After purchasing land in
2007 and establishing a
formal trust under whose
auspices the land is placed,
The Brisbane Islamic Centre
(BIC) project was born. The
Centre will be situated on a
10 acre site in Eight Mile
Plains, Brisbane in
Queensland. The investment
to date is $2.2M and the
property is unencumbered.
It is intended that the
project will be developed in
2 stages:
Stage One has been envisaged
to include a Masjid, office
block, a community hall and
adequate parking facilities.
The Office block will
include offices to be used
by community organisations,
a boardroom, an audio-visual
room, a coffee shop, a
library and an information
centre. A spokesperson for
the BIC told CCN that the
Community Hall will be used
for various community
functions and available to
all faiths.
He said that Stage 2 will
include "a much needed
retirement complex for
Brisbane's fast ageing
Muslim population and the
Muslim community currently
has no such facility in
Queensland."
The development application
for Stage 1 was submitted in
2011 and was rejected by the
Brisbane City Council in
early 2014.
Subsequently, an appeal was
lodged in the Planning and
Environment Courts.
The BIC spokesperson told
CCN: "Following almost 18
months of negotiations and
mediations, a successful
outcome was not achieved.
Unfortunately the matter is
now being heard in the
Planning and Environmental
Court of Appeal. Proceedings
started on Friday 5th
February 2016."
He added: "The BIC
committee wishes to thank
the community at large both
Muslim and Non Muslims for
their support for this
Centre. The committee would
also want to place on record
the support from the
Archbishop of Brisbane, The
Reverend Mark Coleridge and
Father Dimitri Tsakas, Dean
Greek Orthodox Church,
Brisbane."
With Church leaders offering
sanctuary to asylum seekers
facing offshore detention
despite the legal risks
involved for harbouring "an
unlawful non-citizen, a
removee or a deportee." with
penalties of imprisonment of
10 years, fine of $180,000,
or both, Imam Akram Buksh of
the Slacks Creek Mosque has
also put his hand up saying:
“As Imam of the Slacks
Creek Mosque, I stand
with the Christian
leaders to offer
sanctuary at our mosque,
for those asylum seekers
facing deportation to
Nauru.
As shown throughout
history, a mosque has
been used not only as a
place of worship and
learning, but as a
community hub and solace
for those fleeing
persecution and poverty.
In Prophet Mohammed’s (PBUH)
time, his mosque in
Medina had people stay
that were considered
Ashab al-Suffa – the
people of the bench or
sofa – who were often
the persecuted, poor and
hungry. It was an act of
the Prophet that he fed
and housed these people
and it is through that
tradition that Slacks
Creek Mosque will be a
sanctuary for these
asylum seekers, should
we be allowed to do so.
I stand with other
Church leaders in
condemning the return of
women and children into
harm’s way and hope that
a more humanitarian
solution can be found.”
With a dream of becoming the
first hijab-wearing Muslim
ballerina, 14-year-old
Stephanie Kurlow recently
launched a fundraising page
in the hopes of pulling
together more than $7,000 so
she can get her
certification to open a
performing arts program in
her native Sydney because,
she has said,
“I don’t want certain people
who are discriminatory to
hold anyone back from
achieving their dreams and
being unique.”
Her plans, as detailed on
her LaunchGood.com
fundraiser page, are as
passionate as her
pirouettes.
“I plan on bringing the
world together by becoming
the very first Muslim
ballerina so that I can
inspire so many other people
to believe in themselves and
pursue their dreams,” Kurlow
wrote.
“My dream is to train in a
full-time ballet school
catered for aspiring young
girls who want to train
30-45 hours a week so they
can become a professional
ballerina.”
The mission is so important
to her, the teen told the
New York Daily News Tuesday
because she wants “to share
the beauty of the amazing
ballet art form and inspire
other young people who maybe
don’t feel so confident to
follow their dreams due to
the outfits they wear,
religious beliefs or lack of
opportunities.”
Religion briefly came
between her and her beloved
ballet in 2010 when she
converted to Islam with her
two brothers, Australian
father, and Russian-born
mother. Before that she had
been dancing since age 2 and
performing with the
Riverside Theatre.
“Everything made sense for
me in Islam,” Kurlow said.
“I like to be modest and I
like to keep my dignity. I
like to know the purpose of
my life. I like to live a
healthy lifestyle and avoid
harmful things.”
But because some strict
Muslims forbid dancing, and
she struggled with
reconciling her tutu with
her hijab, Kurlow put away
her slippers.
“We thought there were no
facilitations or services
targeted at Muslim girls,”
she said.
Her supportive mother,
however, started a dance
program — the Australian
Nasheed and Arts Academy —
two years later that changed
all that.
“When there was nowhere for
me to study ballet due to my
outfit, [my mom] opened a
performing arts academy that
taught ballet, martial arts
and aboriginal arts classes
for girls like me, where no
one questions children why
they dress or look a certain
way,” she said.
While we respect the
High Court ruling this
week in relation to off
shore detention, Islamic
Council of Queensland (ICQ)
is deeply disturbed by the
lack of humanity and
compassion in our refugee
policy.
We are particularly
concerned about the
situation of 267 people
including women and babies,
who were brought to
Australia for urgent medical
treatment.
It is our understanding that
despite the high court’s
decision, Government can
decide against sending these
innocent people including 33
babies to Nauru.
Most of these children were
born in Australia and their
families have faced enormous
hardships over the last few
years. Since their detention
they have faced further
atrocities like physical
abuse, mental torture and
sexual abuse including rape.
Our community organisations
including faith based
organisations have expressed
their disapproval of such
inhumane policies and have
shown great leadership in
providing support to asylum
seekers.
We urge the Australian
Government to reflect the
character of our people and
our nation in dealing with
these vulnerable human
beings.
If we allow these inhumane
policies to continue, our
future generations may have
to apologise once again for
historical mistakes.
We urge the Prime Minister
and the Immigration Minister
to allow 267 people to live
in Australia and experience
the love and compassion of
Australians.
Opinion by Professor Shahjahan Khan,
Islamic Society of Toowoomba
Recently, the new Prime
Minister of Canada, who is a
son of another legendary
Prime Minister, has banned
controversial US Republican
candidate, Donald Trump from
entering his country. When
he was asked whether he
would condemn the “hateful
rhetoric” of Donald Trump,
he replied, “I don’t think
it comes as a surprise to
anyone that I stand firmly
against the politics of
division, the politics of
fear, the politics of
intolerance or hateful
rhetoric,” Trudeau said. “If
we allow politicians to
succeed by scaring people,
we don’t actually end up any
safer. Fear doesn’t make us
safer. It makes us weaker.”
