The Queensland Muslim
Museum, an initiative of the
Queensland Muslim Historical
Society, opens its doors
today (Sunday 19 March 2017)
adjacent to the Community
Hall at the Holland Park
Mosque .
The Society welcomes
visitors and contributors to
the Museum, the first to be
established in the State.
CONFIDENT: Retiring MP Ian
Rickuss says the LNP can retain
Lockyer and has praised the
contribution of Muslims in his
electorate.
PUNDITS are tipping a One
Nation win in the seat of
Lockyer at the next election
but retiring LNP MP Ian
Rickuss begs to differ.
The seat is looking like a
two-horse showdown between
One Nation candidate Jim
Savage and the LNP's Jim
McDonald.
Mr Rickuss insists the LNP
can win 47 seats out of 93
outright and form government
without One Nation support.
"On my reckoning Tim
Nicholls will win office
outright," Mr Rickuss said.
"I will be very surprised if
One Nation wins this seat of
Lockyer.
"Jim McDonald is a good
candidate, works hard and is
well known.
"The voters have got to
decide whether they want
someone sitting around the
government table or someone
on the outside harping about
what is wrong, and that is
all One Nation candidates
do."
Mr Rickuss believes Pauline
Hanson is barking up the
wrong tree with her stance
on immigration, and in
particular a comment she
made to A Current Affair
host Tracy Grimshaw.
"I do believe there are some
that want to get on with a
quiet life and a good life,
but you tell me, you line up
a number of Muslims, who's
the good one? Who's not," Ms
Hanson said.
But Mr Rickuss said Muslims
had made a positive
contribution in his seat.
"Pauline says 'show me a
good Muslim' but three or
four of our local doctors
are bloody good Muslims," Mr
Rickuss said.
"Dr
Mohammed Sultan (pictured
right) up here (in
Gatton) would have one of
the biggest practices in the
Lockyer. And guess what?
He's a Muslim.
"If we took all our Muslim
doctors away people would be
struggling to get into a
GP's office up here.
"My family came from Mt
Gravatt and they still live
in View St which overlooks a
mosque, and that mosque has
been there for 108 years.
"Most people, let's face it,
whether they are Muslims,
Catholics, Protestants or
Buddhists...just want a
better life for their kids
and to add to the country."
Mr Rickuss said he beat One
Nation when Ms Hanson ran in
Lockyer, and added that was
a good sign for Mr McDonald.
But he did warn that if he
was wrong, and Mr Savage did
get up, it would be a sign
of a One Nation wave of
support elsewhere and a
worry for the ALP as well.
"If we lose Lockyer then
Ipswich West is gone (for
the ALP), the seat of
Ipswich will be very close
and Maryborough, which Labor
holds, will be gone," he
said.
Sameeya’s family have
started a
GoFundMe page in the
hope that they can raise
enough money to help pay for
her desperately needed
medical treatment that they
are unable to pay for.
Sameeya is a cancer survivor
who has been diagnosed with
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
on the left side of her body
-she also has a degenerative
spine that required her to
have a total disc
replacement 10 years ago.
She is in constant chronic
pain and will be on a pain
management program for the
rest of her life.
Unfortunately her condition
has seriously deteriorated
and she now requires further
spinal surgery to relieve
the pain in both of her arms
and to prevent further
damage to her spinal cord
and loss of movement. This
surgery offers the hope of a
future for Sameeya. After a
2 year recovery period she
would return to normal
functions and be once again
be able to work full-time
and spend quality time with
her family and continue
contributing to her
community.
Sameeya has been a brave,
selfless and loving person,
mother, daughter, sister and
aunty to our family. She has
continued to put our needs
first even through her years
of illness and hardship. Her
surgery is scheduled in June
2017 and any donations to
help her receive the surgery
she so desperately needs
would be greatly
appreciated.
Pauline Hanson wants to
'shut down' Islam in
Australia by changing the
constitution.
The One Nation leader said
Muslims were preaching
extremist views because the
government was powerless to
ban religions and wants a
referendum to change this.
'I really do believe they
are a political ideology
that wants sharia law in
this country and they're
using that as a guise,' she
told Andrew Bolt on Sky News
on Tuesday.
'We need to know what they
stand for. What do they
intend to do in the
country?'
She singled out pro-sharia
law group Hizb ut-Tahrir as
she called for Islam to be
banned in Australia.
'Let's expose it for what it
is and if it is really a
political ideology like Hizb
ut-Tahrir and these other
organisations then shut it
down,' she said.
Senator Hanson argues Islam
is an ideology and not a
religion and wants a royal
commission to determine
this.
The College Parents’
Advisory Committee (CPAC)
of the Islamic College of
Brisbane is once again
holding its major
fundraising event – BIG
AUTUMN FETE.
The 2015 Big Winter Fete was
a tremendous success due to
hard-working volunteers and
support from both the Muslim
and non-Muslim community.
