Report and photos by Dr Nora Amath
and Jatinder Kaur
During this week the
Islamic Women’s
Association of
Australia (formerly
known as IWAQ) and
JK Diversity
Consultants held the
first Queensland
Women's Interfaith
forum about Domestic
& Family Violence (DFV).
The forum featured
diverse speakers who
shared their
knowledge and
experience within
their faith
communities.
Michelle Royes
discussed a research
project funded by
the Brisbane Sisters
of Mercy
highlighting the gap
in services for men
who are perpetrators
of violence against
women. The “Caring
for Dads” project
will commence as a
pilot project in the
Ipswich Western
region and
Caboolture region.
Pushpa Bakshi
highlighted a number
of challenges faced
within the Indian
Hindu community,
particularly the
dowry system, gender
infanticide
(aborting female
foetus) and elder
abuse, and how the
community is tacking
these DFV issues
through community
education and
women’s empowerment
programs.
Salam El Merebi
expounded on the
Islamic perspective
on domestic and
family violence and
how she and a group
of Muslim women
founded Sakina, the
first shelter for
CALD (Culturally and
Linguistically
Diverse) women and
their children. She
also discussed the
need to provide
education and
training for faith
leaders and Imams to
assist women dealing
with DFV issues as a
prevention strategy.
Venerable Miao Xin
articulated the
Buddhist perspective
on domestic violence
within the framework
of gender equality
as espoused in
Buddha’s teachings.
She focused
particularly on the
Buddhist imperative
of nonviolence as
the normative
behaviour between
people.
Jatinder Kaur shared
the Sikh religious
teachings around
gender equality and
how she and others
within the Sikh
community have been
able to make
progress on lifting
the silence on DFV
issues within the
Sikh communities
across Australia.
She stressed that
there was need for
more community
education and
awareness about DFV
in diverse faith
communities.
Unga Falou’s
presentation was
from the heart; she
powerfully shared
her lived experience
of DFV within the
Pacific Islander
context and the
devastating ripple
effect and ongoing
trauma as a
consequence of the
psychological
emotional impact of
growing up within a
DFV household. She
also shared how her
Christian faith
provided solace and
allowed her space to
come to terms with
her past struggles
and hope for a
healthier future for
her family.
A panel discussion
with the speakers
and invited guests
Archana Singh, from
the Honorary Indian
Consulate, and Muna
Ibrahim, from IWAA,
provided an
opportunity for
questions from the
floor. Many of the
questions and
responses focused on
issues related to
gender and
patriarchy and cross
sections between
faith traditions.
Resource issues
around family
violence associated
with in-laws and the
need to introduce
certain policy
changes,
particularly around
immigration, were
also highlighted
during the panel
discussion.
Over 40 participants
attended this women
only event, and
feedback was
overwhelmingly
positive. As the
organisers had to
turn people away,
there will be
another similar
forum for Interfaith
for Male faith
leaders to be held
in November to
commemorate White
Ribbon Day. Jatinder
Kaur Salam Elmerebi
Muna Ibrahim Wendy
Flannery Andrea
Bentham Galila
Abdelsalam Galila
Abdelsalam
The 3rd Queensland
Intercultural
Society and Griffith
University
coordinated Ifthaar
was held at the
Centre for
Interfaith &
Cultural Dialogue (ICD)
at the Nathan campus
during the week.
Under the theme of
Diversity &
Dialogue, the event
was ably MC'ed by
the Director of ICD,
Dr Brian Adams.
Musical interludes
were provided by
Nawres Al-Frey and
Mike Taylor of the
Brisbane
Philharmonic
Orchestra, and the
Acknowledgment to
Country was
delivered by Mr John
Grahams, a Member of
the Griffith Council
of Elders Committee.
The Azan and Quran
recitation was
performed by Imam
Ahmad Abu Ghazaleh
of Wisdom College.
Deputy Vice
Chancellor, Prof
Martin Betts and Mr
Abdul Celil Gelim of
the QIS welcomed the
guests and Assoc.
Prof Halim Rane gave
the keynote address.
Rev. Heather Griffin
of the Queensland
Forum for Jews,
Muslims and
Christians, and Ms
Archana Singh, Hon.
Indian Consular of
Queensland reflected
on the occasion.
Mr John Fox, former
Inspector with the
QPS, offered up the
vote of thanks.
"As a Muslim, I feel we are
a political shuttlecock."
Ali Kadri says those linking
refugees with terrorism are
using Islam as a political
scapegoat #TheDrum
The AFL held
its 2nd
Ifthaar
dinner at
the Gabba
during the
week as part
of its
national
initiative
to "engage
with
communities
and foster
improved
cultural
education
and
awareness”.
The event,
held in
conjunction
with EidFest
Community
Services,
celebrated
the current
and rising
Muslim stars
like Ahmed
and Adam
Saad.
Ms Yasmin
Khan of the
Eidfest
Community
Services was
the MC for
the night
and ABC
radio
presenter,
Kelly
Higgins-Devine,
facilitated
a panel of
young
players who
took part in
a Q&A
session.
Team Manager
of the
National
Diversity
Championships
Queensland
Kickstart
and
Queensland
All Nations
teams,
Khaleel
Waqar, was
praised for
his efforts
in
coordinating
the
evening's
function.
Ahmed Saad,
former St
Kilda
player. He
is the first
player of
Egyptian
background
and the
third
practising
Muslim
(after Sedat
Sir and
Bachar Houli)
to be on the
AFL playing
list
Adam Saad of
the Gold
Coast Club
with AFL
tragic, David
Forde
For 18 months,
representatives of around 20
different faith groups have
worked to form a Queensland
network of faith communities
committed to advancing
interfaith understanding and
collaboration and to making
a positive contribution
within society. It hopes to
do this by:
(a) engaging in dialogue
that enhances our
understanding of shared
values and develops
respect for our
diversity; and
(b) publicly promoting
interfaith relations by
working together,
through education,
guidance and example, to
support the positive
outcomes of religious
freedom, social justice,
inclusivity and
diversity.
And so, the Queensland Faith
Communities Council (QFCC)
was born! The Launch took
place on Tuesday 23 May at
the Centre for Interfaith
and Cultural Dialogue,
Griffith University, Nathan
Campus.