After living six and a half
year in Canada to obtain my
MSc and PhD degrees from the
Western University
(previously University of
Western Ontario) of London,
Ontario and teaching, I have
been keeping my Canadian
connection and interest
alive over the years. The
results of the recent
general election of Canada
has once again has
revitalised my attention not
just due to a dramatic
change in the ruling party
and the Prime Minister.
The current, and 23rd, Prime
Minister of Canada is
the leader of the Liberal
Party, and Mr Justin Trudeau
was appointed to the
position on November 4, 2015
followed by the 42nd
Canadian general election
held on October 19, 2015 to
elect members to the House
of Commons of the Canadian
parliament.
In the election Mr Trudeau’s
party won 184 seats
(previously held 36 seats)
out of 338 seats, allowing
him to form a majority
government. The Conservative
Party, led by incumbent
Prime Minister Stephen
Harper, won 99 seats
(previously held 159 seats),
becoming the Official
Opposition after nine years
on the government benches.
The 44-year-old Prime
Minister has surprised
everyone by appointing a
cabinet with equal numbers
of women and men when he
took office last year. When
asked why he made gender
parity in his cabinet a
priority, Trudeau famously
said, “Because it’s 2015.”
Among its 30 ministers are
two aboriginal politicians,
two persons with
disabilities, one Muslim and
three Sikhs.
The Trudeau Government has
adopted pragmatic policies
related to the Syrian
refugee crisis, arguing that
those fleeing persecution
and war deserved to be
resettled in countries that
had the resources to
accommodate them. Canada
plans to accept 25,000
Syrian refugees by February
2016, and thousands have
already been welcome.
The greatest challenge of
our time in Australian
politics is how to unite the
nation to include everyone
in the nation building
activities in the face of
spreading of hate and
division among the
Australians by some
ill-informed extremists. Any
genuine patriotic political
party should be working for
national unity and come up
with plans for nation
building through improving
our healthcare, education,
social services, security,
environment and economic
development.
Like Australia, Canada is a
multicultural and
multi-faith nation. It is
also an official bilingual
country. Certainly the
Canadian Prime Minister has
rejected politics of hate
and division, and has been
leading the nation to unite
its diverse people and take
everyone on board to work
for the country without
underplaying its
international humanitarian
commitment. Let’s hope this
will be an example and
inspiration for the leaders
elsewhere in the world.
Unfortunately, Australian
media has not covered the
vision of Trudeau which
could have been very timely
to benefit may Australians.
Australian journalist Peter
Greste – released last year
after 400 days in an
Egyptian jail – has outlined
why it is so important for
journalists to be fair and
accurate in their coverage
of Islam and Muslim
communities.
I interviewed Greste for our
Reporting Islam project on
the eve of him receiving an
Honorary Doctorate from
Griffith University for his
service to journalism and
delivering the annual
Griffith Lecture at the
Queensland Conservatorium in
Brisbane last December.
Greste started reporting on
the Islamic world in 1995 as
Kabul correspondent for the
BBC.
“I think it is
absolutely vital that
journalists anywhere
understand as much as they
can about Muslims and the
Islamic world largely
because when we talk about
that world we speak about it
as if it is in the singular
when in fact it isn’t,”
Greste said.
“It’s an incredibly
complex, multifaceted group
of individuals, of sects, of
smaller schools of thought.
“The greatest danger is that
we conflate everything into
one.
“We’ve got to be very
careful to understand the
subtleties and nuances of
the Islamic world and make
sure we avoid that same
mistake.”
The interview will appear as
part of a set of
research-based resources
colleague Associate
Professor Jacqui Ewart and I
are developing with our team
as part of our
Commonwealth-funded
Reporting Islam project.
The project is national in
its ambit, funded under a
competitive grants scheme,
facilitated by the Attorney
General’s Department and
managed by the Queensland
Police Service who have
contracted us to undertake
the work as independent
researchers.
Stage 1 of the project was
conducted over the 2014-2015
financial year involving a
review of the literature on
news media coverage of Islam
and Muslim people, case
studies of media reportage
across media types at
national and community
levels, interviews with
experts in the field,
distillation of
international studies to
develop a schema for
assessing reportage against
world best practice in the
area, and a compilation of a
report on these findings
with recommendations for the
development of a suite of
resources and training
programs.
We are now in Stage 2 of the
project (2015-2016) which
requires the development and
trial of a suite of
research-based training and
education resources for
Australian media
practitioners and students
to encourage more mindful
reporting of Muslims and the
Islamic faith.
Mr Hussain Baba of the
Islamic Society of Gold Coast
with the Appreciation Award from
"Queensland Department of
Communities, Child Safety and
Disability Services" for the
Gold Coast Mosque's contribution
to children in foster care.
The department head praised and
commended the Islamic Society of
Gold Coast for its generosity.
Defying concerns it would be
shut down, South Australia’s
Islamic College has opened
its doors to more than 570
students this year, under
the control of a new
six-member board.
The kindergarten to Year 12
campus in Adelaide’s western
suburbs has 120 fewer
enrolments than last year
but has met federal and
state government compliance
to remain open, board
chairwoman Miriam Silva
said.
The school’s new board met
on Monday to start the
search for a new principal.
Acting principal Lynda
MacLeod’s contract ends
after term one.
Newly appointed board
members joining Ms Silva and
Australian Federation of
Islamic Councils president
Hafez Kassem are former
Education Adelaide board
member Paula Nagel,
financial planner Peter
Khoury and parents Amina
Gaco and Bayan Mohamad, who
protested against the
direction of the school
under former chairman Farouk
Khan and his board last
year.
They replace interim board
members AFIC director Harun
Abdullah, Islamic College of
Victoria board member
Abdul-Kamareddine and
Adelaide GP Faisal Chaudhary,
who brought the school
within weeks of a shutdown
in December.
Dr Chaudhary had been sacked
by the former school board
in October over concerns
about the school’s financial
management but was
reinstated by AFIC nine days
later and sought to
undermine the authority of
Ms Silva.
