The official
opening of the Slacks Creek
Mosque (Australian Unity
Centre) took place yesterday
(Saturday) with local
politicians, community
representatives, religious
leaders and senior QPS
officers in attendance.
The programme
commenced with a flawless
rendition of the Australian
National Anthem by the
children of the Centre's
Madressah.
As Master of
Ceremonies, Mr Abdul Samim
Khan very competently
steered proceedings through
the list of speakers who
delivered short, thought
provoking and conciliatory
messages.
Dr Akram
Hossain (Chairperson of the
Slacks Creek Mosque); Imam
Akram Buksh (Imam of the
Mosque); Imam Yusuf Peer
(Council of Imams Queensland
president); politicians
Cameron Dick MP, Jim
Chalmers MP, Peter Russo MP,
Cr. Russel Lytton; Asst.
Police Commissioner Matthew
Vanderbyl; Pastor David
Williams (Gospel Light House
Church Slacks Creek), David
Forde, Hussin Goss, and
Galila Abdelsalam.
The central
and abiding theme of the
addresses was the
celebration of diversity in
Queensland and the
commitment of the community
to a harmonious Australian
society. The Australian
Unity Centre would stand to
symbolize these ambitions in
both its vision and mission.
Sunny Ray stops by the Gold
Coast Mosque to see how
preparation for the 2015
International Food Festival is
tracking. See Sunny Ray and the
GC SUNS crew there on Sunday the
18th October from 9-5pm for
plenty of fun, food and prizes.
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WHAT IS IT
ABOUT ISLAM?
Alice Deng
asked: What is
it about the
Islamic religion
or people that
makes them
susceptible to
radicalisation
and what can be
done to mitigate
this?
BLACK SHEEP
Hilal Tawakal
asked: There are
black sheep in
every community.
I feel it is
unfair to target
one religion. So
far as the
Muslim religion
is concerned it
does not teach
terrorism, it
teaches only
peace. What will
the government
do about this
situation?
WON’T
ASSIMILATE?
Jack Degan
asked: How do we
expect the new
Muslim
immigrants and
or refugees to
assimilate when
their Muslim
leader at
Parramatta who
has been here
for 18 years and
does not speak
English?
Surely if he was
interested in
assimilating
into the
Australian
community he
would make an
effort to speak
English, and the
fact that he
doesn't, this
must impact his
flock.
CAN MUSLIMS
LIVE PEACEFULLY
WITH CHRISTIANS?
Don Collins
asked: Sheikh
Wesam Charkawi,
it seems to me
that on a daily
basis over a
long period of
time Muslims, in
one form or
another, are in
the news, and
not for very
good reasons. Do
you think
Christians and
Muslims can live
together?
And on
assimilation
from a religious
point of view,
do you think you
would allow your
child to marry a
Christian and
have a dual
denomination
wedding? If not,
why not.
RADICALISED
KIDS – RIGHT
WING
James Fry asked:
Young, confused
and alienated
from mainstream
society, I was
looking to make
sense of what I
found to be an
incredibly
confusing world.
I thought I had
found the
answers I was
looking for, as
a young teen, in
the form of a
neo-Nazi group.
Had it been
today, I am sure
I could have
just as easily
been persuaded
by Islamic
fundamentalist.
History shows us
that though
extremist
ideologies may
come and go;
those who carry
out terror in
their name tend
to always be the
same - young,
marginalised
men.
So why does our
government’s so
called counter
terrorism
strategy
continue to
focus on the
failed approach
of sending
military to
fight
counterproductive
foreign
conflicts, when
money invested
here in our
education and
mental health
services could
reduce the
available pool
of young men
susceptible to
radicalisation?
Nominations are now open for
the Moreton Australia Day
Awards to recognise
individuals who do
outstanding work in the
local community.
Federal Member for Moreton,
Graham Perrett said that the
Moreton Australia Day Awards
provide an excellent
opportunity to recognise the
wonderful contributions that
local volunteers make to the
Southside community.
Mr Perrett will preside over
the presentation of his
Annual Moreton Australia Day
Awards at Yeronga Park State
High School, Yeronga on
Australia Day 2016.
“All award recipients
generously invest their time
with local organisations on
the Southside to ensure that
needy services can be
provided to Moreton
residents,” said Mr Perrett.
“Australia Day is the
perfect opportunity to take
the time to honour the
positive contributions that
our wonderful volunteers
make to our local community.
“I encourage all residents
to nominate people they know
by calling 3344 2622 or
emailing
graham.perrett.mp@aph.gov.au.'
