If you have experienced
abuse because you are Asian
or African or any another
race, you can share your
story with the Human Rights
Committee Inquiry into
Freedom of Speech.
The MPs and Senators on the
Committee need to hear from
people before Friday 9
December 2016.
It is important that the
Committee hears from people
who have experienced abuse
so they can better
understand what is happening
in communities across
Australia and have the best
laws.
A short letter telling the
Committee your story can be
sent to their address:-
Committee Secretary,
Parliamentary Joint
Committee on Human Rights,
PO Box 6100,
Parliament House, Canberra
ACT 2600
Or you can send it to the
Committee via their
website by clicking the
Upload Submission button.
I have had many members of
the community express to me
their personal experiences
of racial discrimination. It
is important that the
Committee hears these
personal experiences," Mr
Graham Perrett MP, the
Federal Member for Moreton
and the Deputy Chair of the
Human Rights Committee, told
CCN.
As the Deputy Chair of the
Parliamentary Inquiry into
Freedom of Speech, I would
encourage as many people as
possible to contact the
Committee to make sure that
their voices are heard,
said Mr. Perrett.
Thankfully the predicted
rain last Sunday didn't come
and it turned out to be a
beautiful sunny day, perfect
for our family fun day at
the planetarium Mount Cootha.
We had families from
Brisbane, Gold Coast,
Ipswich and Redcliffe come
to enjoy a picnic in the
botanical Gardens and watch
the planetarium show.
Families sat down in the
shade of the gardens in
front of the planetarium and
enjoyed a picnic lunch
together. Then we laid back
in the recline chairs and
watch the planetarium show
on the roof of the
planetarium dome. Learning
about Allah's amazing
creation - the solar system.
After the show finished
families enjoyed a walk
around the botanical
gardens. With the children
particularly enjoying the
Japanese gardens and the
tropical dome.
To find out about our
activities and join us for
future activities please
message me. I hope you can
join us for
our next activity Harry
Potter Potions. A Harry
Potter themed science
activity (not magic).
Host: John Barron
Panel: Ali Kadri from the
Islamic Council of Queensland,
Urbis chief economist Nicki
Hutley and Fairfax journalist
James Massola
Interview with: ABC reporter
Barbara Miller
The panel discusses: The
backpacker tax saga, political
winners and losers of 2016, and
a new push for commercial
surrogacy in Australia.
Telling the incredible life
story of one of Britain's
most successful athletes and
arguably our countries
greatest ever Olympian, Mo
Farah opens the doors to his
home and gives us a personal
insight into his life,
enabling us to see a side of
him never seen before.
Join Mo, his family, and his
team in the build up to and
throughout the Rio Olympic
Games, looking back over his
career and remarkable
personal journey from
Somalia to four-time GB
Olympic Champion.
Mo reflects on the most
memorable, emotional and
impactful moments of his
life, with contributions
from his closest family,
friends and sporting peers
including Usain Bolt,
Thierry Henry, Lord
Sebastian Coe, Halie
Gebreselassie, Alberto
Salazar and Tania Farah.
In a fresh trend, big
digital companies like
Google, Facebook, Twitter,
Microsoft and Yahoo are
joining forces to tackle
online hate and violent
extremist content.
This month, YouTube opened a
new space at the Australian
Film Television and Radio
School, hosting a YouTube
Content Creators Bootcamp.
The event brought together
over 100 social influencers
and anti-hate speech experts
with the aim of promoting
collaboration, inclusion and
diversity.
YouTube has pledged $1
million and its charity arm
Google.org has committed a
further $2 million to help
tackle online hate, Googles
Samantha Yorke told The
Point Magazine.
One of the event organisers,
Rebecca Mok, Director at
Love Frankie, a social
change creative agency, told
The Point Magazine that
social media organisations
have a key role to play when
curbing online hate.
Providing a positive
alternative narrative can be
a more effective way to
diminish the appeal of hate
speech, dispel
misinformation and foster an
environment where these
narratives become less
acceptable However,
ultimately it is the
community of users,
including opinion leaders
and influencers, that have
to foster an online
discourse that favours
tolerance and understanding,
rather than division and
hate. While the internet has
made it much easier for
someone to promote hateful
narratives, the way which in
we respond is as much a
reflection of the values and
norms of our communities as
it is a reflection of the
technology that has
amplified them.
Yorke said that social media
organisations cannot counter
online hate alone.
We can be part of the
solution, and work regularly
with NGOs and government to
better understand the issues
and how we can be of help.
No one sector of society can
solve this problem on their
own. The social media
industry contributes
technical smarts and
platforms that reach global
audiences to broader efforts
to counter hate speech. Our
role is to develop policies
that prohibit hate speech
and content that incites
violence and to enforce
these policies rigorously by
removing offending content
when we are made aware of
it.
Yorke said while its a top
priority to counter hate
speech, maintaining the
right to freedom of
expression is equally
important.
Balancing peoples right to
express themselves with
deliberations about whether
to remove content that may
be offensive or
controversial but which does
not violate community
guidelines, thats perhaps
one of the biggest
challenges.
Earlier this month, the
Federal Attorney Generals
Department collaborated with
Digital Industry Group
Incorporated (DIGI) to host
a social media online hate
prevention youth forum in
Melbourne.
The forum bought together
150 young people from around
the country and from diverse
cultural and religious
backgrounds to promote
tolerance, diversity and
positive engagement online.
A spokesperson for the
department said government
is collaborating with
private sector social media
organisations to address
this complex issue.
The judge gave Ms Elzahed the
option of going to another room
and appearing via video link.
A Sydney judge has denied a
Muslim woman the chance to
give evidence in court
because she would not remove
her traditional religious
veil.
New South Wales District
Court judge Audrey Balla
would not allow Moutia
Elzahed into the witness box
in a civil case because she
would not take off her veil,
News Corp reported.
Ms Elzaheds lawyer told
Judge Balla that his client
was not allowed to reveal
her face to any man outside
of her family for religious
reasons.
