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On Sunday 20 November the Islamic Council of Queensland held its Annual General Meeting (AGM).

This event was attended by delegates from member Islamic Societies and other community organizations.

This was an opportunity to review and celebrate the achievements of Queensland’s Islamic Community over the past 12 to 18 months.

A new council was elected at this AGM.

The AGM was opened with a Quran Recitation by Imam Akram Buksh. This was followed by the President’s Report, by Ismail Cajee. Mr. Cajee detailed the need of a peak representative body for all Queensland Muslims given the challenges faced by the community in recent times by promoting a more positive narrative and creating greater opportunities for young Muslims. As well as playing an advocacy role, the ICQ also has been involved in assisting its members and building relationships between both Muslims and non-Muslims.

However, Mr. Cajee stressed there were still ongoing challenges, including the need for more community members to contribute towards ICQ due to the volume of work to be done and succession planning. ICQ is working towards opening up to more organisations and continuing with its open, collaborative approach.
 

Mr. Cajee’s speech was followed by a discussion of ICQ’s activities in the last 12 to 18 months. This included engaging with the Media, Governments, Regulatory Authorities and the wider Australian Community including with churches and humanitarian organisations. ICQ’s community work was discussed, including youth work (legal support, halfway house, internships), support for and via ICQ Members, Halal Certification, as well as the Brighter Future Collective (ICQ’s program to assist 300 young migrants in the fields of education, sport, employment and training).

ICQ has provided cultural awareness training for the police, correctional and detention centres, as well as the media, such as the Courier Mail. Events held throughout the last year include Eid Down Under. Such was the success of Eid Down Under, it has now been classified by Brisbane City Council as a ‘Major’ event. Other events include Eidgah, ICQ Strategic Forum, White Ribbon Day and Mosque Open Days.

ELECTION RESULTS

Mr Ismail Cajee re-elected - President
 

Council Executive Members

The following organizations and ICQ member societies were invited to the AGM:
 

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Eidfest Community Services founder, Ms Yasmin Khan, won the Queensland Australia’s Local Hero Award in the prestigious 2017 Australian of the Year Awards at Customs House on Wednesday 23 November 2016.

As a diversity champion, Ms Khan has spent many years as an advocate, breaking down barriers and countering myths about Islam and the Muslim Community by sharing the positive achievements and contributions Muslim community members have made in Queensland and Australia.

In 2005, she founded Eidfest to celebrate the end of Ramadhan and to build bridges to the wider community. The celebration attracts 10,000 visitors from the Muslim and non-Muslim community. The event is a great opportunity to showcase the contributions the local Muslim community has made in Queensland.

More recently Ms Khan established a support centre for Muslim women and women from the Indian subcontinent who are victims of domestic violence.
In August 2015, she was awarded the Multicultural Ambassador Award as part of the Queensland Multicultural Awards for her ongoing work within the multicultural arena, particularly in her efforts to support the Muslim community.

Ms Khan is a well-known speaker raising awareness of issues experienced amongst Muslim communities; she also shares life experiences to promote understanding between cultures. She also represents her community on multiple reference groups including as multicultural ambassador for the AFL and Asian Cup.

Ms Khan has served on the ECCQ Board Directors since 2013 and as Deputy Chairperson for one year before being elected as Chairperson in October 2016.

Queensland’s Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year and Local Hero Award recipients were also announced.

The Queensland Award recipients will join recipients from all other states and territories as finalists for the national awards, which will be held in Canberra on 25 January 2017.

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The Muslim Business Network held their Professional Networking Night on Wednesday evening at Springwood Towers.

The 90 professionals in attendance, mainly from the Engineering and IT fields, networked and mingled during the evening. The crowd also got some interesting insights from the three presentations that were delivered as part of the event.

John Alexander and Shaun Dunne – directors of a local engineering company, spoke about the challenges they faced in the tough engineering market in Queensland. They shared their personal experiences and the steps they took towards establishing their company – Allara Energy.

The audience were also treated to a presentation from Tim Dive – Director of Career Cartel. A specialist in various aspects of career development, Tim covered some tips and tricks on using LinkedIn to appear on company HR talent searches. The crowd broke out into an impromptu applause when Tim’s live demonstration resulted in one of the attendee’s profile going from ‘nowhere to be found’ to the first profile that appeared when doing a search.

