
a university lecturer who
specialises in terrorism
studies. He plays in a rock
band, writes regular opinion
pieces for Fairfax and hosts
a weekly show on RN that
delves deep into the
prickliest issues of the
day.
Admirers want him to go into
politics. Detractors (well,
Andrew Bolt) attack him for
being "a pet of the
establishment Left". When
the Walkley Foundation
recognised him for the
contribution his Fairfax
columns make to public
commentary, opinion and
critique, it praised him for
bringing a "fresh
perspective" to familiar
issues by approaching them
from "overlooked or
contrarian angles".
It seems Aly is many things
to many people. Looking at
his career you could assume
his media presence and
persona are part of a
cunning strategy to
cultivate recognition and a
following in a range of key
demographics in the
electorate with a view to
running for office. He
insists it's not.
As we sit in a small meeting
room in Ten's South Yarra
offices – him in a Tigers
hoodie, eyes sharp, ready to
dissect anything that comes
his way – Aly speaks freely
about his politics, his
intellectual disposition,
the media and the evil of
social media (it has a
"corrosive" ethic that
impoverishes public
discourse). The discussion
is complex. Aly never
answers without addressing
the assumptions of the
question, analysing its
context and defining its
terms before launching into
an answer full of finely
shaded precision.
It's impossible to do
justice to even the smallest
part of the nuance and
complexity. When you try an
experiment and insist he
gives only a yes or no
response to a range of
contentious issues –
same-sex marriage, asylum
seeker boat turn backs,
universal health care, wind
farms – he becomes a
writhing, tortured mess.
It's not in his DNA to
simplify, to not give deeply
considered answers. The
academic and lawyer in him
shout ON THE ONE HAND THIS
and ON THE OTHER HAND THAT.
Social media has given the
world a sneak peek into
Mecca as millions of Muslims
make their way to the holy
city as part of Ramadan
celebrations.
The city is closed to
non-Muslims, but image
sharing app Snapchat allowed
users to take in the event
as it unfolded on Monday,
the Muslim holiday of Laylat
Al Qadr.
Laylat al-Qadr, or
Shab-e-Qadr, is believed to
be the night when the Quran
was first revealed and is
celebrated on one of the
last 10 days of the month of
Ramadan.
Millions of Muslims
travelled to Mecca, with
Snapchat documenting the
event with the hashtag #Mecca_Live.
The hashtag was soon
trending on Twitter with
users praising Snapchat for
its innovative story.
Social media users also
praised Snapchat’s role in
giving many a different view
of the Muslim world.
One account operating under
the name Leah described
Mecca as “inspiring”.
“Media made me blind to what
Islam had to offer,” she
said.
“#mecca_live shows how you
are all 1 big family. I want
to learn about more Islam.”
The
Garden City Mosque in
Toowoomba organised a Qur’an
Recitation Competition for
the children on 13 July in
the Masjid Hall. It was
sponsored by the World
Assembly of Youth (WAMY).
The Director of the
Australia and Pacific branch
of WAMY, Mr Fuad Abdin
(pictured bottom left)
was the special guest on the
occasion. About 100 Muslim
boys and girls participated
in the event.
Certificates were awarded to
all participating children.
The President of the Islamic
Society of Toowoomba, Prof.
Shahjahan Khan distributed
the certificates to
children, and Imam Abdul
Kader coordinated the
competition.
Like in the past, the
Islamic Society of Toowoomba
presented Eid Gift to all
Muslim children after the
Eid prayers.
This year the Eid Gift
project was sponsored by the
Muslims businesses in the
city, Amahl Groceries, Bay
Leaf Restaurant, Nando’s
Toowoomba South and
Cioccolato Australia.
The Australian Federal
Police has cancelled an
annual Ramadan dinner after
Muslim community leaders
vowed to boycott the event.
In a sign of deepening
fractures between the Muslim
community and Australian
authorities, a petition was
circulated on July 2, urging
imams and other
representatives to boycott
dinners in Sydney and
Melbourne because they were
a tokenistic attempt "to
create a false image of
co-operation, harmony and
trust which could not be
further from the truth".
"I
can't break
fast with
those who
authorise
flash bombs
to be used
against
families,"
said
Australian
Muslim
Women's
Association
spokeswoman
Silma Ihram,
who was one
of 840
people to
sign the
petition.