On December 9, Ms Silva
signed a response to the
compliance notice. But two
days later Dr Chaudhary
contacted the federal
Education Department
advising that the response
should be disregarded.
Education Minister Simon
Birmingham suspended all
funding.
Ms Silva said federal
funding had since been
secured, but the school had
to “dip into reserves” to
make up a funding shortfall
before opening its doors to
students yesterday.
She expected payment of an
annual $1 million from the
South Australian government
to be made once enrolments
had been audited on February
19.
The final number of students
at the college this year
would be fewer than the 570
enrolments, she said.
Ms Silva said about 250
parents met the new board at
a barbecue on Monday night
and the response from
parents was “positive and
happy’’.
Parents had been angry over
interference by the board on
the school’s operation and
educational direction which
included separating students
by gender in its hallways.
New director Mr Khoury, who
has a Christian Lebanese
background and is considered
a financial reformer, said
finding a new principal was
a priority.
“The key is to get the
governance right and the
constitution right and
segregate duties between the
board and management,’’ he
said.
Production still from A
Sinner in Mecca 2015 / Director:
Parvez Sharma / Image courtesy:
the artist and The Film Sales
Company, New York
APT8 Cinema: Pop Islam
22 Nov 2015 – 10 Apr 2016 |
GOMA | Cinema A
Presented as part of 'The
8th Asia Pacific Triennial
of Contemporary Art'
‘Pop Islam’ explores the
representation of Islam in
contemporary film,
documentary and video art
and the way these works
reveal complexities of faith
in both orthodox and secular
states. The program’s scope
is global, stretching from
Australia and South-East
Asia, through the Indian
subcontinent, the Middle
East and Africa.
Co-curated with
Australian–Lebanese artist
Khaled Sabsabi, the project
considers some of the
recurring issues addressed
by artists and filmmakers
that underpin the
representation of Islam,
including the unease between
tradition and secularism,
and national and religious
identities, and the
experience of spirituality
in everyday life.
President makes historic first
visit to a US mosque, amid a
rise in hate crimes against the
country's Muslim community
A sign welcomes President
Obama to the Islamic Society of
Baltimore mosque in Catonsville
President Barack Obama has
made his first visit to a US
mosque and condemned
"inexcusable political
rhetoric" against
Muslim-Americans, amid a
growing number of hate
crimes being committed
against members of the
country's Muslim minority.
Obama arrived late on
Wednesday morning at the
Islamic Society of
Baltimore, where the campus
contains a mosque and school
which takes children from
kindergarten through to the
12th grade.
"So often, Muslim Americans
are targeted and blamed for
the acts of a few," Obama
said in an address following
a meeting with
representatives of the
community.
"An attack on one faith, is
an attack on all faiths."
"We've heard inexcusable
political rhetoric against
Muslim-Americans that has no
place in our country," he
said, lauding
Muslim-Americans who were
sports heroes, entrepreneurs
and members of the US
military.
The Council on
American-Islamic Relations
has tracked a growing number
of attacks on mosques and on
individuals in the months
following November's Paris
attacks and the shooting
rampage in San Bernardino,
California, in December.
"We welcome President
Obama's historic visit and
applaud his remarks both
rejecting anti-Muslim
rhetoric and reminding our
fellow Americans about
Islam's long history in our
nation and about
constitutional protections
guaranteeing religious
freedom," said Nihad Awad,
the council's national
executive director.
Imam Abdul Quddoos Azhari,
the Founder of AIIC,
delivered the 2016 welcome
address at the The
Australian International
Islamic College.
He directed the first part
of his speech to the
children:
In my last year's
welcoming address I
explained to you why we
need an Islamic School
and what is special
about it. I told you we
need to create an
Islamic, safe and caring
environment to develop a
strong moral and ethical
attitude, and in doing
so, contribute to the
wider Australian
Society. We Muslims are
law abiding citizens of
this country, our safety
and success, our
security, all depends on
the safety and success
of Australia. We as
young people must be
strong and resist all of
the temptation and must
guard our modesty. We
must follow the advice
of our elders and stand
for the Islamic and
Australian values.
On service to the community
he said:
Yesterday we have
celebrated Australia
Day, it was a great
celebration and many
Australians have been
awarded for their great
achievements and
contributions to the
public and country. The
award for Young
Australians of the Year,
went to 2 youths who
have set up a service
for homeless people. Do
you know my dear
children, what that
service was? A Laundry
Service where they clean
the clothes of the
homeless, using a mobile
washing machine in their
van. They perform the
service by visiting them
regularly and engage in
conversation whilst
their clothes are being
washed. When the clean
clothes are ready, they
then move on to the next
street. This service
started from Ipswich and
moved on to the Brisbane
area and has now
extended to more than
100 places in towns and
cities of Australia. The
government has
recognised the
importance of this great
service, and they have
been honoured with the
young Australian of the
year award. I am pleased
to hear this. We all
must learn a great
lesson from this great
initiative. May Allah
SWT help us all.
As we settle down into the
grip of another New Year,
the past slips further away
into obscurity and I am
soberly having to grapple
with the fact that many
youngsters' ears have never
even heard the Beatles song,
"Yesterday." It's an ominous
sign of age creeping up and
tapping you on the shoulder
like a policeman halting you
for driving too fast,
dangling a rusty bucket in
hand and reminding you of
your own inescapable
mortality.
If that's the case, how much
hope can we bank on to
imagine they would know that
there once really was a guy
called Cat Stevens who
dreamed of transporting his
generation to a better world
with a song called "Peace
Train"? The chance of these
young'uns ever hearing
anything more about this old
"Cat" becomes even more
remote when you realize that
he decided to embrace Islam
and become a Muslim in 1977,
almost 40 years ago, when
none of these kids (and some
of their parents) were even
born.
The next major ponderable
impossibility would be for
them -- as well as their
parents -- to have been
given enough accurate
information about "why" he
decided to jump off the
friendly choo choo and align
himself to what seems today
to be an alien and
anti-Western religion,
hell-bent on the destruction
of civilization as we know
it. How can we solve this
paradox as we observe the
increasingly frightful and
blood-chilling news
connected to the name of the
faith he adopted as his own
-- Yusuf Islam?
Listening more closely to
the "Cat" and his songs of
the '70s might have
partially solved the puzzle.