All three presenters stayed well into the evening fielding questions and providing personalised advice to the attendees.

MBN is now working towards its next event in late January so look out for it here on CCN.

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“The Mosque” is a three-part primetime SBS documentary series that begins filming this week in and around the Holland Park Mosque.

It’s the first major Australian series to go behind the headlines to explore what it’s like to be a Muslim in todays’ society. Filming will continue for over six months, and the show will be broadcast on SBS.

The series is being made with the cooperation of the Imam of Holland Park, Imam Uzair, who will be featured in the series. “I think this documentary will be a good way for the wider Australian society to get to know our community in a closer and more personal way. Insha’Allah (God willing) I am confident that the documentary will facilitate social cohesion and address rising Islamaphobia.”

Adeel Qureshi and Lujayn Hawari are Associate Producers of the programme. Both are active members of the local Muslim community, who have taken a break from their studies to help make this landmark series.

Adeel says, “This series is exciting because it covers stories about Muslims in an intimate and human way, providing a refreshing perspective to mainstream media coverage we see of Muslims today.”

Adds Lujayn: “I am very excited to be part of this amazing team of producers and filmmakers and to work with them in challenging ideas and perceptions of Muslims within Australia.”

Series Director Max Walker is just back from writing and directing a drama series for Moby TV in Kabul, Afghanistan. He says, “It’s a sad thing that I know more about Afghans than I do about Muslims from my own country - but it’s nonetheless true - which is why I’m thrilled to be part of this groundbreaking series. Finally, we’ll get to see our country through a very different set of eyes – with stories told through voices we don’t often hear.”

Producer Nicole McCuaig has been researching the series for almost six months: “It has always been a pleasure to hear such a diverse range of
stories from the Muslim community. I look forward to Australian audiences sharing these also.”

The production team is located on the ground floor of the Islamic Society of Holland Park Mosque building, across the road from the Holland Park Mosque.

We’re constantly looking for stories in the community connected to Holland Park Mosque. If you’re getting married soon, know someone that’s thinking about converting to Islam, experiencing Islamophobia or simply going through an interesting journey in life and want to share your story please let us know. Or come down and say hello to the production team, or email Lujayn Hawari at lujayn.hawari@themosque.tv or Adeel Qureshi at adeel.qureshi@themosque.tv.

 

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The Cairns Muslim community is in mourning after their local leader Imam Abdul Aziz passed away on the night of 21 November.

The Imam - believed to be aged 84 - leaves behind a legacy of dedication to faith and a tireless commitment to building bridges between local Muslims and the broader community.

Imam Abdul Aziz was a proud Far North Queenslander, with his family first settling in the region in 1900 when his father moved here from India.

He cut cane as a young man, and played in the Cairns representative junior soccer team in 1948. He went on to become an integral member of the local Rotary and other community committees.

Over the course of eight years in the 2000s, the Imam led the fight to get a mosque built in Cairns in the face of bitter opposition and bigotry. The mosque was finally opened in 2010.

Aboo Bakar Auckbur first met the Imam in 2009, and described him as a true community leader.

"He had been sick and going downhill for some time with heart issues, and the doctors told us there was nothing else they could do," Mr Auckbur told Tropic this morning.

"His whole aim all along was about bringing everyone together, always trying to bring the community together."

Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch paid tribute to a "great Australian man of faith".
"This is profoundly sad news... we’ve lost a fantastic citizen, a wonderful citizen," Mr Entsch said.

"I first met Abdul before I was in politics through Rotary, and his contribution to this community is immense.

"He had a wonderful sense of humour but also a strong sense of responsibility. He had the courage to speak out against terrorism, and one of his mantras was 'not in my name'.

"I pass on my deepest condolences to his family. He wil be missed but his legacy will live on."
 

Source: Tropic Now

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Imam donates a musallah or prayer mat to the Cairns Museum.

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On a very warm afternoon on Sunday 20 November, a much bigger than expected turnout of locals attended the Buranda Mosque Open Day.

There was wide range of questions, including on more sensitive issues from the inquisitive audience.

