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Richmond Football Club's
Bachar Houli and players from
Minaret College, Ilim College
and Darul Ulum College of
Victoria.
FOOTBALL star Bachar Houli
says young Muslims are being
unfairly branded as
terrorists — and he urged
them to show patience in
response.
Promoting his football
program, the Richmond
midfielder and AFL
multicultural ambassador
claimed the toughest
challenge for Muslim youth
was to overcome the racial
slur.
Radio star John Burns was
forced to apologise in April
after he allegedly called
Houli, 27, a terrorist.
“It is common what they’re
probably facing — the
biggest thing is being
called probably a
terrorist,” Houli said.
“The best way to respond to
that is just to be simply
patient. Even if you are
wronged, just be patient
because you always come up
on top.”
The Bachar Houli Program
reaches about 10,000
students each year and uses
football to connect the
Muslim and wider
communities.
The “Sherri” or Sherrin, in
Arabic.
“With what’s happening all
around the world, there is
so much disunity,” Houli
said.
“These programs are special
because we can bring all
these kids together and
celebrate that we are all
proud Australians living in
this country together.”
Students from three of
Melbourne’s Muslim colleges
— Minaret, Ilim and Darul
Ulum — battled it out at
Punt Rd Oval in his Bachar
Houli Cup.
Thirty five players will be
plucked from the pack for a
week-long football academy
in September to help them
break into the AFL.
Houli said while nobody was
perfect, he relished being a
role model — even if it was
a “24 hours, seven days a
week” job.
“Every move I make in
society is so important
because I feel like the
whole world is watching me,”
he said.
“The main concept is just to
become practising Muslims
and the right Muslims in
this country — being
peaceful people, being
people that are respectful
to others.
“If these boys can grow up
with that sort of mentality
this country will be a great
country to live in and
people will start to accept
us more.”
The Federal Government
pledged $200,000 to the
program in its bid to engage
Muslim youth and counter
violent extremism.
Bachar Houli shares a joke
with Justice Minister Michael
Keenan.
Federal Justice Minister
Michael Keenan said that
during “difficult times
internationally” Australians
must stand together.
“It is very important that
we focus on what unites us
and not what divides us,” Mr
Keenan said.
“The half a million Muslims
in Australia are very good
Australian citizens and we
are focusing on a tiny
element in that community.”
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The expected growth of Islam
around the world is perhaps
the most striking finding in
the recent Pew Research
Center report projecting the
future of religious groups.
Indeed, Muslims will grow
more than twice as fast as
the overall world population
between 2010 and 2050 and,
in the second half of this
century, will likely surpass
Christians as the world’s
largest religious group.
While the world’s population
is projected to grow 35% in
the coming decades, the
number of Muslims is
expected to increase by 73%
– from 1.6 billion in 2010
to 2.8 billion in 2050. In
2010, Muslims made up 23.2%
of the global population.
Four decades later, they are
expected to make up about
three-in-ten of the world’s
people (29.7%).
By 2050, Muslims will be
nearly as numerous as
Christians, who are
projected to remain the
world’s largest religious
group at 31.4% of the global
population.
The main reasons for Islam’s
growth ultimately involve
simple demographics. To
begin with, Muslims have
more children than members
of the seven other major
religious groups analyzed in
the study.
Each Muslim woman has an
average of 3.1 children,
significantly above the
next-highest group
(Christians at 2.7) and the
average of all non-Muslims
(2.3). In all major regions
where there is a sizable
Muslim population, Muslim
fertility exceeds non-Muslim
fertility.
The growth of the Muslim
population also is helped by
the fact that Muslims have
the youngest median age (23
in 2010) of all major
religious groups, seven
years younger than the
median age of non-Muslims
(30).
A larger share of Muslims
will soon be at the point in
their lives when people
begin having children. This,
combined with high fertility
rates, will accelerate
Muslim population growth.
More than a third of Muslims
are concentrated in Africa
and the Middle East, regions
that are projected to have
the biggest population
increases.
But
even within these
high-growth regions – as
well as others – Muslims are
projected to grow faster
than members of other
groups.