We hope this year’s fete
will be bigger and better
than ever before and all
proceeds from this event
will go towards the new
Upper Primary Playground
due for construction later
this year. To achieve this,
we would like to extend an
invitation to the wider
community to get involved by
operating a stall of your
choice, providing vital
sponsorship or donating
auction items. There are
also opportunities for
members of the wider
community to advertise their
club/group during the stage
programme.
We are especially hoping to
bring our multicultural
community together in a day
of celebration,
entertainment and an
international food fest.
Please assist by contacting
the following Fete
Co-ordinators by phone
during business hours or
by email:
Love Marriage in Kabul is a
multi-award winning
documentary that has
received recognition from
around the world.
Filmed on location in one of
the Mahboba's Promise
centres for orphaned
children in Afghanistan, the
story focuses on Mahboba
Rawi, as she attempts to
bring together two young
lovers who are forced apart
by rigid societal values and
familial restraints.
In April 2016 Love Marriage
in Kabul was awarded the
Golden Phoenix at the 34th
Fair International Film
Festival in Iran. It was the
first time that an
Australian film had been
selected.
Love Marriage in Kabul will
be aired on ABC Compass in
two parts on 11th and 18th
of March at 6:00 PM.
A compelling photo series
that explores the Muslim
faith in Indigenous
Australia, visually breaking
down preconceived ideas and
showing a rich and diverse
section of Australian
culture
The National Census reported
that 1,140 Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
Australians identify as
Muslim. This figure has
grown significantly in the
last 15 years, almost
doubling that of what was
recorded in 2001. While
Muslim conversion and
identification is growing in
Indigenous communities,
there is already a long
standing history with Islam.
Dating as far back as the
early 1700s, influences came
from Asian neighbours who
worked, traded and
socialised with First
Nations’ people; Afghan and
Indian cameleers in Central
Australia, Malay pearl
divers in the Torres Strait
and Cape York Peninsula, and
Indonesian fisherman in the
Top End.
More recently, Indigenous
people have become drawn to
Islam independently,
interested in its guiding
principles, spiritual
beliefs and the cultural
parallels between the faith
and traditional Aboriginal
culture. However, each
journey is as diverse as the
people themselves.
In an 2012 interview boxing
great, Anthony Mundine was
asked about the portrayal of
him in the media, to which
he replied, “I’m three
things that you shouldn’t be
in this society, and that’s
Muslim, Aboriginal and
outspoken.”
Reflecting on Mundine’s
powerful words and the
preconceptions of minority
groups, we consider national
identity. NITV would like to
thank the participants,
those who are who are
dedicated to their faith and
simultaneously committed to
keeping culture strong, for
inviting us into their homes
and sharing their stories
with us.
(Continued from last week's
CCN)
Tahlia, a Nunukul woman from
Minjerribah, North Stradbroke
Island began her journey to
Islam while studying at
University. Tahlia is a mother
of three and happily married.
Her younger sister Kaskade
(pictured left, above) is also a
proud Nunukul girl.
With 11 February declared
the international day for
women in science, its a
chance to celebrate the
contributions of Muslim
scientists.
Prophet Muhammed (peace be
upon him) has said: “Seeking
knowledge is a mandate for
every Muslim (male and
female).”
These women have embodied
this and shown the world
what it means to be an
active achiever and mover of
the world in which we live.
CCN brings you one of these
scientists each week from
different parts of the
world.
(Continued from last week's
CCN)
Mauritius: Dr Ameenah Gharib
Fakim
Fakim is the current
(and first female!)
President of
Mauritius. She
obtained her PhD
degree in Organic
Chemistry from
Exeter University.
She is known for
having finished the
first full inventory
of Mauritius and
Rodriguez Island’s
aromatic and
medicinal plants She
has penned more than
28 scientific books,
which have sold
worldwide and are
used as reference
books by students
and researchers
worldwide.
“The goal of my
research is to
produce safe
plant-based
medicines to combat
everyday ailments
like diarrhoea,
dysentery, or
infectious
illnesses, and to
help children who
are suffering here
in Mauritius, in the
Indian Ocean region,
and also in Africa.”
We can all agree that 2016
was a tough year, but these
Muslim men made it a little
bit better. We compiled a
list of the individuals that
inspired us this year.
(Continued from last week's
CCN)
Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle is an
African-American Muslim, who
hosted Saturday Night Live’s
first show after Donald
Trump was elected.
He gave an
important speech about
Trump’s victory by saying:
“I’m going to give him a
chance, and we, the
historically
disenfranchised, demand that
he give us one, too.”
Jokingly, he
added that America “finally
elected an Internet troll as
President.”
Chappelle
made it clear that despite
Trump’s victory, the
American people should not
be giving him a free pass
for bigotry and sexism.
A well-funded
network is
trying to strip
the right to
speak away from
American Muslims
and fanning the
politics of
fear.
But a targeted
network now
seeks to deny
Muslims that
freedom and to
treat Islam as a
dangerous
political
ideology rather
than a religion
— and, like the
McCarthyites of
the 1950s, to
silence and
discredit any
Muslims who
disagree.
In the years
after 9/11, a
small but
powerful network
of funders and
ideological
activists has
waged a major
misinformation
campaign,
seeking to cast
Islam as a
diabolical
threat that must
be eradicated.
