This week, Crescents of
Brisbane lost a dear, much
loved member of the team
with the passing of Sister
Shahina Chothia in Cape Town
while she was on a visit to
her family in South Africa.
Shahina played an invaluable
and selfless role in all of
the activities and events of
Crescents of Brisbane and
offered her organizing and
creative talents to may
other organizations,
including giving much of her
time "behind-the-scenes" to
the Muslim Funeral Services.
Shahina will be very much
missed by the Brisbane and
Gold Coast community for her
kindness and generosity. The
Crescents of Brisbane Team
prays that Allah SWT favours
her with His mercy and
grants enduring patience to
all members of her family
and friends.
IWAQ Director,
Galila Abdelsalam
and IWAQ staff
member, Beengul Ali
with Member for
Moreton, Graham
Perrett MP
The Islamic Womens
Association of Queensland (IWAQ)
received the ‘Empowering
Women Award’ this week for
their efforts to promote
safety, participation and
leadership for refugee and
migrant women.
IWAQ has been recognised at
the Migration and Settlement
Awards 2015 hosted by the
Migration Council of
Australia
The awards recognise
outstanding individuals and
organisations that assist
migrants settle in
Australia.
IWAQ provide a voice to
migrant women and have a
particular focus in
assisting refugee women
becoming more independent
and resilient.
“This is the first year that
this category has been
included and Queenslanders
should be proud that IWAQ
has been recognised for the
important work they do”,
said Graham Perrett MP,
Federal Member for Moreton.
“Individuals and
organisations such as IWAQ
have played a key role in
the success of modern,
multicultural Australia. Mr
Perrett said.
“Social cohesion doesn’t
just appear, it is created
by the many individuals and
groups in our community who
work very hard to achieve
it.” Mr Perrett said.
"The Migration Council of
Australia plays an
outstanding role in
highlighting the economic
and social benefits of
migration and diversity," he
told CCN.
Fundraising Dinner
Amanah Institute (formerly
Kuraby Madrassah) will host
its Fundraising Dinner,
Saturday 12th September at
Michael’s Oriental. We
invite you to get behind
this sadaqa jariya (ongoing
charity) right here on your
doorstep.
Be part of building an
Institution providing
quality Islamic education
for the young people of our
community.
Support Amanah Institute by
purchasing a ticket or join
us at a table with family
and friends. Help us serve
students and their families
in jointly imparting the
tarbiyah (spiritual
development) our young
people richly deserve.
Entertainment, celebration
of student endeavour, and an
auction are just some of the
features of the night’s
program
More about Amanah
Institute
Amanah Institute is in the
midst of an exciting and
ground breaking improvement
project. What was the Kuraby
Madrassah, Amanah Institute
some 18 months ago took the
bold step and undertook an
independent review. Since
then the team have begun
enacting several
recommendations arising from
this review.
Intensive teaching training;
theme based units of study;
a prophetic model of
behaviour management; a
foundations scope and
sequence curriculum; revised
assessment and reporting
combining higher order
thinking and spiritual and
reflective practices and
support for students with
special needs are just some
of the positive initiatives
at Amanah Institute.
Recently the dedicated
teaching team have been
extending and expanding on
their teaching strategies
and approaches. One
fantastic example is the
grade 1 class who have
thrived under the guidance
and care of Mualimah Reem
Masoud. The semester
assessment revealed that
grade 1 class have improved
significantly, both in
letter recognition and
correct articulation of
these letters.
Mualimah Reem puts student’s
success in these important
areas down to an innovative
teaching strategy, sometimes
referred to as carousel
learning. Student’s move
around the room and spend a
set amount of time at each
station before moving on to
the next.
As seen in the images below,
students in small groups
practice memorisation of the
class surah; another group
matches large letters that
belong together and place
them in appropriate
envelopes; another group
organises cards with the
different ways letters can
appear in words; and lastly,
another group organises the
wudhu chart in the correct
order.