For example, Muslims in
sub-Saharan Africa, on
average, are younger and
have higher fertility than
the overall population of
the region. In fact, Muslims
are expected to grow as a
percentage of every region
except Latin America and the
Caribbean, where relatively
few Muslims live.
The same dynamics hold true
in many countries where
Muslims live in large
numbers alongside other
religious groups.
For example, India’s number
of Muslims is growing at a
faster rate than the
country’s majority Hindu
population, and is projected
to rise from 14.4% of
India’s 2010 population to
18.4% (or 311 million
people) in 2050.
And while there were roughly
equal numbers of Muslims and
Christians in Nigeria as of
2010, Muslims have higher
fertility there and are
expected to grow to a solid
majority of Nigeria’s
population (58.5%) in 2050.
Meanwhile, religious
switching, which is expected
to hinder the growth of some
other religious groups, is
not expected to have a
negative net impact on
Muslims.
By contrast, between 2010
and 2050, Christianity is
projected to have a net loss
of more than 60 million
adherents worldwide through
religious switching.
Australia officially now has
a political party modelled
on the far-right wing
movements in Europe and
dedicated to the idea that
Islam is a "totalitarian
ideology with global
aspirations".
The Australian Liberty
Alliance gained approval
from the Australian
Electoral Commission on
Wednesday for registration
as a party, having signed up
well over the required 500
members and attracted no
objections.
Its national secretary, Ralf
Schumann, confirmed that
controversial anti-Muslim
Dutch politician Geert
Wilders planned to launch
the party on October 20.
Mr Schumann told
sympathisers this week that
the party faced "a strong
headwind and ... some nasty
windshears", but reminded
supporters that "so did
like-minded parties with
similar policies in Europe".
"And see where they are a
few years later: In the
Netherlands, Denmark,
Finland, Sweden, Austria,
France and Italy – they are
supported by millions,
already poll in the 20 per
cent bracket, win seats and
slowly return common sense
and Western principles to
their parliaments."
Mr Schumann refused an
interview about the party,
which is the political
offshoot of the
"Islam-critical" Q Society.
But Q Society national
president Debbie Robinson,
who is also a director of
the ALA, told Fairfax Media
that Islam was "a dangerous
ideology that's definitely
not compatible with Western
culture and society".
"There is no moderate
version of Islam ... there
may be people who don't
follow it to the letter, but
there is no moderate
version, so it's dangerous.
It's dangerous for our
society."
In Q Society emails, Ms
Robinson has said the
Australian Liberty Alliance
intends to "rebuild the
lucky country".
An ALA director and Q Society
national president Debbie
Robinson.
The party's manifesto says
"Our Australia stands for
individual liberty, small
government, Western values
built on Judaeo-Christian
and Humanistic foundations,
social fairness and an
integrated multi-ethnic
society".
It outlines a number of
policy positions including
"smarter, smaller
government", and
"integration over
separation" when it comes to
multiculturalism.
Islam, the manifesto says,
"uses the religious element
as a means to project itself
onto non-Islamic societies
... No other religious
ideology in our time has
both the doctrinal
aspiration as well as the
economic and demographic
muscle to impose itself
globally".
"Core policy" was that "all
attempts to impose Islam's
theocracy and sharia law on
our liberal society must be
stopped by democratic means,
before the demographic,
economic and socio-political
realities make a peaceful
solution impossible".
The party would ban
full-face coverings in
public spaces, and calls for
a 10-year moratorium on
resident visa applications
by people from member
countries of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation. These countries
include Indonesia, Turkey,
Afghanistan, Malaysia and
Egypt, as well as many
African and Middle Eastern
countries.
People from "persecuted
non-Islamic minorities"
within those countries may
be exempted from the visa
moratorium.
Other ALA policies include a
"back to basics" Australian
Broadcasting Corporation
with the "non-core" parts
privatised; the teaching of
"respect for others" from an
early age; and removing
Australia from the UN
Charter of Refugees because
"resettling people from
Africa, the Middle East and
Asia is counter-productive,
and drains these nations of
their most valuable assets".