Some attendees asked how they could be more supportive of the community as they equally shared concerns of some of the divisive and hurtful commentary that appears to dominate.

Formal speakers at the event included Imam Ahmed (Buranda Mosque), Cr Jonathan Sri (Gabba Ward) and David Forde (Multicultural Affairs Queensland)

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A West Australian church has opened its doors and hearts to include Muslim parishioners in its community.

A search for somewhere convenient for Friday prayers has led to an unusual joining of two communities.

Every Friday, St Paul’s Anglican church in Beaconsfield, just outside Western Australia’s port city of Fremantle, hosts Muslim prayers in its community hall.

Fittingly, the hall was the original church.

The enterprise began shortly after Imam Faizel Chothia knocked on the door of Reverend Peter Humphris.

Mr Chothia said he had been trying to find somewhere convenient for Muslim workers to pray in the Fremantle area with little success.

“I thought to myself that it would be wonderful to pray in this beautiful church,” he said.

“It certainly has the aura of the sanctity associated with prayer, it certainly is a symbol of the divine and it’s the most appropriate place.

“I wasn’t sure how my request would be received, but thank god for Peter.”

Peter Humphris said he was delighted by the request and eager to welcome another community to the church.

“My sense, and the sense of the parish here, is that we continue to seek both the fullness of humanity and the fullness that’s revealed in the divine,” he said.

“We haven’t got it, we continue to seek it and anyone, and everyone, who wants to join in that search can only help.”
 

The reverend initially offered the main church for prayers, which Mr Chothia said was an honour but added he did not want to inconvenience anyone.

They settled on the community hall.

On the first day, Mr Humphris said he was thanked by one of the Muslim parishioners who said that he prayed one day all religions would be one.

Mr Humphris told him that was never his prayer.

“I said just in case the one ends up as ours,” he recalled with a laugh.

“My prayer is that there will always be a diversity of religions.

“The prayer is that we will honour each other and discover that it’s in that diversity that we’ve got life.”

Mr Chothia said despite their differences the two religions had much in common and the Islamic faith held Christian figures such as Jesus and Moses in the highest regard.

“There’s a shared empathy and a common experience,” he said.

“I think this is where we have the opportunity of benefiting from the wisdom of the other.”

Mr Chothia also saw wisdom in the religions' diversity as well.

“The Prophet (Muhammad) interestingly says the difference of opinion is the source of the greatest blessing because your ideas and your preconceived notions or orthodoxies are challenged,” he said.

“When Peter challenges me, and he’s an accomplished thinker and can make a very strong point, it forces me to question cherished beliefs and I think that’s important.”

But despite the generosity and quest for meaning between the two spiritual leaders, some of the Anglican parishioners have not welcomed the move and have left the church.

Mr Humphris said they had written to his superiors to try to get him “to toe the line”.

He said the objection was simply because they were Muslims.

“That’s almost as if that’s enough of an objection to say you shouldn’t be here,” he said.

“Well, how many people in the world are saying that?

“Gosh, we’ve even got politicians now being elected who are saying that.”

But Mr Chothia said Western Australia’s Muslim community had warmly embraced the idea.

He said the Prophet Muhammad gave Christians sanctuary for prayers at his mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia in the seventh century.

He said St Paul’s was reciprocating that gesture.
 

“So from the Muslim perspective it was very warmly received, there was a great celebration and fanfare to be quite honest,” he said.

“Most of the imams are quite envious of me.”

The Anglican “mosque” has also attracted international attention and tourists from places such as Malaysia have been attending.

The Muslim community has also joined the church’s yearly fete and contributes to its charity work in Nepal.

The next project is to build a water feature outside the hall for Muslim ablutions and Christian rituals.

The two leaders say they are not a model for other churches to follow and are happy doing their own thing, but they are looking forward to the day when communities such as theirs no longer make the news.
 

Source: SBS

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Jordan's royals are visiting Australia, here's seven things you might not know about them

His Majesty met with Attorney-General George Brandis and Justice Minister Michael Keenan to discuss counter-terrorism, while her Majesty took a tour of the National Portrait Gallery with the Prime Minister's wife Lucy Turnbull.

