With the end to the month of
Ramadaan approaching fast,
the Council of Imams
Queensland (CIQ) takes this
opportunity to provide the
community with pertinent
information about Eidul-Fitr
Al-Mubarak.
Moon Sighting
According to the
moonsighting in Australia
the Holy month of Ramadaan
began on Sunday 28th May
2017, corresponding to
Sunday, 1st Ramadaan 1438
Hijriyyah.
The observing of the hilaal
will be on Sunday, 25th June
2017 and this day is the
29th of Ramadaan 1438
Hijriyyah according to the
moonsighting in Australia.
If the moon is sighted on
Sunday, 25th June 2017 then
Eidul-Fitr will be on Monday
26 th June 2017. If the moon
is not sighted on Sunday,
25th June 2017 then
Eidul-Fitr will be on
Tuesday, 27th June 2017.
For online updates in this
regard you can refer to
this website.
CIQ acknowledges that there
is a difference of opinion
as to the need to physically
sight the moon with the
naked eye in Australia and
respects the decision of
other scholars or Islamic
Centres that choose not to
follow CIQ on this matter.
The cut off time for
sighting the moon in QLD, is
8:00 PM Sunday 25th June
2017, Brisbane time.
Sadagatul Fitr
It is incumbent upon all
family members to pay their
Sadaqatul Fitr before Eid
salaah. The purpose of
Sadaqatul-Fitr is to cleanse
the fast of Ramadaan from
vain and obscene talk and
thank Allah for helping in
fulfilling our devotion in
the Holy month of Ramadaan.
The Council of Imams QLD has
agreed that the
Sadaqatul-Fitr is $10. The
minimum amount of $5 (based
the cost of flour 1.7-2kgs)
may be paid for any families
that cannot meet the higher
amount, to avail them with
the opportunity to fulfil
this great duty.
Sadaqatul-Fitr is for all
family members including
babies born before the
Salaatu-Eid.
IMAM Yusuf Goolam Hoosen
Peer
Chairman: Council of Imams
Queensland
"Building
bridges for a stronger Lockyer
community"
Mr Farouk
Adam, Dr
Mohammed
Iqbal
Sultan,
Mayor Tanya
Milligan, Cr
Michael
Hagan and Cr
Chris Wilson
A diverse
range of
over 100
people came
together for
the second
annual
Lockyer
Valley
Islamic
Association
(LVIA)
ifhaar in
the Gatton
Shire Hall
on Friday 16
June. The
guest list
was made up
of friends,
neighbours,
members of
other faiths
and no
faith, local
business,
local NGO,
the QPS and
members of
the LVRC
council,
The keynote
speakers
were Mr
David Forde
from
Multicultural
Affairs
Queensland
who spoke of
his
experiences
living
amongst
Muslims and
his
interactions
at a
community
level
through
organisations
like the
Kuraby
Lions, and Dr Nora Amath,
whose
address
centred
around the
theme of
compassion.
Last year's
successful
Q&A was
repeated
with Holland
Park Mosque
Imam, Uzair
Akbar, and
ICQ
spokesperson,
Mr. Ali
Kadri once
again
fielding the
lively session.
Cr Tanya
Milligan,
Mayor of the
Lockyer
Valley
Regional
Council, and
Cr Michael
Hagan also
took to the
stage to
acknowledge
the event.
Resident
Gatton
doctor and
coordinator
of the
event, Dr
Mohammed
Iqbal
Sultan,
welcomed the
guests who
were treated
to a South
African/Indian-styled spread
prepared by
Bosthan
Catering.
Sheikh Shady Alsuleiman, the
President of the Australian
National
Imams Council (ANIC), has
commenced legal action
against Nationwide
News Pty Limited in the
Federal Court of Australia
for defamation.
In June 2016, Nationwide
News published articles
carrying several
highly defamatory and
completely false imputations
alleging, among
other matters, that the
Sheikh preached hate towards
others.
The Prophet said ‘the best
of people are those who are
good to people’.
The Sheikh is disappointed
by Nationwide News’ repeated
attempts to
maliciously defame him.
In the circumstances, the
Sheikh has been left with no
option but to
commence civil proceedings
against Nationwide News for
damages
arising from the publication
of the articles.
It is hoped that with such
action, the culture of
blameless, inaccurate and
damaging reporting within
Nationwide News and News
Corp will begin to change.
Kuraby Mosque opened it's
doors to some 70 non--Muslims
who joined in
the breaking fast last night
(Saturday). Guests got
to ask questions, witness the
evening prayer in session
and take a tour of the
Mosque.
Faris Fazalbhoy and Imam
Ahmad spoke on the meaning
of Ramadan and David Forde
offered a vote of thanks to
the Kuraby Mosque on behalf
of the non-Muslims for the
kind invitation and the
positive move to reach out
to the local community.
Newly appointed Chief
Superintendent Brian Wilkens
and Sgt. Jim Bellos were
also in attendance, as was
representatives of the
Uniting Church.
The son of the late Haji
Ebrahim Patel of Brisbane,
Associate Professor Mahomed
Said Patel, from the Master
of Applied Epidemiology
(MAE) Program at the ANU
National Centre for
Epidemiology and Population
Health (NCEPH), was awarded
the Order of Australia (OAM)
medal in the Queens Birthday
Honours this week in
recognition of his service
to medicine, particularly to
field epidemiology.
South African-born
Dr Patel has trained
frontline experts to deal
with breaking public health
crises through the MAE
program since it was set up
in 1991 and helped establish
similar training programs
with WHO in India, Malaysia,
China and Vietnam. He is
currently working to
establish a similar program
in the Pacific Islands.
Dr Patel paid tribute to his
colleagues and students who
have passed through the MAE
program.
"It's certainly nice to be
acknowledged by my peers,"
he said.
Assoc Prof Patel's brief CV
reads:
Associate Professor, Master
of Applied Epidemiology
Program (MAE), The
Australian Field
Epidemiology Training
Program, National Centre for
Epidemiology and Population
Health, Research School of
Population Health,
Australian National
University, since 1993.
Director, Communicable
Disease Control, Northern
Territory Department of
Health, 1989-1993. Inaugural
Chair, Global Network of
Training Programs in
Epidemiology and Public
Health Interventions (TEPHINET),
1997- 2000.
Consultant to a range of
organisations including:
World Health Organisation.
Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade.
Asian Development Bank.
Secretariat of the
Association of Southeast
Asian Nations - ASEAN.
Secretariat of the Pacific
Community.
and to Ministers of Health
in China, India, Vietnam and
Malaysia
The first
iftar-dinner hosted by the Lord
Mayor of Brisbane, Cr Graham
Quirk and the Brisbane City
Council was held at the SunPac
Function Centre in Macgregor on
Thursday 15 June.