Judge Balla indicated she
would make allowances for
the court to be closed while
she gave evidence, or that
Ms Elzahed could go to
another room and appear via
video link, The Daily
Telegraph reported.
Both options were declined
because both sides mostly
male legal teams would be
able to see Ms Elzaheds
face in those situations.
Ms Elzahed is married to
Hamdi Alqudsi who has been
convicted of aiding seven
men travel to Syria to fight
for Islamic State. He was
jailed for six years in
September.
Ms Elzahed is suing the
state and federal
governments following
anti-terrorism raids on her
Revesby home in September
2014.
She, Alqudsi and their two
teenage sons are claiming
they were the victims of
assault and battery,
wrongful arrest, false
imprisonment and
intimidation during the
raids.
The federal and state
governments deny all
allegations made against the
police, arguing officers
used reasonable force.
Sheikh Fehmi el-Imam, the
now-deceased Grand Mufti of
Australia, had ruled it
permissible for Muslim woman
to remove veils to give
evidence.
Sherene Hassan from the
Islamic Museum in Thornbury,
Melbourne wrote this letter
to The Age (25/7/16).
"As a Muslim woman who
wears a headscarf, I have
never experienced such a
hostile atmosphere towards
Muslims. I would like to
express my utmost gratitude
to all those who have chosen
the path of understanding
over fear ... These
individuals make life a
little more bearable. I
would love to invite you all
for coffee at the Islamic
Museum. My shout."
She then wrote about what
happened next:
I am not quite sure what I
was expecting. A few phone
calls perhaps. Maybe a
couple of emails. I was not
at all prepared for the
avalanche of support that
ensued.
This was due to an amazing
writer and artist by the
name of Fiona Scott-Norman.
She felt so moved by the
letter that she created a
Facebook event encouraging
her network of friends to
visit the Islamic Museum and
have a coffee with Sherene.
The day finally arrived.
Seeing the hordes of people
bustling through the doors
of the museum, I and the
other volunteers at the
Islamic Museum and members
of the Muslim community
immediately felt buoyed.
Fiona presented us with a
beautiful orchid and I
hugged her warmly. I was
struck by her indomitable
spirit.
Everyone gathered for their
promised free coffee and
were treated to a guided
tour of the museum,
marvelling at the exquisite
art and architecture on
display in the galleries.
he day was a resounding
success. It was so cathartic
to meet like-minded
individuals exuding warmth
and filled with
determination to engender
change; no longer willing to
stand by and allow the
rhetoric of an intolerant
minority continue to divide
the nation into an us and
them dichotomy.
Some comments from those who
attended:
I was lucky enough
yesterday to experience the
coffee with Sherene event.
Brilliant. I came away
invigorated and informed. I
highly recommend this event
and the museum as well.
Thanks to everyone who was
there. What a fantastic
bunch of people.
I was so impressed by the
warmth and enthusiasm of the
facilitators of the event.
They were so encouraged by
the large turn out. Another
step in the much needed
bridge-building in our
community.
Since the first event, two
other very successful
coffee with Sherene events
have been held at the
Islamic Museum of Australia
with others planned for the
new year. I hope readers
take heart by the genuine
good will that is so
prevalent in the wider
community.
I certainly have, and will
not allow the fear mongering
minority to distract me from
the mammoth task at hand; to
continue to promote a more
peaceful inclusive
Australia.
Talal Yassine: At the end
of the day, were just ordinary
Australians looking for a fair
go.
It all seemed a bit simpler
back then.
Johnny Farnham hadnt
announced his retirement and
A.B. was still our captain.
Its a bit different now.
We get selfies and the
Kardashians for news,
political correctness
vigilantes for crime
stoppers all the while
farmers, veterans, community
and common sense too often
get left behind.
As a country, we have more
wealth, yet things dont
seem as fair anymore.
But at the very least we can
still call a spade a spade.
Weve always said good and
bad things about migrants
whether they be Catholics,
Jewish or Muslims from
Irish, Italian, Greek,
Asian, African and Lebanese
backgrounds.
Love him or hate him Donald
Trumps scatter gun approach
to calling things out
worked. And straight talk
isnt always a bad thing.
Peter Dutton certainly has
reason to be concerned 22
individuals charged with
terrorism related offences
from any one migrant
background is 22 too many.
As a Lebanese Muslim
migrant, I can safely say
that any individual charged
with terrorism is the
absolute worst
representations of our
community.
There are more than 200,000
Australians who have
Lebanese ancestry, while
76,000 are Lebanese born.
Excuse my maths but we
absolutely abhor and condemn
the behaviour of what we
call the less than one per
cent. Even more sad that
these individuals represent
second and third generation
migrants, Australians
brought up in this country
but who have somehow gone
bad. Against that are the
names of many who have done
our Australian community
proud: Ahmed Fahour, Hazem
El Masri, Marie Bashir...
the list goes on and would
have to include my personal
heroes, my mum and dad.
But Peter Duttons comments,
combined with the appalling
actions of a tiny few, have
left a huge crowd of people
feeling fearful and upset.
Together, almost in perfect
harmony, this combination
has allowed people who are
hardworking, have done the
right thing, who have
contributed enormously and
educated their children, to
be defined by those people
who are doing the wrong
thing.
Policing experts say this
isnt new. Multiculturalism
isnt all sunshine and
rainbows.
This is what happens when
you have a young country
that has always relied on
immigrants to continue
economic growth and fuel our
rising living standards. To
try and make out that this
is a new phenomenon that has
never existed before is
simply not correct.
Lets call a spade a spade.
But we seem to be more
worried about creating
divisions and headlines
around things which dont
matter to the everyday
Aussie. Its often about
some technicality in the
law, or irrelevant moral
issue and each night
commentators on the
television give us their God
given words of advice. What
happened to just getting on
with the job and governing
for all of us.
Turnbull started his reign
talking about innovation and
the economy, while urging us
all to respect the
intelligence of the
Australian people.