Ideologues
are seeking to
marginalize
Muslims by
making their
speech and their
activism
relating to
their religion
come at a very
high price. They
believe that
Muslims are
malevolent,
duplicitous, and
dangerous, and
these
Islamophobes
will bend the
truth to fit
their claims. In
the process,
they are denying
Islam the same
functional
rights that
Christianity
enjoys and
silencing the
very people best
poised to
reconcile Islam
with modern
American life.
Which may be the
very point.
The Making of
Islamophobia
Inc.
ARGUMENT
A decade ago,
few outside the
academy would
have noticed
Jonathan Brown’s
lecture on
slavery. A
Washington
native who looks
a good bit
younger than his
39 years, Brown
is now a
professor of
Islamic studies
at Georgetown
University,
where he directs
the Prince
Alwaleed bin
Talal Center for
Muslim-Christian
Understanding.
He’s also a
convert to
Islam. Much of
his work is
aimed at making
Islamic thought
more accessible
to general
audiences.
But Brown’s
attempts to
explain the
faith have made
him a hate
figure for the
American right.
A flood of
articles accuse
him of being an
apologist for
slavery and
rape. His family
has received
death and rape
threats.
It all started
with good
intentions.
Brown is one of
the majority of
Muslims around
the world who
believes the
Islamic State
practices a
warped
interpretation
of Islamic
thought that
blesses slavery,
rape, and other
crimes. But
Brown also knows
that not all
Muslims are so
quick to dismiss
the jihadi
group’s
theology.
Certainly the
hundreds of
foreign fighters
who have
trickled into
Syria and Iraq
to join its
ranks find its
ideas seductive.
For some others,
the veneer of
religious
authenticity
used to justify
Islamic State
atrocities has
led to a crisis
of faith. And
the cacophony of
violence
plaguing much of
the Muslim world
tends to drown
out the voices
of those most
qualified to
referee the
religious
confusion.
But Brown felt
that he was
called to try,
hence his public
lecture at the
International
Institute of
Islamic Thought
in Herndon,
Virginia, on
Feb. 7. In the
first of what he
intended as a
three-part
series, Brown
addressed
slavery in
Islam, hoping to
combat the idea
that Islam could
ever condone the
subjugation and
exploitation of
human beings.
That was when he
encountered a
cacophony of a
different sort —
America’s
far-right,
anti-Muslim
ecosystem that
has adopted the
same twisted
interpretations
of Islam that
the Islamic
State promotes.
After the
lecture, Brown
endured a
cascade of
online attacks
from
conservative and
alternative-right
heavyweights
such as Ann
Coulter, Robert
Spencer, and
Milo
Yiannopoulos,
who claimed that
he had actually
condoned the
acts he had set
about to
condemn. His
university
department was
flooded with
demands that he
be fired.
Brown is the
victim of an
increasingly
empowered
industry of
Islamophobia
that constricts
the space for
balanced and
open dialogue,
sidelining the
very Muslims who
are doing the
most to promote
peaceful,
orthodox
interpretations
of Islam. The
United States
has powerful
protections for
speech and
religious
liberty that
have allowed
faith traditions
to hammer out
their
theological
debates in a
free and
protected
environment.
But a targeted
network now
seeks to deny
Muslims that
freedom and to
treat Islam as a
dangerous
political
ideology rather
than a religion
— and, like the
McCarthyites of
the 1950s, to
silence and
discredit any
Muslims who
disagree.
The Quran does
not condemn
slavery.
Mohammed is said
to have
encouraged
manumission of
slaves as a
virtuous act,
but other
teachings
traditionally
attributed to
him establish
guidelines for
the treatment of
slaves. These
limit the scope
of slavery, not
condemn it
absolutely.
By the 20th
century, most
Islamic thinkers
rejected the
practice, and
countries
throughout the
Muslim world
abolished it.
Ahmad Bey, the
ruler of Tunis,
outlawed the
practice in
1846. Numerous
regions followed
suit, with Saudi
Arabia finally
abolishing it in
1962. But how
are modern
believers
reading ancient
texts, which
they hold to be
inerrant and
timeless, to
take a passage
such as Surah
24:32, “And
marry those
among you who
are single and
those who are
fit among your
male slaves and
your female
slaves”? The
verse appears to
accept slavery
as an
institution and
could even be
seen as
encouraging
nonconsensual
sexual
relations. It is
troubling and
problematic for
anyone who
believes in
freedom and
universal human
rights,
particularly
when a
self-proclaimed
Islamic
caliphate
invokes such
passages to
justify the
enslavement of
Yazidi women and
girls.
Foreign
Policy
The Five Ways
Donald Trump Is
Wrong About
Islam The White
House’s approach
to the world’s
second largest
religion isn’t
just bigoted –
it’s a strategic
disaster. BY
STEPHEN M. WALT
As a public
service,
therefore, I
offer the Top
Five Reasons
Steve Bannon is
Dead Wrong About
the “Islamic
Threat.”