The
initiative
came about
as a
suggestion
from Eidfest
Community
Services and
was
co-ordinated
by Cr. Kim
Marx.
The keynote
speaker was
Ms Madina
Inayat who
was born in
Afghanistan
and came as
a refugee to
Australia in
2011, Ms
Inayat
speaks seven
languages,
and was
awarded the
Zonta
International
Young Woman
in Public
Affairs in
2014. She
put herself
through
University,
volunteers
in numerous
organisations,
runs a
driving
school as a
business and
teaches
martial arts
in New Farm.
Back in 2014
in
CCN502,
CCN
published a
story about
one of the
awards Ms
Inayat had
won then.
The guests
were treated
to a South
African/Indian-styled
spread
prepared by
Bosthan
Catering.
Ms
Madina Inayat with
Lord Mayor Graham
Quirk and his wife
Anne
It is with
deep and
profound
sorrow that
we announce
the passing
of Emad
Elshemy, who
was a
significant
contributor
to the
Muslim
community of
Brisbane,
successful
business-owner,
and a loving
and kind
family-oriented
man.
After a long
and valiant
battle with
illness over
the past
decade, Emad
succumbed
during the
blessed
month of
Ramadan.
Emad arrived
to Australia
with his
wife, Galila
Abdelsalam,
and son in
1983, where
they settled
in Sydney
for several
years, and
two more
children,
before
moving to
Brisbane in
1988.
He opened
Elshemy
Halal Meats
in Woodridge
many years
later,
boosting his
profile
within the
Muslim
community as
the demand
for Halal
meat
increased.
Emad was
well-known
to the
community as
a
respectable,
generous and
loveable
character
with strong
ties to
Islamic
traditions;
so much so
that he was
the founder
and
president of
the Islamic
Society of
Logan from
1990-2000,
and was a
member of
the Islamic
Council of
Queensland
from
1990-2000.
The Janaza
of Emad was
performed on
June 7 at
the Kuraby
mosque,
where a
large crowd
of people
came to
perform the
salah and
pay their
respects.
He was laid
to rest at
the Mt
Gravatt
cemetery,
next to his
eldest son,
Mohammad
Hosam
Elshemy.
He is
survived by
his wife,
son and
daughter,
and 5
grandchildren.
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a birth, marriage,
engagement or someone's
passing, please email
admin@ccnonline.com.au
with the details.
The Queensland Intercultural
Society (QIS) held their
10th annual iftar and
QIS Awards at the Queensland
Parliament on Wednesday 14
June, co-hosted by The Hon
Grace Grace MP and Mr Steve
Minnikin, MP.
The QIS’s Peace & Dialogue
event was attended by some
200 guests of diverse
backgrounds.
The evening began with a
call to prayer (adhan)
and a breaking of the fast
by Imam Ahmad Abu Ghazaleh
who also, later in the
evening, recited a Sura
(chapter) from the Quran.
Ms Gail Ker of ACCESS
Community Services was the
Master of Ceremonies.
There were welcome speeches
from the hosts, ALP Minister
Grace Grace MP, LNP Shadow
Minister Steve Minnikin MP
and Abdul Celil Gelim of the
QIS. During her address, the
Hon Grace Grace MP, Minister
for Multiculturalism praised
QIS for their initiative in
bringing the community
together with their
intercultural programs. The
Hon Steve Minnikin MP,
Shadow Minister for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Partnerships and
Multicultural Affairs said
that such events celebrated
Australian multiculturalism.
The keynote speech was
delivered by Bishop George
Browning who spoke about the
positive impact that mixing
with Muslims and people of
other faiths had had on
shaping his life, and
expressed the need for the
Arabic words like Sharia and
Jihad to be reclaimed from
the misuse and
misinterpretation that they
had been subjected to in
recent times.
The entertainment for the
evening was provided by a
quartet of Whirling
Dervishes from Melbourne,
and songs performed by the
children of Wisdom College.
The annual QIS Community
Leadership Award award was
presented to Ms Kerrie
Benson (MDA CEO) and the QIS
Public Service Award went to
Mr Duncan Pegg MP.
After guests had the
opportunity to offer their
thoughts and reflections,
the program drew to a close
with the vote of thanks
presented by the Hon John
Mickel, retired speaker of
the Queensland Parliament,
and the co-host of several
such ifthars in past years.
BREAKING NEWS
The
Australian published
a story suggesting
that there was
"alcohol" in one of
the meals served
during the iftaar
dinner at Queensland
Parliament House.
This
iftaar is organised
by Queensland
Intercultural
Society (QIS), a
Turkish community
group. While members
of Islamic Council
of Queensland attend
the function we are
not the organisers
of the event.
After
speaking to the
president of QIS I
can confirm that the
story in the
Australian was "fake
news". According to
Br. Abdul Celil
Gelim, president of
QIS the journalist
entered the event
without invitation
and published the
story without cross
checking it with
either the chef,
minister or QIS.
It
seems that those on
the extreme right do
not want Australian
government to
normalise Islamic
traditions and will
go to any length in
demonising such
efforts. I believe
this is part of a
sinister agenda to
ensure that
Australian
governments do not
recognise non
Christian religious
festivals. They are
being helped by
naive muslim "
Facebook activists"
who in a bizarre
display of ignorance
are aiding the
mouthpieces of the
extreme right in
achieving this goal
by spreading this
"fake news".
QIS
will issue a
statement clarifying
this on Monday and
will be taking the
issue up with
Australian Press
Council.
Continuing the tradition
started a few years ago,
Holland Park Mosque invited
non Muslim members of the
community to break a fast at
the Mosque.
Some 70 men, women and
children of diverse faiths
and backgrounds attended the
ifthar programme last Sunday
evening.
A question and answer
session was conducted by
Imam Uzair (Imam of Holland
Park Mosque) and Ali Kadri (
spokesperson for the Islamic
council of Queensland).
Imam Uzair slammed acts of
terrorism done in the name
of Islam, describing the
perpetrators as sick people
in need of help.
He said some people had
hijacked Islam and given it
a sinister interpretation.
He used the iftahr to call
for a unified approach to
dealing with extremists,
saying that shunning people
doesn't work.
The Imam has also issued an
open invitation to critics
of his faith, like
politician Pauline Hanson,
to attend the mosque and
learn about Islam.
Aussie cricketer, Usman
Khawaja, was also in
attendance.
There was also an
opportunity to witness
prayers and to take a tour
of the mosque.
The ABC AM radio program
covered the event, and can
be heard here:
Panellists shared their
stories at Triggs farewell.