Mualimah Reem explained that
students are heavily engaged
in the learning and their
attention and enthusiasm is
maintained as they
transition and meet a new
learning challenge at the
next station. She also spoke
of how much extra time she
had as she visited groups,
checked for understanding
and worked with students who
require more assistance.
This teaching strategy is an
alternate strategy for
learning to read the Qur’an
then the teacher sitting
with one student for just a
few minutes whilst the
remaining students are
expected to work
independently and remain
engaged. Such high quality
teaching is high priority
across the Institute.
Pictured outside the Centre
(left to right):
Sheikh Ibrahim MA, Imam of the
Mosque, Sifet Omerovic and Mr
David Forde (Multicultural
Affairs Queensland)
The Bosniak Islamic Centre of
Queensland hosted Sheikh Ibrahim
MA, an Islamic
scholar from China, who now
resides in Canada. The Sheikh is
engaged in Dawah work and speaks
five languages - English,
Chinese, Arabic, Urdu and Farsi.
He delivered the khutba at the
Mosque on Friday.
The restaurant at the centre is
now open very Friday and
Saturday between 11am and 4pm.
On the menu:
Premium grilled beef
Turkish kebab plate
Combo beef burger meal
Homemade filo pastry
filled with a choice of
spinach, cheese or beef
Hajiin Emma Khan passed away
on the 11 August 2015, she
was possibly the oldest
member of the Brisbane
Muslim community.
Her Janazah Salat was
performed by her family
friend Br Faquir Baytieh to
whom was a great and dear
friend of our family.
Emma had a fall and suffered
a fractured hip, there were
other underlying
complications which resulted
in her passing.
She was born in 1921 and was
one of 6 children. Her
mother passed away when she
was 3 years old from a snake
bite. In those days very few
people had a phone or a car
so it was a very difficult
task to call for an
ambulance. There wasn't a
hospital in Southport so
Emma's mother was
transported up to Brisbane
However, it was too late and
she passed away on the
journey.
Emma was raised by her older
siblings and lived on a
farm. She worked very hard
most of her teenage life and
attended school. Her
interest in life were
sewing, knitting, painting,
crosswords and anything that
would challenge her
thinking. She loved reading
and writing poetry.
She married Ali Ahmad Khan
in 1949 and had four
children while continuously
working on the farm. She
developed cancer later in
life and survived after
treatment with the grace of
Allmighty Allah Tala.
In 1990 at the age off 68
years, Emma and her husband
Ali 82 years performed Hajj.
It was a journey that was
planned with so much love
and devotion and a year
later,
Her husband Ali passed away
in 1991 with much sadness.
Emma went for Umrah with a
group of young teenagers and
explored more knowledge
about Islam. She lived with
all her children, and
travelled between Brisbane
and Victoria.
Emma always made it to all
the Eids and always enjoyed
the curries that were
supplied by the Deen
brothers. She was always a
giver and contributed to
many charities.
Increasingly, she always
sent money overseas to help
people who were less
fortunate.
She had her 94th Birthday
celebrated with close family
and friends earlier this
year.
Mum was buried next to her
late husband Hajji Ali Ahmad
Khan on Wednesday 12 th
August 2015.
We wish to thank all the
commumity for their kind
thoughts and Duas. May Allah
grant her Jannatal Firdoz.
Ameen
The Queensland Police
Service and the State's
Multicultural Affairs
Queensland hosted a
Multi-Faith dinner on
Thursday 20 August at the
Greek Community Centre.
The invited guests of
Commissioner Ian Stewart APM
and The Honourable Shannon
Fentiman, Minister for
Communities, Women and
Youth; Minister for Child
Safety; Minister for
Multicultural Affairs were
treated to an eclectic range
of entertainment and food.
Amongst the speakers on the
night were Dr Nora Amath and
Rev. Peter Catt.
It was also an occasion to
celebrate the 50th birthday
of Sgt Jim Bellos APM OAM,
who helped organize the
event.