(Continued from
last week's CCN)
5: The “Clash
of
Civilizations”
Is a
Self-Fulfilling
Prophecy.
The final reason
to reject Bannon
and company’s
depiction of a
vast and looming
Muslim threat to
us is that this
worldview
encourages us to
act in ways that
make the problem
worse instead of
better. As
George Kennan
wisely observed
in 1947, “It is
an undeniable
privilege of
every man to
prove himself
right in the
thesis that the
world is his
enemy; for if he
reiterates it
frequently
enough and makes
it the
background of
his conduct he
is bound
eventually to be
right.” If U.S.
leaders keep
demonizing an
entire religion,
impose
ill-considered
bans on Muslim
refugees, and
most important
of all, continue
to intervene
throughout the
Arab and Islamic
world with
military force,
they will
convince more
and more people
that Osama bin
Laden, Khalid
Sheikh Muhammed
and Islamic
State leader Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi
were right when
they claimed the
West had
“declared war”
on their
religion.
Despite the
mountain of
evidence that
shows that
anti-Americanism
in the Muslim
world is
overwhelmingly a
response to U.S.
policy (and not
because they
“hate our
freedoms”),
people like
Bannon, Gaffney,
and their ilk
want us to
double down on
the same
policies that
have inspired
extremists since
the 1950s and
especially since
the formation of
al Qaeda.
Frankly, given
how often we’ve
used our
superior power
to interfere in
these countries,
it’s somewhat
surprising the
reaction has
been as modest
and manageable
as it is. Ask
yourself how
Americans might
react if a
powerful foreign
country had
repeatedly
bombed the
continental
United States
with aircraft
and drones, or
invaded, toppled
our government,
and then left
chaos in their
wake. Do you
think a few
patriotic
Americans might
be tempted to
try for some
payback?
My point is not
to defend
terrorism — far
from it, in fact
— but rather to
remind us that
it didn’t just
come out of
nowhere, and it
isn’t solely a
reaction to the
political and
social problems
of the Muslim
world itself.
But if you’d
like to
encourage more
of it, then by
all means
embrace the
Bannon playbook.
Perhaps the most
important task
for any
strategist is to
figure out what
the main threats
and
opportunities
are, and then to
devise policies
that can defuse
the former and
exploit the
latter. Making
all of Islam our
enemy and
viewing the
world through
the lens of a
vast
“civilizational
clash” fails on
both criteria.
If followed, it
will bog us down
in more
interminable
conflicts in
places that are
not vital U.S.
interests,
distract us from
other
foreign-policy
issues, and sap
the wealth and
strength that we
may need to deal
with more
serious
challenges,
including
long-neglected
problems here at
home. I’m sure
plenty of
anti-Americans
are hoping that
we take the bait
and do just
that; what
scares me is
that there are
now people in
the White House
who agree with
them.
The Model
Halima Aden
Thinks Trump
Should Open His
Heart to Muslim
Neighbors "You're going
to be amazed by
the things that
you can learn."
Halima Aden, who
made headlines
for being the
first hijab-wearing
Muslim to
compete in a
Miss USA
pageant, and
afterward, the
first one to
model in major
fashion shows,
doesn't like to
be categorized.
She's not just a
Somali-American,
a Muslim, a
refugee, an
immigrant, or a
citizen of the
U.S. — she's
Halima. But
she's more than
happy to be a
positive role
model and voice
for her
community in a
time she
considers to be
fraught with
negativity.
Cosmopolitan.com
caught up with
her at the Miss
Universe
headquarters in
NYC to find out
more about her
reaction to her
rise to fame,
her haters, and
even her message
to President
Trump.
(Continued from
last week's CCN)
At any point
in this journey,
has anyone asked
you to ever take
off your hijab
or wear anything
you're not
comfortable
with? No. I have
not had any
pressure to be
anything but
myself. The
fashion industry
really welcomed
me with open
arms and open
hearts. They've
been very
accepting of my
faith. I have
strict wardrobe
requirements and
that's something
they've upheld.
They style me in
dressy, cute,
stylish,
fashionable
clothing but
still something
I feel
comfortable in.
Tell me a
little about
Yeezy. How did
you get involved
with Kanye
West's latest
show? Carine [Roitfeld,
who put me on
the cover of CR
Fashion Book,]
is a stylist for
Yeezy, so [the
opportunity]
came through
her. She took me
under her wing
and she's been
making sure that
she thinks of me
when job
opportunities
come. I'm so
grateful.
She sounds
like a great
mentor. Did you
ever get to meet
Kanye? He was super
nice. He just
welcomed me to
the show and was
super polite.
That was fun. I
got to meet
Kanye!
"I don't want
to speak for people, I want to
hear from them."
Richard Di Natale invites Nada
to address the National Press
Club.
The Australian
Greens
NADA:
LET’S BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER
“I don’t think
there has been a single month
where someone has not made an
obvious point that they don’t
think that I’m welcome in this
country”
“Being born and brought up in
Australia and for someone to
come and point fingers at you to
tell you to go back to where you
came from – so for me that’s
Essendon district hospital”
“In my personal experience, my
right to exist as a Muslim woman
in this country is questioned
daily. I am a regular victim of
casual and impersonal racism –
on public transport, in the
supermarket, walking down the
street – and it hurts no less
each time.”