Thousands of people gathered
at Sydney Town Hall on
Wednesday 14 June to hear
Professor Gillian Triggs
give her final speech before
stepping down as the
President of the Australian
Human Rights Commission.
The event also consisted of
panel discussion between
four Australians of the Year
who shared their inspiring
stories and passions around
human rights issues.
Panelists included Deng Adut,
2017 NSW Australian of the
Year; Jason Ball, 2017 VIC
Young Australian of the
Year; Yasmin Khan, 2017 QLD
Local Hero and Andrea Mason,
2017 NT Australian of the
Year.
The panel discussed how to
bring Australians together
around a range of hotly
debated social issues.
Thousands of Sydney Siders
packed out the beautiful and
historic Town Hall.
Global extremist attacks set
the tone for the largest Iftar
dinner ever to be organised by
the Grand Mufti in Australia, as
the leader called for unity
against terror.
The Grand Mufti of
Australia, Dr Ibrahim Abu
Mohamed, has called for
religions to unite against
terror as he hosted the
largest ever Australian
Iftar dinner.
"This is obviously the view
of everybody, whether they
are the original custodians
of the land, whether they
are refugees or whether they
have come here from anywhere
around the world," he said.
Held during Ramadan, this
year the traditional Islamic
event was extended to
leaders from various
Christian denominations, as
well as navy and police
officers.
Dr Abu Mohamed presided over
the crowd of more than 80,
addressing members of the
community on matters
including racism, extremism
and religious vilification.
Despite a pointed, rare
reference to extremism at
the dinner, the mood at the
Sydney event was inclusive
and jovial, with a call to
prayer shared by religious
groups present.
"We are here to stand
together against terrorism,
and to promote
multiculturalism among all
people," Dr Abu Mohamed
said.
As leaders and community
members broke the fast
together, they enjoyed
dishes they had prepared
themselves - including a
soup the Grand Mufti made
himself.
The feast was as diverse as
the crowd assembled - Greek
and Lebanese dishes were
combined with Iraqi fare,
and even spring rolls and
pasta.
New South Wales
Multicultural Affairs
Minister Ray Williams told
SBS News interfaith dinners
had been a remarkable
success since 2007.
"Most importantly, they show
respect for our shared
values and our shared values
as a socially cohesive and
harmonious society," he
said.
During the dinner a young
girl gave a moving testimony
to the room about her
experiences of racism as a
Sydney schoolgirl and Dr Abu
Mohamed later conducted a
question and answer session
with attendees.
Mr Williams said events like
the Iftar dinner were a
reflection of the value the
country places on
multiculturalism.
"No other country does
things like this quite like
Australia, and I think there
is a message in that for the
rest of the world," he said.
Twenty-four of Queensland’s
top multicultural achievers
have been named as finalists
in this year’s Queensland
Multicultural Awards.
Mr Mohammed Javir of Logan
is a finalist in the
Individual - under 25 years
category.
Born Rohingyan Muslim,
Mohammed fled Burma with his
family when he was 14. He
was separated from his
family and on the run for a
year before attempting
passage to Australia by
boat. After being processed
as a refugee and settling in
Australia, Mohammed learnt
that his family had
attempted the same journey
and, sadly, perished at sea.
Mohammed struggled during
his first few months living
in Australia. He settled in
Logan (with the support of
Access Community Services)
and worked five jobs to
support himself, while
attending school full-time.
Here, Mohammed connected
with the Logan youth
community and completed a
soccer coach development
program.
Mohammed is a motivational
speaker at schools and is a
soccer coach at
Multicultural Youth
Queensland’s Multicultural
Sports Club. Mohammed shares
his story of struggle and
determination, reflecting on
his successful settlement in
Australia and desire to give
back to the community who
helped him through a dark
time in his life. In doing
this, he is constantly
inspiring others and
creating a welcoming,
educational space for young
multicultural students in
Logan.
During his final year of
school in 2016, Mohammed
received the Queensland
Secondary Schools
Citizenship Award—one of
only 12 awarded to students
throughout the state
annually by The Order of
Australia Association.
Presented by the Governor of
Queensland, the award
reflects Mohammed’s strength
of character and resilience
towards whatever life throws
his way.
Ms Zimra Hussain of
Toowoomba is another
finalist in the Individual -
under 25 years category.
At eight years of age, Zimra
left Afghanistan with her
mother and older sister and
arrived in Australia in 2014
on a Woman at Risk visa. The
family are of Hazara
ethnicity, which are a
persecuted minority group in
Afghanistan.
Zimra attended a local
primary school and quickly
started to learn English and
about Australian culture.
There, she was introduced to
the sport of AFL.
At 11 years of age, Zimra
desired to join an AFL team
and club so she could play
outside the traditional
sporting activities for
young girls. This is
something Zimra would have
never had the opportunity to
participate in had she
remained in Afghanistan.
As a young girl of Islamic
faith playing in a
predominantly male
orientated sport, Zimra’s
zeal creates a platform for
other women from all
ethnicities to access the
sport. By stepping outside
traditional roles and
embracing AFL, she has
become a role model for
cultural harmony and
integration.
Zimra’s enthusiasm towards
her team mates and club
offers an opportunity for
others to come together,
interact on an equal level,
and promote inclusion. Her
commitment provides many
positive outcomes for a
wider migrant community and
assists in breaking down
cultural myths and
stereotypes, which in turn
reduces racism.
Hafiz
Abdulatif Alammar visited
Toowoomba Masjid from Saudi
Arabia and has been leading
the Tarawi Prayers there.
He also
delivered the Jumma Khutbah
on last Friday. In his
sermon he emphasised the
importance of sadaqa with
numerous references to the
Qur’an and Hadith.
"His
recitation of the Qur'an is
unique, heart-touching and
highly attractive to the
Musallis."
As an
engineering student at the
University of Southern
Queensland, he played a key
part in the fundraising team
of the Garden City Mosque in
2013.
To
acknowledge his contribution
to the Toowomba community
and
appreciation of his
volunteering service the
Mosque committee presented
him with a plaque.
It is not often that we get
an opportunity to witness
firsthand what in reality we
do not fully appreciate.
The call for our trip could
not have come at a better
time - only a few days
before the Muslim holy month
of Ramadan. A Human Appeal
team from around Australia
travelled to Somalia, a land
of extremes with a blue
tropical ocean and delicious
bananas contrasted by the
sickening reality of people
dying from thirst and
starvation.
Our team including Issam
Chaouk, Director of
Projects; Rabih Baytie,
State Manager Victoria; and
Imam Akram Buksh, State
Manager Queensland reached
Mogadishu on Thursday
morning 18 May The images of
destruction we saw during
the flight to the capital
city beggared belief -
crashed aeroplanes and tents
made of tree branches
littered the surrounds of
the international airport.