The policies driven by the
ALA spring from an
increasingly assertive
anti-Islam push in
Australia, which has been
encouraged by some prominent
federal Coalition MPs
including Cory Bernardi and
George Christensen. It's
expressed most vocally by
the Reclaim Australia street
protest movement, and anti-Halal
food and anti-mosque
organisations.
Ms Robinson, who lives in
Perth, said the party was
not against individual
Muslims, but against their
"ideology". She said she
supported the ideas of
Reclaim, but that ALA and
the Q Society "try to do it
from a more intellectual
side of things".
Company documents show the
ALA's directors are Ms
Robinson, her husband Tony,
a prominent Perth
orthopaedic surgeon, Andrew
and Susan Horwood, who run
Adelaide wholesale bakery
Emmaline's Country Kitchen,
and Mr Schumann, who is
based in Melbourne.
Ms Robinson is also the
director of fund-raising
company Skipngirl
Productions, which has
registered "72 Virgins" and
"Hal and Al's" as business
names. Skipngirl sells "Hal
& Al's 72 Virgins", which is
described as "a very
drinkable Australian
sparkling wine" from the
Barossa Valley.
A note to consumers on the
label says: "Consumption of
this fine Australian wine
may prevent you from
entering the Islamic
Paradise. However, both the
Jewish and Christian
paradises remain open as
alternative (sic)."
The anti-Islam movement has
sparked a response from a
new group called Voices
Against Bigotry, whose
co-founder, Susie Latham,
said, "It's time for all
Australians to unite
(against) this
hate-mongering".
"Groups such as the Q
Society and ALA are
mainstreaming bigotry. This
emboldens people to launch
verbal and physical attacks
on Muslims, and Australians
of all backgrounds should
stand against this."
Islamic Council of Victoria
spokesman Kuranda Seyit said
it was quite ludicrous for
the ALA to worry about the
Islamisation of Australia
"considering that about 2
per cent of Australians are
Muslim, and about half of
them are just nominal
Muslims".
"The majority of Australians
will be able to
differentiate between a
genuine political party and
what is bigotry and a
conservative and narrow
version of Christian dogma
embedded into a
quasi-political agenda," he
said.
"On the lighter side, this
party will be known as ALA,
sounds close to Allah, don't
you think? We can call them
Hezb-bollah, 'The party of
ALA', perfect nickname for
the group."
Author and consultant
Tasneem Chopra said Muslims
in Australia had been
successfully integrating for
centuries, but that, "the
way that this party is
talking you'd think they
were an anomaly who has no
place, who have no fit".
"There are an enormous
number of obstacles, from
racism and discrimination,
that people are
experiencing, but they're
still forging ahead to do
it. The presence of a party
like this and ... what they
are trying to suggest,
doesn't help anybody," she
said.
Cory Bernardi has demanded
answers from the AIS on its
dining hall meats.
Firebrand Liberal Senator
Cory Bernardi has set his
anti-halal sights on the
Australian Institute of
Sport.
The controversial
backbencher, who is a
leading critic of the
Islamic certification of
food and set up a
contentious Senate inquiry
into the issue, has demanded
answers from the AIS about
its halal policies in its
dining hall.
In a series of "questions on
notice" that have just been
made public, the South
Australian politician called
on the AIS to explain an
information manual that says
all its dining hall meats
are halal certified.
The manual has stoked online
controversy among halal
opponents. A "Boycott Halal
in Australia" Facebook page
that has more than 80,000
likes calls the AIS policy
"outrageous". Earlier this
year readers of Senator
Bernardi's blog urged him to
get to the bottom of it.
Critics were particularly
incensed that halal food
appeared to be provided as
standard but kosher food
could be provided only on
request and incurred very
high additional costs, a
point Senator Bernardi takes
up in one of his questions.
"Does the AIS acknowledge
that there appears to be a
discrepancy in religious
food requirements, between
the provision of food for
Muslim athletes and the
provision of food for Jewish
athletes?" he wrote.