The Foundation Ordinary
Members are:
Anglican Diocese of
Brisbane
Buddhist Council of
Queensland Inc
Catholic Archdiocese of
Brisbane
The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day
Saints
Hindu Council of
Australia
International Society
for Krishna
Consciousness Islamic Council of
Queensland Inc
Nematollahi Ghadeer Ali
Shahi Sufi Order
Pagan Hearth Inc
Queensland Churches
Together
Queensland Jewish Board
of Deputies Inc
Queensland Jewish
Community Services Inc
Sikh Nishkam Society of
Australia
The Spiritual Assembly
of the Baha’is in
Brisbane Inc
The Uniting Church in
Australia (Queensland
Synod)
And Foundation Affiliate
Members are:
Believing Women for a
Culture of Peace
Centre for Interfaith
and Cultural Dialogue,
Griffith University
The
video featuring Emirati pop star
Hussain al-Jassmi has registered
over two million views on Zain's
YouTube page and more than 4,000
shares on Facebook.
'Worship your God with love,
not terror': Muslim
anti-terrorist Ramadan advert
goes viral
A video advertisement that
depicts a would-be suicide
bomber confronted by the
faithful has gone viral two
days into the Muslim fasting
month of Ramadan.
It features images from
bombings across the region
claimed by Al-Qaeda or the
Islamic State group.
Survivors and the families
of victims also feature in
the video.
The video featuring Emirati
pop star Hussain al-Jassmi
has registered over two
million views on Zain's
YouTube page and more than
4,000 shares on Facebook.
"Worship your God with love,
not terror" is the main
message of the three-minute
advert posted Friday online
by Kuwaiti
telecommunications giant
Zain, which operates across
the Middle East.
"I will tell God
everything," says the
voiceover of a child at the
beginning of the ad as a man
is seen preparing a bomb.
"That you've filled the
cemeteries with our children
and emptied our school
desks..."
But it ends on a positive
note with footage of a happy
wedding and cheerful
children dressed in white.
"We will encounter their
hatred with songs of love,"
concludes a caption
superimposed on a black
background.
Gulf monarchies are part of
the US-led coalition bombing
IS extremists in Syria and
Iraq. Some of them have also
been targeted by attacks.
Australia’s peak Muslim body
says leadership turmoil and
staff changes mean it cannot
explain why it demanded
millions of dollars from the
country’s largest Islamic
school for “past services”
.
Sydney’s Malek Fahd Islamic
School, which has about 2400
students and 300 staff, is
suing the Australian
Federation of Islamic
Councils for allegedly
withdrawing more than $45
million from its accounts
through inflated rent
charges, interest-free loans
and other “gratuitous”
payments.
In documents tendered in a
NSW Supreme Court case
¬defending AFIC against the
school’s claim, the
organisation says it no
longer knows why it asked
for $2.2m plus GST for
“payment of past services”.
AFIC is “not presently in a
position to be able to
respond to the allegation”,
according to court
documents, “other than to
not admit it ... the
relevant events occurred
more than six years ago and
various of its employees and
representatives are no
longer in the employ of the
defendant”.
According to Malek Fahd,
AFIC asked for the money for
“services claimed as having
been provided by AFIC to
MFIS since 1989”.
While the organisation
admits it received the money
on about May 3, 2010, it
denies the withdrawal
constitutes a breach of its
financial obligations to the
school.
AFIC was a “director” of
Malek Fahd, according to the
school’s claim, and faces
damages under corporate law
for allegedly improperly
using its position as
director for its own gain.
AFIC denies the school is
entitled to compensation for
the $2.2m withdrawal.
The fate of thousands of
students and hundreds of
teachers is in limbo, as
Malek Fahd is separately
appealing in a Federal Court
against the Turnbull
government’s decision to
stop its $19m in annual
funding.
The school’s lawyers earlier
this month accused AFIC of
using it as a “milking cow
that never runs dry” to
siphon funds to other
projects.
At one stage, according to
court documents, AFIC raised
the rent paid by the
school’s main campus in
Greenacre, in southwest
Sydney, more than tenfold in
a single year.
The school has alleged AFIC
withdrew at least $45.14m
from its accounts between
2000 and 2015. During that
period, the school received
more than $184m in federal
and $45.5m in state funding.
The school, which was
founded in 1989, paid
between $24,000 and $67,500
in rent each year to AFIC in
its first 10 years of
operation.
Between 1999 and 2000, that
figure rose by more than 13
times — from $67,500 to
$900,000. In 2008, the rent
was increased again, to
$1.3m, and allegedly
increased a second time in
mid-2009 to $1.5m.
Malek Fahd and two other
schools controlled by AFIC,
in South Australia and the
ACT, have had their federal
government funding cut due
to concerns about the
administration of taxpayer
money.
Attorney-General George
Brandis says Australia's
Muslims are the victims of
terrorism more often than
the wider community because
they are the ones being
preyed on by recruiters.
Speaking to Lateline,
Senator Brandis backed the
head of ASIO, Duncan Lewis,
who on Wednesday stood by
his insistence that the
refugee program is not the
source of terrorism in
Australia.
One Nation senator Brian
Burston has called for Mr
Lewis to be sacked, alleging
he deliberately misled
Senate estimates last week
when responding to a
question from Pauline Hanson
about the links between
refugees and terrorism.
The perpetrators of the past
three terrorist attacks in
Australia — Man Haron Monis,
Abdul Numan Haider and Fahad
Jabar — had all been
refugees.
Senator Brandis said the
problem was not that
terrorists were refugees,
but that they had been
radicalised.
"Plainly, there is a very
immediate connection between
domestic terrorism and
elements of the Muslim
community in Australia, a
very small element," he
said.
"That is a problem for that
community, they are as much
the victims as anything
else, in fact, even more so
than other Australian
citizens because it's their
young who are being preyed
upon by terrorist
recruiters.
"We have to work with that
community to address a
problem, which I stress, is
as much if not more so a
problem for that particular
community as it is for the
entire country."
....
Liberal backbencher and
former SAS soldier Andrew
Hastie, who fought against
the Islamic State group in
the Middle East, told
Lateline that Australians
wanted to know that
politicians understood the
threat of radical Islam.
"I've read the Quran from
cover-to-cover and I think
on the face of it there are
some issues there to do with
violence," he said.
He called for more
leadership from the Islamic
community to help
Australians understand how
Islam is a religion of
peace.
The self-styled “Imam”
Mohammad Tawhidi has been
exposed on ABC Media Watch
Episode 15 aired on Monday
22 May 2017. However, he
continues to enjoy the
status of being the darling
of the conservative media
who widely air his
Islamophobic rants.
Media Watch concluded, “Now
we’re not saying Tawhidi has
no right to his opinions.