This was a clear indication
that much worse was yet to
be seen.
Clean Water
Distribution Issam Chaouk,
Human Appeal
Director of
Projects; Imam Akram
Buksh, State Manager
Queensland; Rabih
Baytie, State
Manager Victoria and
Ali Kadir, Human
Appeal Branch
Manager South
Australia
Mobile Medical
Clinic
Food Distribution
Mobile Medical
Clinic, Issam Chaouk,
Human Appeal
Director of Projects
A Brisbane university
professor has been slammed
online after calling Islam
“a cancer” in the wake of
the latest London terrorist
attack.
Brian McNair, 57, took to
Twitter on Sunday after
seven people were killed and
48 were injured by three
attackers on London Bridge.
“Enough! Islam is a cancer
on the planet. It must be
destroyed, or reformed.
Soon. Zero tolerance!” the
journalism professor wrote.
Dr McNair has been widely
criticised on Twitter for
the comment.
“Brian McNair went from
‘respected commentator’ to
‘your sleazy racist uncle’
pretty quickly,” author and
historian Jon Piccini wrote.
Ketan Joshi said the
professor was adding fuel to
the fire.
“Dude. You’re a professor of
communication. How do you
not understand you’re just
pouring high-energy fuel
into a racist furnace?” Mr
Joshi said.
“Can you clarify what you
mean by ‘zero tolerance’?
Internment for anyone
adhering to a specific
religion? How shall we round
them up, Brian?”
Others praised Dr McNair for
his “brave statement” and
for “speaking out”.
Queensland University of
Technology was forced to
distance itself from Dr
McNair, who works as a
lecturer at the university.
“QUT does not endorse or
condone these personal
comments. These views do not
reflect those of the
university,” the moderator
said in response to each
tweet critical of the
professor.
Some on Twitter have called
on the university to fire Dr
McNair.
A QUT spokesperson declined
to comment further when
approached by The New Daily.
Dr McNair has also rejected
the defence that Islam is a
religion of peace.
“It is a religion of hate,
misogyny, homophobia &
antisemitism. How to defeat
it?” he wrote on Twitter.
“Muslims are not the
problem. Migrants are not
the problem. The problem is
Islam, & what it inspires
people to do.”
In the days before the
terrorist attack he referred
to the religion as “toxic”.
Dr McNair shared video
footage of Ariana Grande and
Miley Cyrus performing the
Crowded House hit Don’t
Dream It’s Over at the
Manchester tribute concert.
“Strong, sexy women slap
Islam in the face,” he said
alongside the video.
Dr McNair has been a
professor of journalism,
media and communication at
QUT since 2010, according to
his LinkedIn account.
He is a regular contributor
to The Conversation website,
writing on journalism,
political communication,
popular culture and mediated
sexuality.
He is also a contributor at
ABC News 24, Sky News and
BBC World, according to his
bio on The Conversation.
The Australian International
Islamic College at Durack
has submitted a development
application that would
expand their K-12 school
into a community hub.
The development - which
features a two-storey
shopping complex, a medical
centre, a three-storey aged
care facility, a child care
centre and four five-storey
high apartment buildings,
providing a total of 120
units - would branch off a
central walkway called the
"Mecca pedestrian spine".
Central to the development
will be a mosque and the
expansion of the Australian
International Islamic
College, allowing it to
expand student capacity from
600 to 2000 students.
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
Karen Armstrong, British
scholar of comparative
religion, finds that there
is a long and inglorious
tradition of distorting
Islam in Europe. She
criticises the notion that
Islam is essentially more
violent than Christianity
and speaks about the genesis
of Western disdain for the
Arab world. Interview by
Claudia Mende
Ms Armstrong, in an
article for "The Guardian"
you wrote that the barbaric
violence of IS may be "at
least in part, the offspring
of policies guided by our
disdain". Would you write
that again now, after the
Paris attacks?
Karen Armstrong: Yes,
most certainly. If the
attack on "Charlie Hebdo"
was indeed inspired or
backed by al-Qaida, it was
politically as well as
religiously motivated. In
Paris, it attacked the
sacred symbol of modern
secular Western
civilisation: freedom of
expression. Freedom of
expression was an
Enlightenment ideal; it was
essential to capitalist
society that people were
free to innovate without
being suppressed by the
restrictions of Church,
class or guild. In Paris,
the terrorists were saying
in effect: "You attack our
sacred symbol (the Prophet
Muhammad); then we will
attack yours! Now you see
what it feels like."
But what does this
have to do with Western
disdain?
Armstrong: The
Prophet has been caricatured
in the West as a violent,
epileptic, lecherous
charlatan since the time of
the Crusades in the Middle
Ages; this distorted image
of Islam developed at the
same time as our European
anti-Semitism which
caricatured Jews as the
evil, violent, perverse and
powerful enemies of Europe.
So yes, the attack on the
magazine was in part a
product of Western disdain.
The attack on the Jewish
supermarket, which seems to
have been backed by ISIS,
was directed against Western
support for Israel. Here
too, there is an element of
disdain: there has been
little sustained outcry
against the massive
casualties in Gaza last
summer, for example, which
seems to some Muslims to
imply that the lives of
Palestinian women, children
and the elderly are not as
valuable as our own.
.....CONTINUED NEXT WEEK IN
CCN
Interview conducted by
Claudia Mende Karen Armstrong is a
British scholar of
comparative religion. She is
the author of several
bestsellers on the history
of religion. Her newest
publication deals with
violence in Judaism,
Christianity and Islam.
"Fields of Blood: Religion
and the History of Violence"
(2014).
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’ve now
played finals?
AKH: We played our
first quarterfinal with our
current coach in 2014, we
got to prelim final in 2015,
and then we got promoted to
premier division and lost
every game but one! This
year looks very different
for us; we initiated a joint
venture with another Western
Sydney side that is in
division one, and we are now
known as the Auburn-Penrith
Giants. A footy final is
awesome, but the first time
an Auburn Giant is selected
for the AFLW will be
magnanimous.
HM: Your father has
been quietly watching in the
distance for a long time.
You started the club in
2011; when did he watch his
first game?
AKH: Two weeks ago.
HM: Why did it take
him so long?
AKH: I think there
were a few reasons. Apart
from the fact that it took
him a few years to come on
board and buy in. I think
the loss of my brother
probably created that
reality check around the
fact that life is short. I
think he thought to himself,
I want to celebrate all of
the moments I can as a
father with my children. I’m
OK with the fact that it’s
taken him this long. He’s
been on quite a long
journey, and before he came
to his first football game,
he came to his first ever
presentation dinner at the
end of the season last year.