But the Australian Sports
Commission, which is
responsible for the
institute, said the manual
was not strictly accurate. A
spokesman for the ASC said
while meat supplied in the
dining hall came from a
halal-certified supplier,
the institute had not
specifically requested halal-certified
products.
"The AIS has now amended its
dietary guidelines to
reflect this," the spokesman
said.
The AIS can cater for halal
requirements on an "as needs
basis" – the same approach
it takes to kosher food.
Halal meat has been
requested by some clients
following the changes. "The
AIS apologises unreservedly
to people who have
unknowingly consumed food
that was not halal certified
at the AIS," the spokesman
said.
Senator Bernardi's inquiry
into "third party
certification of food" has
attracted a flood of
sometimes bizarre and
hateful submissions.
The inquiry received around
600 public submissions
before the July 31 deadline,
many of which contained
vicious attacks on Muslims
and the Islamic faith. It is
due to report to parliament
in November.
In the West, the common
picture of a Muslim woman is
the stereotype of a woman
hidden behind a veil, a
voiceless, silent figure,
bereft of rights.
Although generally pitied as
objects of oppression,
visibly Muslim women also
bear the brunt of anti-Islam
sentiment.
As a result, Muslim women
living in the West continue
to face many challenges and
struggles when it comes to
practicing their faith in
Western countries.
There is an assumption that
Muslim women are oppressed
and uneducated in many cases
due to the hijab.
However, the reality
couldn’t be more different.
The world’s oldest
university was founded by a
Muslim woman in the 9th
century, and today, Muslim
women are working tirelessly
to ensure women have access
to education.
The 2015-16 Celebrating
Multicultural Queensland
grants program is now open.
The Celebrating
Multicultural Queensland
grants program funds diverse
multicultural events and
needs based projects that
celebrate and promote
Queensland’s multicultural
identity, increase community
awareness of the benefits of
multiculturalism, foster
community cohesion, and
support equitable access to
opportunities by people from
diverse cultural
backgrounds.
The Queensland Government is
committed to a safe, caring,
harmonious, united and
inclusive Queensland with
investment focussed on
celebrating our wealth of
cultures as well as
supporting social cohesion.
Through the 2015–16 funding
round, funding will be
allocated to events and
projects across Queensland
to be held in the 2016
calendar year with up to
$20,000 available under the
Signature Events category,
up to $10,000 under the
Cultural Events category,
and up to $25,000 under the
Multicultural Projects
category.
Community groups, local
councils and non-government
incorporated organisations
that involve or support
migrants and refugees from
culturally and
linguistically diverse
backgrounds are encouraged
to consider submitting
funding proposals with
practical strategies to:
· enhance appreciation
and recognition of
diverse cultures in
Queensland
· promote community
awareness about the
benefits of
multiculturalism
· foster cohesion across
diverse cultural groups
and the wider community
· address emerging
issues for people from
culturally and
linguistically diverse
backgrounds
· facilitate increased
understanding and
cohesion between diverse
cultural groups
· support government’s
multicultural
initiatives
· sustain positive
outcomes achieved
through diverse cultural
events and community
projects.
To view the 2015-16 Funding
Information Paper and to
access the online
application forms, please
click
here.
The closing date for
applications is Monday, 14
September 2015.
Australian International
Islamic College has won the
Golden Boot Award challenge
for the highest percentage
of students using public
transport for June.
AIIC achieved 28% of their
students using public
transport to College.
The next Golden Boot Award
Challenge will be the
highest percentage of
students cycling to College.
Racist groups have always
existed on the fringes of
Australian society but lack
of national political
leadership could propel
bigotry into the mainstream.
It might be tempting to
dismiss claims by new
anti-Muslim political party
Australian Liberty Alliance
that it hopes to eventually
poll "in the 20 per cent
bracket" at election time as
wishful thinking, but this
would be a serious mistake.
Racism is flourishing in
Australia. AFL legend Adam
Goodes has been criticised
by many public figures for
drawing attention to it and
there have already been many
rallies against Muslims
nationwide this year.
