On
Saturday 5 August 2017, the
Islamic Women’s Association
of Australia (IWAA)
officially launched the
DonateLife Week (a campaign
to promote organ and tissue
donation) at its Community
BBQ at Karawatha Forest,
Karawatha.
A multicultural and
multifaith crowd of over 150
people, including IWAA’s
board of management, staff,
clients, key community and
business leaders, family,
friends and supporters came
along to not only enjoy
burgers and sausages, but
hear about the importance of
“Make It Count” in regards
to organ and tissue
donation. Key messages
included:
This DonateLife Week, we
urge all Australians to make
their donation decision
count by joining the
Australian Organ Donor
Register at
donatelife.gov.au.
Thanks to a new registration
process, it is now faster
and easier than ever to
register your donation
decision on the Australian
Organ Donor Register (AODR).
Visit donatelife.gov.au and
you can register in just
minutes.
Registering your donation
decision is important
because it leaves your
family in no doubt of your
decision to save lives as an
organ and tissue donor.
Registration counts, with 9
in 10 families agreeing to
donation proceeding when
their loved one is a
registered donor.
Once you’ve registered your
donation decision, share
your decision with family
and friends and encourage
others to register to save
lives today.
With around 1,400
Australians currently on
transplant waiting lists,
and a further 12,000 people
on dialysis, we need to
optimise every donation
opportunity to save more
lives.
Share your registered
decision on social media
this DonateLife Week, using
#makeitcount and #donatelife.
Make
your decision count this
DonateLife Week by joining
the Australian Organ Donor
Register at
donatelife.gov.au, and
sharing your donation
decision with family and
friends.
Visit
www.donatelife.gov.au to
register online today. It’s
a decision that could one
day save lives.
Aboriginal Elder Aunty Kerry
Charleton welcomed everyone
to the local area. Also in
attendance to support this
important awareness campaign
was State Member for
Stretton, Duncan Pegg,
Former State Member for
Woodridge Desley Scott,
Queensland Police
Commissioner Ian Stewart,
Cross Cultural Police
Liaison Office Sergeant Jim
Bellos, key community
advocate Adam Obeid, ACCESS
Services CEO Gail Kerr and
Queensland Multicultural
Advisory Council Member
Serge Voloschenko and his
wife Anna.
To find out more and to hear
from Islamic scholars on the
permissibility of organ and
tissue donation please visit
www.donatelife.gov.au
Vacancies have arisen for
volunteers to take Islamic
Religious Education classes
on Friday mornings at
Runcorn Heights State
School, 200 Nemies Rd,
Runcorn.
Flexibility exists on which
classes and times could be
taught.
If you are interested in the
role, please contact Daud
Batchelor (0413 067 160) or
Aisha Dennis (0402 438 077)
for further information.
Twenty riders took part in
The Big Ride last weekend
from Brisbane to Byron Bay,
in glorious weather.
The aim of the ride marking
the 50th anniversary of
Israel’s military occupation
of the West Bank and Gaza
strip (the Occupied
Palestinian Territories) in
1967, was to raise awareness
of the plight of the
Palestinian people and also
raise much needed funds for
a Hebron Children's
education project through
APHEDA. Donations far
exceeded the initial target.
The ride took place in
parallel with the Big Ride
UK. This Australian ride was
coordinated by Manal and
Rosa Monsour and took five
months to plan.
One of the participants who
also assisted with
logistics, David Forde,
described the event as "One
of the most inspiring well
organised ventures I have
been on, where we stuck
together as a team and
finished as a team. I have
no doubt that with this
being the first year, next
year will be even bigger."
"But is was also the
good-will that was clearly
on display from members of
the public who engaged us on
route."
Another Kuraby local (one of
many from Kuraby) Osman Khan
(pictured right)
said, "Initially I was a
little apprehensive about
doing the ride but the
Palestinian cause demanded
of me to do it. I am so glad
I did. The experience will
be treasured for the rest of
my life. I met some
wonderful people with so
much understanding and
empathy for the Palestinian
people. The Palestinian
reception in Byron Bay at
the end of the ride was a
very emotional and heart
warming experience for me.
Inshallah I will attempt the
ride again next year."
On the night before
The Bike Ride, the
Gold Coast Mosque
hosted the riders to
a meal
After collating all
donations, pledges and
expenses of the fundraising
dinner in Brisbane on
Saturday night, Secretary of
Islamic Society of
Toowoomba, Dr Mainul Islam
announced that the total
donations and pledges of the
night amounted to $127,535.
After deducting the expenses
of $17,574, this left a net
contribution of around
$110,000 for the Mosque to
use for its re-building
initiative.
"On behalf of Muslims of
Toowoomba I express our
deepest gratitude to
everyone who helped make
this success happen," Prof.
Shahjahan Khan said.
"Our target is $890k and so
far we have collected $250k.
In Shaa Allah, we will
continue fundraising until
the target for the project
is achieved."
The
Australian Federation of
Islamic Councils (AFIC) is
seeking a full-time CEO.
AFIC is the peak national
body for a wide range of
Islamic groups and
organisations. The role of
the CEO will require
appropriate levels of
professional qualifications
and experience to provide
leadership, vision and
business management of the
organisation.
This position
will be responsible and
accountable for providing
high level advice and
assisting AFIC with
strategic planning, building
and maintaining the
reputation of AFIC with
community stakeholder groups
and wider society, and
managing the internal and
external operations of the
organisation.
