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There were plenty of
beautiful dresses and
dashing suits to admire, but
what made my night was to
see how these once little
girls and boys developed
into such intelligent,
articulate, confident,
witty, generous, and kind
young women and men.
The obvious love and care
you have shown to one
another, to your teachers
and to your parents made my
heart sing.
Islamic College of Brisbane
Class of 2015, you are
indeed people of integrity.
Congratulations to all
involved in making the year
12 ICB formal such a
wonderful night
“True
friends stand together in
times of need.” That’s
the message that is being
sent through a morning tea
to be held at the Garden
City Mosque in Toowoomba on
Saturday 10th October at
10.30 am. “In Toowoomba
we have a shared history of
harmony and respectful
dialogue with our Muslim
sisters and brothers,”
stated Dr Mark Copland
(pictured), Executive
Officer for the Social
Justice Commission for the
Catholic Diocese of
Toowoomba.
This morning tea which will
be attended by a number of
faith traditions is not a
‘once off’. Similar events
have been facilitated
throughout this year and in
previous years. There have
been community picnics,
soccer games, youth bush
walks etc. Christians and
Muslims have come together
in times of tragedy and in
times of celebration in
Toowoomba. Bonds of trust
and understanding have been
nurtured and strengthened
over the years.
At the beginning of the
Christian season of Lent
Muslims and Christians have
come together. At the end of
the Holy Month of Ramadan
Christians and Muslims have
come together. The 10th
October has been set as a
date to protest mosques in
some parts of the world.
“As Christians we felt it
was important to be here to
stand together at this
time,” stated Dr Mark
Copland. “We would encourage
all community members who
are fearful or confused at
this time to engage and get
to know the local Muslim
community. Nobody is
pretending that everything
is easy, but the best thing
that we can do at this time
is work to create an
inclusive and respectful
community. Our lived
experience is one of harmony
and friendship.”
The morning tea took place
at the Garden City Mosque (cnr
Stephen and West Streets) at
10.30 am on Saturday 10th
October.
CCN LATEST UPDATE:
A large number of members of
the wider community from all
walks of life merged to the
Garden City Mosque,
Toowoomba for Morning Tea to
mark the unity of the people
of Toowoomba. In a media
release, Executive Officer
of Social Justice
Commission, Dr Mark Copland
termed the event as ‘People
of Faith Stand in Unity with
Toowoomba’s Muslim
Community.’
Dr Copland said, “Bonds
of trust and understanding
have been nurtured and
strengthened over the years.
At the beginning of the
Christian season of Lent
Muslims and Christians have
come together. At the end of
the Holy Month of Ramadan
Christians and Muslims have
come together. The 10th
October has been set as a
date to protest mosques in
some parts of the world. As
Christians we felt it was
important to be here to
stand together at this
time.”
There were representation
from all major churches in
Toowoomba such as Catholic
(Fr Brian Sparkman, my
contact and friend since
1994, and Dr Mark Copland),
Anglican (Dr Jonathan Inkpin,
Chair of Toowoomba Goodwill
Committee, and Rev Penny
Jones), Uniting (Mrs Sharon
Kirk), Lutheran (Rev Evan
Reichelt), Toowoomba
Churches Together (Rev
Denise Harcourt) among
others. Community leaders
included Mr Matt Elipson, Mr
Roberto Garcia, and
Solicitor Brian Conrick.
The Vice Chancellor of
University of Southern
Queensland, Professor Jan
Thomas (who first brought me
to the property in 2013 to
see if Muslims like it to
buy it to be the first
Mosque in the city) also
participated in the event.
A good number of members of
the Muslim community also
came to the event with
sweets and snacks. Islamic
Society of Toowoomba
provided tea, coffee and
serviettes. Certainly this
was a strong show of
support, but it was no way a
one off meeting, rather this
is an ongoing engagement of
people of all faith and
orientations to live in
peace and harmony in
Toowoomba.
The participants went inside
the burned Mosque building
and expresses their shock
and horror by looking at the
huge damage caused by the
arson attack on the Mosque
early this year.