The Abbott government has
fostered this atmosphere by
declaring that people have
the right to be bigots and
attempting to repeal part of
the Racial Discrimination
Act. Banning the burqa in
Parliament, declaring that a
death cult is coming for us
at every conceivable
opportunity, Liberal Senator
Cory Bernardi's instigation
of an inquiry into halal
food certification, and
Queensland Nationals MP
George Christensen
addressing a Reclaim
Australia rally suggest that
an embattled government is
belatedly acting on Scott
Morrison's advice to exploit
community concern about
Muslims.
The Opposition's silence,
seen by some as a clever way
to avoid being wedged on
national security, has also
contributed.
The Age
Susie
Latham is a PhD candidate at
Curtin University, and
co-founder of
Voices against Bigotry.
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Muslim Link interviewed
Ilhan Ibrahim, who, along
with her two sisters Hodan
Ibrahim and Ayan Ibrahim,
have co-founded Qurtuba
Publishing House.
1. Tell us about
yourself
My name is Ilhan Ibrahim and
I am a 20 year old
Somali-Canadian born and
raised here in Ottawa. I am
currently a 4th year student
at the University of Ottawa
completing my undergraduate
degree in Nursing. I am also
the co-founder and CEO of
Qurtuba Publishing House.
Hodan Ibrahim is a 25 year
old social entrepreneur,
author, and publisher who
specializes in capacity
development for emerging
businesses. Her passion lies
in helping develop the next
generation of social change
makers and entrepreneurs by
cultivating eco-systems to
help them thrive. She is the
co-founder and Marketing
Manager of Qurtuba
Publishing House.
Ayan Ibrahim is a 23 year
old writer, aspiring
photographer, and registered
nurse. Her writings focus
mainly on cultural/social,
political and global health
issues. As a fitness
enthusiast and 1st Degree
Black-belt in Taekwondo, she
aims to cultivate a new
generation of
health-conscious Muslims
through health education and
fitness motivation. She is
the cofounder and Managing
Editor of Qurtuba Publishing
House.
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the idea for Qurtuba
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I have been subscribed to your newsletter for a few
years now since living in QLD and I thoroughly enjoy
it, jazzak Allahu khair to you all.
I have been living in Melbourne since a year and
have found that there is not a comparable
publication being prepared or emailed.
I was wondering if it would be possible to unify
efforts nationally and have this newsletter cover
Australia as a whole, with activities in each state
highlighted?
I feel this would be of great value to all Muslims
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I sincerely hope that this idea is agreeable and
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Newlyweds feed Syrian
refugees instead of hosting a banquet
wedding dinner
Fethullah Üzümcüoğlu and Esra
Polat handing out meals
TURKEY: The Turkish border
town of Kilis is home to tens of thousands
of refugees who are fleeing war-torn Syria.
Last Thursday, it also became the setting
for an act of kindness that's gone viral.
Fethullah Üzümcüoğlu and Esra Polat, just
married, decided that instead of spending
their families' savings on a banquet for
their wedding guests, they would instead
donate the money to feed 4,000 refugees in
Kilis.
The Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu tweeted two
photos of the couple on Monday, and the
images quickly spread on Instagram and on
Facebook.
A spokeswoman for KYM told The Washington
Post said that the idea came from the
groom's father, Ali Üzümcüoğlu, who is an
active volunteer with the organisation.
Üzümcüoğlu thought that
hosting a banquet for family and friends was
"unnecessary" when people living "next door"
were in need of food. He presented the idea
to his son, who agreed.
"I'm very happy that he accepted it and they
started their new happy journey with such a
selfless action," the father said, according
to KYM spokeswoman Hatice Avci.
The relief organisation operates a mobile
soup kitchen in Kilis that serves about
4,000 refugees every day. The Turkey-based
organisation operates in more than 110
countries and has partnered with the United
Nations on projects to help Syrian refugees.
According to the United Nations, Turkey has
hosted more than a million Syrian refugees
since the conflict began there in 2011.
TURKEY: Four nights sailing
on the beautiful Aegean Sea is not a novel
idea but a new 'halal cruise' unveiled this
week is a tourism concept which is gaining
ground in Turkey.