The authors of the petition,
a group called Concerned
Muslims Australia, said
police have targeted Muslims
in "phoney raids" and the
government has introduced
legislation to "demonise,
marginalise and victimise
the Muslim community".
"It is incredulous that the
same agencies that harass,
discriminate and target the
Muslim community would
expect it to break bread
with them," the group said.
"We interpret these
overtures as insult to
injury."
The
AFP sent an email to
community leaders last week,
saying the Sydney Eid dinner
on July 21 will not go
ahead. The Melbourne dinner
on July 24 is still going
ahead.
"The AFP has consulted with
community representatives
and as a result has made the
decision not to proceed with
an event in Sydney this
year," the email from the
Community Liaison Team said.
Among the leaders who
supported the boycott were
author and social justice
campaigner Randa
Abdel-Fattah and Sydney
lawyers Mariam Veiszadeh and
Lydia Shelly.
One community leader told
Fairfax Media that so-called
moderate voices were
increasingly joining the
calls to turn on the AFP and
other government agencies.
Last year, the Grand Mufti
of Australia, Dr Ibrahim Abu
Mohamed, boycotted the AFP's
Eid dinner due to proposed
anti-terrorism laws.
Ms Veiszadeh said previous
efforts at community
engagement had been
disheartening and leaders
felt like they were being
used "as a rubber stamp for
draconian legislation".
"We
have been
continuously
echoing our
communities'
concerns to
the Abbott
Government
but it
largely
seems to
fall on deaf
ears," she
said.
Ms Shelly said community
leaders were suffering from
"engagement fatigue".
In a statement, Concerned
Muslims Australia hailed the
cancellation of the dinner
as proof of the "abundant
strength in the unity of the
Muslim community".
An AFP spokeswoman said they
will conduct an alternative
event at a later date.
"The decision not to host
this year's dinner shows
that the AFP and its partner
agencies are consulting with
and responding to the
community," she said.
The number of people
celebrating Eid-al-Fitr this
year, and in years to come, will
grow as the world's Islamic
population continues its growth.
Islam is the fastest growing
religion in the world and is
predicted to rival
Christianity in terms of
global population by 2050.
But, despite popular
perception, Islam is not the
fastest growing religion in
Australia.
With the world’s population
of Islamic people set to
grow at twice the rate of
the total population,
fasting and other spiritual
practices during the month
of Ramadan are becoming more
significant events around
the globe.
But while Australia’s Muslim
population continues its
above-average growth since
the 1970s, Islam is not the
fastest growing religious
group in Australia. Here's a
closer look at the numbers.
Islam is said to be the
fastest growing religion
with the world's population
of 1.6 billion Muslims
predicted to expand to 2.3
billion by 2050, according
to the Pew Research Centre.
"By 2050, Muslims will be
nearly as numerous as
Christians, who are
projected to remain the
world’s largest religious
group at 31.4 per cent of
the global population," the
report said. Muslims are
predicted to make up 29.7
per cent of the global
population by 2050.
Two population growth rates
help explain this. The
world's Islamic population
is expected to grow at a
rate of 73 per cent in the
40 years between 2010 and
2050; while the world's
Christian population will
grow at just 35 per cent
during that period, which is
roughly in line with the
world's total growth rate.
Professor of Demography at
Australian National
University Peter McDonald
said the accuracy of the Pew
Research report would depend
heavily on what assumptions
were used, of which there
would be many. Predicting a
population of Muslims would
be problematic, he said,
since there were so many
groups of Muslims.
But
while the
growth rate
of
Australia’s
Muslim
population
has outpaced
that of our
total
population,
Islam is not
the fastest
growing
religion in
Australia.
The latest
census
figures show
that
Hinduism is
the fastest
growing
religion
here, which
coincides
with the
growth in
the number
of
Australians
born in
India.
"Four source countries
dominate our [overall]
intake: India, China, UK and
New Zealand – more Hindus,
Confucians and Christians
entering Australia than
Muslims by a very long way,"
Prof McDonald said.
An
Australian woman has been
arrested and jailed in Abu
Dhabi in the United Arab
Emirates for "writing bad
words on social media", the
ABC reports.