That was huge. My dad came
to the first thing ever in
club land, and in it my
sister was made a life
member. She’d been playing
football since year one, and
it was the first year we’d
introduced the life member
award at the club. To see a
massive banner of his
daughter with the word
“courage” on it, his eyes
got watery, and I knew he
was really proud. It took
him seven years to get
there.
HM: Bringing
cultures, and families
together!
AKH: I hadn’t thought
about that, but yes,
bringing families closer
together.
HM: Your father was
also interviewed for a TV
program in Qatar, and he was
asked a couple of questions
that touched you. The first
was, “What do you think
about women playing sport?”
His answer?
AKH: Let them. Don’t
make it hard, if it makes
them happy, let them play.
HM: Could you have
imagined that answer seven
years prior?
AKH: Oh, absolutely
not! I think my dad seven
years prior would have said
what is the point of girls
playing footy, you’re just
going to get married and
have children! Get them out
of the way!
HM: The second
question was, “What has your
daughter done for women in
sport?” What was his
reaction to that?
AKH: He got really
teary, and he couldn’t
speak. I had to hold him,
and let him be emotional. I
don’t even think he was able
to string a coherent
sentence together. There’s
been a lot of those moments
over the last couple of
months, even before my
brother passed, and he’s
just shifted as a human
being. He’s grown. The
journey has taken him years,
but I think that’s the value
of being in relationships
with people. We treat
children like they grow, but
we don’t treat adults the
same way, and I don’t know
why we think adults stop
growing. We all have a life
to live and experiences that
will change us, and we can
always evolve as human
beings. I’m really proud
that my dad is one of those
people that has evolved as a
human being.
HM: You’ve spoken
about your beloved brother
who died in a motorbike
accident early this year.
After such a loss, people of
faith tend to go one of two
ways. They either question
their faith, in that how
could God do this to them,
or God gives them greater
strength in that there is
meaning in the loss, and
there is no blame.
AKH: For me it was
definitely the latter. When
he died I didn’t think, why,
god? It doesn’t matter if
you’re an atheist or a
Muslim — when someone dies,
there’s no control in that
emotion. That’s so far
beyond what a human can do.
Whether you believe in god
or not, I think it’s
irrelevant, to be honest,
because ultimately if we
strip away religion, as a
human being, when we pull
out all the emotion, it’s
about how we adjust to
living without that person.
That might sound very
bizarre to a lot of people,
because I think what we are
used to doing is having a
conversation about either
why god, or whether there is
a divine wisdom in it, and
for me I think you have to
allow yourself the space to
grieve on those days. If you
need to have spiritual
connectedness on some days,
or no spiritual
connectedness on some days —
essentially it’s about
adapting, and what our
resilience muscle looks
like. It’s either strong or
it’s not.
HM: It’s amazing what
you’ve done. Fathi first.
Tell me about how you are
continuing his legacy.
AKH: We decided to
build a self-sustainable
village on a remote island
off Vanuatu called Tanna. We
all value education in our
family, and we all value
learning. The first phase of
the project is to build a
school with a farm, then a
medical centre, dispensary
and ambulance. Every child
has the right to basic
health care and an
education. For us, it might
be a million-dollar project
and it will take time, but I
think it will be therapeutic
and be a part of the healing
process.
HM: You’re an
extraordinary woman. You’ve
achieved so much, and given
so many people in the
community hope, belief and
inspiration. What’s next for
you?
AKH: I never
anticipated that I’d achieve
so much and be able to
inspire others. The future
is hard to predict but I
know that I look for
opportunities and explore
new things. I’m sure
whatever I do, community
building, advocacy and
activism will be part of my
experience.
HM: You’ve shown so
many the advantages of
sport, but what has it
taught you most?
AKH: Oh, I’ve learnt so
much. The skills that you
learn in football are
transferable into the
workplace, just like the
things you learn in other
settings are transferable
into football. I’ve learnt
about resilience; we were
losing for three years by
significant amounts, and at
any point we could have hung
up the boots and given up.
But we didn’t. So I think
teamwork, resilience, and
being comfortable with
failure.
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.
Ummul Mu’minin
Khadijah Award For
Excellence in
ENTERPRISE:
For achievement in
business and
commerce.
Winner: Zohra Khaku
Zohra Khaku is
founder of Halal
Gems, a website
dedicated to
showcasing the very
best halal
restaurants. Zohra’s
mission is to change
the way people eat.
Accompanied by a
restaurant finder
app and a digital
magazine, Halal Gems
serves the needs for
insatiable
millennial Muslims
on the hunt for good
halal cuisine. As a
leading halal dining
digital platform,
Halal Gems has
reached number one
in Apple’s App Store
and Google’s Play
Store. She produced
and presented the
first halal food
restaurant TV show,
The Curious Foodie,
on Sky’s British
Muslim TV. Zohra has
showcased her work
most recently at the
renowned Global
Islamic Economy
Summit (GIES) and in
2016, The Sunday
Times featured Zohra
as an example of a
successful young
entrepreneur.
..........The UK Muslim News
Awards for Excellence CONTINUES IN NEXT
WEEK'S CCN
Zed Seselja:
‘Pretending that
Islamist
terrorists are
simply mentally
ill and not
driven by an
extreme ideology
is not only
dangerous, it is
insulting to all
Australians’.
Zed Seselja
tells Muslims to
call out
terrorism
Multicultural
Affairs Minister
Zed Seselja has
called on the
Muslim community
to do more to
call out Islamic
extremism,
saying it was an
insult to
suggest
terrorism was
not religiously
motivated.
After
revelations that
Melbourne’s
Brighton
terrorist Yacub
Khayre had been
on parole,
Senator Seselja
also accused the
justice system
of being too
soft on
terrorists,
putting their
rights above the
safety of the
community.
In the strongest
comments yet
from a
government
minister,
Senator Seselja
suggested
colleagues
should stop
dancing around
the issue and
“call it for
what it is”.
“Australians
also, I believe,
reject attempts
by public
figures to
pretend that
Islamist
terrorism has
nothing to do
with religion (a
perversion of
religion though
it is),” Senator
Seselja said in
a speech to
Western Sydney
University last
night.
“Pretending that
Islamist
terrorists are
simply mentally
ill and not
driven by an
extreme ideology
is not only
dangerous, it is
insulting to all
Australians,
whatever their
religious or
cultural
background.
“We are surely
mature enough as
a nation to have
an open
discussion about
the inspiration
for Islamist
terrorism in
Salafist
jihadist
teaching, while
acknowledging
that most
Muslims in
Australia are
good citizens
who reject this
extremism.