Voices
against Bigotry is a
network of Australians from
all backgrounds concerned
about the rise of
Islamophobia in Australia.
"We are particularly
concerned about the
registration of the
anti-Muslim Australian
Liberty Alliance, a new
political party that will
contest the next election.
We are planning community
forums in Melbourne, have
endorsed a rally in Sydney
and would like to connect
like-minded people around
the country to challenge
bigotry and promote social
harmony," organiser of the
network, Susie Latham told
CCN.
The website
www.voicesagainstbigotry.org
provides information about
Islamophobia, encourages
people to sign a statement
against it and to sign up
for their newsletter so they
can keep in touch about
forthcoming events around
the country.
On Wednesday 19 August
the Australian International
Islamic College played host
to Year 11 students from the
Samford Valley Steiner
School.
The purpose of the visit was
to bring awareness of key
Islamic beliefs, practices
and what it means to be a
Muslim in today’s world.
The students witnessed
practical aspects of Islam
such as Wudhu, Salah and
supplicating after Salah and
were given the opportunity
to interact with AIIC staff
and pupils over lunch.
"The visit was a success in
which the students learnt
about Islam and also
clarified some
misconceptions," an AIIC
spokesperson told CCN.
(l to r) Archbishop Mark
Coleridge (Archdiocese of
Brisbane), Reverend Canon
Richard Tutin (Queensland
Churches Together), Reverend
David Baker (Uniting Church),
Dr. Mohamad Abdalla (Councils of
Imams - Queensland), Ismail
Cajee (Islamic Council of
Queensland), Fahim Khondakar
(Islamic Council of Queensland)
and Ali Kadri (Islamic Society
of Holland Park).
Brisbane Archbishop, Mark
Coleridge, met with Muslim and
Christian leaders to explore
ways in which the faith groups
could work together "to overcome
misunderstandings, tension and
fears".
The group plan to meet quarterly
"not just to talk but to plan
for action" posted the
Archbishop.
He added: "Christian-Muslim
dialogue isn't always easy but
it's essential for world peace
and peace in our own community.
The first step is to get to know
each other as human beings.
Today helped."
Dr Abdalla said: " Working
together for the common good is
a moral imperative endorsed by
the Qur'an and the teachings of
Prophet Muhammad: 'And cooperate
in righteousness and piety, but
do not cooperate in sin and
aggression.' (5:2)
Travellers in Oman have
welcomed the launch of the
world’s first-ever halal
travel glossary. A new
glossary providing access to
a wealth of terminology used
in one of the fastest
growing sectors globally was
launched by CrescentRating,
the world’s leading
authority on halal travel on
Wednesday.
Ansar Ibrahim, an Indian
Muslim living in Oman said,
“Many countries are
focussing on halal tourism.
It is now becoming a highly
developed and successful
industry. This glossary
comes at the right time.”
CrescentRating has published
a new guide which promotes
accurate and consistent use
of terms in the halal travel
market (download it here).
Over 150 terms and concepts
have been entered and
validated with regular
updates planned as the
market matures.
Users can obtain a quick
list of terms through the
glossary which has been
divided into sections for
easy navigation. It has been
published as a free
downloadable e-book with
plans to make it an online
resource in the near future.
With halal travel now worth
billions of dollars
annually, the need to
understand these terms is
becoming more important, as
the industry aims to
capitalise on a sector
projected to be worth $200
billion by 2020.
Raji DeMonte, general
manager at Universal Travel
and Tourism in Oman said,
“There are many takers for
halal tour packages among
Muslims nationals and
especially expatriates from
Asian countries.”
“Such a glossary would be
welcomed by them,” she said.
CrescentRating says
understanding these terms is
imperative for all
travel-related businesses
looking to benefit from the
growth of this market such
as tourism boards,
Government agencies, hotels,
restaurants, attractions,
airports, airlines, cruises
and spas.