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Eco-friendly grocery bags
made from shrimp?
These
researchers in Egypt have
found a way to turn
discarded shells into
biodegradable plastic.
Hanson
confronted by two Muslim
women on her election
campaign trail in WA
Seven News
Nadiya Minty
and Khatija Chohan and
Pauline Hansaon
Make
Marriage Easy | Sh Bilal
Assad
IslamInFocus
Advice
on how to bridge the gap between
the old generation and the young
generation so that marriage can
be made easy.
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More Indigenous
Australians are
converting to
Islam. But it is
more than a
political
gesture. Unknown
to many is the
long history
between
Aboriginal
people and
Islamic culture
and religion.
Comment:
Indigenous Australia's long
history with Islam
Peta
Stephenson is the author of
Islam Dreaming. This article
was originally published on
14 December 2011, by The
Conversation.
Muslim conversion is growing
in Indigenous communities.
In the 2001 national census,
641 Indigenous people
identified as Muslim. By the
2006 census the number had
climbed by more than 60% to
1014 people.
This rise in conversions
among Indigenous Australians
may seem to be a political
gesture. But unknown to many
is the long history between
Aboriginal people and
Islamic culture and
religion.
(Continued from last week's
CCN)
Change
what you do, not who you are
Indigenous
Muslims are also attracted
to Islam because it does not
subscribe to the kind of
mono-culturalism Christian
missionaries imposed on
Aboriginal people.
The Qur'an states that Allah
made human beings into
different nations and
tribes. These racial and
cultural differences, far
from being wrong, are a sign
from God.
According to Shahzad,
another interviewee from the
group, Islam doesn't just
say "you're Muslim, that's
it. It recognises we belong
to different tribes and
nations. So it doesn't do
what Christianity did to a
lot of Aboriginal people,
[which] was try and make
them like white people."
Indigenous Australian
Muslims (in common with
black Britons and
African-Americans),
understand conversion to
Islam as a means of
repairing the deep
psychological scars they
suffer as a people.
But there are also
gender-specific reasons why
Islam appeals to Indigenous
women and men.
Indigenous women have long
been stereotyped as sexually
available, and they suffer
disproportionate levels of
sexual abuse. Wearing the
hijab is a practical as well
as symbolic deterrent to
unwanted attention.
As a public expression of
the importance Islam accords
the family, it also appeals
to Indigenous female
converts who, against the
backdrop of a long history
of family break-up, want to
offer their children
security and stability.
A similarly nuanced set of
arguments surrounds the
appeal of Islam for
Indigenous men. Many,
particularly those in the
prison system, are initially
drawn to Islam through the
rhetoric of Malcolm X. But
the Islamic notion of
"universal brotherhood" and
its disavowal of racial
distinctions leads to a
growth in self-esteem that
has a significant influence
on the way they think about
their roles as husbands and
fathers.
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This
Woman Did Not Like The Muslim Call To Prayer
and Twitter Responded Amazingly
Bethlehem: This woman
complained about the Muslim call to
prayer in Betlehem, a city located in
the central West Bank in Palestine. She
criticized the fact that these calls to
prayer happen in the city where Jesus
was born, and according to her, should
be a Christian area because of that.
Here’s what she had to say:
But people on twitter did not agree and
reacted in an amazing way.
Arizona man breaks into
mosque to rip up 130 copies of Quran
US: On Tuesday, the
Islamic Center of Tucson shared on
its Facebook page that an unknown
man broke into and vandalized the
center, ripping up over 130 the
mosque's copies of the Quran, the
Islamic holy book.
The Tuscon, Arizona, mosque shared
pictures of pages ripped out of the
Quran and strewn all over the
center's prayer room rug.
The center shared an image captured
of the man responsible on Facebook.
In the image, which was captured by
a security camera, the man depicted
is wearing a University of Arizona
T-shirt.
"Although we are disheartened by
this incident, we understand that
this is an isolated incident," the
Center wrote on Facebook. "The ICT
has been a part of the Tucson
community since the late 1980's and
since then, the Tucson community has
been kind, welcoming, and
supportive."
Kim Bay, a spokeswoman for the
Tucson Police Department, told
Tucson News Now there is "no
indication this was a hate crime."
Tucson Islamic Center spokesman
Mahmoud Abagi told Hechanova that
this was the first time an act like
this had happened to the mosque.
Though it might be a first for the
Tucson mosque, it's the latest in a
series of aggressive attacks at
mosques both nationally and
internationally. In January, a
27-year-old Trump supporter opened
fire in a Quebec City mosque,
killing six people and wounding 19
others. Also in January, a mosque in
Victoria, Texas, was set on fire,
and authorities are now
investigating the incident as arson.
Only five days prior, a California
mosque was vandalized with strips of
bacon.
2015 was also named the worst year
for mosque attacks on record.