Applications close by Friday
1st September. Please
express your interest to
jobs@afic.com.au.
Ms Heba Allouche of Griffith
University won her category
and will be formally
recognised in September at
the Australasian PASS and
Peer Learning Conference in
Melbourne.
PASS stands for
Peer-Assisted Study
Sessions. It is a peer
facilitated, cooperative
student support scheme for
all students operating in
most core units of study.
Barro Group has appealed the
proposed construction of the
Gladstone mosque at this site.
CONCRETE company has begun
legal action against the
proposed Toolooa mosque,
fearing the consequences of
more children on a road
dominated by heavy vehicles.
Quarry and concrete company
Barro Group owns Gladstone
Premix Concrete and it has
lodged an appeal against
Gladstone council's approval
of the mosque in Brisbane
Planning and Environment
Court, claiming the approval
is in breach of local
planning laws.
The Islamic Society of
Gladstone proposed to build
the mosque at 4 Anson Close,
Toolooa; next door to Barro
Group's concrete factory.
In court documents, Barro
Group, a Victorian company,
states the mosque's approval
was "in direct conflict"
with the council's planning
scheme, incompatible with
the land's low-impact
industrial zoning and with a
nearby residential area.
"The council's development
approval is invalid and of
no effect and the court has
no jurisdiction to approve
with development application
as the (Islamic Society of
Gladstone) has not complied
with ... provisions of the
Sustainable Planning Act
2009," Barro Group's appeal
states.
"The proposed use ... is
incompatible with the low
impact industrial zoning of
the land; and is
incompatible with the
Toolooa Priority Development
Area (residential) west of
the land."
The document states the
mosque's development
application has failed to
consider the impact it will
have on traffic flows or the
increase of children on a
road that was dominated by
heavy vehicles.
"The development application
fails to properly assess the
impact of the non-industrial
land use to the adjoining
industrial land uses in the
locality."
Barro Group is seeking the
court refuse the mosque's
approval and for the council
and Islamic Society to pay
costs.
Neither Gladstone council
nor Islamic Society of
Gladstone responded to a
request for comment on
Thursday
Neither has lodged a
response to Barro Group's
notice to appeal.
Barb Smith, treasurer of the
community group Gladstone
Region Safe Communities,
said she was "really
pleased" to hear a business
was proceeding with the
appeal. "We are just going
to support them."
Jamila Rizvi
Jamila Rizvi is an author,
presenter and columnist.
Her first book, Not Just
Lucky, which is a career
manifesto for millennial
women, was published by
Penguin in June 2017 and
debuted on several major
best-seller lists. Former
Prime Minister Julia Gillard
has called it, ‘feisty and
inquisitive, a fresh take on
modern feminist issues.’
Jamila’s second book, an
anthology of essays about
new motherhood, will be
released in 2018.
Jamila writes a twice-weekly
column for News Limited
about politics, gender and
parenting. Her work appears
on news.com.au,
kidspot.com.au and
whimn.com.au She is an
accomplished host and
commentator, appearing
regularly on The Project,
Today and The Drum. Jamila
is also host of ‘The
Schmunday Show’ on Fox FM in
Melbourne.
Jamila is the former
Editor-in-Chief of the
Mamamia Women’s Network
websites. She was a finalist
for Best Newcomer in the
2014 Women In Media Awards
and under her stewardship
Mamamia was named ‘Brand of
the Year’ in 2013.
Prior to entering the media,
Jamila worked in politics
for the Rudd and Gillard
Governments, advising on
media, politics and policy.
She is an Ambassador for
CARE Australia and refugee
advocacy group Welcome to
Australia. She is a board
member for public policy
think tank, The McKell
Institute and the
Melbourne’s Writer’s
Festival.
In 2014 Jamila was named one
of Cosmopolitan’s 30 Most
Successful Women Under 30
and in 2015, was listed as
one of Australia’s 100 Women
of Influence by the
Australian Financial Review.
In 2017 she was included in
the Weekly Review’s top ten
list of young rising stars
in Melbourne.
Jamila studied at the
Australian National
University, where she was
the student body president
in 2008. Jamila holds
bachelor degrees in law and
commerce and was named Young
Alumnus of the Year in 2014.
She lives in Melbourne with
her husband Jeremy, toddler
Rafi and a lot of washed but
regretfully unfolded
washing.
Sam Dastyari
NSW Labor Senator Sam
Dastyari's rise through the
ALP's ranks suffered a
setback in 2016 when he had
to resign from the
Opposition front bench when
it was discovered he had
used foreign ALP donors to
pay for a travel expense and
a legal bill.
One of the Parliament's most
colourful and energetic
younger members, he recently
published his first book,
One Halal of a Story
(italic).
Sam was born in a small town
in Northern Iran, and with
his family migrated to
Australia as a young child
during the Iran/Iraq war in
1988.
He joined the Labor Party
following the republican
referendum in 1999.
Before entering the Senate
Sam developed a high public
profile as NSW State
Secretary of the Australian
Labor Party from 2010 to
2013.
He is an outspoken advocate
for multiculturalism and has
a passion for social policy
and economics.
Sam is married to Helen and
together they are raising
their two young daughters,
Hannah and Eloise, in
Sydney.