But the media really should
not be giving him a
megaphone. Nor should they
be presenting him as a voice
of reason and the Imam of
Peace, when it’s clear that
some of his views are
divisive, offensive, abusive
and just plain crazy.”
Ironically at the beginning
of the fasting month of
Ramadan, his Facebook
account has now been closed
and in frustration he
recently vented his anger at
Facebook on Twitter:
“Imam Tawhidi @Imamofpeace
May 27: My Facebook page
http://www.fb.com/imamtawhidi
has been taken down
without any notice. I am
being silenced for
criticising radical
extremists.”
“Imam Tawhidi @Imamofpeace
May 27: I am being
silenced by @facebook.
They’ve issued a Fatwa
against my posts and
waged Jihad against my
account. I shall not be
silenced.
Mohammad Tawhidi of Iraqi
origin was born in Iran and
raised in Western Australia.
He currently resides in
South Australia. He has made
outlandish claims of his
genealogy, his association
with Islamic scholars and
studies at various
seminaries.
During the last few years he
has styled himself as a
Muslim religious scholar and
leader calling himself Imam
for Peace while increasingly
attacking Muslims and Islam
fomenting religious and
sectarian divisions in
Australia.
He has built a significant
following from Islamophobes,
white supremacists, Zionists
as well as developed a high
media profile due to his
absurd but headline catching
stances on issues affecting
Islam and Muslims, both in
Australia and overseas.
Tawhidi’s radical claims
include that Muslims are
secretly working to
establish an Australian
caliphate; Australian
mosques are run by radical
Imams producing terrorists;
government should listen to
Pauline Hanson and ban
Muslim immigration; Muslim
schools and mosques should
be closed; Islamic religious
books should be banned and
that halal Easter eggs are
an “insult” to Christianity.
His absurd views have been
enthusiastically aired by
Today Tonight, Sky News’
Bolt Report, 2GB’s Ben
Fordham, the Daily Mail and
Seven News. As recently as
Thursday 25 May after the
Manchester attack, Sunrise
program on TV Channel 7 in
their attempts at
fearmongering paraded him as
a Muslim leader with inside
knowledge of the Muslim
community.
Muslim students were forced
to leave the Perth Convention
Centre because of their attire.
Perth Muslim students
attending a career expo at
the Perth Convention and
Exhibition Centre were
allegedly forced to leave
after onlookers felt
threatened by their "attire"
because of Manchester's
suicide bombing.
Some people complained the
school children's hijabs
were "making them feel
uncomfortable after what
happened in Manchester" and
asked staff to have them
removed from the venue.
The PCEC has confirmed the
centre was contacted about
an alleged incident
involving discrimination
against patrons on May 26
but deny their staff were
involved.
It comes just over a week
after Salman Abedi killed 22
people in a suicide bomb
attack in Manchester at an
Ariana Grande concert.
A mother of one of the
students, who didn't want to
be named, said her
16-year-old daughter was at
the Careers Expo at the
Convention Centre last week
when she and her school
friends were told by their
teacher they had to pack up
their lunch and leave.
"I'm not angry, I'm just
sad," the mum of the student
told WAtoday.
Great news! When we
deconstruct our Ummah, we
find that every Muslim home
has the greatest potential
to impact the entire Muslim
population. It is the
collective efforts of all
Muslim homes that make our
Ummah what it is today.
Not so great news...our
Ummah is not doing so well.
This can only mean that the
single unit of any given
Muslim home is responsible
somehow.
Now, let’s deconstruct the
single Muslim home unit.
Almost always, there is at
least one woman in that
single Muslim home. Her
wellbeing, that is, her
physical, mental and
emotional health, is
paramount for the optimum
functioning of the entire
home.
Muslimah Mind Matters
advocates for every Muslim
woman’s physical, mental and
emotional health. It is
every Muslimah's go-to
platform for self-care,
clarity of mind and holistic
wellbeing.
When a Muslimah takes care
of her mind, body and soul,
she lives a life of peace,
joy, creativity, compassion
and unconditional love
towards herself and all of
Almighty Allah's creation.
She prays, she nurtures and
she spreads positivity in
her home.
Muslimah Mind Matters
events, workshops and
retreats are conducted
worldwide to help Muslimahs
with strategies promoting a
daily practice of self-care,
clarity of mind and holistic
wellbeing. Strategies to
practise only positive
thoughts, words, actions,
and responses to life's
challenges.
Muslimah Mind Matters is for
every Muslimah
worldwide...No matter where
in the world she lives and
what language she speaks,
she is the force that
propels the wellbeing of her
entire family. She is the
single force contributing to
the collective force to
uphold the wellbeing of our
Ummah.
Kuraby Masjid would
like to thank all
Huffaz that have
performed Taraweeh
at Kuraby in the
past especially Kari
Fida Ur Rahman who
mentioned that he is
unable to join us
this year.
انشاء
اللہ we will
have Hafez Imraan,
Hafez Gazaleh and
Imam Ahmed leading
Taraweh this year.
1.
Magreb will be 10
minutes after
stipulated Iftaar
Times.
2.
Esha will be at 6:45
for the entire
month.
3.
All brothers and
sisters are
encouraged to come
early for Esha and
Taraweh as we will
not be opening any
extended prayer area
outside the Masjid
this year.
We
expect a full crowd
and encourage others
who might be late to
pray at the Islamic
School as they have
a large prayer hall.
جزاگلله
خيـــــرا and
Ramadaan
Lead research
and policy analysis in
context of the broader QCOSS
policy agenda. The role will
require policy expertise in
one or more of the following
areas: Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander policy;
multicultural policy;
financial inclusion; energy;
early childhood education
and care; and community
services.
The position
is responsible for managing
a community engagement
project with public housing
tenants. This position will
lead a team of community
engagement officers tasked
with providing education and
support to enable public
housing tenants to
participate in a trial solar
energy program.
June 8th | 4:45pm - 7:00pm
Harmony on Carmody Cafe
Carpark
Iftar is the meal shared
after sunset to break the
fast during the Muslim month
of Ramadan.
Access in conjunction with
the Queensland Intercultural
Society will be hosting a
Community Iftar Dinner in
the Harmony on Carmody Café
carpark on the corner of
Ewing Rd and Carmody St in
Logan Central. It's FREE and
EVERYONE is welcome.
Promoting generosity,
respect and kindness, this
Community Iftar Dinner is a
way of breaking down
cultural barriers through
shared food and friendships.