The Islamic College of
Brisbane (ICB) is seeking
expressions of interest for
up to 3 suitably qualified
candidates to join its board
of directors. Applicants
will be required to
contribute to corporate
governance, the oversight of
management and provide
strategic direction in
partnership with other board
members.
This is a volunteer
opportunity and the
applicants will be expected
to contribute between 5 to
10 hours of effort per week
towards this role. A
commitment to a minimum of 5
hours will be mandatory.
ICB is looking for people
with skills in a wide range
of areas including but not
limited to: educational
practice and policy,
commerce, strategy, public
relations, marketing and
media, risk management and
community development.
ICB seeks to achieve a
balanced and broad skill
matrix of competencies
across Board members, and is
seeking applicants with the
following attributes:
• Ability to communicate
and consult effectively
at all levels
• Experience in and
exposure to the
education sector at
school and/or tertiary
levels
• Commitment to the aims
and objectives of ICB
and support of its
vision
• Ability to contribute
to the strategic
direction of ICB
• A genuine interest in
the education sector
• Ability to devote time
and effort (minimum
commitment of 5 hours
per week) to help ICB
achieve its strategic
objectives
These positions will suit
those individuals, who are
appropriately experienced
and qualified, and/or are
seeking an opportunity to
work closely with Board
colleagues, under guidance
of a Chairperson.
These positions would be
suitable for those with
fresh thinking, energy and a
passion for helping others.
Interested applicants are
requested to provide a CV
and a cover letter
addressing the skills and
attributes set out in this
advert to ICB’s Chairperson,
Mr Ismail Cajee, at
ismail@freedomhc.net by
5pm on Friday the 30th of
October.
About ICB
The Islamic College of
Brisbane was established in
January 1995. It offers high
quality education at both
primary and secondary
levels. ICB is located at 45
Acacia Road, Karawatha, QLD.
Further information can be
found on ICB’s website at
www.icb.qld.edu.au.
The Business
Excellence Award 2015 of
Toowoomba Chamber of
Commerce in the Best New
Business category was won by
Adnun Abdullah Khan and
Abdullah Albab Khan for
their new business
Cioccolato Australia
chocolate restaurant at the
city centre of Toowoomba.
They were also presented
with the Business Excellence
Award in the hospitality
category.
Tanya Plibersek listening to
Muslim women talk about racism
It shouldn’t be the norm,
but it is.
Women who are active on
social media are used to
some level of online abuse.
We even expect it.
But when Tanya Plibersek
tweeted earlier this week
about a meeting we hosted
with Muslim women, we were
shocked at the reaction.
Minutes later, tweets
emerged in our feeds
spouting racism, sexism and
vitriol..
These women were in Canberra
to talk about how bringing
community voices into the
national security discussion
will both make us more safe,
and build more social
cohesion. Incidents like the
shooting of Curtis Cheng are
tragic, awful and we must do
everything we can to ensure
that they do not happen
again. And that means –
amongst many other things –
better engagement with
Muslim Australians.
Earlier this year, we met
for dinner in Melbourne with
a group of Muslim women
leaders. The stories they
told about how the tone of
the national security
conversation is affecting
their everyday lives stuck
with us.
Clare O’Neil MP meeting with
Muslim women leaders.
Most of these women were
born in Australia and have
lived their whole lives here
without being subject to
serious racism. One friend,
Tasneem, talks about her
childhood bush dancing and
catching yabbies in Bendigo.
She was treated as a bit of
an oddity, but otherwise
like any other Aussie. In
recent years, that has
changed.
The racism that is currently
being experienced by
Australian Muslims is
shocking and it is real:
acts of violence, sneering,
snide remarks, and rampant
social media trolling.
As mothers, as women, as
Members of Parliament, what
we found most disturbing is
the impact this has on
children. To hear about kids
who won’t tell their
classmates what religion
they are for fear they won’t
play with them, and who have
to learn what racism is from
the age of six or seven, was
heartbreaking. We believe
that if more Australians
understood the effect of
this kind of behaviour, they
would pull back.
Author Joanne Ryan MP
These women are not victims
– no way. They are strong,
articulate community leaders
– lawyers, policewomen,
psychologists, cultural
consultants. A small group
came to Canberra this week
to discuss community-based
approaches to dealing with
young people at risk. If
parents are to be the front
line of extremism, they need
to be a part of the
conversation. And so far,
that’s not been the case.