Here's seven things you might not know about the royal couple:

Their country is at the frontline of the Syrian refugee crisis
A Muslim leader who 'represents the antithesis' of IS
The King is custodian of Muslim and Christian sites in Jerusalem
The King attended the UK's Sandhurst military academy
The King is a massive Star Trek fan
The Queen is an avid social media user
The Queen is the author of a New York Times bestseller

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The Continental Club's last tournament of the year held at The Glades Golf Course on Sunday 20th November.

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BIBLICAL epics are all the rage. “Noah” and “Exodus: Gods and Kings” burst onto screens in 2014. “The Young Messiah”, “Risen” and “Last Days in the Desert” (2016) explored the chronological gaps in the Gospels. Christ’s ministry takes centre-stage in the blockbuster remake of Ben Hur (2016). Yet Hollywood directors are not alone in cashing in on all things religious. Islamic films and television series have also experienced huge growth in recent years. “Kingdom of Solomon” (2010) proved a big hit in Iran. “Shajarat al-Duur” (2013) highlighted the first Muslim queen of Egypt, while “Harat al-Sheikh” and “Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal” (2016) both covered the early years of Islamic history. But who makes these films, and will they ever appeal to secular Western audiences?

Islamic cinema certainly has the spending power. “He Who Said No” (2015), an Iranian film about the Battle of Karbala (a Sunni-Shia clash in 680AD) had a rumoured budget of $70m. Tariq Anwar, an Oscar winner, was enlisted to help edit the film. In 2012, Qatar and Saudi Arabia pumped 200m Saudi riyals ($53m) into “Omar”, a blockbuster television series about Omar Ibn al-Khattab, the second Islamic caliph. “Muhammad: The Messenger of God” (2015), also made in Iran, had a budget of $40m.

But as extravagant as these films are, their creators have emphasised an aim beyond entertainment or profit. Majid Majidi, director of “Muhammad: The Messenger of God” felt the film should promote “Islamic culture”. The makers of “Omar” claimed that they were not even trying to make a profit. “The dramatic work is not regarded from the profit or loss perspectives,” said one of the executives involved in the project.

Statements like this are revealing. These films might make money, and they might entertain. But ultimately—and unsurprisingly—they are meant to proselytise. The Middle East is burning with a brutal Sunni-Shia conflict, fuelled by Saudi Arabia and Iran respectively. It was inevitable that cinema would be heaved into this battle too. Iranian clerics supported “He Who Said No”; “Omar” was funded by Sunni sheikhs in the Gulf States.

Sectarianism limits the opportunities for Islamic cinema even within the Muslim world. “Omar” was popular in Sunni-majority countries. But Shias consider Ibn al-Khattab a traitor who usurped Ali, the true heir to Muhammad. “Omar” was broadcast in Shia-dominated Iran, but only on a small Sunni television station. Meanwhile, “Muhammad: The Messenger of God” was praised by the Iranian media, but condemned by Sunni clerics for presenting the prophet in an “untrue light”. “He Who Said No” faced similar problems. For Shias, the Battle of Karbala marks the martyrdom of their leader, Hussein, by an army of Sunnis. Predictably, the film was not popular in Riyadh.

Given the problems these films face in the Middle East, what chance do they have with a wider, non-Muslim, audience? Their theology might alienate viewers; most Islamic movies make frequent references to characters and events unfamiliar to the typical viewer in London or New York. Given the current political climate, could stories about Muhammad and his followers be popular in Europe and America? In a 2016 poll, 46% of Americans expressed an unfavourable view of Muslims. The march of nationalist politics, on both sides of the Atlantic, is unlikely to help. Muslims are only a small proportion of Western populations: only 1% in America. Even if the films were screened, it is unlikely that they could find large audiences in Western countries.

Another problem is the restrictions placed on Islamic film-makers by their own countries. Muslims consider showing any of their early leaders on film unacceptable; arguing that it promotes a worship of these characters as gods in their own right, when in fact they are merely God’s servants. This makes crafting films about them rather hard. Indeed, Iranian clerics demanded alterations to “He Who Said No” before it was released: the faces of some of the protagonists had to be obscured.