When he stunned the music
world by walking away from
fame and money, all you had
to do was to listen to
"Father & Son" to hear the
last words of the song say,
"There's a way and I know,
that I have to go --
away..." But that still
doesn't really explain
"why."
Therein lies the riddle --
and here comes the
explanation: What people
don't know is that the
actual station, at which the
earnest peace-seeking singer
alighted, was in fact
hundreds of light years away
from the (wild) world that
sprouted around him
following his entrance to
Islam.
It was my privilege, on
behalf of the Parliament of
the World’s Religions, to
attend the January 25-27
Marrakech Conference on the
Rights of Religious
Minorities in Predominantly
Muslim Lands, conducted
under the high patronage of
His Majesty, King Mohammed
VI, of Morocco. Three
prominent leaders had worked
on this initiative since
2012—Shiekh Abdallah Bin
Bayyah of Abu Dhabi,
President for the Forum for
Promoting Peace in Muslim
Societies; Dr. Ahmed Toufiq
of Rabat, Minister of
Religious Endowments and
Islamic Affairs for the
Kingdom of Morocco; and Dr.
Mohamed Elsanousi of
Washington, D.C., Director
for The Network for
Religious and Traditional
Peacemakers.
On the one hand, the
Declaration is historic. It
is a groundbreaking effort
to clarify and unify the
response of global Muslims
to the world’s bitter
experiences of war and
terrorism, hatred and
violence, desecration of
sacred spaces, ethnic
cleansings, forced
migrations, and other
atrocities perpetrated by
“criminal groups” and
“ignorant fools” whose vile
actions “have nothing to do
with religion.” The
Declaration draws upon the
principles of the Charter of
Medina, drafted by the
Prophet Mohammed in CE 622
as a means of bringing
harmony between his
followers and the
non-Muslims of Medina, and
reflects as well the values
of the United Nations
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. It challenges
Muslims around the world to
develop laws that guarantee
the equal citizenship and
just treatment of religious
minorities in Muslim
nations. Furthermore, the
Declaration calls for all
sects and denominations of
Islam “to confront all forms
of religious bigotry,
vilification, and
denigration of what people
hold sacred, as well as all
speech that promotes hatred
and bigotry.” The
Declaration is historic!
On
the other hand, the
Declaration is inspiring.
Once again—just as was the
case in the 2007 Muslim
document, “A Common Word
between Us and You”—leaders
of Islam have drafted a
statement affirming their
commitment to neighborliness
in a world too often marked
by religious boundaries and
the clash of civilizations.
By ratifying this call to
harmony and the just
treatment of religious
minorities, these Muslim
leaders have given us who
are not Muslims an example
that we also must follow. I
thus find inspiration in
this Declaration for
thinking seriously about the
rights of non-Christians in
Christian-majority nations,
like the United States. For
example, making the
appropriate categorical
substitutions, this document
can “urge [Christian]
educational institutions and
authorities to conduct a
courageous review of
educational curricula that
addresses honestly and
effectively any material
that instigates aggression
and extremism, leads to war
and chaos, and results in
the destruction of our
shared societies.”
Furthermore, the Declaration
can “call upon politicians
and decision makers to take
the political and legal
steps necessary to establish
a constitutional contractual
relationship among its
citizens, and to support all
formulations and initiatives
that aim to fortify
relations and understanding
among the various religious
groups in the [Christian]
world.” Not only should we
be concerned about the human
rights of non-Muslims in
Muslim-majority nations, but
we must be attentive to the
human rights of Muslims in
non-Muslim-majority nations.
Islamophobia must diminish
and neighborliness in the
human family must increase.
Toward that end, this
Declaration is inspiring!
As the Chair of the
Parliament of the World’s
Religions, may I reiterate
my personal commitment to
interreligious harmony and
cooperation, and on behalf
of my fellow trustees and
peoples of all faiths who
are committed to the
interfaith movement, may I
say that we will not cease
in our efforts to bring
about the kind of peaceful,
mutually beneficial society
around the world that is
envisioned in this historic
and inspiring Marrakech
Declaration.
MVSLIM's list of Muslims who
achieved great things in 2015.
5.
Mohamed Zeyara
Who is Mohamed Zeyara? Where
should I begin? Born in
Canada, raised in LA and
Gaza, living in Chicago. He
is a Medical student, a
Humanitarian Activist, a
public speaker and a
youtuber. There you are,
that is who Mohamed Zeyara
is.
He asked people on the
internet which country
needed most help. And they
responded Mali. So in 2015
he went to Mali in Africa,
where his team raised half a
million dollars, to build
schools and mosques.
Ibn Tulun Mosque, Egypt
Slightly more low-key but no
less beautiful is the Mosque
of Ibn Tulun in the Egyptian
capital. It was commissioned
during the Abbasid era, and
although it is believed to
be Cairo’s oldest mosque, it
has undergone several
restorations. It featured in
the James Bond film, The Spy
Who Loved Me.
Opinion by Haroon Moghul, Senior
Correspondent, Religion Dispatches
No turning back now
We have failed you.
While jihadist movements
continue to expand their
reach, anti-Muslim bigotry
is becoming more and more
mainstream. Both narratives
mean to deny the possibility
of meaningful coexistence.
Which is the identity and
the reality of thirty
million of us.
Thirty million Western
Muslims, spread out across
Europe (excluding Russia),
the United States, Canada,
Australia, and New Zealand.
But though we had every
reason to speak out, we have
barely begun to come
together.
When we are talked about,
it’s either as a problem
(terrorism) to be solved, or
as the solution
(counter-terrorism) to the
problem we’re held
responsible for. We have
little to no relevance
outside national security.
And because we do not seem
to matter, we might begin to
feel as if we do not exist.
I will not excuse myself by
saying that we could not
have known how bad it would
have gotten, or that the
forces arrayed against our
narratives were too
entrenched. I will not
soften the blow, either, by
hoping it is always darkest
before dawn. Because it may
get darker.
God does not change the
condition of a people until
they change themselves. I
ask myself how we have
gotten to this juncture. I
reflect on what I could have
done differently. If my
life’s experiences can be of
any benefit, even as a
cautionary tale, then I
offer them.
What follows is neither
exhaustive nor conclusive,
but an outline for what you
can do, and what I think you
must do, to reverse this
state of affairs, to help
build the kinds of
communities our history and
heritage promises we can.