USING FOOTY AS A WAY TO
CONNECT WITH HIS COMMUNITY
came pretty naturally to
Saad; after all, it worked
for his family. His father,
Zaf, immigrated to Melbourne
from Lebanon as a boy and
quickly became hooked on
that city's sporting
obsession. He met his wife,
Nejma, after she arrived
from Lebanon as a teenager.
The whole family - daughters
Khadijah, 28, Fatma, 27, and
Aicha, 24, and sons Adam,
Muhammad, 18, and Noah, 13 -
are footy tragics. Muhammad
is in the Suns' talent
academy and hopes to be
drafted, while Noah is a
Geelong fan who probably has
more Gary Ablett signatures
than any kid in Australia.
As a boy in suburban
Brunswick in inner
Melbourne, Saad found the
Sherrin served as a
leather-bound passport into
Australian society.
"I was a pretty shy kid and
footy broke down social
barriers for me," he says.
"l'll be honest, I was
nervous when I first rocked
up here at the Suns too, but
in the first 10 minutes my
whole world changed, they
embraced me. Footy does
that; they don't see me as
different because I pray
five times a day and I
fast."
Hussin Goss is the president
of the Gold Coast Islamic
Society and a diehard rugby
league fan. The day we
visited the Arundel Mosque
in the city's north he was
still crowing over the
Maroons' State of Origin
victory. Australian football
is a mystery to him but the
power of sport is a language
he understands. He played a
key role three years ago in
helping Saad, then 20 and
away from home for the first
time, settle on the Gold
Coast and says in the years
since, the unassuming young
Sun has more than returned
the favour.
"He is a man of great faith,
that is the number one
thing, but he is also very
community-minded, and he
does terrific work with the
youth," Goss says. "He's
spoken to our mosque many
times. We don't have a lot
of elite sportspeople - we
have one in cricket, (Test
batsman) Usman Khawaja - but
as a Muslim community we are
honoured and proud that
these boys have reached this
level in their sports."
ICV: "Today's #25MuslimWomen
- Dr Zuleyha Keskin of
Islamic Sciences & Research
Academy Australia (ISRA) is
a powerful thinker and
leader in academia as well
as our communities. Sister
Zuleyha co-established the
first Bachelor of Islamic
Studies course in Australia
and continues to empower and
promote Islamic faith,
culture and thought. We are
proud and honoured to share
her story with you"
Steve Harvey and Rabbi on
Islam and the media
BBC News
Six Misconception of
Islam
OnePath
Network
Muslims today play the role
of fire fighters clearing
any misconceptions about
Islam like a fire fighter
would to flames. Islam is no
doubt one of the most
misunderstood religions on
the face of this planet
today. A simple stroll
through one’s newsfeed is
bound to be filled with
people speaking either for
or against Islam and in most
instances such discussions
are fueled with
misunderstandings and
misconceptions about Islam.
We’ve compiled a list of the
most frequent misconceptions
we’ve come across throughout
our travels on social media.
We’ve also broken them down
to shed light on the reality
of such views.
ISLAMIC EDUCATION VIDEOS
The Most Merciful |
Sheikh Sajid Umar
IslamInFocus
Why i converted to Islam
- Bob Palmer
Islam is the
religion of peace and safety
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Debt and
Promises: A
Toxic Soup By Dr Mahmood
Nathie, Centre
for Islamic
Thought &
Education,
School of
Education,
University of
South Australia
Dr Mahmood
Nathie
A disturbing
problem often
encountered in
contemporary
financial
practices is the
manner in which
people incur
debt through a
coterie of easy
and sometimes
absurd means.
These include:
lure of easy
pay-day loans;
credit card
issuance; margin
lending; credit
union lending;
in-store credit
and loyalty
programs, and
‘loan sharking’.
While some
personal debt
(such as housing
loans) may be
genuine, others
are purely
unnecessary and
frivolous. They
often originate
at one extreme
from: peer
pressure and
societal demands
occasioned by
changing
lifestyles;
over-capitalised
homes; social
occasions and
events (aka
lavish weddings
and parties) to
the
destabilising
and highly
frowned extreme
of gambling,
Ponzi, and
highly
speculative
investment
schemes.
To the extent
debtors
rationalise
their payment
future
obligations will
be met from some
anticipated
present illusory
windfall or
unexpected gain
(lotteries and
pokies), regular
and genuine
supplementary
income (e.g.
investment
income) may be
insufficient to
service all
their debt
obligations.
Compounding the
debt problem are
unexpected
losses and
income
disturbances
such as
sickness,
physical
incapacitation
and
retrenchment. In
short left
unpaid, debt
compounds
further through
interest
charges,
penalties and
legal costs. In
relation to
commercial
practices, a
further debt
layer is that
accumulated
through a myriad
of borrowing
practices and
schemes
contrived
through complex
legal stratagems
that often go
beyond the
credit
worthiness and
repayment
capacity of the
business.
All this makes
for a toxic soup
when the
underlying debt
is unable to be
serviced or
repaid.
`Marriage
equity’ for not
married and not
equals By Prof
Shahjahan Khan
Prof Shahjahan
Khan
According to the
Australian
Marriage Equity
website the
demand of the
LGBTQIA group is
the following:
We believe a
person’s gender
or sexuality
should not
affect their
legal rights and
responsibilities
under Australian
marriage law.
Our approach to
achieving
marriage
equality is
through
lobbying,
advocacy and
education.