It therefore remains unlikely that Islamic films will ever break into Western markets, despite their hefty budgets. This is a pity. Too many Hollywood movies use the Middle East as a lazy prop, without trying to understand the region or its people. Not that all is lost; several secular Middle Eastern films have made it big abroad, and enjoyed screenings across the West. “Wadjda” (2012) is a Saudi work charting a young girl’s struggle for a new bicycle. It opened to rave reviews in Europe and was nominated for an Oscar. Another film named “Omar”—this time a 2013 thriller set in Palestine—was also a hit.

Middle Eastern films can succeed overseas, so long as they curb their religious enthusiasm. “Bilal”, a film set for release later this year, has taken note. It will cover the life of Bilal Ibn Rabeh, an Ethiopian slave boy who ended up a companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Ayman Jamal, the director, is eager to promote the story’s universal message. Bilal is “a simple story about a 7-year-old boy who has faced injustice and tyranny”, Mr Jamal says, and references to Islam are noticeably absent. Given current attitudes towards Islam, this sort of reticence and universality is perhaps the only way that Islamic films can break into Western markets. Films that are loud and proud about their religious content will fill seats only in the Middle East.

Source: Economist

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Anne Aly is the first Muslim woman to be elected to federal parliament, a global counter-terrorism expert – and she’s destined to become a leading voice in public life.

"Anne Arr-lee?" asks the young cabbie looking in the rear-vision mirror, after I ask whether he's heard of his new local member, who made history this year as the first Muslim woman to be elected to federal parliament in Australia. "Oh yeah, lots of people were pretty f…in' happy when she got elected," he smiles as we hurtle along the highway in Perth's northern suburbs.

"Anne Alley?" the middle-aged woman in the dry cleaners in the Kingsway shopping centre in Madeley calls out over the counter to me, after I take a wrong turn at the main entrance, searching for the MP's electoral premises. "She's over in Luke's old office. Go out the door and walk right around the building ..."

Anne who?" asks a 20-something woman in a yellow-and-white-striped top when I try to confirm that I am, in fact, walking in the right direction. "Oh, um, I'm pretty sure she's just around the next corner..."

On this sparkling spring morning, when I finally come face to face with Aly (her surname is pronounced like the late world-famous boxer's) outside her office, she is cradling cups of coffee for her staff. As she apologises for the smell of fresh paint as we enter ("We had to get rid of the boring blue!"), I instantly get why this university professor, a global authority on counter-terrorism, whose sharp, unflinching analyses have been sought for Lateline, 7.30 and Q&A, was so swiftly able to pass the pub test in this diverse, suburban electorate.

Away from the hot lights of the TV studio and the stiff formality of academia, the 49-year-old is a complete surprise: bouncy and possessed with an almost overpowering cheerfulness. Her speech, salted with slang and colloquialisms ("That's my working-class background coming out, I'm ghetto!" she jokes) is startlingly direct, although that vanishes once she switches to the profundities of terrorism and foreign policy.

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A different perspective on the Australian political mood is provided by the 2016 Scanlon Foundation survey. Contrary to Sloan’s “guess”, survey data indicate a continuing low level of concern over immigration.

In 2016 just 34% of respondents considered that the immigration intake was “too high”, the lowest recorded in the Scanlon Foundation surveys. This matched the findings of recent Lowy Institute and Roy Morgan polls.

There is consistent high-level agreement with the proposition that “multiculturalism has been good for Australia”, in the range of 83% to 86% across the 2013-16 Scanlon Foundation surveys.

A relatively high proportion indicate that they are “very negative” or “negative” towards Muslims: 25% of respondents in 2016, compared to 5% with negative views towards Christians or Buddhists.

However, this level is not close to 50% – as indicated by a recent survey. And the trend of opinion shows little change: over the course of six Scanlon Foundation surveys, the proportion negative to Muslims has been consistently in the range of 22% to 25%.

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Some 150,000 Londoners hail from the region — yet Middle Eastern women are often stereotyped, from the clichι of the suppressed housewife to the offensive notion that they are flashy and spoilt, wafting around designer stores.

In fact, while wealthy Middle Eastern visitors may spend an estimated £1.25bn a year here, some of this city’s most exciting creative talents are of Middle Eastern origin, embracing the capital while drawing on traditions from home to instigate a refreshing international dialogue.

So which are the names to know now?