Part I covers our relations
to the wider world; Part II
concerns our own communities
and identities.
Part II: The stuff we are
made of :
6.
Halal Options
The pressures of
Islamophobia and extremism
will have serious
consequences in the future.
The very vulnerable can be
pushed to depression, or
violence. If you think it’s
bad now, look out.
You will have to make mental
health, spiritual wellness
and positive communities a
priority. To that end, early
warning systems must be
created, along with coping
mechanisms, tools for
self-care, and an increased
emphasis on training
religious leaders in
counseling, pastoral care,
and openness. Palliative
options must be matched by
simultaneous measures aimed
at empowerment.
The young people who come
after you must never be
allowed to feel voiceless,
powerless, or irrelevant.
They should see that the
best path to addressing
their grievances is through
existing institutions,
through media and politics,
and that the worst path is
violent extremism. The
question of violent
extremism, of how it harms
and why it harms, will be
one your generation needs to
expend significant energy
on.
Many of our thinkers have
led us to a civilizational
dead-end. Reform means
executing a nimble U-turn in
traffic.
NEXT WEEK IN CCN: 7.
The Caliph is dead, long
live the Caliphate
7. "Soukura (It's Late),"
Alsarah & The Nubatones
(2014)
Born in Sudan, raised in
Yemen and now living in
Brookyln, Alsarah has
definitely been gaining
steam. Last year, she and
her band — the Nubatones —
released their first album,
"Silt".
I have trouble describing
their style, which I think
has a lot to do with me
growing up on Long Island in
the 90's, instead of in
North Africa in the 60's and
70's. Put simply: It's
gorgeous, and their videos
are also breathtakingly
beautiful.
Donald Trump wants Muslims
banned from entering the US –
but without them the country
would be a much poorer place
Donald Trump with legendary
boxer and Muslim, Muhammad Ali.
What have Muslims ever done
for America? If your sole
source of information were
Donald Trump, you’d think
that the answer was not much
– apart from murdering its
citizens and trying to
destroy its values. The
Republican presidential
hopeful has called for a
halt to Muslims entering the
US until American
authorities “can figure out”
Muslim attitudes to the US
in the wake of last week’s
killings in San Bernardino.
If only, you might well
think, Scotland had had the
same thought about Trump
before he was allowed in to
blight Aberdeenshire with
another of his golf resorts.
What Trump doesn’t seem to
grasp is his own country’s
history, and how many
American achievements worth
celebrating are the work of
the kind of people – Muslims
– he wants to keep out.
Here, then, is a guide to
some of the things Muslims
have done for the US. It’s
not an exhaustive list – but
it’s still more impressive
than what Trump has done for
his homeland.
Promoting diplomacy
Farah Pandith
worked in the George W Bush
administration at the
National Security Council as
a director for Middle East
Initiatives and then in the
Department of State as
adviser on Muslim engagement
in Europe.
In 2009 she
became Hillary Clinton’s
envoy to the world’s Islamic
communities. She argues that
Islamic State is exploiting
a crisis of identity for
young Muslims.
“Muslim
millennials are growing up
in a post-9/11 world and are
asking questions about
culture versus religion,
being modern and Muslim. The
people who are answering
their identity crisis
questions are not parents or
family or community voices
that in the past may have
helped young people navigate
their identity. Instead,
they’re going online to
Sheikh Google. The loudest
voices are those of the
extremists that know how to
shape the way young people
see everything.”
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Happy to pay $450-$470 pw
Mariam
Moeladawilah,
"City of
Whittlesea Young
Citizen of the
Year" award
winner
VIC: Mariam
Moeladawilah is
a student at Al
Siraat College
(Victoria) who
undertook a bike
ride, riding
1061km, to help
raise funds for
children with
cancer.
She also helped
her school to
raise food
donations for
Mercy Wings to
help local
refugees.
At the tender
age of eight
years old,
Mariam was
highly commended
for her
dedication to
charity work.
Al Siraat
College
You don't
need to look
much further
than the Quran
for proof that
Islam is a
peaceful
religion
Contrary to
the images of
hooded jihadists
announcing the
end of days,
Islam does not
promote
limitless
violence -
Pooyan Fakhraei
The so-called
Jihadi groups,
which consist of
extremist
Muslims of every
faction: ranging
from Salafis,
Wahhabis,
Al-Qaeda,
Taliban, Isis
and many more,
consider
themselves as
advocates of
True Islam.
These terrorists
claim that the
Paris, London
and New York
attacks are
supported and
justified by the
Quran.
Meanwhile, the
majority of
Muslims condemn
those
atrocities.
For those on the
outside of the
debate, this may
seem like a
confusing
situation. Which
side speaks the
truth? Is Islam
a dangerous
religion?
Here are the
reasons why the
Quran doesn’t
support the
actions of
terrorist groups
both in the
reasons for
waging war and
what it is
appropriate to
do when there is
defensive
justification
for war.
To be frank, God
does give
conditional
permission for
Muslims to wage
war; however
there are strict
guidelines for
this which
jihadists do not
adhere to.
The Independent
Blair Cottrell,
aligned with
anti-Islamic
campaigners
against halal
United Patriots
Front and
Reclaim
Australia, has
been spotted
ordering from a
halal certified
kebab store
Leader of
far-right
patriot group is
pictured at the
counter of a
HALAL kebab shop
- but his
supporters claim
he was just
buying ‘a juice
from an
Australian
woman’
An infamous
far-right,
anti-Islam
campaigner who
helped lead a
boycott against
halal
certification
has been caught
out ordering
from a kebab
store which
locals claim is
halal certified.
Blair Cottrell
has been aligned
with both United
Patriots Front
and Reclaim
Australia,
groups known for
'outing'
restaurants and
suppliers with
halal certified
products,
believing the
practise funds
Islamic
terrorism.
But on
Wednesday, the
Victorian
nationalist was
spotted at
Karingal Kebabs
in Frankston,
south-east
Melbourne - a
kebab store
which locals
claim is halal
certified.
The Daily Mail
UK
Leap of faith
for Hashim Amla
South African
opener Hashim
Amla refused to
appear in an
interview to an
Indian TV
channel because
of the short
dress the female
anchor was
wearing. The
lady had to
change her
outfit and
covered herself
to get his
interview.