Imam Abdul Kader, Dr Mark
Copland, Fr Brian Sparkman,
Police Officer Scott
McGrath, and President of
Islamic Society of
Toowoomba, Professor
Shahjahan Khan spoke in the
gathering.
Fr Brian Sparkman reminded
the long standing
relationship between Muslims
and Christians in the city
ever since Mrs Amahl Bruce
introduced Prof Shahjahan
Khan with him in 1994.
Professor Khan condemned all
kinds of violence and
radicalism and invited the
wider community to work
together to make sure that
the young generation is not
mislead by any extremist
group. No one should act in
any way that could further
the cause of those who love
to divide the community. He
mentioned that Islam is an
ancient religion with an
excellent track record of
living in peace and harmony
over the centuries across
the globe, and no one needs
to reinvent the wheel out of
bigotry.
Local Federal MP Hon Ian
Macfarlane and State MP Dr
John McVeigh sent their
apologies, mainly due to
very short notice, but both
of them participated in
several events at the Mosque
in the past and spoken very
strongly on the unity of
Toowoomba’s diverse
community.
Reported by Professor
Shahjahan Khan, President,
Islamic Society of Toowoomba
The daughter of
African-American civil
rights leader Malcolm X says
parents need to take more
responsibility to make sure
young people stay away from
radical messages.
Ilyasah Shabazz is in
Australia on a speaking tour
and has been visiting
Islamic schools teaching
young people about
empowerment and being part
of the global community.
But she also has a message
for parents about the
threats of radicalisation.
"If we don't take full
responsibility for our
children's development, we
leave them open to prey —
for other people to prey on
them," she said.
Ms Shabazz said children
needed to feel like they
could contribute to the
community.
"I want them to understand
their power, the power to be
their best selves," she
said.
"It was basically the same
information that was given
to me by mother, by my
parents to understand my
power, to understand my role
in society, my role as a
woman, my role as a person
of the African diaspora, my
role as a Muslim - there's
something I have to give
back to society."
"To offer security to all its
citizens, Australia needs a new
counter-terrorism paradigm – one
that does not use ‘terrorist’ as
an everyday metonym for Muslim"
(L-R) Maha Abdo of the Muslim
Women’s Association, Father Rod
Bower of Gosford Anglican Church
and His Eminence, Dr Ibrahim Abu
Mohamed, Mufti of Australia,
arrive for a media press
conference in Bankstown, Sydney,
Friday 9 October 2015.
Australia’s tough national
security posturing in the
past 14 years has cultivated
a discourse and climate of
fear and overreaction.
If our fears were based on
objective reality, then
domestic violence would
evoke the toughest of legal,
political, economic and
media responses. We would
understand that the greatest
threat to our national
security is the fact that
the most dangerous place in
Australia is at home.
Yet the “war on terror” has
little concern for risk
assessments and statistics.
Politicians, media,
academics, and opportunistic
Islamopobes have created a
false sense of national
insecurity over the
“could-be” Muslim terrorist
with insidious results.
The rhetoric of the “war on
terror” has turned
“terrorist” into an everyday
metonym for Muslim. Thus,
the proposition that “anyone
could be a terrorist”
translates into “any Muslim
could be a terrorist”.
Tony Abbott divided Australians
into ‘us’ and ‘them’ but the new
PM’s recasting of these roles
could help make the country – in
all its diversity – a little bit
safer
Malcolm Turnbull has binned
“Team Australia” and we have
so many reasons to say “good
riddance”.
Tony Abbott liked to use the
term, which portrayed the
Australian community as a
pre-existing “team” which
migrant communities had to
show they wanted to join, an
“us” deciding on membership
applications from a “them”.
Turnbull is portraying the
Australian community, the
“us”, as it is, a diverse
variety of faiths and
ethnicities – where “no one
can look in the mirror and
say all Australians look
like me”.
And “we” all have a
desperate, pressing mutual
interest in binding together
against terrorism,
particularly the kind
motivated by the perverted
interpretation of Islam that
apparently convinced the
schoolboy Farhad Jabar to
murder a police accountant,
Curtis Cheng, on a
Parramatta pavement last
week.
In this discussion words
matter. I’m sure Tony Abbott
wanted to do what he thought
was best for community
safety but those who know
say this change in tone is
definitely for the better.