In Istanbul on Tuesday, Antalya-based Fusion
Tour Company revealed an enterprising
approach to tourism.
On their September voyage to neighboring
Greece, there will be no alcohol, no
pork-related products and no gambling.
Everything on board will be in accordance
with Islamic religious values; segregated
sports centers, single-sex spa facilities,
separate Turkish baths and masjids [prayer
rooms].
'Halal tourism' is one of the
fastest-growing markets in the country. The
number of 'halal' hotels and tour agents has
been increasing over the last 15 years.
However, there has not been a 'halal' sea
cruise so far until Fusion Tour organized
this special voyage, copying a lucrative
format which has seen kosher-friendly and
Catholic cruises internationally.
Turkey's first Muslim-friendly cruise –
themed 'On the track of the Ottomans' – will
leave a port in Turkey's western Izmir
province on September 27 and take passengers
to the Greek islands of Rhodes and Crete as
well as the port city of Piraeus by October
2.
"It will not be just a cruise which does not
have alcohol or pork-related products. It
will be a cultural and historical tour which
promises an atmosphere of social
networking," says Kemal Günay, Fusion Tour
general manager.
Gökmen Aydınalp, tour project manager,
claims organizers have thought of
everything: "We don't even have a painting
on a wall of the ship which is against
Islamic values," he says.
"Although the tour has been just announced,
interest is quite high right now because
there is a huge demand for this concept,"
Aydınalp adds.
Passengers who booked a spot on the cruise
are glad to be part of what they describe as
a "much-awaited" concept. "I believe it will
be an atmosphere where I and my family will
feel comfortable," says 46-year-old Hamit
Kütük, a banker, who will be one of the
passengers.
"To be able to eat halal foods, being
together with people who share the same
Islamic sensibilities with you and being
away from alcohol on this kind of cruise are
important for us," he adds.
Twenty-eight-year-old Serap Akalı, who will
take the tour with her husband, agrees:
"There has been a big need for this kind of
cruise in Turkey for many years."
Under the guidance of popular Turkish
historian Talha Uğurluer and author Fatih
Çıtlak – Ottoman heritage in the region will
be explored.
The cruise will feature Sufi whirling
dervishes, photo exhibitions, Turkish
classical music and a prayer-bead artist
will have a workshop on board.
Organizers have seen huge potential in a
market of over two billion Muslims
worldwide, and are planning to host varied
tour packages to include the Adriatic Sea,
Italy, Malta, Budapest, Belgrade and Vienna
in the upcoming months.
Their target will not only be Turks but also
Muslims globally. According to the Turkish
Statistics Institute, around 3 million Arab
tourists came to Turkey in 2014. This number
was 2 million in 2013.
The Muslim-friendly cruise will be a first
but conservative people have been enjoying 'halal'
hotels in the country for around 15 years –
all part of a rising trend.
Q: Dear
Kareema, I’m looking at making some lifestyle
changes and was wondering how much exercise I
should be doing to get me on my way?
A: Set your goal to achieve at least 30
minutes of moderate-intensity endurance activity
on most or all days of the week.
Every day is best,
but doing anything is better than doing nothing
at all.
Try to do all four
types of exercises — endurance, balance,
flexibility, and strength.
Try to do strength
exercises for all of your major muscle groups on
2 or more days a week for 30-minute sessions
each, but don’t do strength exercises of the
same muscle group 2 days in a row.
Most of all, enjoy
what you do and you’ll find yourself getting
fitter and stronger, faster…
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: The
coconut milk tames the spiciness and combines
deliciously with the lemon grass. You could use
the leftovers as a sauce in a pasta dish.
Spicy
Thai Chicken Soup
Ingredients
2 tab olive or coconut oil
½ kg Cubed chicken fillets
1 onion sliced
½ tsp green chillies
1 tsp lemon pepper
1 tsp salt
5 cups of water
2 pieces of lemon grass
2 Bay leaves
2 Tab lemon juice
200ml coconut milk
200ml coconut cream
1 Tab Worcester sauce
2 Tab chopped water chestnuts
I pkt white onion soup powder
1 Tab fresh coriander for garnishing
Method
1. Heat oil and
quickly stir fry the onion for 1 minute and then
add the chicken with the salt, lemon pepper and
green chillies.