This is not
something new
from Amla. He
has been known
as a very strict
believer and
follower of
Islam. Amla in
the past refused
to wear the logo
of a bear making
company, Castle.
This company is
the official
sponsors of team
South Africa.
Amla is happy to
pay a 500 dollar
fine for not
wearing the logo
as he thinks
wearing of it is
an act against
the teachings of
Islam. Islam
forbids Muslims
from drinking
alcohol.
Recently he
again showed the
strength of his
faith when Amla
refused to give
a scheduled
interview. The
anchor was
wearing skirt
and low neck top
and Amla was
clearly
disturbed to see
her dressing so
he apologized
and refused to
appear for the
interview.
The host was
then asked by
the production
team to change
her outfit and
cover herself as
much as
possible. After
she changed her
outfit only then
Amla agreed to
talk.
Cric Tale
LATEST UPDATE
(8.01pm
6/2/2016)
No, Hashim Amla
did not turn
down an
interview
because a
journalist was
“under dressed”
You might have
seen a few
articles flying
around that
Hashim Amla
requested that
an Indian
reporter change
her clothing
before he agreed
to do an
interview with
her. There were
many holes in
the story. It
doesn’t name the
reporter, it
doesn’t quote
anyone and it’s
also a complete
and total lie.
The report is
suspected to
stem from a
newspaper column
written in a
Pakistani
newspaper last
year. That
column was
equally sketchy
on details. It
disappeared, but
a ghost of it
resurfaced this
week.
A Cricket South
Africa source
told
TheSouthAfrican
at the time of
the initial
column appearing
that it was
absolutely not
true. The story
disappeared from
the internet
soon and how it
has resurfaced
now is not
clear.
But, it has
travelled far
and wide, picked
up by an
alarming number
of big news
groups and
seemingly,
believed by an
alarming number
of people.
Usually Amla
would brush off
such tomfoolery,
especially by
small-time
media. But
considering how
far the story
had travelled,
Amla has
confirmed that
such rubbish
never happened.
In a statement
released, he
said:
“I have never
asked any
reporter to
dress for my
liking,” Amla
commented. “As a
South African I
have the
greatest respect
for people of
all faiths and
will never
impose my
beliefs on
anybody else.”
Just cause he’s
a cool guy he
also sent a
Tweet, reminding
people that the
internet is full
of rubbish.
hey cumon
peeps, 95%of
stuff on d
Internet r
fake..but u
knew dat
right?
Certainly I
have never
asked any
reporter to
dress for my
liking.
— hashim
amla (@amlahash)
February 6,
2016
The story doing
the rounds also
mentioned that
Amla pays a fine
for not wearing
the Castle Lager
logo on his
shirt. This,
too, is false.
Amla’s agent,
Ismail Kajee
said:
“There are
posts doing the
rounds on social
media that
Hashim pays a
monetary fine
for not wearing
the SAB logo.
This is
completely
untrue. Cricket
South Africa and
SAB have always
been
understanding of
Hashim’s faith
from the outset
and he
definitely does
not pay any fine
and we request
that these
untrue posts are
not shared.”
Muslim Women Making Waves And
Breaking Stereotypes
Morocco: Oumaima
Erhali is a 17-year-old Moroccan
woman determined to surf. She's part
of a generation pushing boundaries
in a country where many believe a
surfboard is no place for a young
Muslim woman. But Oumaima won’t let
stereotypes hold her back from the
sport she loves or the life she
wants to lead.
The sweet soul who roams
the streets handing out cupcakes in exchange
for smiles
DURBAN, SOUTH
AFRICA: Have you ever heard
the saying, ‘a cupcake can
make your day’? Well this is
certainly the conception of
20 year old Mariam Mall from
Durban.
Mall has warmed the hearts
of many, and tickled the
tummies of a few when she
took to the kitchen –baking
chocolate and vanilla
cupcakes. She packs them
into lovely little packages
with hand-written notes of
hope. She then wanders the
streets of Durban,
delivering the cutest
cuppies to a few random
individuals that she
believes are destined to
receive them, “I want to
show these people that
despite all they have been
through, kindness and love
still exist and they should
never give up hope because
that and prayer will get us
through”.
“I drive around every week
and hand the cupcakes out to
random less fortunate
people. I do not decide
beforehand. Whoever it is
meant to go to, it will. I
do however look for those
who are trying to earn an
honest living despite their
circumstances. It mostly
does go to security and car
guards or petrol
attendants.” Mall says that
she spends a little time
with each person and listens
to their life stories, but
she often notes on her blog
that her receivers are so
charmed by her cupcakes –
that one man couldn’t resist
he gobbled up a cupcake
before she could ask.
Islamicide: How the Mullah
Mafia Is Destroying Pakistan
PAKISTAN —
Somewhere in the world there
is a Muslim-majority country
in which a 15-year-old boy
accidentally raised his hand
to answer the wrong question
at a religious sermon. The
boy said yes, when he meant
to say no.
His religious instructor,
his mullah, had been asking,
“Who among you loves their
prophet?” All present raised
their hands. The mullah then
followed with another
question: “Who among you
doesn’t believe in the
teachings of the Holy
Prophet? Raise your hands!”
The boy thought he was
answering the first question
again. He stuck his right
hand up in pride. Yes. Yes,
I love my prophet, he
thought. But to the poor
boy’s horror, the mullah had
asked the question in the
negative. Upon realizing his
mistake, which I remind you
was raising his hand too
quickly, the boy was told
before 100 worshippers that
he had committed blasphemy.
He was mortified.
The boy promptly departed
that day and walked home.
All along the way he must
have been thinking about his
mistake. Had his hand
exposed him as an apostate
by bearing false witness
against his soul? How could
he ever regain his lost
status as a believer?
EGYPT: Young people are
very much affected by the violence and
tensions along religious lines that we
are witnessing today in the Middle East
but also in Europe, Asia, North America.
The seminar will address topics linked
to religion and violence such as:
• Religion,
spirituality and politics
• Citizenship (religious, ethnic and
national identities)
• Religious discourses and violence
• Youth and religious extremism
• Role of religious institutions in
peace building
• Youth engagement in social justice
and peace building
The seminar is an
interfaith initiative jointly organized
by the Egyptian Muslim Centre Al Azhar
(mosque and university), and the World
Council of Churches. The seminar will
have inputs by Muslim and Christian
theologians and political analysts, with
special attention and space being given
to the experiences of the participants
themselves. A facilitator will help to
articulate, share and discuss these
experiences.