First, Turnbull dialled down
the volume. He gave an
initial press conference in
which he said he would do
everything possible to keep
Australians safe and it was
crucial not to “vilify or
blame” the entire Muslim
community for the actions of
a tiny percentage of
extremists. And then the
prime minister spent the
week saying almost nothing.
He didn’t flag tough new
anti-terrorism laws on the
front page of the Daily
Telegraph. He didn’t
criticise Muslim leaders for
not saying or doing enough
to counter the violence, or
not “meaning” what they did
say. He didn’t tell
Australians the “death cult”
was reaching out to get
them.
The
Great British Bake Off winner
epitomises Britain's generations
of immigrants who have overcome
all sorts of adversity and
prejudice to make a contribution
to wider society
Nadiya has a moment with Paul
Hollywood and Mary Berry; Ian
and Tamal look on
UK: “I’m just as British as
anyone else, and I hope I
have proved that.” So said Nadiya Hussain, a woman of
whom I’d not been aware
until today. If you, like
me, are one of the very few
people in Britain who is not
enraptured by a TV show in
which contestants have to
make scones, or if you’ve
avoided every news outlet
over the past 24 hours, you
may not know that Mrs
Hussain (a British woman of
Bangladeshi origin) has ascended to the
position of national
treasure as a result of
winning The Great British
Bake Off.
Alongside various other
aspects of popular culture
that I have eschewed – I’ve
never seen an episode of
EastEnders and I have not
once set foot in a McDonalds
– I haven’t watched a minute
of “Bake Off”. It’s not that
I’ve got anything against
reality TV, or indeed
baking. It’s just that it’s
passed me by, and I’ve not
been motivated to peer in
the tent to see what’s going
on.
I’ve been bemused by the way
it’s captured the country’s
attention, snootily thinking
that it’s symptomatic of how
we’ve become obsessed by
triviality. So you can bake
a jam sponge? Big deal.
And now I wish I had paid
more attention, because it
clearly is a big deal. The
final show attracted
Britain’s biggest TV
audience of the year, a
massive 14.5 million, and
given that it was a woman
wearing a hijab - in her own
words, a “Muslim in a
headscarf” - who took the
first prize, it is hardly
surprising that this show is
more culturally significant
than just a baking
competition.
Nadiya Jamir Hussain is
announced as winner of BBC One’s
The Great British Bake Off.
Hussain, a mother of three from
Leeds, delivered iced buns,
raspberry millefeuilles and a
triple-tiered lemon drizzle
wedding cake in the final round
of the baking contest. She
triumphed over fellow finalists
Ian Cumming and Tamal Ray
The Great British Bake
Off is popular because it
represents aspects of
Britain that make people
feel safe: tradition,
homeliness, cosy
familiarity. But the victory
of Mrs Hussain throws up
some altogether less
comfortable issues:
multiculturalism, racial
integration, identity. And
when Mrs Hussain claims,
while presenting a Union
Jack-theme wedding cake
wrapped in a sari, that
she’s as British as anyone
else, she invites us to
consider the delicate topic
of nationality alongside an
assessment of whether her
millefeuille is successful
or not.
In terms of her outlook,
attitude and values, Mrs
Hussain may well be as
British as anyone else
(whatever that means). But,
more than that, she is a
representative of our
polyglot nation, and should
be celebrated as such – a
living retort to the this
week’s xenophobic rhetoric
from the Home Secretary.
She was born in Luton, the
daughter of immigrants who
had fled Bangladesh in the
1970s to escape war, poverty
and natural disasters and
and to seek a better life
running a restaurant in
Britain.
Now 30, she lives in Leeds
with her husband, and
epitomises Britain’s
generations of immigrants
who have overcome all sorts
of adversity and
institutionalised prejudice
to make a contribution to
wider society. Britain’s
champion amateur baker grew
up in a house without an
oven.
According to the President
of Muslim Association of
Britain, Mrs Hussain has
“demonstrated the
inclusivity of British
Muslims in society” and
certainly the juxtaposition
of the hijab and the hot
cross bun is a very powerful
one. She may well be a
trailblazer for racial
tolerance and integration,
but, sadly, Theresa May
illustrated this week how
much work still needs to be
done on that front.