Now hes focused on dog
whistling about all those
bad people who are the
problem, because hey, it
worked in America. But are
we followers or are we
leaders?
When machinists, electrical
engineers and manufacturing
workers are being pushed out
of the economy, or when
farmers, veterans and
everyday families are
getting less and less of a
say, and when our
communities seem to be
stripped away, one
government office and one
business at a time you
sort of wonder.
You wonder what we could do
by talking together about
job opportunities, housing
affordability, security and
education.
We all have very real
concerns about putting food
on the table, keeping our
culture safe and keeping our
kids out of harms way.
But people from all
backgrounds share those
concerns. So, lets stop
taking the Australian out
of Lebanese Australian. In
our perfect world, we just
want to be called
Australian.
Some ladies may or may not
wear confronting
headscarves; but I bet you
they all barrack for a footy
team. Some of us might be
Muslim or Christian or
Atheist and some of us might
speak better English than
others.
Some will drink and party
while others will visit the
mosque. Some will take five
smoke breaks a day while
others will pray five times
a day. Some will spend time
at Centrelink and some will
spend time in parliament
sometimes doing the same
thing!
Some might quietly wish
there were fewer wars waged
in the Middle East and some
of us might be fighting
bravely for the Australian
Armed Forces. Some will be
CEOs and some will be
tradies.
At the end of the day, were
just ordinary Australians
looking for a fair go.
Talal Yassine OAM is an
Australian executive based
in Sydney
Habib
Jamal of the Gold Coast
Mosque receives recognition
for his contributions to HAI
at a Gala Dinner for invited
guests on Sunday 27 November
at Waterview Bicentennial
Park within the Sydney
Olympic Park.
International performers,
comedians and nasheed
singers entertained more
than 2000 members of the
public that also included
performances by Australian
sponsored orphans from Sudan
and Jordan.
Overseas guests included
public speaker Yusuf Estes
from USA, English nasheed
singer Khaled Siddiq from
UK, Arabic nasheed singer
Abdulfattah Owainat from
Jordan and stand-up comedian
Mo Amer from USA.
AMUST
Why do you support
humanitarian work? Firstly and most
importantly, it is a crucial
part of Islam whereby we are
obligated to assist our
fellow brothers and sisters
that are in need of
assistance. Assistance can
be in various different
forms such as financial,
physical, etc. Secondly, I
enjoy doing charity or
humanitarian work. I feel a
sense of achievement. I know
others that do much, much
more than what I do but I
believe that if we all did a
little then these little
efforts can multiply to
become a much bigger effort
and have a major impact
towards making the world a
better place for those that
are disadvantaged.
How do you know HAIA
(Human Appeal International
Australia) and for how long? I think I have been
involved with HAIA for about
17 years collecting funds on
their behalf especially
during Ramadan and Eid ul
Adha collecting funds for
their Qurbani programme. My
family also support a few
orphans on a regular basis
through HAIA and we are
grateful to them for
allowing us this
opportunity.
What makes you support
HAIAs campaigns and
projects?
It's international status
and reputation and the
personal interaction that I
have with Br Bashar and Br
Eshaam makes it comfortable
for me to work with them.
Which of its projects
interest you the most? Support for the orphans
throughout the world has to
be number one for me.
What would you like to
see HAIA do in the future? Maybe if possible to
arrange visits to the
various orphanages so that
donors can experience first
hand the efforts and
resources involved and
required to maintain these
facilities. I believe this
would encourage donors to
focus more on the task and
also encourage others to
contribute. I would also
like to see representatives
from head office make
regular visits to the
mosques and address the
congregation briefly on a
Friday and give
congregations regular
updates as to what
activities are being
undertaken. Regular
information to the community
can be a form of
encouragement for people to
take an interest in the
organisation.
What message do you have
for those people who dont
know about HAIA and its
charity work? My earlier comment
regarding regular feedback
will in shaa Allah make the
organisation more well known
to those that are not aware
of its existence or
activities. In conclusion I
would firstly like to thank
Almighty Allah for giving me
the ability and opportunity
to do some charitable work.
I would also like to thank
the members of the Gold
Coast community for trusting
me with their contributions,
which are passed on to HAIA.
Thanks also to the members
of the management committee
of ISGC Inc for allowing me
to do HAIA work based at the
GC mosque. And finally a
special thank you to my wife
and family for their
support.
MAA is the First NGO to
launch a Permaculture
educational project for
treating Grey-Water to grow
organic produce for Syrian
Refugees in the Zaatari
Refugee Camp.
Once fully operational this
project may be given the
green light to be used
throughout the entire camp
to create a SMART
Sustainable food source.
Due to the severe water
shortages in the camp,
growing fruit and vegetables
are not permitted. However
by utilising Sustainable
Permaculture design methods
of treating grey-water and
growing produce in a
sustainable way, it is now
possible to substantially
reduce the amount of water
intake and yield highly
nutritional fruit and
vegetables without the use
of pesticides.
This is definitely a
game-changer for not only
the Zaatari Refugee Camp,
but all of them, inshaAllah.
Be part of this
life-changing initiative by
donating towards MAA's
Permaculture projects by
visiting
this site.
The funding round for
multicultural projects under
the 2016 17 Celebrating
Multicultural Queensland
grants program is now open.
The Celebrating
Multicultural Queensland
grants program promotes
Queenslands multicultural
identity, the benefits of
multiculturalism, and
equitable access to
opportunities by people from
diverse cultural
backgrounds.
The Queensland Government is
committed to a safe, caring,
harmonious, united and
inclusive Queensland, and
has acknowledged the role
culturally and
linguistically diverse
communities play in building
a strong Queensland with the
introduction of the
Multicultural Recognition
Act 2016, and the
Multicultural Queensland
Charter.
This grants round aims to
fund multicultural projects
in Queensland that build
community relationships and
intercultural connections
through community
organisations, local clubs,
and community-based groups
to deliver a range of
activities that will foster
welcome, inclusion and
participation of migrants
and refugees.