While we’re pleased to see a
change in the national
security language since
Malcolm Turnbull has become
PM, government actions need
to reflect the PM’s tone.
A critical point, too, is
how our national leaders
respond to racist extremism.
Multiculturalism is the
cornerstone of our national
identity, yet today in
Australia, we have racist
political parties holding
rallies, which one Coalition
Member of Parliament has
attended, and spoken at.
We want Australian Muslims
to know that racist
extremists do not speak for
us, they do not speak for
the Federal Parliament, and
they do not speak for the
vast majority of
Australians, who deeply
value the people in this
community as neighbours,
citizens and friends.
ABOUT THE AIS: The
Australian Intercultural
Society (AIS) is a not for
profit organisation
promoting social cohesion in
Victoria. We’re bridge
builders, working to bring
people together from
different professional,
cultural, religious or other
diverse backgrounds through
various events. We have
worked with or engaged with
many people from federal and
state government and police,
as well as NGOs, schools and
universities with the aid of
experienced thought leaders
on our Advisory Board (http://www.intercultural.org.au/about-us/advisory-board.html).
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It
is a frightening thing to
feel different to everybody
else. We have all
experienced it at some time
in our lives, even if it is
just a fleeting moment. My
parents separated when I was
in grade 1, and at the time
it felt like we were the
only family in our small
town where we had separated
parents.
People in class can feel
they do not know what the
answer is to a teacher's
question, or you might be
the only teenager whose
parents insist you must be
home by 10 pm or midnight,
or the only one who turns up
at a fancy dress party—or
what you thought was a fancy
dress party—wearing fancy
dress.
Being that odd one out can
be brief or it can be a
lasting feeling. We all know
what it feels like, so
imagine if you felt a highly
magnified version of that
feeling every day—if you
felt like your nation
treated you like you did not
belong. That is how some
sections of our community
feel every day, including
some people in my electorate
of Moreton, particularly the
Muslim community. So we as
Australians need to think
more carefully about our
actions towards others and
the effects our actions
might have.
There have been some very
troubling events in
South-East Queensland in
recent weeks. A man verbally
abused a 35-year-old Muslim
woman at a shopping centre
just down the road from my
electorate. Within a few
days of that attack, some
anti-Islamic graffiti
appeared on rubbish bins in
Sunnybank right outside my
electorate office.
The hateful message was
stencilled in black paint on
rubbish bins by cowards in
the middle of the night. I
would ask people to stop and
think how that 35-year-old
woman would feel after being
attacked just because of her
faith and how the Sunnybank
residents who are of the
Islamic faith would feel
walking past that graffiti.
I do commend the Brisbane
City Council for getting rid
of that graffiti quickly.
Australian journalist Sarah
Price explains why she made the
life-changing decision to
embrace Islam
Islamist. Jihadist. ISIS.
Terrorist. Women banned from
driving in Saudi Arabia.
Burqa. 9/11... For a word
that means 'peaceful
submission to God', Islam is
a religion that is connected
to some pretty negative
connotations and often seen
in the media for all the
wrong reasons. So, why would
an educated, independent and
well-travelled young
Australian woman decide to
convert to a religion widely
considered 'backwards'?
I get confused looks at my
fair skin and light eyes.
Some Australians ask what
country I'm from, and get
shocked to hear I’m
Australian. Australian AND
Muslim? The combination is
unthinkable to some.
Converting to Islam hasn’t
been easy. I’ve been called
names, been scrutinized,
rejected and fired from
jobs, lost friends and had a
really difficult time with
my family accepting the
changes in my life. Despite
the harsh and rude comments
about my change in faith
(including how some assume I
converted for a man), I’ve
also had people come up to
me and ask me why. It’s a
question I’m happy to
answer. My conversion to
Islam was down to three main
factors. This is my story
and the story of the journey
that led me over the course
of two years to where I am
now.
MALAYSIA
Traveling to Malaysia was
definitely the foundation
for my conversion to Islam.
I went there after deciding
on a whim to go on student
exchange, not imagining what
a crazy adventure I had set
myself up for. It got me out
of my comfort zone and
exposed to things I had
never seen as a small town
Australian girl from
Gippsland.
Before Malaysia, I knew
nothing about Islam. I had
never met a Muslim (to my
knowledge) and I always
thought of Muslims as
wearing heavy black garments
somewhere in the Middle
East, far, far away from
‘civilisation’. I thought
Muslim women were oppressed.
That they couldn’t go
anywhere without their
husbands, that they couldn’t
have careers, and had to
wear black all the time.