The Islamic Center of Tucson created
a GoFundMe page in hopes of securing
funding to beef up the mosque's
security. According to the
fundraising page, the mosque wants
to upgrade its alarm system, camera
surveillance and night lighting,
repair damaged doors and hire
security guards. All together, the
mosque is hoping to raise $12,500.
Maryland high school
student not allowed to play in basketball
game for wearing hijab
US: A Maryland high
school student was blocked from playing
a basketball game because she was
wearing a hijab.
Je’Nan
Hayes, a Watkins Mill High School
student, was held out of the season’s
final game after an official enforced a
rule requiring "documented evidence"
that her head covering was being worn
for religious reasons.
Zainab Chaudry, from the Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said
that the decision came as a shock to
Hayes who had been allowed to play in
all previous games that year. "She
played 24 games and her team made it to
the regional finals when they went to go
play in Prince George's County," Chaudry
said.
"She was benched. She was unable to play
and her team lost," continued Chaudry
"This is something that really has had a
profound effect on her and I'm sure it's
had an effect on many other young teens
who wear the head scarf, or who wear
religious headgear and were impacted by
this story and who now feel discouraged
about whether or not they would be able
to play in sports or the athletics
because of their religious beliefs."
On Thursday, Je’Nan and her family held
a press conference with CAIR in hopes of
getting the state headwear rule changed.
“I’m not discouraged whatsoever. You
know, since this has gone so far I don't
feel discouraged or angered I just have
that hunger to succeed and I want to
take this far,” Je’nan explained.
"Clearly this is a rule that is not
being applied across the board," Chaudry
said. "It seems to be antiquated in the
sense that it doesn't take into account
that there are growing number of teens
due to have religious diverse religious
beliefs, who are qualified - clearly
qualified to play different sports, and
who are being barred from being able to
compete."
When Je'Nan was told why she couldn't
play she broke down crying and she
explains what she was feeling during
that moment, "It was just the sadness
and disappointment, it wasn’t really
anger at that. I was just speechless, I
didn’t know what to do, so tears had
just risen or whatnot."
Je’Nan’s mother, Carlitta Foster- Hayes
said, “For me to see her not being able
to play in a playoff game, it took away
a little bit of her dream of being able
to show, you know, team spirit and I
just think it’s very wrong.”
You know there’s a
problem when you get 50,000 anti-Muslim
emails in your inbox
Liberal MP
Iqra Khalid speaks to members of
the public in her Toronto riding
office
CANADA: There has been a
lot of confusion surrounding calls in
Canada's Parliament to denounce
Islamophobia. Some critics are trying to
mislead people about a formal motion on
the issue in the House of Commons.
They've been making it seem as though
this motion was somehow part of an
"Islamic" invasion of Canada.
And they've argued that the motion,
proposed by Liberal MP Iqra Khalid,
would criminalize anti-Islam sentiment
and restrict freedom of speech.
“Islam should not be singled out and
given more importance than other
religions,” say the critics.
But the reality of the motion is quite
different. Whether we single out Islam
or not, Muslims are the ones being
singled out in Canada.
By focusing on the Islamophobia part,
critics have lost the inclusive spirit
of the proposal, known in Ottawa as
Motion-103.
Khalid's proposal simply calls for the
multi-party Canadian heritage committee
to study systemic racism and religious
discrimination, including Islamophobia,
in Canada, and to come up with
recommendations on how to reduce it.
It is not only about Islamophobia, but
this word was deliberately included by
Khalid because of the elephant in the
room — that the most devastating
terrorist attack and only mass shooting
at a place of worship in Canada was in a
Mosque targeting Muslims.
This one community is being targeted
Given the alarming rise in attacks
against Muslims, it appears that Muslims
are being singled out. Hate crimes have
decreased overall, yet hate crimes
against the Muslim community have
doubled. One in four Muslims reports
having encountered difficulties crossing
borders. And Muslim youth are the least
optimistic about the next generation
facing less discrimination than them.
Another telling sign is that individuals
mistaken for Muslim have become victims
too. As Khalid noted, “the Sikh and
Christian Arab communities are targeted
because people think they are Muslim.”
Saudi deputy crown prince
calls Donald Trump a 'true friend of
Muslims' after White House meeting
Prince
Mohammad bin Salman defends US
President over immigration ban
US: Saudi Arabia’s
deputy crown prince has hailed Donald
Trump as a “true friend of Muslims” and
said he does not believe the President’s
controversial immigration ban targets
Islam.
A senior adviser to Prince Mohammad bin
Salman said the meeting marked a
“historical turning point” in US-Saudi
relations, which worsened under Barack
Obama’s administration because of the
nuclear agreement struck with Iran.
A statement said the prince’s visit had
put “things on the right track” and
marked a significant shift across
politics, security and the economy.
“All of this is due to President Trump’s
great understanding of the importance of
relations between the two countries and
his clear sight of problems in the
region,” it continued, according to
Bloomberg.
“Saudi Arabia does not believe that [the
immigration ban] is targeting Muslim
countries or the religion of Islam.