The Department of
Immigration and Border
Protection is encouraging
anyone travelling to Saudi
Arabia to perform Hajj to
familiarise themselves with
Australian border processes
prior to travel.
The processes are detailed
in a Department fact sheet
which can be read
here.
10,000 rooms, 70
restaurants and multiple helipads: Saudi
Arabia reveals plans for world's largest
hotel to cater for Muslims on annual
pilgrimage to Mecca
Plans reveal what the Abraj
Kudai, the luxurious
four-to-five-star hotel in the
heart of the holy city of Mecca
will look like
The Abraj Kudai, will be
located in the holy city
of Mecca, a city visited
each year by more than
15 million Muslims
With twelve 44-story
towers containing 10,000
rooms, the hotel, will
have a total area of 1.4
million square metres
Ł2.25billion project
will feature 70
restaurants, whole
floors devoted to
royalty and one of
world's largest domes
The Venetian and The
Palazzo, Las Vegas, is
the currently world's
largest hotel with
4,049 suites and 4,059
rooms
Plans have been unveiled
to build the world's
largest hotel, which
could be open as early
as 2017.
With 12 towers containing
10,000 rooms, the hotel, which
is being created by Dar Al
Handasah, will have an area of
4.6 million square feet
The Abraj Kudai, will be
located in the holy city of
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, a city
visited each year more than
15million Muslims.
With twelve 44-story towers
containing 10,000 rooms, the
hotel, which is being
created by multi-national
design group Dar Al Handasah
will have a total area of
4.6 million square feet.
Work has already begun on
the Ł2.25billion project,
which will feature 70
restaurants, multiple
helipads, whole floors
devoted to royalty and one
of the largest domes in the
world, according to reports
by design website designMENA.
Ten of the towers will cater
for four-star guests, while
the remaining two will offer
luxurious five-star
amenities.
On its website, Dar Al
Handasah states: 'With a
total site area of
approximately 60,000 m˛ and
total built-up area of
around 1.4 million m˛, the
project is a residential and
commercial complex that
consists of a large podium
topped by 12 towers
accommodating several
elements such as a podium
housing a bus station, a
shopping mall, restaurants
and food courts, a
convention center and car
parks.
The five star towers offer
all related services for the
visitors of the Holy Kaaba.
The interiors - expected to
match the opulence expected
of the local area will be
designed by London-based
Areen Hospitality design
practice.
Much of Mecca's historic
architecture has now been
demolished, including the
house of Khadijah, the wife
of Muhammad, and the house
of Abu Bakr, which is now
the site of the Hilton
hotel.
While many buildings were
destroyed to make way for
accommodation and facilities
for the influx of prilgrims
each year, some of the
destruction is due to Saudi
Wahhabism, which fears that
placing significance on
religious places may lead to
shirk or idolatry.
Many of the world's largest
hotels are currently
situated in Las Vegas, where
until the Abraj Kudai opens,
the Venetian and The Palazzo
is the world's largest
hotel.
With 4,049 suites and 4,059
rooms, the hotel is 36
stories and is 475 feet high
and known for its singing
gondoliers.
Muslim Link interviewed
Ilhan Ibrahim, who, along
with her two sisters Hodan
Ibrahim and Ayan Ibrahim,
have co-founded Qurtuba
Publishing House.
3. Why did you choose
the name Qurtuba?
We were truly inspired by
what is known as the “Golden
Age” of Islamic history,
particularly the city of
Cordoba (also known as
Qurtuba in Arabic). Qurtuba
was a city distinguished for
its cultural diversity and
technological advances, as
well as some of the most
outstanding and paramount
accomplishments in
scholarship. This city was
described as the ornament of
the world because of its
architecture, paved roads
and streetlights.
What truly inspired us to
name our publishing Qurtuba
was the fact that Qurtuba
was titled the most tolerant
and cultivated society of
its time, which allowed for
the exchange of knowledge
and religious diversity.