Community groups, including
diverse cultural groups,
community-based
organisations, local
councils and non-government
incorporated organisations
are encouraged to consider
submitting a funding
proposal that demonstrates
practical strategies to:
promote community
participation and
intercultural
connections among
diverse cultural groups,
and between diverse
cultural groups and the
wider community
engage general
community groups (such
as sporting groups,
local clubs, school
communities) in
connecting and welcoming
migrants and refugees
into a wide range of
community activities.
Funding of up to $25,000 per
annum will be available for
practical and innovative
projects to be delivered
from 1 July 2017.
To view the 2016-17 Funding
Information Paper for
multicultural projects, and
to access the online
application form, please
visit the website.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR
APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY 20
JANUARY 2017.
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
citys 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:
Anum Bashir, Blogger, 30
Dress, £555, Molly Goddard.
Jewellery: Bashirs own
Anum Bashir prides herself
on her internationalism.
Born and schooled in Qatar,
with a degree from Carnegie
Mellon University in
Pittsburgh, the 30-year-old
splits her time between
Doha, where shes
communications officer at
creative hub Doha Fire
Station, and London, where
her style blog Desert
Mannequin (above) has won a
huge following. What is it
about the capital thats so
appealing to globally minded
Middle Eastern women like
herself?
I find it much more
manageable than New York,
the pace is just right, she
says. It is way more
accessible The fact that
you can sit and drink coffee
and meet interesting new
people in London, but know
that on Friday when you get
home you can still go to
family prayer thats
something really special.
With 34,000 followers on
Instagram, shes keen that
her social media influence
is about more than just
clothes. There are so many
pre-conceived notions about
Middle Eastern women, she
says. People sometimes
assume that we are only
interested in luxury. So if
Desert Mannequin can help to
change that, thats great
with me.
Bashir also embraces her
Asian roots her father, an
engineer, is Afghan-Indian
and her mother, a doctor, is
Pakistani. I think if you
can be honest about your
heritage and make it a point
of interest, then thats
kind of wonderful.
NEXT WEEK IN CCN: Rasha
Kahil, Artist and art
director, 36
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
candidates 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
Craig Hodges
Retired basketball player
Craig Hodges, who has won
two NBA championships with
the Chicago Bulls, is a
Muslim who made news for
dressing in a dakishi
and speaking against the
Gulf War during a visit to
the White House following a
championship victory. He has
actively advocated for the
rights of minorities in the
United States, and called
out Michael Jordan for not
using his fame to bring
attention to social issues.
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 10 of the interview,
Shaykh Omar takes questions
from the audience.
Throughout history there has
been a lot of friction
between Muslims and
Christians, says Sheikh Omar
Suleiman, with Muslims also
on the receiving end during
the Crusades and the Spanish
Inquisition. In Islam,
Christians are to be
respected, they are allowed
to worship and even live by
their own laws. Regarding
the "jizia" tax, at the time
of the Prophet, non-Muslims
were asked to pay it for
protection instead of the
zakat alms that are
obligatory only to Muslims.
But when there is political
turmoil, groups tend to turn
against each other, both
intra-faith and interfaith
leading to a tribalistic way
of thinking along ethic and
religious lines.
Al Mustapha Institute seeks
a highly motivated and
experienced Lecturer in
Arabic. This position will
develop and deliver Arabic
courses that include
Classical and Modern Arabic
language and Arabic Grammar,
including Sarf and Nahw.
Garnishing your
conversation
with an
inshallah or two
is a small act
of resistance, a
direct jab at
the belief that
Islam and by
association,
Arabic is
sinister.
Inshallah
in the Age of
Trump : Can the
hipster
invocation of
Gods will
survive the
coming wave of
American
Islamophobia?
ARGUMENT
English speakers
all know: To
sound smart (or
insufferable),
use French. That
movie has a
certain je ne
sais quoi; my
grandmother
exhibited a true
joie de vivre.
French has been
fancy since 1066
when the
conquering
Normans ate boef
while the lowly
English peasants
cared for the cū.
Or to sound
open-minded (or
stoned), use
Sanskrit. No one
will be
surprised to
learn that the
first recorded
use of the word
karma in a
popular U.S.
publication was
in 1969 in the
California-based
Surfer magazine.
These days,
another word is
making inroads
into the
American English
lexicon. Its
inshallah an
Arabic Islamic
expression that
means God
willing.
Inshallah first
made its English
debut in the
19th century,
but its only
since 9/11 that
the word has
become
fashionable
among
non-Muslim,
non-Arabic-speaking
Americans.
Youve probably
heard it already
in passing,
which is my
point. The
Atlantics James
Fallows has
tweeted it. Even
actor Lindsay
Lohan has made a
faltering
attempt. Ive
heard it in
meetings, on the
metro, and at a
casual Sunday
brunch in
Brooklyn.
For all these
inshallah-invokers,
the phrase seems
to combine the
prestige of
French and the
multiculturalism
of Sanskrit
with an added
thrill of risk.
President-elect
Donald Trump is
stacking his
administration
with supporters
who believe that
Islam is
inherently
violent,
dangerous, and
threatening.
Some who evince
this view
believe that
anything
associated with
Islam has a
diabolical
power, an
insidious evil
that has to be
guarded against
at every turn as
the Puritans
guarded against
witchcraft.
Michael Flynn, a
retired
intelligence
officer whom
President-elect
Donald Trump has
tapped for
national
security
advisor, has
called Islam a
malignant
cancer and
believes that
sharia, or
Islamic law, is
creeping into
U.S. laws and
institutions.
Conspiracy
theorist Frank
Gaffney, who
advised Trump
during the
campaign and is
good friends
with Steve
Bannon, the
president-elects
senior
strategist, has
previously
written that the
U.S. Missile
Defense Agency
logo contains a
hidden star and
crescent, the
symbol of Islam,
and that it thus
suggests
official U.S.
submission to
Islam. Its an
argument that
comes out of the
world of
Christian
fundamentalism,
which has long
sought out
occult symbols
in the most
innocuous of
sources.