Commissioner for Police, Mr
Ian Stewart, called a
meeting on Tuesday of Muslim
community representatives to
discuss recent issues and
strategies. There was a
broad representation from
the community alongside
state and federal agencies.
The Queensland Police
Service issued a communiqué
during the week to the
Muslim community of
Queensland in response to
the call to protest at
Mosques in the Brisbane area
on 10 October 2015.
President of the Islamic
Council of Queensland (ICQ),
Mr Ismail Cajee, requested
that Mosques read out to
their congregations his
Council's response at the
Friday sermon on 9 October:
Assalaamu-alaikum
Most of you may be aware
that Anti-Islam
protestors have
threatened to protest
outside the masjids on
the 10th of October.
Islamic Council of
Queensland has been in
constant contact with
Queensland Police to
ensure that the musallis
and the masajids are
protected. Queensland
police has been sharing
intelligence with us and
they have assured us
that there is no known
credible threat to any
Australian Muslim
interests in Queensland.
However, ICQ (Islamic
Council of Queensland)
would like to urge the
community not to engage
with any protestors on
the day and report any
vilification or threats
to us by contacting our
representatives through
the committees of your
respective masajids.
Queensland police will
increase patrols around
the mosques and the
places frequented by
Muslims to ensure the
safety and security
against any extremist
threat.
Police Commissioner Ian
Stewart has personally
asked us to pass this
message to the community
and has ensured us that
they will respond to any
threat to Muslim
Australians with urgency
If members of the
community require urgent
assistance they may
directly call police on
000 when the crime in in
progress or 131 444 for
all other matters.
Sheikh Wesam Charkawi was
born and raised in
Australia. From an early
age, he sought the path of
knowledge in the traditional
Islamic sciences. Having
studied for the past 12
years in various parts of
the world including Syria
and Lebanon, Sheikh Wesam is
currently undertaking his
masters in Sacred Islamic
Law.
Sheikh Wesam now works in a
Sydney based school as the
chaplain and works at grass
roots mentoring and
assisting the young through
their journey in life.
In 2003, he founded the
Abuhanifa Institute which
teaches the essential
sciences of Islam to young
Muslims. Its ultimate focus
is generational change.
Sheikh Wesam continues to
work and participate with
organisations and events
that strive for social
cohesion and is a keen
advocate of reaching out to
the wider Australian
community.
THE Islamic Society of
Gladstone plans to build a
new 'Islamic Centre' in
Gladstone --- to provide a
central meeting point for
more than 150 Muslim people
in the region, according to
one member of the group.
Syed Quadri, who is a member
of the city's local Islamic
Society, said the proposed
centre would act as a
conduit for breaking down
the perceived cultural
barriers between Muslims and
the wider community.
Despite the recent backlash
over mosque openings in
Australia, Mr Quadri says he
is optimistic about the
support from the community
because the new Islamic
Centre in Gladstone will not
resemble a mosque, he said.
"We want to gel with the
public so we don't want to
limit ourselves by building
a mosque," he said.
As well as regular Muslim
prayer services the centre
will offer community
programs to facilitate a
smoother transition for new
arrivals.
With a growing Muslim
population The Islamic
Society of Gladstone want to
establish the Islamic Centre
in the near future; they say
that will enable a permanent
and lasting presence in the
region.
"The Muslim population has
probably tripled since I
came to Gladstone so with
the new centre we hope to
reach out to more Muslims in
the area," he said.
"This is a win-win situation
for everyone because we will
have a place to interact and
gather. We will know who is
who and who is new."
The society is still looking
for a property they can
convert into the centre.
"It all depends on the
council but we're pretty
confident," Mr Quadri said.
Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed
(right), with his interpreter,
members of the Australian
National Imams Councils and
Father Rod Bower of Gosford
Anglican Church.
I am grateful for His
Eminences invitation and
wish to acknowledge that we
walk together in the land of
the Eora Nation. I honour
elders and wise ones of the
past and seek the council of
their descendants in the
present.
We are called together
because of a tragedy that
has shocked our entire
community. Our response to
this tragedy will determine
how we live as a community
for generations to come.