“But in having a
reasonable and
honest
conversation
about the
inspiration for
Islamist
terrorism, we
must also
recognise that
we as a nation
have often
tolerated
extremism and
violence.”
The
Australian
Role of
Education ......
PODCAST
What Islam says
about DV
By Nada Ibrahim
Domestic
violence is not
specific to a
particular
religious group;
Australian
statistics
indicate that
one in six women
experience
physical or
sexual violence
from a current
or former
partner in their
lifetime.
Despite this,
several recent
media reports
have
sensationalised
domestic
violence within
the Muslim
community, and
often falsely
linked it to
Verse 4:34 in
the Qur’an.
This
misunderstanding
has not only
been perpetuated
within the
Australian
community, it is
also widely
misunderstood in
the Muslim
community.
Several Muslim
individuals and
organisations
have recently
commented about
Verse 4:34
without a proper
substantiated
understanding of
its context.
This has only
added to
misunderstandings
of what the
Islamic view on
domestic
violence is.
The
Conversation
Muslim families
hand out roses
following the
latest terrorist
attack in London
this week.
Are Muslims
speaking out
against
terrorism? You
bet they are
THE LINK BY STAN
GRANT
This week I got
an early morning
taxi to the
airport for a
flight to
Melbourne.
As you do, my
taxi driver and
I fell into an
easy
conversation —
cricket, food,
our kids.
He was
originally from
Pakistan and I
told him of the
many years I
spent reporting
out of there and
my deep
affection for
the country and
its people.
I always found
Pakistan
alluring, at
times terrifying
yet strangely
comforting. It
must have been
something about
the smell of the
place — my
bureau in
Islamabad was
surrounded by
gum trees that
reminded me of
home.
As a reporter it
was an
extraordinary
place, described
as the most
dangerous
country on
earth.
It is nuclear
armed, locked in
an existential
unending
stand-off with
rival India. It
has been a
breeding ground
for terrorists.
The madrassas —
Islamic schools
— gave rise to
the Taliban (Talib
literally means
scholar). The
north-west
frontier is home
to militant
gangs. Kashmir
has its own
armed extremist
organisations.
The 9/11 attacks
were
masterminded
from Pakistan.
Osama Bin Laden
was tracked down
and killed
living in a
Pakistani
military town
right under the
noses of
officials.
Not for nothing
has Pakistan
been dubbed the
serpent's tail.
With the
reminder this
week, in London
and in
Melbourne, of
how terrorism
can touch our
lives, I asked
the taxi driver
how he was
feeling.
He is a Muslim,
he is aware of
the criticism
his religion
receives, of how
the words of the
Koran can be
read to inspire
acts of terror.
Sadly, he said,
Muslims share
some of the
blame.
It is not
unusual for
Muslims to speak
this way. Our
neighbouring
family is
Muslim. After
the weekend
attack in London
the mother came
to our door with
cakes to
celebrate the
holy month of
Ramadan — a time
of fasting and
prayer — and
apologised to us
personally for
what had
happened in the
name of her
religion.
I recall many
years ago
visiting a CNN
colleague who
lived in an Arab
town in Israel
near the Sea of
Galilee. We had
been reporting
on a spate of
suicide bombings
and we talked
about this
scourge of
Islamic
extremism.
We have to kill
our prophets, he
told me. It was
his poetic way
of saying that
his religion
needed to
reform, there
needed to be
separation of
Mosque and
state.
I have had many
such
conversations
over two decades
of reporting
around the
world; ordinary
Muslims locked
in a battle for
the soul of
their faith.
Too often these
conversations
took place after
a terrorist
attack had
killed Muslims.
They are at the
frontline of
this battle. It
comes out of
their mosques
and explodes in
their streets.
According to the
US National
Counterterrorism
Centre, up to 97
per cent of
fatalities in
the past five
years have been
Muslims.
Muslims are
seven times more
likely than
non-Muslims to
be the victims
of terror.
It is so
commonplace that
it often barely
makes the
headlines of our
media. It is a
reality that we
do not feel the
pain of those
lost lives as
deeply as we do
the lives lost
in the West.
It is worth
remembering that
as we sift
through the
column inches of
commentary and
listen to our
politicians
accusing Muslims
of not speaking
out loudly
enough against
Islamic inspired
terrorism.
These critics
are either
wilfully
ignorant,
deliberately
misleading or
malicious. They
are certainly
selective in
their facts.
Ramadan in
New York: Muslims break fast
in front of Trump Tower TRT World
With fears
growing in the American
Muslim community, especially
in the wake of the attack in
Portland last week, Muslim
and immigrant groups in New
York have joined together
for evening prayer and Iftar.
That's the traditional
breaking of the Ramadan
fast. It took place in front
of Trump Tower. Their message
to the US President- Muslims
and immigrants are not just
a vital part of New York,
but the entire country.
A
Non-Muslim Fasting #Ramadan
The rise
of Sadiq Khan, the Muslim
Mayor who rattled Donald J.
Trump
Islamic
School initiative to teach
about Ramadan OnePath Network
Girl from
Kyrgyzstan cries whilst
making supplication (du'a)
Hasan
Minhaj Emotional Speech
About 9/11 | Netflix Stand
Up Comedy Special
"Homecoming King" The Kanone
Hasan Minhaj
introspects on the baggage
that comes with being an
immigrant in America. He
talks about his experience
when 9/11 happened and gave
an emotional speech about
the subject. This was a clip
taken from his Netflix stand
up comedy show "Homecoming
King".
Lisa Story
From America
Message
for Islamophobes
Ifthar in
Cape Town
500 children
are fed every evening during
ifthar
Egyptian
on Muslim Americans living
under President Trump NOW THIS
WARNING: OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
ISLAMIC EDUCATION VIDEOS
Ending
Ramadan | Short Motivational
Advice Islam In Focus Australia
Powerful
Tips For The Last 10 Nights
of Ramadan || Seeking
Laylatul Qadr
Islam In Focus Australia
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The Princess
Alexandra Hospital (PAH)
Pressure Injury Prevention
Advisory Committee is
looking to appoint a
Consumer Advisor to provide
the patient perspective to
ensure pressure injury
prevention measures meet the
needs of patients.
The Pressure Injury
Prevention Advisory
Committee provides
governance and leadership to
ensure effective systems are
in place to prevent pressure
injuries to our patients.
We are looking for someone
who has used the hospital as
a patient, family member or
carer and can:
Actively
participate both in and
out of meetings to
achieve the purpose.
Review materials
provided prior to the
meetings and be prepared
to ask questions,
contribute ideas, and
provide input.