2. When the chicken is cooked, add water and the
remaining ingredients with the exception of the
onion powder.
3. Boil until it becomes ¾ of its quantity.
4. Then add the onion soup paste (cold water was
added to the powder to make it into a paste.)
5. Then boil further until it becomes half its
quantity and thick, if you would like the soup
thicker boil further until it’s the consistency
you like.
6. When the soup is done, remove lemon grass and
bay leaf and before serving sprinkle with fresh
coriander.
A
passenger in an Uber taxi heading for the station leaned
over to ask the driver,
Jallalludin, a question, and gently tapped him on the
shoulder to get his attention.
Jallalludin screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a
bus, drove up over the curb and stopped just inches from a
large plate window.
For a few moments everything was silent in the cab.
Then, the shaking
Jallalludin said, "Are you OK? I'm so sorry, but you scared
the daylights out of me."
The badly shaken passenger apologized to
Jallalludin and said, "I didn't realize that a mere tap on
the shoulder would startle someone so badly."
Jallalludin replied,
"No, no, I'm the one who is sorry, it's entirely my fault.
Today is my very first day driving a cab. I've been driving
a hearse for 25 years."
Let there arise out of you a
band of people inviting all
that is good, enjoining what
is right, and forbidding
what is wrong: They are the
ones to attain felicity.
Muharram 1437 – Islamic New Year 1437 (1st Muharram
1437)
PLEASE NOTE
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.
For more details, contact: Maulana Nawaaz: 0401576084
On Going Activities
1. Daily Hadeeth reading From Riyadusaliheen,
After Fajar and after esha .
2. After school Madrassah for children Mon-Thu 5pm to 7pm
3. Adult Quran classes (Males) Monday and
Tuesday after esha for an hour.
4. Community engagement program every second Saturday of the
Month, interstate and overseas speakers, starts after margib,
Dinner served after esha, First program begins on the 15
August.
5. Monthly Qiyamulail program every 1st
Friday of the month starts after esha.
6. Fortnight Sunday Breakfast program. After Fajar, short
Tafseer followed by breakfast.
7. Weekly Tafseer by Imam Uzair after esha followed by
dinner. Starts from 26 August.
For all activities beside Adult Quran classes
sisters and children are welcome.
For further info call the Secretary on
0413669987
IPDC
Lutwyche Mosque
Weekly classes with Imam Yahya
Monday: Junior Class
Tuesday: Junior Arabic
Friday: Adult Quran Class
For more information call 0470 671 109
Holland Park Mosque
All programs are conducted by Imam
Uzair Akbar
DAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
PROGRAM
Tafseer Program
Basics of Islam
Tafseer Program
AUDIENCE
Men
Ladies
TIME
after Maghrib Salat
Brisbane Northside Muslimahs Support Group
To help sisters on the northside of Brisbane to connect
with their local sisters.
We
will endeavour to have regular meetings, either for a
lesson/discussion on
Monday Tafseer – Juz Amma* Tuesday Arabic Grammer/Tafseer Quran (URDU) Wednesday Reading & Reciting Quran (Adult class) Thursday Tafseer Quran (URDU) Friday Tafseer Quran (URDU)
All the above programs are after Isha salah
All are welcome! See you at the Masjid – The place to be!
Please note that the Tafseer gets recorded
and uploaded on to our website as an mp3 file, so that you
can download and listen at anytime.
Visit our website at:
masjidtaqwa.org.au
Queensland Police Service/Muslim
Community Consultative Group
Meeting Dates & Times
Time: 7.00pm sharp
Date: TBA
Venue: Islamic College of Brisbane - 45 Acacia Road
Karawatha
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But
even within these
high-growth regions – as
well as others – Muslims are
projected to grow faster
than members of other
groups. 
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