These conversations are of
ultimate importance.
I come with a personal
commitment to participate in
a conversation, but not in
the narrative that has in
some ways contributed to
this tragedy. That is the
dualistic storyline of “them
and us”.
I once asked Dr Ibrihim, in
a public forum, to tell the
group something of his story
and he responded by saying
he comes from a very large
family, his father was Adam
and his mother was Eve. No
matter how you interpret or
understand that story, it
echoes an indisputable
truth; we have a common
ancestor, we are all
related, we are all brothers
and sisters.
The Great Narrative
continues quickly into
tragedy with the story of
two brothers and the taking
of one life by another. Last
Friday that story was retold
once more and we would do
well to remember that both
Farhad Jabar and Curtis
Cheng are our brothers.
If we ever wish to cease
contributing to tragedies
such as this we must choose
not to participate in the
dualistic narrative of "them
and us".
It is not they who must
speak out but us, so I am
hear to join my voice to the
Mufti’s so that it is never
them but us.
We choose to use language
that includes rather than
excludes, that incorporates
rather than marginalises.
I am grateful for the
noticeable change in
language that Prime Minister
Turnbull has brought to the
conversation, but if we are
to transform the narrative
it requires commitment and
participation by the whole
community, and that includes
the media.
The language we use, as a
society, to frame this
conversation is important.
It is a choice. We have in
the past chosen to use one
kind of language, that of
division. Why can’t we
choose another? It is within
our power to do so. The
question we must ask is; who
benefits for the use of
divisive, sensationalist
language? It is clear who
does not; and that is our
society.
The Authorities need to be
allowed to do their work,
and be assisted in every
way. We as community need
also to do our work, and
that is the task of naming
the illusion and deception
of the doctrine of them and
us.
Two of our brothers died
last week. We do not know
for sure what motivations
prompted this heartbreak,
and speculation is often a
symptom of dualistic
thought, but it is not
speculative to suggest that
one had forgotten that the
other was a brother.
It is the highest calling of
a society to remind itself
that all are connected, all
are one, there is no “them”,
separation is an illusion,
when one suffers all suffer,
and when one finds wholeness
all are made whole.
We can change our language
or we can return to this
place and tell the same
tragic story once again.
David Forde's response to Fr
Rod's Call on his Facebook
page
I
watched Fr Rob's, the Grand
Mufti's and a young Muslim
women's full media interview
today and I will take up Fr
Rob's challenge to speak up.
I am greatly concerned by
the level of hatred that is
on display and accommodated
by sections of the media and
politics to such an extent,
the hate is becoming
mainstream, with potentially
very negative consequences
for our society if it
continues to go largely
unchallenged. The vast
majority of non-Muslims hear
no other narrative but a
negative one about Muslims.
I have worked / associated
with Muslims in a
professional and private
capacity for about 18 years
and interact daily. I have
Muslim neighbours and
friends. I treat people as
individuals. I know either
the Imams or Mosque
'leaders' in almost every
Mosque in Queensland. I
would put my reputation on
the line to honestly say I
have never heard any of the
Imams or leaders preach
hatred - never. In fact I
constantly hear the opposite
including when attending
Mosques in Queensland. But
what is resulting from the
community is apology fatigue
and greater marginalisation
where you have large
sections of the community -
including those born here -
made to feel unwelcome and
excluded.
Of course there is a tiny
element in the Muslim and
Non-Muslim community driven
by hate. One is rightly
condemned, but the other is
accommodated. It's not about
everyone agreeing, it's
about everyone accepting
each other within the rule
of law. We all live here and
no one is going anywhere. We
all have an individual choice - but
we
also need leadership.
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Muslim Legal
network
barrister Bilal
Rauf says
despite a united
front against
terrorism, the
lack of clarity
surrounding
recent
counter-terrorism
raids has
inadvertently
put some
offside.
“There's no
doubt a level of
apprehension
amongst those
who do identify
with the Islamic
faith in terms
of the way
things have been
done,” Mr Rauf
said.
SBS
Sydney 'has got
a Muslim
problem': Mark
Latham on The
Verdict
"You've got to
face the reality
that there's now
a serious
cultural welfare
dependency in
the Muslim
communities in
Western Sydney,"
Mr Latham told
the panel.