It was the scholars,
thinkers and creatives of
this beautiful city that
created a timeless
representation of how
Muslims can leave a
significant and innovative
impact in their communities.
Qurtuba wishes to carry on
this legacy and create
knowledge-sharing platforms
to support social growth and
productivity in Muslim
communities.
NEXT WEEK IN CCN:
4. Tell us about your
publication “Guide to
Entrepreneurship & Business
in Islam”
With a 4300 buildings in
Makkah ready to house the Hujaaj
SAUDI ARABIA: The Pilgrims
Housing Committee has issued
4,351 permits for buildings
until Tuesday to accommodate
pilgrims in Makkah during
this year’s Haj.
The committee’s chairman,
Zuhair Al-Haddad, the
buildings contain a total of
348,171 rooms with
facilities for about 1.7
million pilgrims. At least
168 of the buildings are
newly constructed. With
2,736 apartments, they can
accommodate 122,033
pilgrims, he said.
Al-Haddad said about 37
percent of the licensed
buildings are in Al-Aziziah
district, 21 percent in Al-Misfalah,
17 percent in the central
Haram area, 15 percent in
Al-Otaibiyah and 8 percent
in Al-Rusaifah.
Many pilgrims prefer to live
in Aziziyah because it is
midway between Makkah and
Mina.
He said the committee has 26
field teams who will make
continuous tours of the
buildings to make sure that
they are comfortable,
convenient and have all
necessary safety equipment.
“Two emergency teams will
make surprise visits to the
buildings to ascertain that
the pilgrims are comfortably
accommodated and provided
all facilities,” he added.
Haddad threatened the
violating buildings with
penalties, including fines
and withdrawal of license.
Meanwhile, hundreds of
engineers, technicians and
labourers are working round
the clock to prepare
thousands of tents in Mina
for the accommodation of
pilgrims.
The guests of God will
proceed to Mina on the
eighth day of the Islamic
month of Dhul Hijja
(tentatively Sept. 21) where
they will stay the night
before ascending to Arafat
the next morning where they
spend the day in prayers and
meditation until sunset.
The pilgrims return to Mina
in the morning of the 10th
day of Dhul Hijja and spend
three to four days there to
complete the Haj rites,
which include stoning of the
Satan at the Jamarat and the
sacrifice.
Meanwhile, three companies
contracted by the local Haj
service providers have
started testing three types
of Freon air conditioners
inside the tents in Mina.
According to company
sources, the air conditions
are either brought from
Australia and China or are
locally manufactured.
The Haj Ministry has obliged
all service providers to use
Freon air conditioners in
place of water coolers in
their camps.
According to technicians,
the Freon air conditioners
will keep the temperatures
inside the tents below 25
degrees Celsius.
Teenage Girl Turns Plastic
Trash Into Million-Dollar Biofuel
EGYPT: An Egyptian teenager
has discovered an inexpensive way to turn
plastic trash into fuel — and it could be
worth tens of millions of dollars a year.
Azza Faiad’s ideas attracted the attention
of the Egyptian Petroleum Research
Institute. The institute gave the teen
access to a lab and its researchers in order
to help refine her trash to fuel formula.
Faiad discovered a cheap and plentiful
catalyst called aluminisilicate that
drastically reduces the cost of converting
plastic waste into gases like methane and
propane, which can be turned into ethanol,
what some scientists are calling “biofuel”
because the organic chemicals from plastic
polymers she extracts, are the same
chemicals extracted from vegetation to
create ethanol biofuel.
The process releases other chemicals that
can also be recycled and sold.
Egypt produces a million tons of plastic
trash every year, and it’s estimated Faiad’s
process could convert that much trash into
fuel worth$78 million every year.
In fact, she believes it could raise the
total return to $163 million each year from
Egypt’s plastic trash.
The European Union Contest for Young
Scientists has already honoured Faiad with a
prize for her work and she is now working on
a patent for her trash to fuel process.