My image of Islam was
shattered when I went to
Malaysia. I found myself
becoming curious about the
pretty South-East Asian
Muslim girls with their
colourful hijabs and
clothes. I made many Muslim
friends who went to
university and had jobs.
Some wore veils and others
didn’t. They all seemed
quite content and loved
their religion and Islam
quickly became a religion I
wanted to learn more about.
My eyes and mind were
opened, when, as a
journalism student, I did an
article about Muslim women’s
rights. That was the
beginning of everything. My
mind was suddenly bursting
with knowledge about Islam
and the fact that women had
many rights in Islam! Muslim
women were legally given
rights (including divorce,
land rights, monetary
rights, the right to choose
who to marry, etc) in the
Qur’an and Hadiths hundreds
of years before Western
women won the same rights.
The first time I stepped
into a mosque in Malaysia, I
felt an immediate sense of
calm and peace. The strong
yet humble cry of the call
to prayer invoked feelings
in me I never felt before.
When I first bowed my head
toward the Ka’ba, I felt
home in my heart. I didn’t
convert to Islam in Malaysia
– I did that over a year
later – but it introduced me
in a beautiful way to Islam
and to the Oneness of God.
Yahoo! News
Sarah
Price is a Master of
Journalism student at Monash
University Australia. She
has interned in Malaysia and
Melbourne.
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Principals urged
to report
extremist
behaviour to NSW
Government
hotline
NSW: Public school
principals are being urged
to call a dedicated hotline
if they suspect extremist
behaviour, following the
announcement of a state-wide
audit of student prayer
groups.
Sydney
Morning Herald
Leaders launch
national unity
day
THERE were
handshakes and
smiles as
political and
faith leaders
gathered to
recognise
Australia's
diversity and
launch the
national day of
unity.
PRIME Minister
Malcolm
Turnbull,
Opposition
Leader Bill
Shorten and
Greens leader
Richard Di
Natale met with
the grand mufti
of Australia and
other community
representatives
at Parliament
House on
Tuesday.
"We are the most
successful
multicultural
society in the
world ... nobody
else has done it
as well as
this," Mr
Turnbull told
the congregation
of Muslim,
Christian,
Jewish, Buddhist
and Hindu
representatives
and MPs.
Courier Mail
Muslim
parents becoming
more strict with
their children
isn't the
solution to
radicalisation
In this current
climate of fear
and violence,
many concerned
Muslim parents
may well find an
excuse, or feel
compelled, to be
even more strict
and conservative
with their
children. This
could lead to
more closed
doors, more
policing, more
scrutiny, more
monitoring, more
authority. We
risk
pathologising
everything about
young Muslim
lives. Schools,
homes, their
whereabouts,
their friends -
they all become
watched. This is
unlikely to lead
to the desired
results.
The Age
The belief
system of the
Islamophobes
The modern
discourse over
Muslims today
resembles the
manner in which
Jews were talked
about then. In
both cases, a
religious
minority is seen
as a dangerous
underclass
destroying
society from
below with their
alien values, as
well as a hidden
force secretly
controlling the
world from
above, through
their
infiltration of
centres of
power. American
Jews were
eventually able
to overcome the
worst
anti-Semitism of
the 20th century
and establish
security and
equality in the
US. Will Muslims
be able to do
the same?
Al Jazeera
Meet “the
kindest school
principal in the
world”
Six out of every
10 students at
Sydney’s Holroyd
High School is a
refugee or
asylum seeker
and their
principal,
Dorothy
Hoddinott, is
one of
Australia’s most
passionate and
articulate
advocates for
their rights
US: Going to space was Anousheh’s life-long
dream, along with becoming an
astrophysicist. Growing up in her homeland,
Iran, she would lie in her balcony and get
lost in the night skies, dreaming she would
one day be among the stars. “I was
fascinated by the sheer mystery of space,
what’s out there, what’s it like, and how I
could get there,” she says.
The stars looked pretty far away in 1984,
five years after the Iranian revolution,
when she and her family left the country for
a better life in the United States. There
she studied electrical engineering and
computer science. After meeting her husband,
Hamid Ansari, she went into the
telecommunications business. Together, they
founded telecommunications company Telecom
Technologies in 1993.
To put that into context, 1993 was the year
when Marc Andreessen and his team released
Mosaic, the first web browser.
Telecom Technologies developed a method for
enabling voice communications over the
internet. In 2001, it merged with IP-based
voice infrastructure products company Sonus
Networks, in a US$750 million deal. It was
the middle of the US dotcom crash.