The seminar is coordinated by Carla
Khijoyan, programme executive for Youth
Engagement in the Ecumenical Movement.
For more information, application forms
and the costs involved contact:
ECF@wcc-coe.org.
Hollande-Rouhani lunch
scrapped after Elysée Palace 'refused to
remove wine from menu'
The lunch
with François Hollande was
reportedly dropped as the
French refused to bow to
demand for halal meat to be
served and for the wine to
be left off the table
François
Hollande and Hassan Rouhani
PARIS:
France, unlike Italy, has
reportedly refused to take
wine off the table for
Iranian president Hassan
Rouhani, meaning he will
lunch alone during his
historic trip to Paris – the
first for an Iranian leader
in 17 years.
As anger mounted in Rome on
Wednesday over a decision to
cover up nude statues with
large white panels so as not
to offend Mr Rouhani, the
French have already made it
clear that no such cultural
concessions would be made
regarding its cherished
gastronomy.
In Rome, alcohol was not
served at an official dinner
held in Mr Rouhani’s honour
– a standard Italian
diplomatic gesture for
visiting Muslim dignitaries.
But in Paris, an originally
planned lunch at the Elysée
Palace with François
Hollande was dropped because
the French refused to cede
to the Iranian presidency's
demand for halal meat to be
served and for the wine to
be left off the table,
citing “republican
traditions”.
Alcohol consumption is no
laughing matter in Iran,
whose culture ministry has
just banned the word “wine”
from books published in the
Islamic Republic on the
grounds that it amounts to
the “cultural invasion” of
the West.
The French reportedly
suggested a compromise
breakfast meeting instead,
but the Iranians were
reportedly unhappy with
this, saying it was “too
cheap”.
So the two presidents are
due to meet outside of
mealtime on Thursday at the
Elysée, where Mr Rouhani
will nevertheless be
“treated with all the
honours of the Republic”,
according to a diplomatic
source.
The trip comes after the end
of economic sanctions
prompted by a deal to curb
Iran's nuclear activities.
Mr Rouhani was to begin his
trip to Paris by meeting
company executives. He will
deliver a speech to business
leaders on Thursday at a
Franco-Iranian forum, and
hold face-to-face talks with
the Total and Airbus bosses.
Several deals are due to be
announced after his meeting
with Mr Hollande, including
one to buy 114 Airbuses.
Carmakers Peugeot and
Renault may also agree
contracts.
Over in Italy, which rolled
out the red carpet to Mr
Rouhani, a row over the
decision to conceal nude
Rome-era statues in the
Capitoline Museum
intensified on Wednesday.
Egyptian Christian
Students Stand Trial for Insulting Islam
CAIRO: Three
Coptic Christian students
face charges of insulting
Islam and will stand trial
this week after appearing in
a video mocking Muslim
prayers, one of a series of
court cases that reflect
lingering religious
intolerance and
Muslim-Christian tensions in
Egypt.
The students, all in high
school, will stand trial on
Thursday after their teacher
was sentenced to three years
in prison after a separate
trial over the same charges
of insulting Islam,
according to lawyer Maher
Naguib.
The 30-second video, filmed
by the teacher, showed the
students pretending to pray
with one kneeling on the
floor while reciting Quranic
verses and two others
standing behind him and
laughing. One waved his hand
under a second's neck in a
sign of beheading.
Naguib said the video came
to light in April 2015,
shortly after Islamic State
militants in Libya beheaded
dozens of Egyptian
Christians. The video
prompted calls by angry
Muslims to evict the
students and the teacher
from their village. They
were detained and the
teacher and his family were
ordered to leave the village
after a meeting of the
village elders.
"The students couldn't
attend school and remained
indoors to avoid insults,
beating and harassment,"
said Naguib, the lawyer.
"This is all because of
random and spontaneous
action by some youngsters
inside a bedroom and for
only few seconds."
Christians make up
approximately 10 percent of
Egypt's population. They
have long complained of
discrimination by the Muslim
majority. Christians were
among main supporters of the
army chief-turned-president
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi when
he led the military ouster
of Islamist President
Mohammed Morsi amid mass
protests against Morsi's
rule.
The case comes at a time
Egypt has witnessed a surge
in blasphemy charges in
recent months whereas el-Sissi
has vowed to purge extremism
and modernize Egypt's
religious discourse.
Birmingham Central Mosque
Chairman calls for boycott of 'racist'
Prevent programme
Councillor
Muhammad Afzal
UK:
The Chairman of Birmingham
Central Mosque has called
for a boycott of
counter-terrorism programme
Prevent after claims it is
unfairly targeting Muslims,
including schoolchildren.
Future Lord Mayor Muhammad
Afzal also labelled David
Cameron an ‘Islamophobe’
over the government
strategy, designed to help
authorities identify people
at risk of radicalisation.
Prevent has now been
extended to include Ofsted
inspections of out-of-school
education settings including
madrassas - Islamic
religious schools - which
the chairman labelled
'racist'.
Coun Afzal, who becomes Lord
Mayor in May, claimed the
‘disgraceful’ legislation
was discriminatory against
Muslims and called on
Birmingham MPs to fight
against it.
He hit out during a meeting
jointly organised with Stand
Up To Racism (SUTR) in
Highgate, attended by almost
100 people.
Coun Afzal said: “I think
the Prime Minister is an
Islamophobe, he never talks
about anything else but
Muslim extremism.
“It is ridiculous that the
government is saying Muslims
are becoming radicalised.
David Cameron says 500
people have gone to Syria to
become radicalised, but
where is the evidence? And
out of a population of three
million Muslims in the UK,
what kind of percentage is
that?”
Birmingham
Mail
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David Cameron attack
SOUTH AFRICA:
An advertisement is doing
its rounds, stating that a
khatam (complete recitation)
of a Quraan can be made for
a family member or any other
reason, in deceased exchange
for money.
The ad, which
appears credible, but has
not been independently
verified also goes on to say
that the price will increase
based on how quickly the
khatam is required to be
completed, basically, “the
faster it needs doing the
more it will cost.”
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Good fats vs. Bad fats
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should stop eating it, right? Wrong. Actually,
not all fats are the same. The difference is in
their chemical structure, which affects the way
our body metabolises them.