So bring your friends,
family and neighbours and
join us for dinner and a
local celebration of our
diverse, multicultural
community.
Continuing
the tradition we started
couple of years ago, we
would like to invite non
Muslim members of our
community to break a fast
with us at Holland Park
Mosque. Ramadan is a month
when adult, healthy and able
Muslim Men and women fast
from sunrise to sunset.
During this
period we refrain from most
basic of human desires to
practice self control and
patience. Iftaar is a meal
we have to break our fast
after sunsets.
We would like
to invite non Muslim members
of our community to come and
share a meal with us.
Food will be
provided along with a
question and answer session
conducted by Imam Uzair
(Imam of Holland Park
Mosque) and Ali Kadri (
spokesperson of Islamic
council of Queensland).
There will be
an opportunity to witness
prayers and to have a tour
of our mosque.
We encourage
you to bring along your
families including children.
Please RSVP for catering
purposes and mention any
dietary requirements you may
have.
In sha Allah this
year Muslimah Mums n Bubs
playgroup is running an Eid Al
Fitr Toy Drive for NZF clients.
We would greatly appreciate your
help. Donations to be dropped
off within the first weeks of
Ramadan (cut off date is 14th
June).
There is no better time to give
and earn extra rewards from
Allah subhan wa ta'aala in the
hope that it will bring joy and
smiles to many kids on Eid day
in sha Allah ! We are collecting
brand NEW toys for ages between
newborn and 15 year olds, both
girls & boys. We will accept
appropriate educational toys,
books, art and craft, fun toys
etc.
Please contact sister Amra for
further details of the kids
ages, gender etc and sister
Angela for delivery times at the
NZF office in Underwood (phone
numbers on the flyer).
May Allah subhan wa ta'aala
reward you all for your good
deeds. Ameen.
Download the book by
Iqbal Lambat which explains
assets that are subject to
zakah and includes a number
of examples to illustrate
how zakah should be
calculated.
The book focuses on the
mechanics of calculating
zakah and not on zakah fiqh
(laws). It explains how
zakah should be calculated
for assets commonly owned in
Australia.
Mr Lambat will be presenting
this book at the Muslim
Charitable Foundation event
above
I WAS told Amna Karra-Hassan
was an agent of change, a
deep thinker, and that we
should talk. We did. And she
is. Amna is daughter of
migrant parents who came to
Australia seeking better
opportunities. Amna has
inspired many in her quest
for equality, unity and
success.
She is founder of the Auburn
Giants Women’s AFL team,
which consists of various
nationalities including
Lebanese, Palestinians,
Fijian, Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander,
Croation, Serbian, Turkish,
Maltese, Macedonian, Greek
and Chinese.
She has partnered with
Holden as part of their
Supporting the Drivers of
Change diversity and
inclusion program. We spoke
about the challenges of
being a Muslim in 2017, the
effects of Trump, building a
football team to create
unity and opportunity and
cohesion, racism and Pauline
Hanson.
(Continued from last week's
CCN)
HM: And you did,
encouraging all cultures,
all races and all religions
to come together, play
together, and “break bread”.
AKH: In Australia we
celebrate the sacredness of
sport, and we are a great
sporting nation. At the time
I didn’t really buy in to
all things sport, to be
honest; I was a university
student, and I wanted to
build a career, but there
was a part of me that was
quite frustrated by the lack
of sustainable sporting
opportunities for females in
my local area. Teams would
exist for a little while,
but inevitably fall over. To
create something that I
believed should be
accessible to all women, no
matter what code, was
definitely a driving force
for me. It was a personal
frustration, but then to be
able to contribute to
communities and see the
impact we’ve had on people,
has been the most incredibly
rewarding part of the whole
journey. Never in a million
years did I think we were
going to be a voice to speak
about positive social change
or social impact in Western
Sydney for the inclusion of
girls and women, and in
addressing gender. This team
is so much bigger than what
I ever imagined. It’s
incredible.
HM: You messaged
every girl in your phone to
attend a fitness training
and rules learning session.
A group of 30 women, who had
absolutely no idea about
football, turned up.
AKH: Correct. We were
teaching them basic fitness;
we didn’t even introduce a
football until a month
later! We were teaching them
how to do circuits, and
trying to get them fit. Some
of us, including myself,
hadn’t run since high
school. I was in my third
year at uni!
HM: That was in 2011,
your first season. How many
victories?
AKH: Zero! And they
weren’t just small losses,
they were 150-point
thrashings, sometimes
without us scoring!
HM: During the first
season, the opposition was
actually explaining the
rules to your team as you
were playing?
AKH: The first game
we played was against Sydney
Uni, and I remember being in
the square for the ball up
and the opposition player
said to me: “You might want
to step out of the square so
you don’t give away a free
kick. You need to start
behind this line when the
ball goes up”. I said “Oh,
thanks so much!” That’s what
made football great. It was
the women we competed
against. They were so
supportive, and that
football community
supporting us was critical
to us being a viable club
today. There were many
critical moments where this
club could have fallen over,
or could have imploded or
exploded dependant on what
the pressure was, and in
that critical year we had a
lot to learn, the support we
received from every
footballer we competed
against, in communicating
with us and encouraging me
when I was at administrative
meetings like the
presidents’ meeting, or the
footy ops meeting, or the
coaches’ meeting, where I
couldn’t understand a word
being said; it was their
support that kept us in the
competition for many years.
The UK Muslim News Awards
for Excellence event was
held 27 March 2017 in London
to acknowledge British
Muslim and non-Muslim
contributions to the
society.
Sankore
University Award For
Excellence in
EDUCATION
Winner: Rukhsana
Yakoob
Rukhsana Yaqoob has
taught for 30 years
in a range of
secondary schools,
credited for being
an outstanding
teacher and school
leader. Rukhsana,
from east London,
significantly
contributed to her
last school by
raising standards so
that it gained the
highest GCSE results
in the area. As a
member of the
inclusion team in
the National
Strategies, Rukhsana
worked to raise the
attainment of Muslim
pupils from
underachieving
schools in English,
Mathematics and
Science nationally.
As President of the
Muslim Teachers’
Association,
Rukhsana has
supported many
teachers in various
ways by providing
training, advice,
mentoring and
networking
opportunities. She
gives her time off
engaging in a
variety of voluntary
activities. She has
been a governor for
22 years and was the
Managing Director of
Kiran, a refuge for
abused women.