This fear
extends to the
Arabic language.
In 2013, Gaffney
criticized John
Brennan as
President Barack
Obamas pick to
head the CIA,
deeming him the
single most
important
enabler of the
Islamic
supremacists
agenda in
government
today. One
piece of
evidence Gaffney
gave for this
assertion?
Brennan speaks
fluent Arabic.
After listing
the names of
several
terrorist
organizations at
a speech to the
American Israel
Public Affairs
Committee in May
2015, Republican
Sen. Lindsey
Graham
reportedly
quipped that
everything that
starts with al
in the Middle
East is bad
news. Al, of
course, is
simply Arabics
definite
article,
equivalent to
the in
English.
It should come
as no surprise,
then, that
inshallah has
found itself in
the crosshairs
of these rising
Islamophobes. In
June, when BBC
presenter Nicky
Campbell ended
his usual
segment with
crossed fingers
and a poorly
inflected
inshallah
Were in
Uxbridge next
Sunday for a
special, asking,
Are we facing
the end of the
world? So well
see you then,
inshallah it
set off a
right-wing media
firestorm.
Breitbart wrote
that the
incident comes
just days after
the BBCs Head
of Religion
admitted that
Islamic State is
rooted in
Islam. Jihad
Watch, a popular
anti-Islam
website,
commented: A
conquered,
colonized people
adopts the
language and
practices of its
conquerors. In
April, a
University of
California,
Berkeley,
student of Iraqi
origin was
removed from a
Southwest
Airlines flight
after another
passenger heard
him speaking
Arabic on his
cell phone; he
had ended his
conversation
with inshallah.
Foreign Policy
Peter Dutton
did not appear
out of thin air.
He represents
consistent
Australian
policy
Omar Bensaidi
I have grown
quite tired of
constantly
needing to play
the performance
of the offended
Other. Yes,
Peter Dutton
made racist
comments. Yes,
it is offensive
to categorise
Muslim migrants
of Lebanese
background as a
mistake. But
racisms harm
extends much
beyond offence.
And its scrutiny
should go much
beyond hurt
feelings.
Dutton did not
appear out of
thin air. He is
just another
voice who
continues to
espouse a
common sense
political
incorrectness
that is somehow
deemed heroic.
He again
privileges a
baseless white
anxiety that
has, by force of
repetition, and
by the
astounding rise
of Donald Trump,
come to turn the
word immigrant
into a threat or
mistake.
It is not a new
tactic by
politicians.
Pauline Hanson
has made a
career out of
ignoring truths
about the world
we live in and
appealing to
fictional ideas
that foreign
culture is
responsible for
todays
violence.
I worry about
the figure of
Dutton not
because of his
comments but
because our
reaction has
turned his
racism into an
exceptional
moment. Take for
instance the
Lebanese Muslim
Associations
response. From
the perspective
of many Muslims
and community
activists,
President Samier
Dandans video
is a long
overdue
statement about
the Liberal
partys
repetitive
racism and
exploitation of
the war on
terror. For
many outside the
Muslim
community,
Dandans video
response seems
to be a
courageous and
resolute stance
against racism.
It is
unprecedented
for the
president to
emerge with a
video release
condemning the
Liberal party
after countless
years of the LMA
providing the
Liberal party a
gateway to score
the Muslim
vote.
Why, after
countless years
of
government-sanctioned
offshore
imprisonment,
has the time
come to speak
back? Why have
Duttons
comments been
turned into the
straw that
breaks the
camels back?
The Guardian
Extreme
Islam: What
makes a young
British woman
turn to Salafism?
Theyre heavily
veiled, believe
in polygamy and
have to follow
thousands of
rules. Yet
increasing
numbers of young
and educated
British women
are converting
to Salafism.
Academic
researcher
Anabel Inge
managed to gain
unprecedented
access to them
though at first
they mistook her
for a spy
Its two in the
afternoon on a
busy south
London street.
Ive just
arrived here
with a
photographer
friend, Eleanor,
and our models
two obliging
young women.
Both Layla and
Rahima are
wearing
all-enveloping
black gowns and
niqabs face
veils that
reveal only
their eyes. They
wont be
striking any
poses; just
walking casually
along the
pavement or
crossing the
street. Nothing
to worry anyone.
And so we begin.
Suddenly, we
notice a bald
man in his
sixties, just a
few feet away,
making
unmistakably
rude gestures at
us.
Moments later,
just as a bus is
pulling into the
kerb, a youth in
a white baseball
cap leans out of
his car to
shout: Fuck
you! Like a
clockwork toy,
all the heads on
the number 59
swivel round to
gape. Its hard
to believe that
were in the
heart of
multicultural
Brixton, south
London, solid
Labour and
increasingly
colonised by the
right-on middle
classes. But
both Layla and
Rahima are
wearily
accustomed to
this kind of
reaction which
continues more
or less
throughout our
two-hour shoot.
The abuse, no
doubt, would be
even more
extreme if
anyone knew they
were converts to
Salafism, now
thought to be
the fastest
growing Islamic
faction in the
UK. Salafism,
often referred
to as Wahhabism,
is an ideology
commonly
associated with
Isis and often
features in the
news, usually as
a label applied
to jihadis
whove committed
atrocities
abroad. This has
led many to
assume that
home-grown
followers who
first began to
emerge in the
1980s pose an
active threat to
society. In
Britain,
however, the
vast majority of
self-described
Salafis are
explicitly
anti-violence
indeed, their
leaders have
been among the
most vocal in
their
condemnation of
terrorism.
The INDEPENDENT
Islamic
religious texts
must be read in
context to
understand
blasphemy
Indonesian
police are
investigating
Jakarta Governor
Basuki Tjahaya
Purnama, also
known as Ahok,
for blasphemy.
They named him a
suspect after
hundreds of
thousands of
people rallied
against the
Chinese-Indonesian
and Christian
governor earlier
this month.