Respect confidentiality
by refraining from
discussing any
information deemed
personal or confidential
outside of Committee
meetings.
Adhere to the Queensland
Government Code of
Conduct and act in an
ethical and manner.
Share insights and
personal experiences in
ways others can learn
from them.
Frequency of meetings
Meetings are held once
every month for 1.5
hours. Meetings will be
at Princess Alexandra
Hospital.
Orientation & Remuneration
This position is voluntary;
however the successful
applicant will be eligible
to claim reimbursement for
travel expenses to and from
meetings. An induction,
support and additional
training opportunities will
be offered to the successful
applicant.
How do I apply?
Please complete the
Expression of Interest and
email to
metro_south_engagement@health.qld.gov.au.
Applicants will be
short-listed according to
the selection criteria and
then invited to meet the
Committee Chairperson for
final selection.
Expressions of interest must
be submitted by close of
business on Monday 3 July
2017.
More information
For more information about
the Committee please contact
Sean Birgan (Director of
Nursing, Division of
Surgery) on 3176 5567.
Metro
South Addiction and Mental
Health Service
Consumer and Carer
Representative Vacancies
Metro South
Addiction and Mental Health
Service (MSAMHS) are
currently recruiting
‘Consumer and Carer
representatives’ with lived
experiences of Addiction
and/or Mental Health to join
the Metro South Addiction
and Mental Health Services –
Consumer & Carer Partnership
Advisory Council.
MSAMHS provide inpatient,
hospital-based and community
mental health and community
alcohol and drug services
for all age groups across a
number of campuses. The
service embraces a forward
looking, progressive
approach and works
collaboratively with all
stakeholders in order to
achieve expected outcomes. A
clear and strong consumer
and carer focus is promoted.
To learn more about Metro
South Addiction and Mental
Health Services please visit
the MSAMHS webpage by
clicking on this link:
https://metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/mental-health/about-us
Purpose of the group
The purpose of the Metro
South Addiction & Mental
Health Services – Consumer &
Carer Partnership Advisory
Council is to provide advice
to MSAMHS Executive
Management on local health
care services from a
consumer and community
perspective.
The establishment of the
Committee will assist in the
implementation of Planetree
(Person-Centred Care)
initiatives. The committee
will assist MSAMHS with
strategic input, planning
and communications in line
with the MSH and MSAMHS
Strategic Plans. It will
also provide a mechanism for
service co-design involving
all relevant stakeholders
including service providers
and consumers, carers and
community members.
Immediate functions of the
committee will include:
Monitor
the implementation and
evaluation of activities
delivered through the
MSAMHS Planetree
Implementation Action
Plan
Provide advice regarding
additional sources of
relevant data to inform
prioritisation of local
needs
Disseminate endorsed
information to
colleagues and community
members
Frequency of Meetings
Meetings will be held
monthly, frequency of
meetings will be
reviewed after 12
months. Meetings will be
held at Garden City
Office Park, Eight Mile
Plains.
Knowledge,
skills and attributes
Ability
to share insights and
personal experiences in
ways that will assist in
improving service
planning and a more
person-centred service
delivery.
Commitment to the
delivery of safe, high
quality, health services
by Metro South Health.
Connections or links
with relevant
communities and/ or
groups would be an
advantage.
Orientation &
Remuneration
This position is
voluntary; however the
successful applicant
will be eligible to
claim reimbursement for
travel expenses to and
from meetings. An
induction, support and
additional training
opportunities will be
offered to the
successful applicant.
How to
Apply
To apply please complete the
attached Expression of
Interest application form.
For further information,
please contact:
Javed Khan, Planetree
Coordinator
Metro South Addiction and
Mental Health Services
Metro South Health
Phone: 07 3156 9862 or 0459
884 901
Email:
javed.khan@health.qld.gov.au
Muslims
keep alive Kolkata's Jewish schools, stores
and traditions
Muslim girls, some in the burqa
and some in the regular
uniforms, leave the Jewish Girls
School in Calcutta
Kolkata, India (CNN) —
When Mitana Alexander bid goodbye to
Kolkata's Jewish Girls School in 1975,
she was its last Jewish student. The
bulk of the others were Muslims.
But it was not the steady influx of
Muslim girls in the preceding two
decades that moved Alexander's parents
to take her out of the school, she says.
They were worried because she was last
remaining occupant of a Jews-only
dormitory, as most Jewish girls they had
known had migrated to Israkel, America
or Europe "with their folks."
"They (school authorities) had to retain
a matron just for me," recalls
Alexander, now aged 50. "I would be
alone in the dormitory at night and my
parents started panicking. Muslims had
nothing to do with my leaving."
Today, there is very little "Jewish"
about the school, save for perhaps its
name, the Star of David on the school
gates, the school uniform and notebooks,
and portraits of Jewish patrons on the
walls.
Authorities have made available a
"changing room" for Muslim girls whose
parents frown upon their stepping out in
public in school skirts.
These students leave home in the burqa,
change into their uniforms once in
school, and put on the burqa when
leaving. "Our parents don't like it if
we bare our legs," says senior student
Zara Ahmed, 17.
"The school has come to symbolize
Jewish-Muslim harmony in Kolkata," says
managing trustee Aileen "Jo" Cohen.
The harmony is visible elsewhere too;
the city's three synagogues -- the
smallest of which boasts of more chairs
in its prayer hall than there are Jews
in Kolkata -- are looked after by Muslim
caretakers.
Author-scholar Jael Silliman, whose
children are settled in the US, says
development in India and the outside
world in the 1940s-50s led to an exodus
of Jews from Calcutta.
The swelling ranks of Muslim girls in
the Jewish school offer a glimpse into
the deep ties between Kolkata's Muslim
and once-thriving Jewish community.
More than 1,200 of the nearly 1,400
students are Muslims, as is the school's
vice principal and half the faculty.
The change began in the 1950s, when
there were not enough Jewish families
needing an institution set up
specifically to instil Jewish values.
As Jewish enrollment petered out, the
authorities decided to admit children of
other faiths. The biggest response came
from the Muslims of nearby areas.
Muslims also help with the dressing of
bodies for Jewish burials and outside
the Magen David Synagogue, Muslim bangle
sellers wearing the topi (the Muslim
prayer cap), have set up kiosks on the
bustling footpath.
"The close ties and positive working
relationships between Muslims and Jews
are deeply rooted in the local context
of Kolkata," says Jael Silliman, 62, a
city-born Jewish scholar and author, and
a former Associate Professor of Women's
Studies at the University of Iowa.