..........The UK Muslim News
Awards for Excellence CONTINUES IN NEXT
WEEK'S CCN
Rupert Murdoch’s
father, Sir
Keith Murdoch,
endeared
Australian
hearts by
exposing British
incompetent
leadership in
the WW1
Gallipoli
landings, which
resulted in
appalling loss
of life of the
ANZACS. Is this
why successive
governments
facilitated
excessive
control of
newsfeed by the
Murdoch media?
Australia has
the most
concentrated
mass media
ownership in
western
countries, with
News Corp
controlling
two-thirds of
major newspapers
and Foxtel (50%)
too.
“Australians
have less
different voices
to use upon
which to make
their decisions
than almost any
other place in
the free world”.
News Corp’s
flagship paper,
The Australian,
often misleads
Australians with
its unbridled
Islamophobic
stance.
Australian Press
Tribunal is an
industry
self-regulatory
body. Isn’t this
like putting a
fox to protect
chickens? I have
taken The
Australian to
the Tribunal a
few times for
false or biased
reporting. In
2008 Jama’at
Tabligh, the
world’s largest
non-political
Muslim
organisation was
portrayed as a
terrorist
organisation
topping a list
with Lascar at-Tayyiba
and Jaish
Muhammad. My
complaint was
upheld and The
Australian had
to “make amends
by printing with
appropriate
prominence such
correction as
will neutralize
the damage
done”. The
Australian’s
correction
however, was
hidden in the
inside back page
of a Media
supplement that
few would read.
Another case was
Richard Kerbaj’s
articles
insinuating that
Griffith
University
quietly sought
Saudi funding
for its Islamic
studies. This
was expanded in
associated
articles with
the headings
“Saudi
Government
bankrolled
hardline Islam”
and “Uni an
agent of extreme
Islam”. Hon.
Graham Perrett
in Federal
Parliament and
Hon. Judy Spence
in Queensland
stood and
defended the
integrity of
Islamic Research
Unit’s respected
director, Dr
Mohammad Abdalla.
I understand The
Australian
settled the
matter quietly
rather than
letting the case
appear in court.
Murdoch media
has expanded
Islamophobic
attacks to a
crescendo,
hammering
Australian
Muslims almost
daily.
Apparently it
has an
ideological
stance related
to the founder
and certain
backers of News
Corporation. As
example, a
recent article
criticised
Muslim women in
Sydney for
screened
women’s-only
swim classes as
“giving into
ancient rules
written by men
in patriarchal
societies”. This
is misleading
since Muslims
believe public
modesty rules
derive from
God’s
revelations.
News Corporation
is a leading
supporter of
Israel. This is
unsurprising
since Murdoch’s
maternal
ancestors are
reportedly
Jewish. Michael
Collins Piper
believes Murdoch
is well-known as
“front-man” for
the powerful
Rothschild,
Bronfman and
Oppenheimer
banking
families.
Through control
of influential
US newspapers
and Fox News,
Murdoch backed
neocon forces
and promoted the
call of George
Bush and Tony
Blair for the
illegal Iraqi
invasion.
Consequently, 1
million Iraqis
were killed.
The Australian
displays an
inherent Zionist
perspective that
becomes
especially
outspoken at
critical times.
It often
projects an
objective stance
on political
parties, but
heavily
criticises the
Labor Party just
before national
elections. It is
amazing the
Party takes no
action, to its
own detriment.
“Media power is
seen in the last
elections where
the LNP
government was
elected by a
bare 0.75%
margin of the
popular vote.
The ALP would
probably have
won Government
if not for heavy
criticism by the
Murdoch media
before polling
day, which
itself provided
an estimated 2%
swing against
Labor.”
A Senate
Committee
chaired by Sam
Dastyari is
currently
examining
“Future of
Public Interest
Journalism”,
including the
impact of
disinformation.
Now is the time
for Parliament
to address
fundamental bias
in what and how
news is
presented to
promote
objectively
informed public
opinion. With
Fairfax Media’s
slow demise,
isn’t
fragmenting the
Murdoch
oligopoly and
diversifying
news sources for
Australians a
fitting subject
for inquiry?
AMUST
Elijah Muhammad
speaks during
Saviour's Day
celebrations,
while Muhammad
Ali listens
(centre, fore),
at the
International
Ampitheatre,
Chicago, IL, on
Feb. 27, 1966.
Exclusive: The
Real Reason
Muhammad Ali
Converted to
Islam
Muhammad Ali's
public
conversion to
Islam, in 1964,
was among the
most defining
moments of his
remarkable life.
The decision
enraged his
critics -- his
hometown
newspaper
continued to
refer to Ali by
his birth name,
Cassius Clay,
for years to
come -- and led
him to refuse to
serve in
Vietnam, a stand
that cost him
his title, his
livelihood and,
ultimately,
cemented his
status as an
American
iconoclast.
Ali, who died on
June 3, 2016 at
age 74, has
offered a few
different
reasons for his
embrace of
Islam. According
to the 1967
book, Black Is
Best: The Riddle
of Cassius Clay,
by former Sports
Illustrated
writer Jack
Olsen, Ali said
his first
encounter came
from a street
corner
proselytizer in
Harlem. He later
told Olsen that
it came at a
Nation of Islam
meeting in Miami
in 1960 or early
1961, and he
also said that
his first
meeting was in
Chicago.
In his
forthcoming book
Ali: A Life, (see book
review in this
week's CCN)
out in October
from Houghton
Mifflin
Harcourt, author
Jonathan Eig
excerpts a
letter that Ali
wrote to his
second wife,
Khalilah
Camacho-Ali, who
was married to
the legendary
fighter from
1967-1976. In
the letter,
which
Camacho-Ali says
her ex-husband
wrote some time
in the late
1960s, Ali
describes seeing
a cartoon in the
Nation of Islam
newspaper,
Muhammad Speaks,
outside a
skating rink in
his hometown of
Louisville.
The cartoon
illustrated how
white slave
owners brutally
beat their
slaves, while
insisting that
they pray to
Jesus. The
message:
Christianity was
the religion of
the oppressive
white
establishment.
"I liked that
cartoon," Ali
wrote. "It did
something to me.
And it made
sense.”
You can see the
letter below, as
well as a
transcription of
its contents,
lightly edited
for clarity.
.......
Camacho-Ali
asked Muhammad
to write the
letter after she
confronted him
about his
extramarital
dalliances.
Explain, she
instructed him,
why you embraced
Islam in the
first place.
"You might be
big,"
Camacho-Ali
tells TIME. "But
you're not
bigger than
Allah. You've
got to check
yourself. There
are consequences
when you commit
adultery."