"It started with
the family
reunion – or
unskilled
migration
program in the
1980s.
"There's whole
suburbs, such as
Auburn, Lakemba,
areas around
Parramatta,
where you've got
young people who
aren't in
meaningful work,
who aren't
involved in
meaningful
work."
Mr Latham
claimed that the
"idleness" had
led to serious
problems.
"One of the
issues for ASIO
is to monitor
groups where
these young
fellas sit
around bitching
about Western
culture," he
said.
9News
Accept our
values or go,
say leaders
Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull
tells people who
find Australian
values
unpalatable:
"There's a big
wide world out
there."
Neil El-Kadomi
told hundreds of
worshippers
gathered for
Friday prayers
that "if you
don't like
Australia,
leave".
"Get out. We do
not need
scumbags in the
community."
SBS
Grand Mufti
refuses to label
Parramatta
shooting a
terror attack
“We are not an
investigation
agency, we
cannot redefine
or readapt what
happened,” he
said.
“We are not the
agency that
investigates and
achieves what
really happened.
There’s not
enough
information so
far about that.
Without enough
information, and
given that we
are not an
investigating
body, I cannot
comment on
that.”
The Telegraph
Anti-mosque
protesters
'wouldn't be
able to spell
Bendigo':
Premier Daniel
Andrews
Premier Daniel
Andrews has
described as
"hateful" the
campaign against
the Bendigo
mosque, as he
sat down with
religious
community
leaders in the
regional city on
Friday ahead of
anti-Islam
protests
scheduled for
Saturday.
“Bendigo is much
bigger and much
better and much
more respectful
and inclusive
than what we
have seen in the
recent few
months.”
The Age
Geert
Wilders:
Anti-Islam
activist's
Australian visa
granted
The head of the
group West
Australians for
Racial Equality,
Suresh Rajan,
said he was not
against Mr
Wilders being
granted a visa.
"When you have
someone coming
like this and
preaching these
issues of
stereotype and
hate, it's going
to further
isolate these
kids who are
going to feel
totally
disenfranchised,
totally without
any sense of
belonging to the
society and
that's going to
actually breed
that
radicalisation,"
he said.
"What we find
common amongst
all of the
people who've
gone down the
path of
radicalisation
has been the
fact that they
have felt
isolated within
their community.
"The work that
Geert Wilders
does just
further isolates
them to a
position where
they become prey
to the
radicalised
views of other
people."
What did Fox News find so
nightmarish about our take-outs, sweetmeats
and beggars, ask Mayfair residents
SOUTH
AFRICA: It is a humorous
story and a “bunch of lies”
for many Mayfair and
Fordsburg residents who are
said to be living in a
“no-go zone” after
irresponsible reporting on
US Fox News was cited on
Saturday, claiming that
Mayfair and Fordsburg are
hub areas for Isis recruits.
“Al-Alawi believes there
could be many more ISIS
recruits leaving South
Africa who get to the front
line undetected. While ISIS
recruits come from
throughout the country, most
are radicalized and lured
from two downtown districts
of Johannesburg, Mayfair and
Fordsburg”, writes Fox News
journalist, Paul Tilsley.
Tilsley a freelance
journalist, in his article,
described the Johannesburg
area as being “controlled by
Islamic extremists”. And was
soon taken to task on social
media about his article in
relation to his false
references. BBC journalists
who had reported live from
the area before, also denied
the false claims made in the
article.
Katharine Child of Times
Live, had also reported on
Tilsley’s article, saying
that, “when The Times
visited Mayfair there were
no jihadist black flags in
evidence, no sign of drones
overhead.”
Based for Fox News in the
Johannesburg district,
Tilsley reports that the Fox
News team was filming in
Mayfair and were chased out
of the area, he says that
“”non-Muslims are not
welcome here”.
Mayfair and Fordsburg, a
once white suburb, is now
home to ethnicities and
religions of all descent.
With a Muslim majority, the
area is alive with busy
streets, ethnic businesses
and hustling vendors.