Muslims hand out 3,000 roses at London
Bridge in show of solidarity after terror
attack
Roses with
messages are given out to
passers-by on London Bridge just
over a week on from the terror
attack
UK: Londoners and
tourists have been handed flowers as a
symbol of love at the site of the latest
terrorist attack in the UK.
A group of British Muslims gave 3,000
roses to people on London Bridge in a
demonstration of solidarity following
the van and knife rampage that left
eight people dead and dozens injured.
"After the events of last weekend we are
making a symbolic gesture of love for
the communities affected by the attack,"
said Zakia Bassou, one of the organisers
of Sunday's event. "The whole concept is
we are not going to let London Bridge,
or any bridge, fall down."
Londoner Elida Ercolano was visibly
emotional after receiving her rose.
"I think it's lovely, it's what London
is actually about as a city," she said.
Many
more would have died in London tower block
blaze if it wasn't for Ramadan: 'These
Muslim boys helped us'
UK: Muslims awake for
Ramadan and returning home from prayers
may have helped save lives after seeing
the fire at Grenfell tower.
Muslims were among the first people on
the scene as people were being evacuated
and eyewitness accounts have
corroborated that many sought to hand
out food and clothes to the victims of
the fire.
A video taken at the scene shows a woman
pleading with the crowd to acknowledge
the role Muslims played in the care of
the victims immediately following the
fire.
She tells them:
If it
wasn't for all these young Muslim
boys round here helping us, coming
from mosques, a lot more people
would've been dead.
They want to talk about them when
they're doing bad things, but when
they're doing good - they were the
first people with bags of water
giving to people and helping people
and running and telling people.
Manhattan
anti-Sharia demonstration dwarfed by
Islam-supporting counter-protesters
US: Anti-Muslim
protesters marching in Lower Manhattan
Saturday were met by a larger group of
counter-protesters who drowned them out
with chants of their own.
The two sides faced off in Foley Square,
where ACT for America, a lobbying
organization opposed to Muslim
immigration, organized a “March against
Sharia” — part of a series of nationwide
marches the group organized Saturday.
About 100 demonstrators carrying signs
with anti-Islamic slogans — one reading
simply “NO MORE MUSLIMS” — shouted
against Sharia law, which ACT for
America argues is threatening the United
States. The organization is designated
by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an
anti-Muslim hate group.
Frequent reports of
honour killings, disfigurement, and sensational
abuse have given rise to a consensus in the
West, a message propagated by human rights
groups and the media: Muslim women need to be
rescued. Lila Abu-Lughod boldly challenges this
conclusion. An anthropologist who has been
writing about Arab women for thirty years, she
delves into the predicaments of Muslim women
today, questioning whether generalizations about
Islamic culture can explain the hardships these
women face and asking what motivates particular
individuals and institutions to promote their
rights.
In recent years Abu-Lughod has struggled to
reconcile the popular image of women victimized
by Islam with the complex women she has known
through her research in various communities in
the Muslim world. Here, she renders that divide
vivid by presenting detailed vignettes of the
lives of ordinary Muslim women, and showing that
the problem of gender inequality cannot be laid
at the feet of religion alone. Poverty and
authoritarianism--conditions not unique to the
Islamic world, and produced out of global
interconnections that implicate the West--are
often more decisive. The standard Western
vocabulary of oppression, choice, and freedom is
too blunt to describe these women's lives.
Do Muslim Women Need Saving? is an indictment of
a mindset that has justified all manner of
foreign interference, including military
invasion, in the name of rescuing women from
Islam--as well as a moving portrait of women's
actual experiences, and of the contingencies
with which they live.
KB says:A delicious salad you
can make after Ramadan with your left-over dates
(if you still have any remaining at the end of
the month).
Date
and Almond Salad
Step 1
Mix the following ingredients in a salad bowl:
1 lettuce (shredded)
3 carrots,
1 cucumber,
green; yellow and red pepper (cut in julienne
strips)
1 onion ( cut into rings)
Feta cheese
Step 2
salad dressing
Mix the following together-
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp mustard sauce
1 tsp brown sugar
2 tsp soya sauce
1 tblsp oil
Salt and black pepper
Oregano
Step 3
Fry 1 cup slivered almonds
3 tbsp sesame seeds in 5 tblsp oil till almonds
turn very light brown.
Add 1 cup chopped dates into the above mixture
and remove from heat once mixed and hot!!
Sprinkle salt and chilli powder on the mixture.
Step 4
Just before serving pour the salad dressing over
and sprinkle the date and almond mixture over
the salad.
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Q: Dear
Kareema, I’ve just started exercising to lose
some kilos and feel stronger. How often do I
have to work out and when can I expect to see
results?
A: The key is to set small achievable
goals. Start off slow and build from there.
Create good habits – make healthier choices with
your meals, etc.
Aim to train at
least 5 – 6 times a week (30-60mins),
incorporating strength training with cardio and
interval sessions. The more you vary your
workouts, the sooner you’ll start noticing
changes in your body.
Train smart – do
what you love and challenge yourself constantly.
The results will follow!
Lawn growth will
slow down now and
some varieties will
turn brown as the
cold sets in. It’s
the perfect time to
take a good look at
it and plan for
Spring ahead.
• Gaps may
appear in your
lawn at this
time so a small
feed of slow
release
fertiliser will
help it stay
healthy.
• Troublesome
weeds, mainly
bindii and
purple vine (siratro)
need elimination
now.
• Keep an eye
out for pests.
If you have some
patches that
have browned
with no new
runners, or lots
of magpies
suddenly
arriving, the
chances are that
you have pests.
• The chief
culprits are
caterpillars,
grubs, beetles
or hoppers.
• Spray with
carbaryl which
eliminates all
of these.
• Garden beds
are recovering
from the record
heat damage last
summer.
• Plan ahead and
start
re-mulching.
Before you know
it, the sun will
be overhead and
heat stress will
strike.
• Eliminate very
hot corners by
careful
placement of
potted shrubs to
provide shade at
the hottest time
of the day
Bindii Weed
This weed is
germinating now. The
seed pods which will
form by August
contain very sharp
prickles. Two
applications of
herbicide are
usually needed for
success.
Purple Bean
climbing weed
The worst weed ever
and it’s a
perennial.It
is very difficult to
pull out as the tap
root goes deep. Can
be eliminated by
applying roundup on
the leaves or a cut
section of the stem.
Kill it while it’s
young before it
kills your plants!
It is out of His Mercy that
He has made for you Night
and Day, - that you may rest
therein, and that you may
seek of His Grace; - and in
order that you may be
grateful.
The Islamic
Council of Queensland would like
to extend a formal invitation to
the Queensland community to join
us for a day of fun and
festivities at the Eid Down
Under Festival on 1 July 2017.
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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