“This measure is a sovereign decision
aimed at preventing terrorists from
entering the United States of America.
“President Trump expressed his deep
respect for the religion of Islam,
considering it one of the divine
religions that came with great human
principles kidnapped by radical groups.”
Saudi Arabia has been accused of
fuelling Islamist extremism with its
adherence to fundamentalist Wahhabism
and funding foreign mosques and schools
that spread the ideology, sparking
criticism from German intelligence
services in a recent report.
Mr Trump was criticised for omitting the
Kingdom from the six predominantly
Muslim countries included in his second
attempted immigration ban.
It claims to be “protecting the nation
from foreign terrorist entry into the
United States” but opponents have
pointed out that the nations linked to
most atrocities, including Saudi Arabia,
Pakistan and Egypt, are not barred.
Almost 3,000 people died in the attacks
on 11 September 2001, the world’s
deadliest ever terror attack, which was
carried out by 15 hijackers from Saudi
Arabia, two from the United Arab
Emirates, one from Egypt and one from
Lebanon.
The countries included Mr Trump’s travel
ban – Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan
and Yemen – only have a handful of
citizens involved in terror attacks on
US soil but the White House argues the
countries prevent an increased threat
because of activity by Isis and al-Qaeda
linked groups.
Prince Mohammad, who is also the Saudi
defence minister, told the President his
intelligence services had received
information on a terror plot against the
US.
A spokesperson said he expressed his
“satisfaction with the positive attitude
and clarifications he heard from
President Trump about his stance on
Islam”, adding: “President Trump has an
unprecedented and serious intention to
work with the Muslim world and to
achieve its interests and Prince
Mohammed considers his Excellency as a
true friend of Muslims.”
The two leaders held talks in the Oval
Office, with Vice President Mike Pence,
Mr Trump's senior adviser and
son-in-law, Jared Kushner, chief of
staff Reince Priebus and strategist
Steve Bannon also present.
I first heard about the expulsion of the 17th-century
Spanish Muslims known as Moriscos back in 1992, when I was
living in Barcelona. This was during the 500th anniversary
of Spain’s euphemistically titled “encounter” with the New
World; I was familiar with the expulsion of the Jews by
Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492, but I knew nothing of the
tragedy of the Moriscos – known as “little Moors” – that
took place more than a century later.
Even then, I was moved by the tragic fate of these forced
converts to Christianity. They were marginalised and
persecuted for more than a century before the Spanish state
decided they were incapable of becoming “good and faithful”
Christians – but they still considered themselves Spaniards
even when they were dumped on the beaches of north Africa.
Carr, the author of A History of Terrorism, charts this
steady breakdown, though without demonising either Christian
or Muslim. He suggests that the growth of mutual mistrust
and the spiral of increasing violence were the igniting
spark of the final expulsion. Yet it is impossible to read
this book without sensing its resonance in our own time.
In his epilogue, A Warning From History?, Carr’s message is
stark. The current language of outrage in Europe — indulging
prophecies of imminent demographic doom brought on by
fertile Muslims — is heading toward the idea of an
“agreeable holocaust”, which is what a 17th-century
Dominican friar called Spain’s final solution to its
insoluble problem. We should know better.
– Andrew Wheatcroft, New York Times
The Guardian:
Spain's Moriscos: a 400 year
old Muslim tragedy is a
story for today. Matthew
Carr, the author of Blood
and Faith, explains how the
plight of the Moriscos,
driven from their home
country as detested aliens,
has urgent lessons for our
own age
KB says:Summer days just
wouldn't be the same without this airy
confection complimented with fresh cream and
fresh fruit Yummm – which as a matter of
interest Aussies claim originated in Australia
or was it New Zealand …… well that is debatable.
This recipe
was kindly shared for the CCN readers by Ayesha
Peer who is our resident Pavlova expert.
Method
1. Using an electric beater, beat egg whites
with castor sugar until the sugar has dissolved
and the mixture is stiff.
2. Make a paste with the corn flour and vinegar
and mix until smooth.
3. Gently fold in the paste into the egg whites,
being careful not to deflate the peaks.
4. Spoon meringue onto an oven tray which has
been greased with spray and cook, using a marked
circle as a guide.
5. Smooth sides and top of pavlova. Use a small
spatula to forms little peaks around edge of
pavlova leaving a hollow for the cream topping.
6. Bake in a 140degrees pre-heated oven for 1˝
to 2 hours or until pavlova is dry to the touch.
7. Turn off the oven but leave the pavlova in
oven with the door ajar to cool completely. When
completely cold, transfer to serving plate.
8. Decorate with fresh cream and fruit of your
choice.
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readers?
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Welcome
to my weekly column
on Self-Care and
Clarity of Mind.
If you’re taking
time out to read
this, pat yourself
on the back because
you have shown
commitment to taking
care of your mind
and body.
Today, In Shaa
Allah, we will try
and understand the
meaning of True
Forgiveness and
how to cultivate a
Daily Forgiveness
Practice.