Islamic leaders issue bold
call for rapid phase out of fossil fuels
Religious scholars, experts
and teachers from around the world unite to
make emotive declaration on climate change
ahead of crucial Paris summit
Islamic
leaders launch climate change
declaration in Istanbul
TURKEY: Islamic leaders have
issued a clarion call to 1.6bn Muslims
around the world to work towards phasing out
greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and a 100%
renewable energy strategy.
The grand mufti’s of Lebanon and Uganda
endorsed the Islamic declaration on climate
change, along with prominent Islamic
scholars and teachers from 20 countries, at
a symposium in Istanbul.
Their collective statement makes several
detailed political demands likely to
increase pressure on Gulf states ahead of
the Paris climate summit in December.
“We particularly call on the well-off
nations and oil-producing states to lead the
way in phasing out their greenhouse gas
emissions as early as possible and no later
than the middle of the century,” it says.
Clear emissions reductions targets and
monitoring systems should be agreed in
Paris, the statement says, along with
“generous financial and technical support”
for poorer countries to help wean them off
fossil fuels.
So far, Morocco is the only Middle Eastern
country to present an emissions-cutting
climate pledge ahead of the summit. But
Hakima el-Haite, the country’s environment
minister said that the declaration could
help to change mindsets and behaviours
around climate change in some Gulf states.
“It is an emotive call for a spiritual fight
against climate change that will be very
important for Muslims,” she told the
Guardian. “It speaks to issues of fairness,
accountability, differentiation and
adaptation in the Paris agreement. I think
that the right way to make this sort of call
is through the Qur’an.”
El-Haite predicted that Saudi Arabia and
other oil-producing countries would sign up
to a climate agreement in Paris but said
that international support would first be
needed to address the “financial gap”
involved in transiting from fossil fuels to
renewables-based economies.
The Istanbul declaration was
made by Islamic figures from Bosnia to
Indonesia and follows a ground-breaking
Papal encyclical last month. Heads of state,
corporations, and all peoples are addressed
in the Istanbul call, which carries a
universal and startlingly bleak message.
“We are in danger of ending life as we know
it on our planet,” the statement says. “This
current rate of climate change cannot be
sustained, and the earth’s fine equilibrium
(mīzān) may soon be lost.”
“What will future generations say of us, who
leave them a degraded planet as our legacy?”
the religious leaders ask. “How will we face
our Lord and Creator?”
Din Syamsuddin, the chairman of the
Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) which
represents 210 million Muslims welcomed the
statement, saying: “we are committed to to
implementing all [its] recommendations. The
climate crisis needs to be tackled through
collaborative efforts.”
The MUI has already issued
one environmental fatwa against rogue mining
operations and Syamsuddin reportedly
consulted with Indonesia’s environment
minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar over the
weekend, before attending the symposium.
Unlike the Catholic church, Islam is a
decentralised religion with no unitary
authority, and the final statement addressed
a range of secular concerns with calls for
divestment, a circular economy, and tempered
growth rates.
“To chase after unlimited economic growth in
a planet that is finite and already
overloaded is not viable. Growth must be
pursued wisely and in moderation,” one
passage reads.
Another calls for corporations and the
business sector to “shoulder the
consequences of their profit-making
activities and to take a visibly more active
role in reducing their carbon footprint and
other forms of impact upon the natural
environment”.
The United Nations’ climate chief,
Christiana Figueres said that overall, the
declaration showed how a clean energy future
rested on a shift in the value attached to
the world’s environment and people. “Islam’s
teachings, which emphasize the duty of
humans as stewards of the Earth and the
teacher’s role as an appointed guide,
illuminate pathways to take the right action
on climate change,” she said.
The declaration on climate change was also
welcomed by Cardinal Peter Turkson, the
president of the Pontifical Council for
Justice and Peace, “with great joy, and in a
spirit of solidarity”. Turkson pledged that
the Catholic Church would work with the
declaration’s authors to protect their
common earthly home.