Behind the
enormous protest
was a complex
web of religious
and political
interests. But
some of the
protesters
genuinely felt
insulted by Ahok,
who is running
in next years
gubernatorial
election.
The reason for
their anger was
a speech that
Ahok gave in
September. Among
other things, he
warned his
listeners about
people who
invoke verse 51
of the Surah Al-Maidah
in the Quran to
deceive people
into not voting
for him.
The Islamic
Defenders Front
reported Ahok
for alleged
blasphemy after
a video of this
part of his
speech went
viral.
How to read
religious text
The verse Ahok
claimed his
opponents were
referring to
advises people
to avoid
aligning with
Christian and
Jews. According
to the Sahih
International
English
translation,
verse 51 of Al-Maidah
reads:
O you who
have believed,
do not take the
Jews and the
Christians as
allies. They are
[in fact] allies
of one another.
And whoever is
an ally to them
among you then
indeed, he is
[one] of them.
Indeed, Allah
guides not the
wrongdoing
people.
In his speech,
Ahok did not
specifically
name the people
he accused of
using the Quran
verses to
dissuade people
from voting for
him.
But, in
Indonesia, it is
unfortunately
not uncommon for
hardline clerics
to use, or more
correctly
misuse,
religious texts
for their own
political
interest.
To avoid
following a
misguided use of
sacred texts,
religious
believers should
understand the
context in which
the texts
appeared the
first time.
Religious texts
usually emerged
as answers to
problems that
occurred within
the social and
political
contexts of the
time.
The CONVERSATION
As European
authorities
target Salafism,
the word needs
parsing
WHAT exactly is
Salafism? In
continental
Europe, the word
is now used as a
catchall for
extreme and
violent
interpretations
of Islam. This
week for
example,
authorities in
the German state
of Hesse raided
five premises
including a
mosque; it was
the latest move
in a crackdown
on
ultra-militant
forms of Islam
all over Germany
which began last
week. Extremist
propaganda is
the foundation
for Islamic
radicalisation
and ultimately
for violence,
said the
interior
minister of
Hesse, Peter
Beuth, by way of
explaining the
latest raids.
The Salafist
ideology is a
force not to be
underestimated,
he added.
On November
15th, German
federal
authorities
banned what they
described as a
Salafi
organisation
known as True
Religion or
Read! whose
notional purpose
was to
distribute
copies of the
Koran. On the
same day, police
swept through
200 offices and
other buildings
across the
country. Ralf
Jδger, interior
minister of the
populous state
of North
Rhine-Westphalia
(NRW),
reportedly gave
this reason for
the ban: Every
fifth Salafist
who has
travelled out
from NRW under
the aegis of
so-called
Islamic State in
order to join a
terror cell had
previous contact
with Read!
In France, too,
the word Salafi
or Salafist is
often used as a
generic term for
forms of Islam
which are too
extreme for any
government
policy to parley
with or
accommodate.
Manuel Valls,
the Socialist
prime minister,
has reported
with alarm that
the Salafis,
although a tiny
minority among
French Muslims,
may be winning
an ideological
war in France
because their
voice is louder
and more
efficiently
disseminated
than any other.
Franηois Fillon,
a centre-right
politician who
is likely to
make the run-off
in next years
presidential
election, is a
strong advocate
of cracking down
both on Salafism
and on the
groups linked to
the global
Muslim
Brotherhood.
In the very
loosest of
senses, all
Muslims are
Salafi. The word
literally
describes those
who emulate and
revere both the
prophet Muhammad
and the earliest
generations of
Muslims, the
first three
generations in
particular.
There is no
Muslim who does
not do that. But
in practice the
word Salafist is
most often used
to describe a
purist,
back-to-basics
form of Islam
that emerged on
the Arabian
peninsula in the
19th century,
taking its cue
from two
conservative
thinkers, Ibn
Taymiyyah
(1263-1328) and
the even more
controversial
Muhammad Ibn Abd
al-Wahhab
(1703-1792).
Followers of
this line are
often called
Wahhabis by
their critics,
but they prefer
to call
themselves
Salafis.
2016 NPS
Finals - San Diego - "Islamophobia"
by Rudy Francisco, Natasha
Hooper, and Amen Ra
Poetry Slam Inc
Rudy Francisco,
Natasha Hooper, and Amen Ra with
San Diego's Elevated! Poetry
Slam Team performing their poem
at the 2016 National Poetry Slam
Finals in Atlanta, GA.
Ask About
Islam | Advice From A Seeker of
Truth
IslamInFocusAustralia
What Makes a
Diverse Australia?
ShareSomeGood
Young Australians
were asked how they can channel
some good to counter hate speech
online.
Mosque Visits
The Deen Show
See what happens when people
actually take the time to visit inside of
the Mosque instead of carrying guns,
yelling, provoking and attacking outside of
the Mosque. Our doors are open visit us at
the Mosque, sit with us talk with us make
the human connection
Confronting
Tolerance
Attn:
This woman explains what it's
like to be a Muslim in "Trump's
America".
Contestant Halima Aden
wears hijab, burkini to inspire others
Halima Aden
said taking part in the pageant
was intended to inspire others.
US: While most Americans
were still recovering from Thanksgiving
feast over the holiday weekend, Halima
Aden was making history.
The 19-year-old St. Cloud State
University freshman walked across the
Miss Minnesota USA pageant stage
Saturday night draped from head to toe
in a blue-embroidered burkini and a
bright yellow headscarf. During the
two-day beauty pageant, Aden showed only
her face, making her the first
contestant to wear a hijab and a burkini
in the pageant.
But this was much more than a fashion
choice producing uproarious applause; it
was a decision that was meant to
inspire. According to Aden, this pageant
was an opportunity to dispel the
narrative that many Muslim women are
oppressed.
Aden, 19, says she was bullied for
wearing her hijab growing up and wanted
to show people that this she was proud
of her religion and culture.
"There are so many Muslim women that
feel like they don't fit society's
standard of beauty," she told CNN this
week. "I just wanted to tell them it's
OK to be different, being different is
beautiful, too."