Before we proceed
further, let us
imagine four
scenarios:
Scenario One
Your friend borrows
a piece of clothing
from you. When your
friend returns it to
you, you notice an
irreparable rip in
the fabric.
Initially, it
bothers you and you
let your friend know
how you feel.
Your friend
apologises and
you decide to let it
be in the past and
move on. You
accept the apology
and forgive.
Scenario Two
Your friend borrows
a piece of clothing
from you. Again,
upon return you
notice an
irreparable rip.
When asked about it,
your friend
dismisses it and
does not accept any
responsibility. Your
friend apologises
for the
inconvenience
without accepting
responsibility of
the rip. Again, you
decide to let it go
and accept the
indirect apology.
Scenario Three
You confide in a
friend and later
find out that the
friend accidently
let it slip in a
group conversation.
You feel hurt and
tell your friend you
are disappointed by
the event. Your
friend realises and
apologises. Even
though you are hurt
and find it
difficult to forget
the incident, you
decide to accept
your friend’s
apology.
Scenario Four
You confide in a
friend and later
find out that the
friend
intentionally
told another person
and now the secret
has been passed
around in a group of
other people. You
tell your friend you
feel deeply hurt and
betrayed. You demand
an apology. There is
NO APOLOGY.
Your friendship is
ruined as a result.
You lose trust in
other people of that
group and you begin
avoiding gatherings
where any of these
people are. Every
time your former
friend’s name is
mentioned you feel
anger and hurt.
Now, in the first
three scenarios, it
was easier to let go
off the hurt and
carry on with life
as well as maintain
your friendship. In
the last scenario,
however, you did not
let go.
Why? Because there
was NO APOLOGY.
You became deeply
affected and
restricted your life
because of another
person’s actions -
you let that person
affect you and your
decisions.
LETTING GO WHEN YOU
HAVEN’T RECEIVED AN
APOLOGY IS TRUE
FORGIVENESS
True
Forgiveness happens
when you can no
longer feel a
person’s or
incident’s control
over your response
to life’s
situations. True
Forgiveness happens
when you no longer
blame a person or
circumstance for how
things are turning
out in your life.
True Forgiveness
happens when you
no longer NEED an
apology because
you have decided to
have a NEW
PERSPECTIVE of the
situation - the
perspective that
lets you be FREE
from carrying a
grudge or resentment
of any kind
whatsoever.
Forgiveness does NOT
mean you need to
start having dinner
parties with that
person or start
re-connecting. NO.
Forgiveness is to
NOT LET THEIR PAST
BEHAVIOUR AFFECT
YOUR PRESENT LIFE.
Four Steps to
Practise Daily
Forgiveness
Forgiveness gives
you freedom.
Forgiveness is for
your benefit alone.
There are four steps
to practise daily
forgiveness.
Cultivate a
forgiving attitude
by practising these
four steps daily.
Step 1 - Think of
the person who has
hurt you, the person
you need to forgive.
Step 2 - Now think
of this person in a
child form as if
they were a little
girl or little boy.
Step 3 - Now, in
your mind, say to
this child : “I
forgive you; you did
what you because
someone hurt you
too. I forgive you”.
Step 4 - Now imagine
this person back in
the adult form and
in your mind, say to
him/her: “I forgive
you. You have no
power over me. Your
words and your
actions have no
power over me. I
release you from my
mind. I forgive you.
ALLAH guide you to
the path of love and
peace.”
Forgiving
Yourself
Sometimes we feel
guilty for something
we have done and we
find it difficult to
forgive ourselves.
Try practising this
affirmation to
yourself. Close your
eyes and say: “I
forgive myself and
set myself free. I
seek refuge in
ALLAH’s mercy.”
Next week, In Shaa
Allah, we will
explore the meaning
of Silence and
strategies to
practice moments of
Silence daily in
your life so that
you are able to
“hear” the answers
to your prayers. We
often voice our
supplications to
ALLAH, but rarely do
we practise silence
to hear HIS answers
to our questions
because we are
caught up in
reacting to
circumstances.
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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, 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.
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
MONTHLY COMMUNITY PROGRAMME
FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH
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IPDC
HOLLAND PARK MOSQUE
Queensland Police Service/Muslim
Community Consultative Group
Next Meeting
TIME: 7.00pm –
8.30pm DATE: Wednesday 5 APRIL 2017 VENUE: Islamic College of Brisbane [ICB].
Community Contact Command, who are situated in Police
Headquarters, will be taking over the secretariat role of
the QPS/Muslim Reference Group meeting.
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New Migrants and
Condolences
"Dr
Mohammed Sultan (pictured
right) up here (in
Gatton) would have one of
the biggest practices in the
Lockyer. And guess what?
He's a Muslim.
This
Woman Did Not Like The Muslim Call To Prayer
and Twitter Responded Amazingly
Je’Nan
Hayes, a Watkins Mill High School
student, was held out of the season’s
final game after an official enforced a
rule requiring "documented evidence"
that her head covering was being worn
for religious reasons.
Welcome
to my weekly column
on Self-Care and
Clarity of Mind.
If you’re taking
time out to read
this, pat yourself
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and body. 
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