Organisers say that one religious scholar
from Saudi Arabia was among the 60
participants at the meeting but that none of
the invited Shia leaders attended.
The thistle and the
crescent Muslims seem happier to identify as
Scottish than English
SCOTLAND:
When Glasgow Central Mosque was commissioned
in the early 1980s, the architect received
an important instruction: “Make it
Scottish”. It ended up sharing a feature of
many Glaswegian public buildings (but not
many mosques): large panels of glass,
creating long shafts of natural light
inside. Now, facing renovation, it will get
more Scottish still: there are plans to
remodel it in the style of Charles Rennie
Mackintosh, Glasgow’s favourite architect.
Inside, people marry in kilts (the hem let
down an inch, in keeping with the dress code
for Muslim men) to the sound of bagpipes.
Halal haggis is sold nearby, and across the
River Clyde is the council office where in
2012 a new tartan was launched: blue for the
Saltire, green for Islam.
The relationship between Scottish
nationalism and the Muslim community seems
unusually harmonious. Six out of ten Scots
believe Muslims are integrated into everyday
Scottish life, according to a poll in 2010
by Ipsos Mori. A survey in 2011 by the
Scottish government found Muslims in
Scotland felt that being Scottish was an
important part of their identity, and that
for them “community” tended to mean the shop
down the road, rather than a local or global
network of other Muslims.
In last year’s referendum the
pro-independence Yes campaign was backed by
64% of Asians, most of them Muslims,
according to a poll by Scotland’s main Asian
radio station. Mazhar Khan of the Muslim
Council of Scotland says that Muslims in
Scotland will define themselves as Scottish,
while those in England are prepared only to
call themselves British. Why?
Scottish Muslims have greater economic power
than their English counterparts: many are
involved in business, and arrived with the
means to set themselves up (a large
proportion are from Punjab, a relatively
rich Indian state). Most English Muslims
hail from poorer bits of Pakistan and
Bangladesh, and often went into industries
that have since faltered. In Scotland ethnic
minorities sometimes benefit from “reverse
discrimination”: as the National Health
Service was the first employer to send
minorities to some of Scotland’s
farther-flung areas, it is often assumed
that non-whites are doctors. Mohammad Sarwar,
a Scot, was Britain’s first Muslim MP.
Theories abound: Scots regard themselves as
a minority, persecuted by the English;
left-leaning Scottish nationalism is
friendlier to minorities than English
Conservatism. And Scottish Muslims are
few—they make up just 1.5% of the
population, compared with 4.5% across
Britain—giving them a greater incentive to
integrate.
So far, so historical, but recent policy may
have something to do with it too. Whereas
the government in Westminster makes sweeping
criticisms of Muslim extremism, its
counterpart in Holyrood does not dwell on
the subject and therefore, says Mr Kahn,
does not wind up local Muslims. Only a tiny
minority of the 700 people reported to have
left Britain for Syria appear to have come
from Scotland. The happy relationship may
not be the result of luck alone.
Cameron alienating
Muslims, say Labour leaders, in exclusive
interviews
The Muslim
News Editor Ahmed J Versi
interviewing Liz Kendell
UK: Candidates standing to be
the next leader of the Labour Party have
criticised Prime Minister, David Cameron,
for effective demonising the entire Muslim
community in Britain and attempting to deny
them the right of having any opinions
themselves at all.
“People will express opposing views and I
have expressed my view pretty forthright. I
don’t see how it helps tackle extremism for
the Prime Minister of the country to
alienate the community it is trying to deal
with the problem” of terrorism, Andy Burnham
said.
“I feel at the moment that the message that
is coming out from politicians and politics
makes members from the Muslim community in
my own constituency feel like they are being
demonised and that is wrong,” said Liz Ken
Kendall.
The two MPs, seeking to replace Ed Miliband,
were questioned on a range of issues,
including Cameron’s latest outburst in
Birmingham, when The Muslim News Editor
Ahmed J Versi caught up with them just
before they began hustings on July 30. The
other candidates, Yvette Cooper and Jeremy
Corbyn, have yet to arrange requested
interviews.