The issue from
their point of
view is
achieving legal
rights and
responsibilities.
As citizens, if
the state wants
to recognize
them the legal
right, they
should enjoy the
rights within
the legal
system. Why
would it require
‘marriage
equity?’ I
believe the
phrase ‘marriage
equity’ is
misleading and
deceiving as it
uses the word
‘marriage’
wrongfully and
totally against
what marriage
has been known
since the
inception of
human creation.
Marriage is a
well-known
social
institution
which has been
serving as the
foundation of
family and
enhanced the
human
population.
Marriage is
historically a
religious and
civil practice
allowing union
of two
individuals of
opposite gender.
One of the main
essence of
marriage is to
produce children
for the
continuity of
human race.
Marriage makes
relationship of
a woman and a
man legal with
the permission
to live as one
unique pair and
entrusts the
responsibilities
of mother and
father for their
children. Legal
rights and
religious
entitlements for
the married
couples are as
wife and
husband, and as
mother and
father.
Followers of all
faiths including
Jews, Christians
and Muslims,
believe marriage
was instituted
and ordained by
God for the
lifelong
relationship
between one man
as husband and
one woman as
wife. They
consider it as
the most
intimate of
human
relationships, a
special gift
from God, and a
sacred
institution. It
is a gift of
God, and the
sacrament of
matrimony is
intended to
perfect the
couple's love
and to
strengthen their
indissoluble
unity. By this
grace they help
one another to
attain piety in
their married
life and in
welcoming and
educating their
children.
Misunderstanding
Islamophobia.
By Ruby Hamad
Ruby Hamad
In the
two-and-a-half
decades between
the publication
of his
groundbreaking
book Orientalism
and his death,
Edward Said
spent
considerable
energy rejecting
claims that his
work is a
defence of the
“real” Islam.
Such an
assumption, he
wrote, “would
simply be
repeating the
errors of
Orientalism”.
Said, who was
avowedly secular
and suspicious
of religious
movements,
emphasised his
critique as one
that sought not
to determine the
correct view of
Islam and the
orient, since it
was far too
diverse to be
distilled in
such a manner,
but to
deconstruct it
as it appeared
in the Western
imagination.
More than a
decade after the
death of the
Palestinian-American
academic, and
nearly four
decades after
Orientalism
spawned
postcolonial
studies,
orientalism is
still being
misused and
misunderstood,
this time by the
discourse around
Islamophobia.
For several
months now,
perhaps more,
I’ve been
suspecting that
our discourse on
Islam and
anti-Muslim
sentiment is, if
not wrong
exactly, then
certainly
incomplete. As
incidents of
casual and
institutional
bigotry against
Muslims and
Arabs rise, so,
too, does the
defence of Islam
itself – as
opposed to the
defence of
Muslims targeted
by this bigotry
– as if by
pointing out
what Islam is
and isn’t, this
bigotry could be
curtailed.
There are two
main problems
with this. The
first being, how
do you defend
and define the
“real” Islam
when it is not a
singular
religion but a
collection of
differing
interpretations,
often in
conflict with
one another? The
second is that
focusing on
defending
Islamic theology
and practice
sidelines
secular Muslims
as well as
non-Muslims who
live in the Arab
and Muslim
world.
I’ve been
writing about
Islamophobia for
several years,
and with one or
two early
exceptions
attempted to do
so not to defend
Islamic theology
or practice but
from a
perspective of
challenging
Western, and
other
non-Muslim,
assumptions and
expectations of
Islam. That is
to say, by
challenging the
foundations of
how the West
talks about
Islam rather
than the
increasingly
dangerous
practice of
defending the
“real” Islam.
The Saturday
Paper
Why the lack
of Indian and
African faces in
Dunkirk matters
By Sunny Singh,
a British based
writer. Her
latest novel is
Hotel Arcadia
‘The French army
deployed at
Dunkirk included
soldiers from
Morocco,
Algeria, Tunisia
and other
colonies, and in
substantial
numbers. But we
don’t see them.’
EXTRACTS
What a surprise
that Nigel
Farage has
endorsed the new
fantasy-disguised-as-historical
war film,
Dunkirk.
Christopher
Nolan’s movie is
an inadvertently
timely, thinly
veiled Brexiteer
fantasy in which
plucky Britons
heroically
retreat from the
dangerous shores
of Europe. Most
importantly, it
pushes the
narrative that
it was Britain
as it exists
today – and not
the one with a
global empire –
that stood alone
against the
“European peril”
But Nolan’s
erasures are not
limited to the
British. The
French army
deployed at
Dunkirk included
soldiers from
Morocco,
Algeria, Tunisia
and other
colonies, and in
substantial
numbers. Some
non-white faces
are visible in
one crowd scene,
but that’s it.
The film forgets
the racialised
pecking order
that determined
life and death
for both British
and French
colonial troops
at Dunkirk and
after it.
But why is it so
important for
Nolan, and for
many others,
that the film
expunge all
non-white
presence on the
beach and the
ships? Why is it
psychologically
necessary that
the heroic
British troops
be rescued only
by white
sailors? What
would change if
brave men
fighting at
Dunkirk wore
turbans instead
of helmets?
What would alter
if some of the
soldiers offered
namaaz on the
sands before
rising to face
the advancing
enemy for that
one last time?