Eig says he paid
Camacho-Ali $600
for the letter.
"In all
likelihood,
Ali’s interest
in the Nation Of
Islam grew over
time and
repeated
exposures," Eig
says. "The
incident he
describes in the
letter—picking
up the newspaper
and reading the
cartoon—may have
been one in a
series of
influential
events. But this
is the only time
we know of that
he wrote the
story of his
indoctrination
in his own
words. That
would seem to
suggest, at the
very least, that
it was a key
moment in his
journey."
Camacho-Ali sees
the first
anniversary of
Ali's passing as
another chance
to celebrate
him, flaws and
all.
"Allah has
opened the door
for him in
paradise," she
tells TIME.
"He's not
suffering
anymore. I
cherish the good
moments. There
was more good
than bad. It was
a blessing to be
a part of that
journey."
Hazem El
Masri and Arwa Abousamra
open up about their journey
rebuilding his life and
rekindling their marriage.
British
Imams preach peace in
Manchester Channel 4 News
“Terrorism simply has no
religion.”
Imams from across Britain
march in Manchester to
preach a message of unity
and solidarity.
Muslims of
Xi'an The Muslim Vibe
Spend the
holy month of Ramadan with
the Hui
Muslim Community of Xi'an
China in this lovely short
documentary!
The
Complex Geometry of Islamic
Design TED-Ed
In
celebration of Ramadan,
brush up on the beautiful
and complex geometry of
Islamic design --and learn
how to draw a few of these
patterns yourself!
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With the greatest of respect the suggestion that
Muslims are the most vilified group of people in the
history of Hollywood may not be accurate. I would
find it hard to believe that Germans (particularly
Nazis of World War Two vintage) have not been
vilified more than any other group of people by
Hollywood, in terms of religion Christians would
also account for the most persecuted religion in the
history of Hollywood by virtue of sheer numbers on
the planet. I appreciate that a more recent
Hollywood trend may make it appear that Muslims are
the most vilified group of people by Hollywood, but
anecdotally a longer term review in my opinion would
not support the proposition.
JSC
interview of Judge Zondo for the
Constitutional Court Deputy Chief Justice
SOUTH AFRICA: Deputy
Chief Justice of the South African
Constitutional Court, Raymond Zondo, in
an interview recounted how his life was
impacted by a simple act of kindness by
a Muslim businessman by the name of 'Mr
Moosa'.
Mufti Yusuf Moosagie spoke to Mr Moosa
on Radio Islam International. Listen to
the Podcast
A
New Jersey town denied Muslims a mosque. Now
it must pay them $3.25 million.
Mohammad Ali
Chaudry, left, president of the
Islamic Society of Basking
Ridge, N.J., and Shawn Butt,
center, of Piscataway, N.J.,
provide voter registration
information after a prayer
service at the Bernards Township
Community Center in Basking
Ridge, N.J.
US: The worshipers waited
four years and 39 public hearings for
the official denial: Muslims in their
small New Jersey town would not be
allowed to build a mosque.
The 2015 decision made by the planning
board in Bernards Township, N.J., a
majority-white suburb of 26,000 people,
came after significant public opposition
to the mosque that thrust the community
into the national spotlight and spurred
religious discrimination lawsuits from
the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge and
the Department of Justice.
On Tuesday, the township learned the
cost of its six-year-old decision: $3.25
million.
As part of a settlement of the suits,
the township must allow construction of
the mosque to begin at its original
proposed location, according to the
Justice Department. Bernards Township
will pay the Islamic Society $1.5
million in damages and $1.75 million in
attorney fees and require town officials
to submit to diversity and inclusion
training.
“Municipalities around the country
should pay close attention to what
happened in Bernards Township,” Adeel A.
Mangi, lead counsel for the mosque, told
My Central Jersey. “The American Muslim
community has the legal resources, the
allies and the determination to stand up
for its constitutional rights in court
and will do so.”
Ricky Best & Taliesin
Namkai-Meche died while
countering Islamophobia.
US: The three Americans,
white males who intervened to stop an
Islamophobic attack on two teenagers by
a white supremacist terrorist in
Portland, USA have been widely hailed as
heroes.
On Ramadan eve last Friday 26 May,
African-American, Destinee Mangnum, 16
and her Hijabi Muslim friend, while
travelling on MAX light rail, Portland,
Oregon were targeted by Jeremy Joseph
Christian, 35 who shouted Islamophobic
slurs at them like “get out of my
country”, “go kill yourselves”, “go back
to Saudi Arabia”, “Muslims should die”.
Frightened the girls moved to the back
of the train and waited to get out at
the next stop.
A stranger intervened telling Christian
that he “can’t disrespect young ladies
like that” and an argument ensued with
two more people joining to calm down
Christian.
Then the terrorist pulled out a knife
and stabbed to death two men Ricky John
Best, 53 and Taliesin Myrddin
Namkai-Meche, 23 and injured Micah
David-Cole Fletcher, 21 who was taken to
hospital in a serious condition but is
expected to survive.
One
of Manchester's biggest mosques refuses to
bury Salman Abedi's body
UK: One of Manchester's
biggest mosques has refused to bury the
body of the Manchester terrorist who
killed 22 last week.
It is thought his body remains unburied
and councils, funeral directors and now
the city's mosques, refuse to deal with
it.
According to the Daily Mail, the
bomber's body has been kept in a morgue
outside Manchester.
The Manchester Evening News has reported
that the city’s authorities are
reportedly doing "everything in their
power" to stop him being cremated,
buried, or laid to rest in any way in
the Greater Manchester area.
A source told the Manchester Evening
News: "Just like Ian Brady, every effort
is going in to making sure that there is
not a chance Abedi can be buried or
cremated in Greater Manchester."
Inquest proceedings will soon be heard,
and the disposal of his body will be
decided by the coroner.
A source told the MEN that his body has
never been kept in the same place as his
victims.
Now, at least one mosque is taking the
same course of action as the council.
Manchester Central Mosque, one of
Manchester's largest Muslim funeral
providers, has said it will have nothing
to do with the body.
A spokesman from the place of worship
told the Evening Standard that its
executive committee had met and agreed
not to inter the remains of Abedi if his
family made a request.
'Shabby
racist' jailed after kicking pregnant Muslim
woman in stomach 'causing her to lose baby'
David Gallacher kicked a
pregnant woman in the stomach
and attacked her husband. Judge
calls David Gallacher 'a thug
and a racist to boot'
UK: A “shabby racist” who
kicked a pregnant woman in the stomach,
causing her to lose her baby, has been
jailed for more than three years.