For everyone fighting a battle
they can't afford to lose, who can't afford to fail, who
can't afford to fall. Never lose hope.
Catch Me is a collection of
prose and poetry for those who want to take a breath to
reflect and contemplate.
Through her words, Na'ima B.
Robert takes readers on a journey "where admonitions are
potent, wounds are laid bare, then swathed, and the soul is
soothed."
The poetry is raw, the pain is
real, and the hope and faith are palpable.
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: Magic
Cake – one simple thin batter, bake it and hey
presto! You end up with a 3 layer cake, magic
cake. Perfect with a cup of tea or it could also
be served warm as dessert.
Oh, and in case you
thought I omitted it, yes, there is no baking
powder required.
Magic
Cake
Ingredients
• 4 eggs (separate yolks from whites) at room
temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 150 g (3/4 cup) sugar
• 125 g (˝ cup) butter, melted
• 115 g (ľ cup) of flour
• 500 ml (2 cups) milk lukewarm
• powdered sugar for dusting cake
Method
1. Preheat oven to
165degrees. Grease an 8 inch x 8 inch baking
pan.
2. Separate eggs and add the egg whites to a
mixer and mix until egg whites are stiff. Place
egg whites in a bowl and set aside.
3. Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until
light. Add butter and vanilla extract and
continue beating for another minute or two after
which you can fold in the flour and mix it in
until fully incorporated.
4. Slowly start adding the milk and beat until
everything is well mixed together. Add the egg
whites, a third at a time and gently fold them
in using a spatula, repeat until all egg whites
are folded in.
5. Pour batter into baking dish and sprinkle
with flaked almonds.
6. Bake for approx. 30 to 40 minutes or until
the top is lightly golden. The baking time could
vary greatly depending on the oven, so take a
peek at around 25 minutes and see how it looks.
7. Sprinkle some powdered sugar after cake has
cooled.
Course: The 99
Names of Allah with Sh Muiz Bukhary
Al Kauthar Brisbane
Griffith University, Nathan Campus
0438 698 328
All daysa
15 October
Thursday
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.
Zikr
- every Thursday 7pm, families welcome Hifz& Quran Reading Classes (for brothers and sisters) -
Tuesday 5:00 - 7:00pm & Thursday 5:30 - 7:00pm Madressa
(for children) - Wednesday & Friday 4:30 - 6:30pm Salawat
Majlis - second Saturday of every month. Starting at
Mughrib, families welcome Islamic
Studies (for sisters) - one year course. Saturday 10:30
- 2:30pm. Enrolments for 2016 now available Ilm-e-Deen
Degree Courses (for brothers) - Three full-time and
part-time nationally accredited courses. Enrolments now
available for 2016.
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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network of Australians from
all backgrounds concerned
about the rise of
Islamophobia in Australia.
The Abraj Kudai, will be
located in the holy city
of Mecca, a city visited
each year by more than
15 million Muslims
SCOTLAND:
When Glasgow Central Mosque was commissioned
in the early 1980s, the architect received
an important instruction: “Make it
Scottish”. It ended up sharing a feature of
many Glaswegian public buildings (but not
many mosques): large panels of glass,
creating long shafts of natural light
inside. Now, facing renovation, it will get
more Scottish still: there are plans to
remodel it in the style of Charles Rennie
Mackintosh, Glasgow’s favourite architect.
Inside, people marry in kilts (the hem let
down an inch, in keeping with the dress code
for Muslim men) to the sound of bagpipes.
Halal haggis is sold nearby, and across the
River Clyde is the council office where in
2012 a new tartan was launched: blue for the
Saltire, green for Islam.
For everyone fighting a battle
they can't afford to lose, who can't afford to fail, who
can't afford to fall. Never lose hope.
Zikr
- every Thursday 7pm, families welcome
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August 2011