Why is it so
important that
the covering
fire be provided
by white French
troops rather
than North
African and
Middle Eastern
ones? Those
non-white faces
I mentioned
earlier – they
were French
troops
scrabbling to
board British
boats to escape.
The echoes of
modern politics
are easy to see
in the
British-first
policy of the
initial retreat
that left French
troops at the
mercy of the
Nazis. In
reality,
non-white troops
were at the back
of the queue for
evacuation, and
far more likely
to be caught and
murdered by Nazi
soldiers than
their white
colleagues who
were able to
blend into the
crowd.
Muslim
volunteer group branded 'scabs' by Morning
Star for cleaning rubbish-strewn streets
Rubbish bags piled high in Tarry
Road, Birmingham as the ongoing
industrial dispute between the
city's council and refuse
collectors continues
ENGLAND: A group of
Muslim volunteers who have been cleaning
Birmingham's rubbish-strewn streets have
been branded "scabs" by left-wing
newspaper the Morning Star.
The "Bearded Broz" took on the task of
cleaning up after a strike by workers at
Birmingham City Council left bin bags
uncollected.
But the socialist newspaper criticised
the community group for breaking the
strike.
A story published earlier this week
said: "A dispute over in Birmingham
continues after a "scab army" of
volunteers has been cleaning up piles of
rubbish.
"The community group, known as Bearded
Broz, are encouraging people to join
their scab operation as they undermine
the strike by Birmingham City Council
refuse workers over job losses."
The group, from the Small Heath area of
South East Birmingham, were first
interviewed by the Birmingham Mail last
week.
In a video on the Mail's website the
group could be seen collecting bin bags
from outside houses, which they drove to
a local tip.
A spokesman for the group told the
newspaper: "If Birmingham City Council
is watching or listening, then we're
doing your job that you're supposed to
be doing.
"We're not here to have a fight with
you, we're here to work with you, and if
you want to help us, get in touch with
us, we'll provide the manpower if you
provide the vehicles.
"We're not here to cause antagonism,
we're here to work together with all the
authorities because at the end of the
day we as residents of this area have to
live with the stench."
He added: "We're all volunteers, all
these guys here, because we want to help
our community, and as Muslims we feel
it's really important that we do that.
We want the world to see what we're
doing as well."
A president should unify the nation,
channel shared values: Halimah Yacob
Speaker of
Parliament Halimah Yacob
(centre) says she will run for
President in the upcoming
election.
SINGAPORE:
Explaining that
she had done
“extensive
consultations”
with family and
close friends
over the past
weeks, she
acknowledged
that the role is
a “very heavy
responsibility”
and she had to
“take into
consideration my
current
responsibilities
and what will
become of them”.
“A president
should unify the
nation, and
channel our
shared values
into doing good
for the country,
and
wholeheartedly
serve Singapore
and
Singaporeans.
“This is the
kind of
President I
would like to
have.
“This is the
kind of
President I
would like to
be,” she wrote.
She will hand in
her resignation
on Monday (7
August) from her
official duties
and positions,
including her
office as MP for
Marsiling-Yew
Tee GRC. She
will also quit
the People’s
Action Party.
Halimah added
that she had
dedicated her
life to serving
the people for
the past 40
years starting
with her work at
the National
Trades Union
Congress, and
later as a
Minister of
State and Member
of Parliament.
Her key concerns
continue to be
workers’ rights,
helping the
elderly and
helping
disadvantaged
families.
She said, “The
Office of
President is an
opportunity for
me to serve
Singapore and
Singaporeans. It
has a huge
capacity to do a
tremendous
amount of good,
and I know that
we can achieve
more when we
focus on our
shared values
and goals.”
Minister for
National
Development
Lawrence Wong,
who is also an
MP for Marsiling-Yew
Tee Group
Representation
Constituency,
said, “My team
and I will build
on (Halimah’s)
good work and
work even harder
to serve our
residents.”
Supporters stream past Bloomington mosque
after fire-bombing
A member of the
Dar Al-Farooq Center in
Bloomington, Minn., shows the
damage done to the office of the
mosque's imam after a bomb was
thrown into the facility early
on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. A
fire erupted by no one was
injured.
USA:
Mohamed Omar,
executive
director of the
Dar Al Farooq
Center in
Bloomington, on
Sunday condemns
a fire-bombing
that occurred at
the mosque the
previous day. No
one was injured
but the office
of the imam was
badly damaged.
Dozens flocked
to show support
Sunday for a
Bloomington
mosque that was
fire-bombed
earlier in the
weekend, an
incident being
investigated by
the FBI and
which Gov. Mark
Dayton is
unequivocally
calling a
terrorist
attack.
An explosive
device
apparently was
thrown through
the office
window of the
mosque’s imam at
the Dar Al
Farooq Center
about 5 a.m.
Saturday,
according to
authorities.
As many as 20
people were in
the building at
the time, but no
one was injured
in the blast and
resulting blaze.
“This is a
terrible,
dastardly,
cowardly,
terrible act. …
It’s a crime,”
Dayton said
during a visit
to the mosque
Sunday.
“It’s an act of
terrorism, a
criminal act of
terrorism
against the
imam, who thank
the good lord
was not present
in his office as
it would appear
this person
intended,”
Dayton said.
“The destruction
done to this
sacred site is
unthinkable,
unforgivable,
and I hope and
pray the
perpetrator will
be caught and
prosecuted to
the full extent
of the law.”