Aden's decision to wear her traditional
wardrobe comes at a tense time when
Muslim Americans have been victims of
hate crimes and are concerned by
President-elect Donald Trump raising the
possibility of a Muslim immigration ban
while he was campaigning.
Aden, who reached the semifinals, said
taking part in the pageant was intended
to inspire more people to be open-minded
and accepting.
Liz Sawyer, a Star Tribune writer,
tweeted that Aden received a positive
response from the crowd when she took
the stage in her navy blue-embroidered
burkini during the swimsuit segment.
The spotlight of crashing barriers or
expectations is not new for her. As a
senior at Apollo Senior High School in
St. Cloud, Aden became the first Muslim
there to be crowned homecoming queen.
Aden's history of overcoming obstacles
started when she was born in a refugee
camp in Kenya before moving to St.
Cloud. She says her experience of living
in a refugee camp inspired her to become
a UN ambassador one day, so that she can
give back to children that are faced
with the same obstacles.
Although Aden did not win the Miss
Minnesota USA pasgeant, her means of
conveying beauty and confidence won the
title of hero in many young Muslim
girl's eyes.
"Many girls reached out to me about
their own experiences being bullied
because of their hijab and feeling like
they didn't fit in," she said.
One teenager wrote to Aden from
Indonesia after she read about Aden in
the news.
The girl told Aden that for a period of
time she didn't wear her hijab out of
fear of getting bullied. Aden's bravery
gave her the courage to be herself.
Others weren't as thrilled.
Critics called her choice to compete in
the pageant "haram," meaning forbidden
by Islamic law. At first, Aden's mother
was not sure that she wanted her to
participate in the pageant, fearing that
she would have to compromise her values.
After Aden told her what she hoping to
accomplish by competing, she slowly
warmed up to the idea.
The contestant said she did not
compromise any of her religious beliefs
or values, but that she was doing the
most important thing of all: staying
true to herself.
While Aden does not have any immediate
plans to participate in another beauty
pageant, she does want to keep inspiring
other young Muslim women. She plans on
visiting her high school to encourage
young Muslim girls to play sports and
participate in extracurricular
activities.
"If there's one message I want people to
take away is never compromise being your
authentic self," Aden said. "Even if
that means making others uncomfortable."
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China, you can find more and
more amazing Halal and Chinese
Hui cuisine. I flew to Lanzhou
to experience it all! You can
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Makkah hotels make hectic
preparations as online bookings
swell
MAKKAH As many as
1,511 hotels in Makkah with a total
of 219,350 rooms have completed
preparations to receive up to 15
million pilgrims expected to arrive
during the current Umrah season,
which began in mid-November. The
Umrah season will continue until
July 7, 2017.
Sources in the hospitality sector
expects the number of Umrah pilgrims
this year to increase by 3 million
over the past season.
In addition to the hotels, there are
852 licensed buildings and furnished
apartments in Makkah with a total of
36,456 rooms to accommodate the
pilgrims.
The sources said hotel reservations
during the first days of the season
reached about 85 percent especially
in the central area around the Grand
Mosque as well as in the districts
of Jarwal, Kudai, Al-Aziziyah and
Al-Rawdah, which are not far from
the mosque.
Riza Shalabi, a reservation clerk in
one of the hotels in the central
area, said the bookings of the
internal rooms reached about 90
percent while they were about 80
percent for rooms overlooking the
plazas of the Grand Mosque.
He said the price for single rooms
stood at SR350-SR450 per night,
almost unchanged from last year. The
prices per night for royal suites
overlooking the Grand Mosque ranged
from SR1,100 to SR1,300, breakfast
and dinner included.
Abdul Rahman Al-Amri, a reservation
clerk in another hotel, said the
pilgrims start making bookings
online about 45 days before the
advent of the Umrah season.
He said the early reservations were
made by Umrah pilgrims from the
Kingdom and the GCC countries, who
represent about 35 to 45 percent of
all pilgrims.
Amri said the occupancy rate in his
hotel has reached about 95 percent
and added that the price of a room
per night is SR650-SR700, including
breakfast.
Hussain Salem, a reservation clerk
in one of the five-star hotels in
the central area, said their price
of a royal suite per night is
SR2,500 while the price of a single
room is SR1,000.
He said the occupancy in his hotel
has reached 100 percent and 75
percent of the bills have been paid
in advance.
Muslims in Athens prepare
for the city's first mosque
Muslims attend
Eid al-Fitr prayers at a mosque
in a basement, to mark the end
of Ramadan, in Piraeus
GREECE: Muslims in
Greece hope that despite protests by
the far-right, the government will
stick to its plan to build a mosque.
Athens, Greece - Sitting in a
cafeteria in her middle-class
neighbourhood of Ilioupoli,
43-year-old Anna Stamou says she
soon hopes to be praying with her
family at the new Athens mosque.
"I'll perform a duaa [prayer] for
children caught in war - to make all
the wars to stop," says Stamou, a
mother-of-two and a PR consultant
based in the Greek capital, Athens.
"That's what I pray for daily, but
in the mosque, prayers are supposed
to multiply," adds Stamou, who
converted to Islam a few years ago.
After years of praying in old
warehouses and basements, Athens'
Muslims hope that despite protests
by the far-right, the government
will stick to its plan to build a
mosque. Athens is the last remaining
European capital without one.
Greece was under Ottoman rule for
nearly four centuries until the
early 1800s. If built, the mosque
will be the first state-funded one
since then.
It is expected to accommodate more
than 350 worshipers and will be
built in place of a 600 square metre
former navy warehouse in the
Votanikos neighbourhood of western
Athens.
The complex will also feature a
fountain for people to follow the
ritual cleansing before praying.
"It's not going to be anything
special," says Naim Elghandour, 62,
president of the Muslim Association
of Greece and Stamou's husband.
"But it is important because it's
going to be the first official
mosque with an official imam. Until
now, the imams have been volunteers
and that was dangerous, but we have
been lucky and nothing bad happened
in Greece to upset the relationships
between Christians and Muslims."