Jodi Magi, aged 39, posted a
photo to Facebook she had
taken of a car parked across
two disabled parking spaces
outside her apartment in Abu
Dhabi.
She blanked out the licence
number and did not post any
identifiable detail,
according to the ABC's PM
program on Monday night.
But a complaint landed Ms
Magi in an Abu Dhabi court,
where she was found guilty
of "writing bad words on
social media about a person"
and told she would be
deported.
"I have zero idea [what I
have done wrong]. I used the
internet," Ms Magi told the
ABC.
The photo appeared to have
been removed from Ms Magi's
Facebook page.
Ms Magi tried to voluntarily
deport herself in early July
and pay the roughly $3600
fine, but local authorities
refused, until she presented
herself at court.
When she arrived at court to
pay her fine she was
arrested and jailed.
"No one's talking to me. No
one's telling me what's
going on," she told the ABC
from the back of a police
van.
"...they were about to put
me in male lock-up and then
they turned me away and no
one knows what to do with
me.
"I'm pretty scared," she
said.
It is not known how long Ms
Magi will be held by Abu
Dhabi authorities.
According to her blog, Ms
Magi spent time as a graphic
designer in Perth and
Melbourne before moving to
Abu Dhabi in 2012. She wrote
that she has been teaching
local Emirati women graphic
design, and working on her
own art projects.
Mostly, Muslim students are
taught about inventions and
discoveries of Muslims and
they list hundreds and
thousands year old
inventions by Muslims.
But one important fact needs
to be highlighted that
Pakistani scientists, too,
have a great contribution in
where the world is standing
today.
There are hundreds of
capable scientists which
have worked on prestigious
scientific missions and many
of them even have invented
numerous things in their
disciplines.
This list of greatest
Pakistani scientists prove
that Pakistan is not far
behind anyone in development
of today and has a
contribution in the modern
world.
Even though resources in the
country are minimal, yet
these brilliant minds were
stronger enough to take over
the circumstances.
9)
Mahbub ul Haq
Pakistani economist Mahbub
ul Haq introduced the
concept of 'The Human
Development Index' in 1990.
Since then, this concept is
used to rank countries by
level of human development.
Embattled Koran reader
Mohamed Gebreel banned from leaving Egypt
Mohamed Gebreel was banned
from leading prayers in all
Egypt's public mosques
EGYPT: Egypt's airport
authorities prevented prominent Koran
reader Mohamed Gebreel from traveling to
London on Wednesday, less than 24 hours
after the ministry of religious
endowments banned him from reciting the
Islamic holy book in mosques in Egypt.
The travel ban against Gebreel was
executed based on directives issued by
government security, Ahram Arabic news
website reported.
The religious endowments ministry
announced on Tuesday evening that it has
banned Gebreel from leading prayers at
public mosques in the country because he
"used prayers for political purposes".
During Ramadan-evening Taraweeh prayers
on Monday at the popular Amr Ibn Al-As
mosque in south Cairo, Gebreel appeared
to criticise government officials, media
pundits, and religious preachers.
He
pleaded to
God to
"protect us
from corrupt
media, the
ignorance of
rulers, and
preachers
who lead us
astray."
The strong words came
after Gebreel completed leading prayers
to mark the 27th night of day of
Ramadan, when it is believed Prophet
Mohamed first received revelation.
"Gebreel preyed on people's emotions,"
the ministry said.
"A real religious cleric cannot use
worship to achieve personal glory, or
financial or political gain, at the
expense of God's religion," the ministry
added.
"And those who really understand God's
religion could never accept this [type
of] improvisation in worship."
The 51-year-old Gebreel, who has long
been renowned for his Koran recital
skills, has not been known as a
politicised preacher.
He has led prayers at various public
mosques dating back to the years of rule
of ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
The government has recently tightened
regulations on religious practices at
mosques aimed "to combat the spread of
extremist ideas at unregulated prayer
venues."
In March 2014, Religious Endowments
Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa placed
all mosques and prayer venues under the
control of the ministry.
The ministry also stipulated that all
mosque imams and preachers must be
certified by the government.
Gomaa has also issued orders to imams in
all mosques to preach a standardised
message set by the ministry on Fridays.
INDONESIA:
Christians in Tolikara, Papua (Indonesia)
stormed a mosque today whilst people were
performing the Eid Prayer setting the masjid
on fire and attacking the worshipers with
stones.