People of all races walk the
streets, whilst motorists
traffic the roads. The most
harm one is likely to
encounter are petty crimes
by homeless drug users, who
are often too afraid to mug
pedestrians in the bustling
daytime traffic.
A business man who operates
and frequents Mayfair daily,
says, “this Fox article is
ridiculous, this is
international news once
again trying to paint every
town as ISIS recruits when
infact there is zero
involvement. I am non-muslim
and I go about my daily
affairs with no such threat.
This is lies. This
Journalist has reported
lies, I’ve lived here my
whole life.”
In an area with general
ongoings visibly evident,
Mayfair and Forsdburg are
free from terror and
extremism, it is undeniably
a bustling area where
sweetmeats and take-outs are
sold and are enjoyed,
guilt-free.
Daily Vox
executive editor KHADIJA
PATEL says these claims are
dangerous fabrications that
show how poor journalism is
being used to further the
reporter’s own agenda.
No more new cars or
furniture, says king as oil slump forces
cuts on Saudi Arabia
Secret memo reveals King Salman
imposing unprecedented austerity
on public-sector budget as oil
price languishes at under half
of break-even level
Construction of Riyadh’s King
Abdullah financial district.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has
ordered a stop to any new
projects and a freeze on all
appointments.
SAUDI ARABIA: The Saudi government has
banned official purchases of cars and
furniture and slashed travel budgets and
infrastructure spending as it faces its
gravest fiscal crisis for years because of
low oil prices, according to leaked internal
government documents.
Secret Saudi policy memos issued by King
Salman to the finance minister detail the
new economic austerity measures to be
implemented across all government
ministries. Saudi public finances have been
depleted this year by tumbling oil prices to
such an extent that the kingdom is expected
to run a deficit of at least 20% of GDP in
2015.
One letter marked “Highly Confidential and
Most Urgent” dated 14-12-1436 (28 September
2015 in the Islamic calendar) gives strict
instructions to stop any new projects, end
the purchases of any new vehicles, furniture
or other equipment, freeze all appointments
and promotions, stop compensation payments
for property, and halt any new rental
agreements.
Keyword warning software
in schools raises red flag
Education Pro enables teachers
to monitor students' online
activity and sends "violation"
alerts over trigger terms.
Prime Minister
David Cameron's government has
urged more monitoring of
students for 'radicalisation'
UK: Schoolchildren in the UK
who search for words such as "caliphate" and
the names of Muslim political activists on
classroom computers risk being flagged as
potential supporters of terrorism by
monitoring software being marketed to
teachers to help them spot students at risk
of radicalisation.
The "radicalisation keywords" library has
been developed by the software company
Impero as an add-on to its existing
Education Pro digital classroom management
tool to help schools comply with new duties
requiring them to monitor children for
"extremism", as part of the government's
Prevent counterterrorism strategy.
According to Impero about 40 percent of
schools in the UK already use Education Pro,
although a pilot version of the
radicalisation library has so far only been
rolled out in a few schools.
The keywords list, which was
developed in collaboration with the Quilliam
Foundation, a counter-extremism organisation
that is closely aligned with the government,
consists of more than 1,000 trigger terms
including "apostate", "jihadi" and
"Islamism", and accompanying definitions.
Why not include some
of the following tips into your Creswalk
training program to prepare for race day:
• Add another 10 mins to your walking routine or
change to a faster pace for the next few days
• Make sure you keep your liquids up – it will
definitely benefit you come race day
• Wear some ankle / wrist weights while training
for extra resistance
• Be sure to stretch after every session
• Have a rest day if you feel too tired to work
out, but be sure to ‘up the anti’ for the next
session
• Try a Yoga session or hop in to the pool for
relaxation after a tough day of working out
• Keep challenging yourself with 10 min
mini-sessions throughout the day
• Remember, some days will be harder than other
– keep your training sessions on track for great
results on race day!
• HAVE FUN!!
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:
Pronounced “keen-wah”, Quinoa is a
protein-packed grain which contains every amino
acid, and is particularly rich in lysine, which
is said to promote healthy tissue growth
throughout the body. Quinoa is also a good
source of iron, magnesium, vitamin E, potassium,
and fiber. It looks a bit like couscous and is
as versatile as rice, but quinoa has a richer,
nuttier flavour than either of them.