Muslim woman ends
anti-Islam protest by giving a protester a
hug
.
Cynthia DeBoutinkhar embraces
an anti-Islam protester outside
the Noor Islamic Cultural Center
in Columbus, Ohio.
US: An anti-Islam protest
being staged by a lone woman outside a
mosque in the United States ended after
members of the community came to engage her
in a discussion about her views, and one
Muslim woman walked over to give her a hug
and invite her inside.
Photos of the hug have gone viral around the
world this week, a stark demonstration of
the power of open communication and
friendship.
On Saturday morning, as a group of
counter-protesters waited for a face-off,
and police stood nearby, a lone demonstrator
arrived. She brought signs protesting Islam,
as well as a defiant contempt for anything
associated with the religion.
"If you're Muslim, we can't be friends," she
told counter-protester Micah David Naziri,
who was captured on video approaching the
woman to start a conversation. "My Bible
says that."
Her name was Annie, he would later learn.
Naziri, a PhD candidate with a focus on near
east religions at Antioch University, was
there to welcome her. Although he strongly
disagreed with her, he immediately admired
her courage and decided to engage.
Sikhs and Hindus help
Muslims repair mosque in Indian Punjab
LUDHIANA (Web Desk) – The
sharp lines drawn between Hindus and Muslims
since the lynching of Mohammed Akhlaq in
Dadri get blurred in a village near
Ludhiana.
Everyone in Nathowal village knows that
temperatures have reached boiling point over
beef eating across the country. But that has
not stopped Sikh and Hindu community members
from helping Muslims repair an old mosque
and even have a second storey constructed.
In fact, the non-Muslims are bearing more
than 65% of the expenses.
Nathowal has a population of
around 7, 000 of which around 500 are
Muslims. Around 50 members are those of
Hindus.
Mansa Khan, a contractor and president of
Jamia Masjid at Nathowal says, “All three
communities lived in peace here even before
Partition. During Partition, 10 to 12
families migrated to Pakistan but 50
families stayed back as our Sikh brothers
didn’t allow them to leave. Today, our
relations are only stronger.”
Last chance training
tips to prepare for Creswalk :
• This week you want to really challenge
yourself, and then ease off for the last few
days before race day
• Healthy meals daily
• Add another 15 mins to your walking routine
AND change to a faster pace
• Make sure you keep your liquids up
• Do a few spin classes if possible to amp up
your cardio training
• Try including 2 weight training sessions as
part of this week’s regime
• Towards the end of the week you should be
taking it easy with yoga or some sort of
relaxation / stretch sessions
• Make sure to have a good breakfast on race day
to fuel your body during the race
• Pace yourself throughout the race so you can
finish strong
• HAVE FUN with the race (while challenging
yourself of course) and enjoy the post race
activities!!
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:
I have made this for
many functions over many summers and it always
goes down well even with the kids. I prepare it
and put in the esky and serve through the day.
It's always better to chill all the ingredients
beforehand.
Tropical
Punch
Ingredients
1 litre tropical juice
½ red apple grated
1 kiwi (chopped)
½ can granadilla pulp
Grenadine cordial
250ml Sparkling water or soda
Mint leaves
Method
Add juice to each
glass until its ½ full.
Add sparkling water, apple, kiwi & granadilla
pulp (divide between 6 glasses)
Stir and add 2 cubes of ice to each glass
Slowly pour the grenadine cordial until you see
a multi-color effect.
DO NOT STIR
Garnish with mint leaves
O you who believe! Fear
Allah, and (always) say a
word directed to the Right:
that He may make your
conduct whole and sound and
forgive you your sins...
“I look at my life,
and even though I’ve
always thought about
going to space, I had to
consider other options
and build a career in
something completely
different. But that
doesn’t mean that you’ll
forget what you want to
do, even if you have to
take a detour. I know
women sometimes start
believing they’re not
meant to do something,
especially when there
are cultural or family
restrictions where they
live, so they put that
limitation on
themselves. Even if the
opportunity comes, they
don’t see it, they’ve
forgotten about it. So
it’s important not to
forget, to always be
prepared."
~ Anousheh Ansari
(first Muslim woman to go in
space)
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 - first 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.
Quran Reading Class For Ladies (Beginners
or Advanced)
Every Saturday 2 - 4pm
Lady Teacher
Algester Mosque
Zikrullah program every Thursday night after
Esha
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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- every Thursday 7pm, families welcome
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August 2011