As Samsam Haji-Ali shouted “I’m
pregnant”, David Gallacher continued his
sustained attack on her outside a Co-op
in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury
Crown Court heard.
The 34-year-old was left bleeding and
rolling on the floor after the assault
and miscarried her twins several weeks
later.
Her husband Abdullah Sulamain, 40, was
also left needing stitches after he was
hit with a wine bottle during the
attack.
A “shabby racist” who kicked a pregnant
woman in the stomach, causing her to
lose her baby, has been jailed for more
than three years.
As Samsam Haji-Ali shouted “I’m
pregnant”, David Gallacher continued his
sustained attack on her outside a Co-op
in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury
Crown Court heard.
The 34-year-old was left bleeding and
rolling on the floor after the assault
and miscarried her twins several weeks
later.
Her husband Abdullah Sulamain, 40, was
also left needing stitches after he was
hit with a wine bottle during the
attack.
Manchester
United midfielder Paul Pogba marks the start
of Ramadan as star travels to Mecca
●
Paul Pogba has been spotted
making the pilgrimage to Mecca
during Ramadan
●
Manchester United star is
embarking on holy month as part
of his Muslim beliefs
●
Pogba travelled to Saudi Arabia
to pay thanks after first season
at United
●
24-year-old is a practising
Muslim and spent Saturday in
simple white garments
The world's
most expensive player marked the
fasting month by giving thanks
to Allah
UK: Manchester United
star Paul Pogba has flown to Saudi
Arabia to mark the start of the Muslim
holy month Ramadan just three days after
lifting the Europa League trophy with
victory over Ajax in Stockholm.
Pogba wore simple white garments and
sported a new low-key hairstyle as he
was spotted ahead of his pilgrimage to
Mecca after Saturday marked the start of
the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.
The 24-year-old is a
practising Muslim but it is not known if
he will spend the next month fasting
with the world's most-expensive player
named in Didier Deschamps' squad for
France's games against Paraguay, Sweden
and England in June.
Azaadville
Hifz Teacher Recites Entire Qur'an in One
Night During Taraweeh
SOUTH AFRICA: A
64-year-old Hifz teacher from Darul
Uloom Azaadville has completed the
entire recitation of the holy Qur’an
during the holy month of Ramadan in the
taraweeh salaah in just one night.
It’s understood Hafez Yusuf Jassat
completed the mammoth taraweeh salaah in
a classroom at the institution starting
on Monday at 7:50pm and finishing at
5:15am, just before sehri, the pre-dawn
meal on Tuesday.
According to posts on social media
platforms like Facebook and Whatsapp,
Hafez Jassat read 29 paras in the first
rakaat and the 30th para in rakaats 2 to
20.
A post by Fatima Mohammad on Whatsapp
says that Hafez Jassat has been
performing this tarawaeeh for a number
years with many people from out of town
congregating for the prayer.
“He is gifted by Allah Ta’ala. My hubby
attended it last night. He said: ‘He’s
amazing, Allah has definitely accepted
him. He stands the entire night and
doesn’t move an inch or wriggle at all.”
It’s also believed that during the
entire recitation of the qur’an during
the taraweeh, Hafez Jassat made only 4
mistakes!
The recitation of the Qur’an during the
blessed month of Ramadan is usually
completed on the 29th of the month.
However many masaajid and hufaaz have
over the years, and continue to perform
taraweeh reading 2,3,4 or more paras in
one night to complete the entire Qur’an
in ten nights or less.
The definitive biography of
an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author
with unique access to Ali’s inner circle
He was the wittiest,
the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and,
of course, the greatest (as he told us over and
over again). Muhammad Ali was one of the
twentieth century’s greatest radicals and most
compelling figures. At his funeral in 2016,
eulogists said Ali had transcended race and
united the country, but they got it wrong. Race
was the theme of Ali’s life. He insisted that
America come to grips with a black man who
wasn’t afraid to speak out or break the rules.
He didn’t overcome racism. He called it out. “I
am America,” he once declared. “I am the part
you won’t recognize. But get used to me—black,
confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my
religion, not yours; my goals, my own. Get used
to me.”
Ali went from being one of the most despised men
in the country to one of the most beloved. But
until now, he has never been the subject of a
complete, unauthorized biography. Jonathan Eig,
hailed by Ken Burns as one of America’s master
storytellers, breaks new ground and radically
reshapes our understanding of the slippery
figure who was Muhammad Ali. Eig had access to
all the key people in Ali’s life, including his
three surviving wives and his managers. He also
had access to thousands of pages of new FBI and
Justice Department files, as well dozens of
hours of newly discovered audiotaped interviews
from the 1960s.
Jonathan Eig’s Ali breaks bold new ground,
revealing Ali in the complexity he deserves,
shedding important new light on his politics and
his neurological condition. Ali is a story about
race, about a brutal sport, and about a
fascinating man who shook up the world.
KB says:This recipe was kindly
shared by Mehroon Hans. Naan is a great
accompaniment to haleem (lentil broth) and a
delicious one when toasted and buttered along
with a cup of tea.
NAAN
Ingredients
1˝ cups milk
˝ cup water
ľ cup sugar
1˝ tsp fine salt
Ľ cup oil
3 Tabs butter (45g)
1˝ Tabs fennel seeds slightly crushed
Method
Warm
all these ingredients.
Then add 2 eggs and ˝ cup buttermilk and beat
with egg beater.
To your mixing bowl place
6 cups sifted bread flour
1 tsp baking powder
15g yeast
Using a dough hook make a soft pliable dough,
(use up all the liquid). Rubbing your hands with
a little ghee will help bind the dough.
Grease a Tupperware container which has a sealed
lid and set the dough in to allow it to rise
until it's well risen. (approx. 1˝ to 2 hours)
Shape into naan and leave on greased baking tray
for 20 minutes
Then brush a mixture of egg yolk and a little
water.
Bake in a pre-heated 190 degree oven for approx.
12 mins or until it browns.
Do you have a recipe to share with CCN
readers?
Send in your favourite recipe to me at
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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
explore the topic:
Practice versus
Preaching -
Connecting with
Compassion
I
wish to share a poem
with you today. It
pretty much sums up
the essence of the
topic.
Preaching
Vs Practice
It is
easy to sit
in the
sunshine
And talk to
the man in
the shade;
It is easy
to float in
a
well-trimmed
boat,
And point
out the
places to
wade.