Pumpkin
Quinoa Muffins (gluten free)
Ingredients
• 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
• 3 tablespoons water
• ˝ cup mashed banana (1 large, 2 small)
• ľ cup pumpkin puree
• Ľ cup non-dairy milk
• Ľ cup maple syrup
• 1Ľ cup oat flour (oats ground in a blender)
• ˝ cup quinoa flakes
• ˝ cup blanched almond flour
• Ľ cup coconut sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ˝ teaspoon vanilla bean powder (or 1 teaspoon
extract)
• ˝ teaspoon nutmeg
• Ľ teaspoon ginger
• Ľ teaspoon salt
Method
1. Heat the oven to
180degrees. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin and set
aside.
2. Combine the flax
and water and set aside to gel while you prepare
the remaining ingredients.
3. Whisk together
the dry ingredients (minus vanilla extract if
using) in a large mixing bowl.
4. In a separate
bowl, beat together banana, pumpkin, milk and
syrup. Whisk in flax egg and pour wet
ingredients into dry. Stir to thoroughly combine
(the batter will be kind of thick, but soft).
A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his
badly-behaved 3-year-old grandson.
It's obvious to her that he has his hands full with the
child screaming for lollies in the lolly aisle, cookies in
the cookie aisle and for fruit, cereal and soft drinks in
the other aisles.
Meanwhile, Grandpa is working his way around, saying in a
controlled voice, "Easy, Nasruddin, we won't be long . . . .
easy, boy."
Another outburst and she hears the grandpa calmly say: "It's
okay, Nasruddin, just a couple more minutes and we'll be out
of here. Hang in there, boy."
At the checkout, the little terror is throwing items out of
the cart and Grandpa says again in a controlled voice, "Nasruddin,
Nasruddin relax buddy, don't get upset. We'll be home in
five minutes, stay cool, Nasruddin boy.
Very impressed, the woman goes outside where the grandfather
is loading his groceries and the boy into the car. She says
to the elderly man, "It's none of my business, but you were
amazing in there. I don't know how you did it. That whole
time you kept your composure, and no matter how loud and
disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying 'things would
be okay'... Nasruddin is very lucky to have you as his
grandpa."
"Thanks," said the grandpa, "but I'm Nasruddin, This
blighter's name is Junaid.
It is He Who has made the
earth manageable for you, so
you traverse through its
tracts and enjoy of the
Sustenance which He
furnishes: but unto Him is
the Resurrection.
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.
Muslim Sisters can meet & share a cuppa with
a conversation in a safe comfortable environment. Contact:
Aliyah for more details Phone: 0438840467
Beauty of a Muslimah Youth Group
Fridays 6 – 9pm (1st & 3rd week of the month)
All school age girls are welcome to come &
share in crafts & activities.
Please contact A’isha for location & details.
Ph: 0409875137
Islamic Classes Saturdays
10am – 12pm ( 1st & 3rd of the month)
Lectures & Guest speakers
Work shops & Socialisation
Please contact A’isha for more details
Ph: 0409875137
Al-Mustapha
Institute of
Brisbane
39 Bushmills Court, Hillcrest Qld 4118
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, besides 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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“True
friends stand together in
times of need.” That’s
the message that is being
sent through a morning tea
to be held at the Garden
City Mosque in Toowoomba on
Saturday 10th October at
10.30 am. “In Toowoomba
we have a shared history of
harmony and respectful
dialogue with our Muslim
sisters and brothers,”
stated Dr Mark Copland
(pictured), Executive
Officer for the Social
Justice Commission for the
Catholic Diocese of
Toowoomba.
I
watched Fr Rob's, the Grand
Mufti's and a young Muslim
women's full media interview
today and I will take up Fr
Rob's challenge to speak up.
SOUTH
AFRICA: It is a humorous
story and a “bunch of lies”
for many Mayfair and
Fordsburg residents who are
said to be living in a
“no-go zone” after
irresponsible reporting on
US Fox News was cited on
Saturday, claiming that
Mayfair and Fordsburg are
hub areas for Isis recruits.
Zikr
- every Thursday 7pm, families welcome
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August 2011