Dayton was part
of a political
delegation that
visited the
mosque Sunday.
Others in the
group included
U.S. Rep. Keith
Ellison, the
first Muslim
elected to
Congress, and
Minnesota Rep.
Ilhan Omar, the
nation’s first
Somali-American
lawmaker and a
Muslim.
Ellison said in
a statement,
“While we do not
yet know who is
behind this
attack, we do
know that they
do not represent
what makes
Minnesota
special. I know
law enforcement
will find the
suspects quickly
and bring
justice to our
community.”
Mo Farah the unstoppable runs the race of
his life to win gold in London
UK:
A Mo Farah win
in this stadium,
in London, is a
colossal event,
audible across
the city he has
always called
home. And this
victory was his
most resounding,
as his younger
rivals tried to
break him in a
test of stamina
but still could
not dethrone
him.
Farah’s 10th
consecutive
global track
distance title,
at 34, was
hailed as his
best ever. He
leaves 10,000m
running with a
classic
performance,
made in part by
the bravery of
Uganda’s Joshua
Cheptegei, who
chased the
defending
champion all the
way to the line.
Muslim woman fined $575 for 'tainting'
swimming pool with burkini – report
FRANCE:
Muslim woman who
rented a private
vacation
residence in
France was
reportedly made
to pay €490
(US$575) because
she swam in the
property's
communal pool
while wearing a
burkini. The
owner said the
pool had to be
emptied and
cleaned after
her swim.
The woman,
referred to as 'Fadila'
by United
Against
Islamophobia in
France (Le
Collectif Contre
l’Islamophobie
en France, CCIF),
rented the house
near Marseille
with her husband
and three
children.
On the first day
of her vacation,
Fadila swam with
her children
while wearing a
burkini and did
not encounter
any problems.
However, on the
second day, a
staff member at
the pool told
everyone to get
out of the water
after spotting
Fadila swimming
in her burkini.
The owner of the
residence later
contacted Fadila
saying he had
received a
complaint call
from the
building's
administration.
They claimed
that a woman
wearing a veil
had gotten into
the pool while
wearing her
clothes and that
she had refused
to exit the
water when
requested to do
so.
However, Fadila
says she was
never asked to
leave the pool
at all.
“I was stunned,”
she told CCIF,
“because no one
had stopped me
or said anything
at all.”
The owner then
called Fadila's
husband, asking
that his wife
refrain from
swimming for the
remainder of
their stay. He
also reportedly
told the couple
that they must
pay for the pool
to be emptied
and cleaned, as
well as for
damages, as the
pool was out of
use for two days
after Fadila
swam in it.
The husband
refused to pay,
stating that the
pool was never
emptied and that
it was
functional the
next day. That
refusal prompted
the owner to
keep the
couple's €490
deposit without
producing any
sort of invoice
for pool
treatment or
other charges.
“I was
disappointed,
shocked, wounded
by the fact that
someone could be
so hypocritical
and wicked
because of a
burkini,” said
Fadila.
Despite the
owner's claims,
CCIF insists the
woman did not
pose a hygiene
risk because she
was swimming in
a suit made for
the water,
rather than in
her everyday
clothes.
Burkinis have
been a topic of
heated debate in
France over the
past year.
Cannes banned
the swimwear in
August 2016,
prompting the
majority of
other French
resort towns to
follow suit.
In May, nine
women attempting
to stage a 'burkini
party' were
arrested in
Cannes during
the city's
iconic annual
film festival.
KB says:
Any white flesh fish fillets are suitable
for this dish but John Dory is perfect.
Grilled Fillets of Fish
INGREDIENTS
500g fish fillet
2 tab. corn flour or tapioca flour
Green chillies to taste
2 tsp fish spice
Salt & pepper to taste
Juice of 1 lemon
flour
Lemon butter sauce:
60g butter
2 tab. lemon juice
Chopped parsley
Combine the above and heat until it sizzles then
remove from heat and add the chopped parsley.
METHOD
1. Cut, wash and dry the fish with a paper
towel.
2. Make a paste with
Corn flour, salt, pepper, fish spice, chillies
and lemon juice.
3. Marinate the fish
in the paste for approx. 2 hours
4. Dip fish in
flour, fry in hot oil.
5. Place fish in an
oven proof dish and pour lemon butter sauce over
fish.
6. Grill for 10 mins
just before serving.
7. Serve with a
wedge of lemon, chips or roasted potatoes and
vegetables
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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:
Raising Daughters
She is unique
She has unlimited
potential
She can change the
world
She is your
daughter.
Raising daughters
can be quite a
challenge. I have a
teenage daughter and
I write this column
today with utmost
respect for all
parents raising
daughters.
It is vital that we
respect and
understand them
first before we
expect them to
respect and
understand us. As
parents, we may have
the benefit of age,
experience and
sometimes
vocabulary, however,
we too are children
at our core of being
and we have the
ability to relate to
most or all of the
emotional ups and
downs that our
daughters experience
daily.
We expect our
daughters to respect
us. The real
question is: Do we
respect our
daughters? Are we
constantly expecting
them to toughen up,
or soften down, or
do as we say?
What strategies do
you use to cope with
your daughter’s mood
swings, tantrums,
demands and
emotional meltdowns?
Our daughters are
future leaders of
this world. We need
to put our ego aside
and raise them with
sensitivity,
compassion, empathy,
respect and
understanding.