Many non-Muslim Athenians agree that
a mosque must be built.
"We're a democracy and there has to
be freedom of religion," says
Aggeliki Anagnostopoulou, 62, a
retiree living near the site of the
upcoming mosque. "Why should I be
worried, anyway? Being a Muslim
doesn't mean you're an extremist."
According to the Muslim Association
of Greece, there are more than 100
unofficial mosques scattered
throughout Athens for the estimated
200,000 Muslims living in the
capital, most though are housed in
basements or warehouses.
KB says:
A jug of lemonade in the fridge is the answer
for these hot summer months especially during
the holidays. Its a thirst quencher and quite
refreshing.
This recipe was kindly shared by Rubana Moola.
Cloudy Lemonade
Ingredients
1 large juicy yellow lemon.
1 cup white sugar
1 litre of water
Mint and slices of lemon to garnish
Method
Top and tail the
lemon.
Cut lemon into 8 slices and each slice into 3
cubes, leaving the skin on and discarding the
pips.
Liquidize the lemon with the sugar and 750ml
water.
Sieve it through and liquidize again with
remaining 250 ml of water.
Sieve and add to the 750 ml mixture.
Serve it icy cold garnished with mint and slices
of lemon.
Q: Dear
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were trying to turn things around. Were fairly
active and just need some help with our choice
of food.
A: I think all of us have a love affair
with food. What we need to realise is that its
the foundation of our health, so to speak. Keep
it simple start with smaller portion sizes and
set realistic goals for yourselves.
Changing the
relationship with your food should be fun,
rewarding and enjoyable. Start your day with a
fresh juice and maybe add some vegetables to it
as you go. Try for 6 smaller meals instead of 3
big ones.
This will keep your
metabolism going throughout the day and should
make a difference to how you feel. Swap some
carbs for whole grains and choose different
colour veggies for more nutrients.
In a nutshell most
foods can be enjoyed, in moderation. Have a go,
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How to Eat Well When Eating Out : Part 3
Last but not least, here are my final 3 tips for
how to still eat healthy when eating out - just
in time for the summer holidays!
1. Choose a small serving size if available.
Some restaurants have the option of choosing an
entree or a main size for their meals. Another
example is when ordering coffee, choose small
rather than the regular or large size. These
small differences will add up!
2. Plan ahead - choose a restaurant that you
know have healthy options, or look at their menu
prior to scope out what they have. If you have
in your mind before hand what you would like to
have, it will save you from making last minute
ordering decisions - which may not always be the
healthiest option when you have a growling
stomach.
3. Lastly, always remember that it is all about
moderation. While you can still make healthier,
smart choices most of the time, there is also no
harm in indulging yourself once or twice a
month. Enjoy yourself and count it as a treat
To finish this series, I will end it with a
Hadith by the Prophet S.A.W regarding moderation
as a reminder for us.
"The son of Adam does not fill any vessel
worse than his stomach. It is sufficient for the
son of Adam to eat a few mouthfuls, to keep him
going. If he must do that, then let him fill one
third with food, one third with drink and one
third with air. " (Tirmidhi)
Mula Nasruddin was reminiscing about the good old days.
"Young man," he started with sad tears running down his
weathered cheeks, "When I was your age, my mother could
send me down to the shop, the one near the Mosque, with
10 riyaals and I would come back with a bag of potatoes,
two loaves of bread, three bottles of milk, a big piece
of cheese, one packet of tea, and sometimes six or eight
eggs.
Young man: Can't do that anymore, Uncle. Too many
cameras now.
O you who believe! Give of
the good things which you
have (honourably) earned,
and of the fruits of the
earth which We have produced
for you, and do not even aim
at getting anything which is
bad, in order that out of it
you may give away something,
when you yourselves would
not receive it except with
closed eyes. And know that
Allah is Free of all wants,
and Worthy of all praise.
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, 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.
EVERY TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY KIDS QURAN CLASS AFTER MAGRIB
EVERY FIRST OF MONTH SUNDAY QURAN TAFSIR CLASS BY MASQUE
IMAM
More Information contact BR TAREQ 0415958105
ALGESTER
MOSQUE
Nuria Khataam
Date: Every last Wednesday of the month
Time: After Esha Salaat
Venue: Algester Mosque
Contact: Yahya
Ph: 0403338040
Sisters Support Services - On going
Activities
Tafsir
Class
By Umm Bilal. Held every Tuesday at 10am -
Kuraby area
Halaqah
By Um Bilal. Held every Thursday &
Saturday at 10am
( Saturdays at Runcorn location)
Arabic classes
Taught by Umm Bilal Wednesdays 1 2pm
Kuraby Masjid
Tuesdays 1 2pm
Kuraby area (after Tafsir Class)
Sisters Support Social Group -
1stWednesday of every
Month - Kuraby Location
YOUTH GROUP-
- Muslimah Girls Youth Group
for 10+ Girls
School Holiday Activites
- Contact : Aliyah 0438840467
Amir Boys Club
for Primary School Boys MONTHLY & HOLIDAY ACTIVITES
Contact : Farah
0432026375
We also run a volunteers group to assist
Muslim women with food rosters and home visits for sisters
who need support or are isolated. We refer Sisters in need
for counselling, accommodation, financial assistance and
other relevant services.
To join our volunteer group or for any other
details for activates please call the numbers below
Aliyah : 0438840467
Khadijah: 0449268375
Farah: 0432026375 Iman
: 0449610386
Al-Mustapha
Institute of
Brisbane
39 Bushmills Court, Hillcrest Qld 4118
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
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
HOLLAND PARK MOSQUE
Queensland Police Service/Muslim Community
Consultative Group
Minutes from the QPS/Muslim Community
Reference Group meeting held on
Monday 24 October 2016 at the Islamic College of Brisbane [ICB]
are available
here.
Next Meeting
Time: 7pm Date: TBA Venue: Islamic College of Brisbane - 45 Acacia Road
Karawatha
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