Saturated fats ("bad" fats) is found mainly in
animals, dairy products and highly processed
foods. High dietary intake of this type of fat
is associated with high cholesterol, heart
disease, diabetes and obesity. However,
unsaturated fats ("good" fats) found in plant
sources such as nuts, olive oil, avocado,
seafood and fish have been linked to reducing
cholesterol levels and decreasing the risk of
heart disease. Inclusion of healthy fats and
oils in the diet can also assist you to maintain
a healthy weight as it helps to satisfy you for
longer, stabilise your appetite and may reduce
snack cravings.
Overall, in order to maintain a healthy diet,
moderate amounts of good fats and oils should be
incorporated, and consumption of unhealthy fats
should be limited.
Try to stay as calm as
possible and pay attention
to position of the attacker
to determine the best place
to strike if they provoke
you. For instance, do not
step in closer to hit their
nose with your hand if
you’re in the right spot to
reach their knee with a kick
or kick to the groin. Why
punch them on the face when
you can thrust your fingers
into their eyes. Fight
smart, not hard.
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Credlin & Co.: How the Abbott
Government Destroyed Itself
by
Aaron Patrick
Tony Abbott
‘used terror
threat as
political
weapon’
The
former PM
believed the
threat of
terrorism was
one of the
government’s
most potent
political
assets,
according to a
new book.
Former Prime
Minister Tony
Abbott and his
controversial
Chief of Staff
Peta Credlin
manipulated
public opinion
in relation to
national
security and the
terror threat
“on a mass
scale” in a
desperate effort
to stay in
power, according
to a new book
published this
week.
Credlin & Co:
How the Abbott
Government
Destroyed
Itself, written
by respected
senior
journalist Aaron
Patrick, a
deputy editor at
The Australian
Financial
Review, explores
in detail the
dysfunction at
the heart of the
Abbott
government.
Throughout 2015,
Mr Abbott’s
office
concentrated on
the issue of
terrorism, which
the Prime
Minister and his
advisers saw as
the best way of
defeating Bill
Shorten and the
Labor
Opposition, as
well as
silencing the
many critics
within his own
party.
But as Mr
Patrick writes:
“Abbott and
Credlin believed
the threat of
terrorism from
Islamic
fundamentalists
was one of the
government’s
most potent
political
assets. It also
illustrated the
weakness at the
heart of the
government.
After the
failure of its
first budget,
Abbott mostly
dodged issues of
substance and
concentrated on
crowd-pleasing
gestures aimed
at middle
Australia.
Supported by
backroom
operatives . . .
Abbott and
Credlin stoked
the public’s
fear of
terrorism on a
weekly and
sometimes daily
basis. They
exploited the
media’s natural
respect for the
prime minister
and national
security
policy.”
The New Daily
"One who does not read is no better than one who cannot
read."
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and others, think of them.
KB says:
This easy casserole will receive repeated family
requests! You can vary the spiciness, depending
on your preferences.
Creamy Baked Chicken
INGREDIENTS
1 tray of chicken legs (4/5 pieces)
1 tray of chicken fillet (3/4 pieces)
2 pieces of thigh
fillets
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 tbls crushed garlic paste
1½ tbls chilli powder
Pinch of chilli flakes
1 tbls lemon juice
Sprinkle of parsley
Pinch of cajun/chicken spice
2 green chillies roughly chopped
1 tbls Nandos peri mayonnaise
2 tbls yoghurt
4 tbls Nandos medium peri peri sauce
METHOD
1. Marinate the
chicken in the above ingredients for about two
hours.
2. Preheat the oven to 190degrees
3. Take a baking tray and grease it with butter,
place the marinated chicken into the tray and
pour the excess sauce over the chicken.
4. Place the following toppings to garnish
before it goes into the oven:
Half a small onion diced
Lemon slices
Chilli flakes
Parsley
Cover the tray with foil.
5. Bake it in the oven for 45 minutes, then
remove the foil, turn the chicken over, increase
the oven temperature and bake for a further
15-20 minutes on 200deg or until the chicken
gets nice and crispy.
6. Remove from the oven and serve hot with baked
potatoes and vegetables
Laylat al-Qadr
- Night of Power 1436 (27th Ramadan 1437)
6
July
Wednesday
Eid al-Fitr
1437 (1st Shawwal 1437)
9
July
Saturday
ICQ Eid Festival
Islamic Council
of QLD (ICQ)
TBA
TBA
TBA
20
& 21 August
Sat & Sun
The Divine Light
Sh Wasim Kempson
Al Kauthar
Brisbane
Griffith
University NATHAN
0438 698 328
All day
12
September
Monday
Eid al-Adha
1437 (10th Zilhijja 1437)
3 October
Monday
Muharram 1438
– Islamic New Year 1438
(1st Muharram
1438)
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 & Madressa - Wednesday & Friday
4:30 - 6:30pm, brothers, sisters and children
• New Muslims Program - last Thursday of every month,
6:30 - 8:30pm
• Salawat Majlis - first Saturday of every month.
Starting at Mughrib, families welcome
• Islamic Studies - one year course, Saturday 10:00 -
2:00 pm, brothers and sisters
• Ilm-e-Deen, Alims Degree Course - Three full-time and
part-time nationally accredited courses, brothers
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
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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
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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On
the other hand, the
Declaration is inspiring.
Once again—just as was the
case in the 2007 Muslim
document, “A Common Word
between Us and You”—leaders
of Islam have drafted a
statement affirming their
commitment to neighborliness
in a world too often marked
by religious boundaries and
the clash of civilizations.
By ratifying this call to
harmony and the just
treatment of religious
minorities, these Muslim
leaders have given us who
are not Muslims an example
that we also must follow. I
thus find inspiration in
this Declaration for
thinking seriously about the
rights of non-Christians in
Christian-majority nations,
like the United States. For
example, making the
appropriate categorical
substitutions, this document
can “urge [Christian]
educational institutions and
authorities to conduct a
courageous review of
educational curricula that
addresses honestly and
effectively any material
that instigates aggression
and extremism, leads to war
and chaos, and results in
the destruction of our
shared societies.” 
Muslim Women Making Waves And
Breaking Stereotypes
The
former PM
believed the
threat of
terrorism was
one of the
government’s
most potent
political
assets,
according to a
new book.
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