There is no doubt
that you love your
daughter
unconditionally.
However, the
following
strategies, when
implemented
appropriately, may
strengthen your
relationship with
her. Do try it.
Strategies to
Strengthen Your
Relationship With
Your Daughter
1. Talk to them. Put
away your gadgets,
look them in the eye
and connect with
them verbally. A
great way to start
is to ask an open
ended question which
invites an elaborate
answer. For example,
“What were some of
the things that you
did or that happened
today that made it a
wonderful day for
you?
2. Listen when they
reply. LISTEN. Do
not formulate a
response while they
are speaking. Do not
cut them off while
they are speaking.
Become fully
engaged. Observe
their body language.
A lot is
communicated through
body language.
3. Always compliment
a good behaviour. If
the behaviour has
been negative, look
for moments when
they are silent and
compliment on their
efforts to refrain
from the negative
behaviour. For
example, “I am very
pleased with you
that you are trying
your best to respect
our agreement on
Internet use.”
4. Speak well about
those they love. For
example, you may not
be close to your
in-laws but that
does not mean your
child has to inherit
your opinions about
them. Respect their
love for them. Speak
well about those
they love.
5. Respect their
fears and
sentiments. Fear is
very real to the
person experiencing
it. You do not have
to encourage it but
you need to show
sensitivity that it
is real to your
child. For example,
“I know it makes you
fearful when you
think about your
exams. I used to be
the same. I know how
you feel. I
understand. I am so
pleased that you are
trying your very
best. That is all
that matters. Allah
rewards efforts not
results. Keep doing
your best.”
6. Do not bring up
past behavioural
issues when
addressing a new
issue. Telling them
you can no longer
trust them because
they lied to you
last year about a
fake Facebook
account is NOT going
to resolve anything.
Instead, have a
respectful
discussion about
having boundaries
around internet
usage.
7. Show good manners
so that they emulate
good manners. Saying
“Please”, “Thank
you”, “I’m sorry” to
your child does not
mean you are weak.
In fact it displays
good manners and
your child will
learn to treat you
and others with the
same manners.
8. NEVER laugh at
their mistakes,
NEVER belittle them
and NEVER insult
them. Doing these
will hurt them and
scar them for life.
You only have to
access your own
unhealed childhood
pain to realise that
somewhere deep
inside you is a
memory of an adult
who may have laughed
at your mistake or
insulted or
belittled you.
9. “I am big, you’re
small...I’m right,
you’re wrong” -
NEVER imply or say
this. Your children
are human beings
created by ALLAH and
deserve the same
respect and joy as
you or any other
human being on earth
does.
10. Explain yourself
clearly when you set
boundaries. If you
need to prohibit
something, get them
to sit and discuss
the best strategies
that will benefit
the entire family.
Show them you treat
them with fairness
and that it is a
home with love and
understanding, not a
house with a
“dictator”.
In Shaa ALLAH, next
week we will explore
the topic: How to
Trust Again
If you wish to know
about a specific
topic with regards
to Self-Care and
Clarity of Mind,
please text or email
me or visit
www.muslimahmindmatters.com.
If you wish to have
a FREE one hour
Finding Clarity
telephone session,
contact me on
0451977786.
Try getting out for
regular walks as it can help lower the risk of a
heart attack, stroke or heart failure.
Studies prove that
if you keep challenging yourself by walking
further and faster, it will benefit you even
more.
Aim for at least 10,000 steps a day. Anything
over that is a bonus for
your overall health. Ideally, you should aim to
get your heart rate up while walking.
Regular brisk walking is also good for cutting
the risk of high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
Warmer weather is not that far away – get your
walking shoes on and get moving.
Mrs. Jallaludin
casually calls her husband at his office one afternoon.
Mrs. Jallaludin: Salaams habibi, how are you?
Jallaludin: I'm fine...!
Mrs. Jallaludin: What did you have for lunch today?
Jallaludin: Don't
you have anything else to ask? You have only silly
questions like what did you eat ... what suit are you
wearing... whom did you meet.... what song did you
listen to etc etc...!!
Mrs. Jallaludin: _Oh!....!!! Ok Ok, then tell me, how
should the Federal Reserve fight these inflationary
trends with minimum intervention in the Money Markets?
And what should the role of Finance Ministry be to
control inward Foreign remittances...?
Jallaludin: (after few seconds silence).... I had Daal
Chawal with curd, and salad .....!!
Apolitical Aphorisms
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become Prime
Minister,
The [Muslim] believers, the
Jews, the Christians, and
the Sabians – all those who
believe in God and the Last
Day and do good– will have
their rewards with their
Lord. No fear for them, nor
will they grieve.
Who doesn't
love a girl’s night in? Or
maybe even a girl’s night
out! If you've been waiting
for that perfect time to get
dressed up and let down your
hair - literally! We've got
you covered! (yes all you
gals wearing hijab, this
one's for you too).
UQ Muslimah
Society would like to
cordially invite you to our
first ever WOMENS ONLY
Annual Ball - 'Beauty In The
East!'
Who needs a
prince or a beast to save
their day? Lets all be the
Wonder Women in all our
eastern glamour and western
elegance sooo.....
LADIES get
ready for a magical night
that celebrates women in all
of our beauty. Enjoy great
company, exotic food and
dance the night away in a
safe, women’s-only
environment. Let’s just
forget about assignments,
boy drama and
responsibilities for this
one night, for the chance to
be the Belle of the Ball!