The Christians also burned down 6 homes and
11 stores; and forced Muslims to flee the
city.
The GIDI (Evangelical Christians)
self-pronounced a ban on Eid prayers,
wearing of the hijab and more in the city
saying Muslims can go elsewhere.
German TV airs Muslim
prayers in historic broadcast
Live coverage of Eid
prayers from a mosque near Munich also
includes speeches by Catholic and Protestant
leaders.
At least 1,000 worshippers
are expected to perform prayers
in the mosque in the Bavarian
town of Penzberg
GERMANY: German TV has
broadcast live Muslim Eid prayers from a
mosque in a town near Munich, a move that is
the first of its kind in the country’s
history.
The prayers, at 4:45am local time on Friday,
were aired from the Penzberg Mosque on
public TV and radio broadcaster Bayerischen
Rundfunk.
The sermon marked the beginning of the Eid
el-Fitr holiday and the end of the fasting
month of Ramadan.
The broadcast was part of a wider two-hour
coverage on the Muslim holiday that will
include the sermon, narration of the Islam's
holy book Quran, Islamic chanting, and
speeches by Christian Catholic and
Protestant priests.
Ahead of the sermon, Benjamin Idriz, the
preacher who led the prayers, told Al
Jazeera the move was historic for Muslims in
Germany.
Lead preacher Benjamin Idriz
hailed the move as historic for
Muslims in Germany
"In the sermon, I will deliver messages to
both Muslims and non-Muslims in Germany. I
will talk about the common values, and will
urge the German society to open up to
Muslims and visit their mosques, and also
urge Muslims to open up to the German
society,” the Macedonian-born German
preacher said.
The emergence of “extremist groups” like the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
has added psychological pressure on Muslims
in Germany, the 43-year-old preacher said.
He said that broadcasting the Eid programme
will help the Muslim community feel more
welcome and as an integral part of Germany.
The move comes just two weeks after German
Chancellor Angela Merkel attended an iftar,
the meal to break the Ramadan fast, for the
first time as the head of government. At the
event, she said that Islam “is a part of
Germany”.
Centre of worship
At least 1,000 worshippers were expected to
perform prayers in the mosque in the
Bavarian town of Penzberg, with many coming
to the small town of from elsewhere in the
country.
The prayer hall of Penzberg Mosque, one of
the most prominent Islamic places of worship
in Germany, has a capacity of 300 to 400
people. The organisers had equipped other
rooms in the mosque to accommodate the
crowds.
The cubic mosque, built in 2005, has an
impressive contemporary architecture, with
steel sheets covering the minaret in the
form of Arabic calligraphy.
Germany is believed to be home to nearly
four million Muslims.
More than 200,000 asylum seekers registered
in 2014, most of whom came from African and
Middle Eastern countries.
The rise in asylum applications has been
followed by a growing trend of xenophobic
attacks targeting non-European migrants. In
2014, there were 150 attacks by right-wing
groups in Germany on accommodations housing
asylum seekers.
Earlier this year, a grassroot movement by
the name of PEGIDA, or Patriotic Europeans
Against the Islamisation of the West,
organised protests that Merkel called
“racist”.
Idriz had told Al Jazeera that, in his
Friday sermon, he would call on Germans “to
take care of refugees and help them
integrate in society”.
UK retailers braced for
sales jump to rival Christmas, as 'Ramadan
Rush' gets under way
UK: Retail experts believe
sales could more than treble at some
department stores as wealthy shoppers from
the Middle East flock to Britain
The UK's top retailers are braced for a
surge in wealthy shoppers from the Middle
East, as the "Ramadan Rush" gets under way.
After a 30-day period of fasting, Muslims
from places such as Qatar, UAE and Saudi
Arabia are expected to flock to London's
department stores, causing a record spike in
sales to rival Christmas.
Retail experts believe sales could more than
treble at some department stores in the
period after Eid al-Fitr on July 18 and 19,
bringing in millions of pounds for Britain's
high streets.
"We expect spending by Middle Eastern
shoppers to break records this year, with
turnover as high as Christmas for some
luxury stores," said Dave Hobday, UK
managing director at payment processing
company Worldpay.