From the designer bringing Turkish style to London, to the artist exhibiting with Ai Weiwei — here are the new ambassadors of style:

Leila Maleki, Designer, 31

Growing up in Tehran, Iran, Leila Maleki’s idol was her grandfather who had been a high court judge before the revolution in 1979. For a long time, her dream was to emulate him by becoming a lawyer. There was only one problem.

‘It is not so easy to become a practising lawyer as a woman in Iran,’ says the 31-year-old (though women are generally accepted in the workplace, there is no shortage of obstacles — for example, a man can ban his wife from working).

As soon as she was old enough, she came to London to take up a place at Kingston University. After six years of studying — there was also a master’s at King’s College — Leila had a change of heart. ‘Living in London taught me that it was not good enough to have three degrees, you need to have a passion.’ She began helping at her aunt Fariba Farshad’s influential cultural consultancy Candlestar, which produces large events such as Photo London. Attending glamorous parties, she spied a gap in the market. ‘It amazed me that you could buy an incredible dress and find three other people at the same event wearing it,’ she says, ‘and that women were spending £10,000 on these dresses. I wanted to create something just as glamorous for less.’ And so her label Zellei, a collaboration with Turkish designer Zelia Kaηar, which launches this month, was born. Like Fares, she feels her work now creates a link with her Middle Eastern heritage. ‘In Tehran, women love fashion. It is fascinating because they express themselves in hugely creative ways. Even a trip to the grocery shop can become a fashion parade.’

Not that this is the only string to Maleki’s bow. She and her husband, who had their son Dara Alexander last year, hold dinners at their Mayfair townhouse in aid of charities or art projects. ‘Getting stuck into London has been easy. In Tehran, my mother was supportive of my ambitions, but would worry it might be difficult to fulfil them. She’d say: “It’s not because I don’t trust you, I don’t trust society.”’

NEXT WEEK IN CCN: Anum Bashir, Blogger, 30

Source: Evening Standard

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In recent years, Islam has been thrust into world spotlight for a number of reasons – starting with 9/11 and ISIS to anti-refugee sentiments in Europe and a certain US Presidential candidate’s anti-Muslim campaigns. In this hullabaloo, we have forgotten that some of the coolest famous people we look up to – from Muhammad Ali to Zayn Malik and Aziz Ansari – are all Muslims. Would you believe it if we told you there were many more Muslims in the celeb world?

This week's celebrity

Akon

Source: Cyber Breeze

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An engaging conversation between a Christian Pastor and a Muslim Imam, "Out of Context" is a 14 part Interview series answers pressing questions about Islam and gives valuable insight into the spirit of the faith.

In Part 9 of the interview, Shaykh Omar takes questions from the audience. There is certainly an element of bigotry and racism, says Sheikh Omar Suleiman, because you'll find that the same people who are Islamophobic are also anti-Semitic. Within Islam, which is very monolithic, the majority follow the Sunni tradition while the remaining 10 percent belong to many different sects. The sectarianism we see today in countries like Iraq is a product of political turmoil. Before the war, Sunni and Shia intermarried for instance, despite their clear theological differences.
 

NEXT WEEK IN CCN: PART 10

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MUSLIM AID AUSTRALIA

We're looking to hire a Marketing Assistant in our Brisbane office to help spread the word about the amazing work MAA does!

If you think this role is for you, click on the link to find out how you can apply here.

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Condolences

Haji Mohammed Anwar Goss, younger brother of Haji Latief Goss and Haji Hussin Goss, passed away on Saturday 12 November 2016. May Allah grant him Jannah.

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Would you like to see the cover of your favourite book on our book shelves below?

Then simply email the title and author to thebookclub@crescentsofbrisbane.org

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COCONUT CUPCAKES

Dentist: How did one of your tooth get broken?

Mula Nasruddin: The chapathi my wife made was very hard, Doctor!

Dentist: If it was so hard, you should have refused to eat it....

Mula Nasruddin: That's just what I did...!!!
 

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1. All Islamic Event dates given above are supplied by the Council of Imams QLD (CIQ) and are provided as a guide and 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, except for Lailatul Mehraj, Lailatul Bhahraat and Lailatul Qadr – these dates refer to the commencement of the event starting in the evening of the corresponding day.

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