But once we
pass into
the shadows,
We murmur
and fret and
frown,
And, our
length from
the bank, we
shout for a
plank,
Or throw up
our hands
and go down.
It is easy
to sit in
your
carriage,
And counsel
the man on
foot,
But get down
and walk,
and you'll
change your
talk,
As you feel
the peg in
your boot.
It is easy
to tell the
toiler
How best he
can carry
his pack,
But no one
can rate a
burden's
weight
Until it has
been on his
back.
The
up-curled
mouth of
pleasure,
Can prate of
sorrow's
worth,
But give it
a sip, and a
wryer lip,
Was never
made on
earth.
(poem by
Ella Wheeler
Wilcox)
What
prompted me to
choose this
particular topic for
this week’s column
was the fact that we
have become a
society of ‘advisers
and judges’.
Everyone has a
‘piece of advice or
fatwa’ for another
and most times the
advice or judgment
does not come from
lived experience. We
have become a
society of preachers
without practice.
Recently I was asked
by a potential
client if I had a
psychology degree. I
told I him I did
not. He asked me how
I could help him and
his wife with their
marital challenges
when I did not have
a psychology degree.
I told I had
extensive life
experience and
in-depth knowledge
and experience in
Writing Therapy
since 2006 to know
that I could help
him and his wife to
at least process any
feelings of hurt,
pain, trauma or
self-loathing that
are usually the key
feelings that need
processing when
trying to rebuild a
dysfunctional
marriage. He then
asked me
matter-of-factly,
“What else?” I
answered,
“Compassionate
connection.”
It is
fairly easy for
people to observe
and give advice
however advice is
only useful if these
people can connect
with the one they
are advising and
display that they
are actually walking
the walk and talking
the talk.
The
only way to preach
with practice is to
become compassionate
towards others.
How to Cultivate
Compassion
No matter how
optimistic you may
be, your optimism
may not necessarily
affect another
person who is
feeling down and
dark, unless you are
able to connect with
him/her with
compassion.
Cultivating
compassion requires
you to connect with
your own true self
first, your
authentic or
essential self.
(refer to
past column )
Being
compassionate with
your own self first
results in being
compassionate with
others. It is a
daily practice.
In Shaa ALLAH, next
week we will explore
the topic: Jealousy
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about a specific
topic with regards
to Self-Care and
Clarity of Mind,
please text or email
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Guide to a Healthy Ramadan
Did you know that Islam teaches us to observe
moderation even when we eat and drink?
Fill your stomach
this Ramadan with the correct portions as taught
by the Prophet (s.a.w) himself.
"The son of Adam does not fill any vessel
worse than his stomach; for the son of Adam a
few mouthfuls are sufficient to keep his back
straight. If you must fill it, then one-third is
for food, one-third for drink and one-third for
air." (Tirmidhi,
2380; Ibn Maajah, 3349).
During Ramadan, your daily intake is limited to
2 main meals a day - at suhoor and iftaar.
Therefore, it is important to try and
incorporate the right types and variety of food
in order to acquire adequate energy and
nutrition in this month.
To help you do this, I have posted a nutrition
guide for a healthy Ramadan for you & your
family on the blog! Read more
here.
Lastly, I would like to wish you all a belated
Ramadan Mubarak! (better late than never, right)
Q. Dear
Kareema, I have weak abdominal muscles so I am
having trouble with my lower back. Which will be
some exercises I can do to strengthen both?
A: Try planks or hovers. They work all of
the core muscles and is quite challenging.
You’ll find That sit-ups aren’t always kind to
sore lower backs and they only target a few
muscles. Planks will strengthen muscles at the
front, side and back of the torso, encouraging
them to work together. This means that planking
will also make going about your daily activities
easier.
• They are very easy
to grow.
• Prepare bed by
loosening top 20cm
with compost.
• Water daily. The
radish will
germinate
within 3 days.
• Ready to eat in 28
days.
• Pick while young
and sweet.
• The green tops can
me mixed with
spinach
leaves.
Check
for diseases and
treat
• Attack from
sucking pests are
common now.
• The main culprits
are scale, mealy
bugs, and aphids.
They are very small
but destructive.
• They leave a
sticky secretion on
the leaves and
and stems which
attracts ants.
• In some cases,, a
black mould grows in
the sicky mess
• Spray the entire
plant including the
underside of leaves
with pest oil.
• Apply seasol to
aid recovery.
Mula Nasruddin's
town was famous for trophy hunters who scoured its hills
and valleys in search of ibex, gazelles and the
Transcaspian Urial, a rare breed of sheep that is only
legally available to hunt here.
A big city lawyer was one such hunter. He shot and
dropped an ibex, but it fell into
Mula Nasruddin's
field on the other side of a fence.
As the lawyer climbed over the fence,
Mula Nasruddin
rode up on his horse and asked the hunter what he was
doing.
The litigator responded, "I shot an ibex and it fell in
this field, and now I'm going to retrieve it."
Mula
Nasruddin
replied, "This is my property, and you are not coming
over here."
The indignant lawyer said, "I am one of the best trial
lawyers in Australia and, if you don't let me get that
duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own."
Mula
Nasruddin
smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we
settle disputes in this town. We settle small
disagreements like this with the 'Three Kick Rule'."
The lawyer asked, "What is the 'Three Kick Rule'?"
Mula
Nasruddin
replied, "Well, because the dispute occurs on my land, I
get to go first. I kick you three times and then you
kick me three times and so on back and forth until
someone gives up."
The lawyer quickly thought about the proposed contest
and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He
agreed to abide by the local custom.
Mula
Nasruddin
slowly climbed down from his horse and walked up to the
attorney. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy
steel-toed boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him
to his knees!
His second kick to the midriff sent the lawyer's last
meal gushing from his mouth. The lawyer was on all fours
when
Mula Nasruddin's
third kick to his rear end, sent him face-first into a
fresh camel pie.
Summoning every bit of his will and remaining strength
the lawyer very slowly managed to get to his feet.
Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said,
"Okay, you old bugger. Now it's my turn."
Mula
Nasruddin
smiled and said, "Nah, I give up. You can have the
ibex."
Every man’s fate We have
fastened on his own neck: on
the Day of Judgment We shall
bring out for him a scroll,
which he will see spread
open. (It will be said to
him:) “Read your (own)
record: sufficient is your
soul this day to make out an
account against you.”
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: TBA VENUE: Islamic College of Brisbane [ICB].
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time out to read
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