DRESS: Formal ball gowns
(all traditional and
cultural dresses are
welcome!)
NOTE: This is an alcohol
free event. All Muslim and
non-Muslim women of all
backgrounds are welcome. You
do not have to be a UQ
student to attend event.
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FUNDRAISING: A portion of
the income from ticket sales
and parallel fundraising
will be donated to REVI, a
group of volunteers helping
Syrian refugee families
through job opportunities,
education and emergency aid
in Izmir, Turkey.
We are
inviting you to take part an
amazing opportunity of
building a home in Jannah.
Islamic Society of Gladstone
Inc. (ISG) started a journey
to build the First Masjid in
the region of Gladstone
Queensland Australia.
18 April 2017
marks a historic occasion
when Islamic Society of
Gladstone (ISG) was granted
the Developmental
Application (DA) for the
construction of the much
needed ‘place of worship for
Muslims’ which will be the
first purpose built Islamic
Centre / Masjid in the whole
Gladstone Region.
Having
already been purchased the
land, ISG hereby appeals to
the broader local and
international Muslim
communities to raise
$1,600,000 for the
construction stage of the
Islamic Centre in Gladstone.
The prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) said,
“Whoever builds a mosque for
Allah, Allah will build for
him likewise in Paradise” [Bukhârî
& Muslim]
May Allah
Almighty shower His
blessings upon us all in
this world and in the
hereafter. Ameen.
ISG bank
detail is as below:
ANZ bank Account Name:
Islamic Society of Gladstone
Inc.
BSB Number: 014 580
Account Number: 379 453 433
Assalamualaikum.
Shajarah Islamic Kindergarten is
in need of your help! The
Department of Transport who owns
the current premises at 2 Rothon
Drive, Rochedale South, require
the property to create a new
busway through the area. We need
to find a new location a.s.a.p.
Going back to
the beginning…. Shajarah
Islamic Kindergarten was the
inspiration of a new
Muslimah’s concerns that
there was no Islamic Kindy
where she could send her son
to for the most critical
years of his life i.e the
1st five years. (As we are
all aware of the importance
of the foundation phase in
the correct upbringing of
our children). She noticed
this empty Kindergarten
building at No. 2 Rothon
Drive and in October 2012
the first Islamic Kindy in
Brisbane opened it’s doors
to a pressing need in the
community. From such humble
beginnings up till now, we
are pleased to say that
through the Rahmah and mercy
of Allah we have grown to
become an established
institution serving the
needs of the Muslim
community.
In October
2016 we were assessed by the
Office of Early Childhood
Education and Care and
Alhamdullilah we were rated
as “EXCEEDING THE NATIONAL
QUALITY FRAMEWORK”. We meet
all government requirements
for the National governing
body “ACECQA” as well as the
Queensland State Government
Office of Early Childhood
Education and Care.
Our Service
Approval currently includes
:-
- An
Approved Kindergarten
Program for children in
their final year before
school,
- Long Day Care for 3year
olds to school age,
- Before School Care
- After School Care
- Vacation Care for School
Aged Children
- A Montessori Program
across all ages.
We have 24 childcare places
per day. Our Kindergarten is
set in a beautiful garden
setting and it will be sad
to see it go. We even have
parents coming from the
North side and as far as
Gold Coast, braving the
traffic for up to an hour
just to place their child in
our Islamic Kindy!
To date we have approached
various organisations and
individuals and visited
buildings for rental but
unfortunately have not been
successful in securing
premises for our new Kindy.
We beseech anyone who can be
of any assistance in helping
us to find new premises,
renovate if required, and
relocate by the 31st
December 2017 to come
forward and assist us in
continuing this humble but
integral venture for the
future of our children in
this environment we find
ourselves in.
This is an environment where
our children will learn
about Allah and his beloved
Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.,
recite their duas and surahs,
learn about the 5 pillars of
Islam, following the Sunnah,
the values of Ramadaan and
Eid and go to sleep
listening to the beautiful
recitation of the Quran or
Zikr. …….
GOLD COAST
ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE
Update as at July
2017
Work is
progressing according to
schedule but still short of
funds.
Please donate generously for
this worthy project and earn
Saadaqah Jaariya.
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
As well as Commissioner Ian Stewart, Mark Ryan MP, Minister
for Police, Fire and Emergency Services and Minister for
Corrective Services has indicated he will attend the
meeting. This was arranged after issues were raised at the
last MRG meeting.
Please note the change in venue for this meeting.
The agenda will be sent closer to the meeting date.
Community Contact Command, who are situated in Police
Headquarters, manages the secretariat role of
the QPS/Muslim Reference Group meeting.
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The CCN's "We'll
take that as a
comment" Column 
On
Saturday 5 August 2017, the
Islamic Women’s Association
of Australia (IWAA)
officially launched the
DonateLife Week (a campaign
to promote organ and tissue
donation) at its Community
BBQ at Karawatha Forest,
Karawatha. 
Make
your decision count this
DonateLife Week by joining
the Australian Organ Donor
Register at
donatelife.gov.au, and
sharing your donation
decision with family and
friends.
Muslim
volunteer group branded 'scabs' by Morning
Star for cleaning rubbish-strewn streets 
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our Wall
7
August 2011