The influx of Arabian
shoppers to the Knightsbridge store has led
to it being called the “Harrods Hajj”, after
the traditional Islamic pilgrimage to the
holy city of Mecca.
Bond Street jewellers, designer outlets and
five-star hotels are often surrounded by
Bugattis, Lamborghinis and Bentleys in the
weeks after Ramadan as their wealthy Arab
owners peruse the shops.
"This is about far more than just premium
retail, though. From bargains in Bicester to
boutiques on Bond Street, retailers across
the UK are wise to the opportunity that Eid
offers," Mr Hobday added.
According to Worldpay, turnover from Middle
Eastern shoppers is expected to rise by an
average of 368pc in the month after Eid Al-Fitr,
with an average of £251.05 spent on each
transaction.
Visitors from Qatar are expected to lead the
way, with an average spend of £466.89,
followed by UAE at £275.17, Saudia Arabia at
£186.29 and Bahrain at £134.07. In
comparison, people from Europe are expected
to spend an average of just £32.76 in the UK
in a single transaction.
Q:Dear
Kareema, I read your Q & A last week and just
wanted to ask another question on diet. I have
terrible eating habits and am looking at
challenging myself over the next 3 months and go
from there. I know I definitely don’t drink
enough water and sometimes I only have one meal
and then I binge-eat. I train really hard but my
eating habits are letting me down. Help..
A: Think of food as fuel for your body,
instead of a reward.
Be sure to stay hydrated as the body can confuse
thirst for hunger.
Keep on training hard, but eat healthy meals
that will fuel your body for energy.
Too often we think
of food as a reward or comfort (which is where
we might binge-eat).
Catch up with friends at the park and go for a
walk rather than sitting down for a coffee.
A good support network may help – surround
yourself with people who motivate you to eat
better and workout harder.
Always carry healthy snacks with you for when
you are pressed for time and might just reach
for that sugary treat.
Stay positive and keep on setting yourself small
achievable goals. N-JOY!
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: Here's
a bit of sweet heaven you can deservedly indulge
in after a month of fasting. Also try adding any
kinds of nuts or sweets you enjoy. Another
favourite is M&M's
Rocky
Road
Ingredients
2 X 250g Milk Chocolate
1 x 55g Turkish delight
1 cup salted peanuts
250g pink and white marshmallows
2 large Crunchy Chocolates
Method
1. Cut up the
marshmallows, crunchies and Turkish delights
into large portions.
2. Melt the milk chocolate and combine all the
ingredients together.
3. Place the mixture into a pan lined with
baking paper.
4. Refrigerate to set for approx. an hour.
5. Cut into slices and serve.
6. You can store any extras in the refrigerator
and it can stay for a long time and can be made
in advance for children’s parties.
(Pray:) "Our Lord! Do not
condemn us if we forget or
fall into error; our Lord!
Do not lay on us a burden
like that which You laid on
those before us; our Lord!
Do not lay on us a burden
greater than we have
strength to bear. Blot out
our sins, and grant us
forgiveness. Have mercy on
us. You are our Protector;
help us against those who
stand against Faith."
Muharram 1437 – Islamic New Year 1437 (1st Muharram
1437)
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1. All Islamic Event dates given above are tentative and
subject to the sighting of the moon.
2. The Islamic date changes to the next day starting in
the evenings after maghrib. Therefore, exceptfor Lailatul
Mehraj,
Lailatul Bhahraat
and
Lailatul Qadr – these dates refer to the commencement of the event
starting in the evening of the corresponding day.
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class)
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Date: TBA
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to the Editor
The
Garden City Mosque in
Toowoomba organised a Qur’an
Recitation Competition for
the children on 13 July in
the Masjid Hall. It was
sponsored by the World
Assembly of Youth (WAMY).
The
AFP sent an email to
community leaders last week,
saying the Sydney Eid dinner
on July 21 will not go
ahead. The Melbourne dinner
on July 24 is still going
ahead.
An
Australian woman has been
arrested and jailed in Abu
Dhabi in the United Arab
Emirates for "writing bad
words on social media", the
ABC reports.
INDONESIA:
Christians in Tolikara, Papua (Indonesia)
stormed a mosque today whilst people were
performing the Eid Prayer setting the masjid
on fire and attacking the worshipers with
stones.
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