George Brandis
slams Pauline Hanson for wearing
a burka to Question Time in the
Senate
Islamic Council of
Queensland (ICQ): Pauline
Hanson’s burqa stunt proves
that burqa is neither a
security risk nor
confronting
By wearing a burqa to
Senate’s question time,
Senator Hanson’s may have
tried to offend Muslims. But
we believe by doing so she
has proved that dressing
choice of a handful of
Muslim women is neither a
security threat nor
confronting. The speaker
clarified that Senator
Hanson identified herself
before she was allowed into
the parliament and senate
continued its question time
as usual. While only a
handful of Muslim women in
Australia choose to wear a
burqa in Australia, it is
part of Islamic tradition.
Muslim women who wear a
niqab or burqa are allowed
to show their faces for
security purpose.
We want to thank Senator
Hanson for proving that
Burqa is not a security risk
and it does not disrupt
everyday life of any
Australian. We also urge her
to focus her energy towards
creating more job
opportunities for young
Australians, lowering
electricity prices and
towards building a brighter
future for our nation.
On behalf of Islamic Council
of Queensland and Council of
Imams Queensland we would
also like to thank Senator
Brandis and all those
senators who support the
rights of Muslim women to
wear the clothing of their
choice. “The response by
senator Brandis and the
support from other senators
reinforced my belief that we
live in a tolerant,
accepting and a good
society” said Ali Kadri,
Vice President and
Spokesperson of Islamic
Council of Queensland.
Senator Sam Dastyari:
Pauline
Hanson burka. Disgrace.
The Islamic Council of QLD
(ICQ) met with the Council
of Imams QLD (CIQ) this week
as the first step towards
fostering further
collaboration between the
two organisations.
The ethnic background of the
Imams include Australian,
Afghani, English, Egyptian,
Fijian, Indian, Malaysian,
Pakistani, Palestinian,
Syrian, South African and
Turkish.
A Trump
government report on religious
freedom has singled out Pauline
Hanson.
Picture: AAP
Image/Mick Tsikas.Source:AAP
The Trump administration has
listed Pauline Hanson's One
Nation Party as a threat to
religious freedom in a
new report released in
Washington.
Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson released the
annual assessment of
religious persecution and
intolerance on Wednesday,
using a chapter on Australia
to highlight Senator
Hanson's 2016 maiden speech
to the Senate in which she
claimed the country was "in
danger of being swamped by
Muslims".
One Nation has repeatedly
praised Mr Trump's policies
on trade and immigration,
with Senator Hanson and
Queensland colleague Malcolm
Roberts drinking champagne
to celebrate his win over
Democrat Hillary Clinton
outside Parliament House
after last year's
presidential election.
The report says the party's
four senators were elected
on the back of a "platform
which included ceasing
Muslim immigration, holding
a royal commission on Islam,
halting construction of
mosques, installing
surveillance cameras in
mosques, banning wearing of
the burqa and niqab in
public places, and
prohibiting members of
parliament from being sworn
in under the Quran.
Referring to Senator
Hanson's maiden speech
citing fears of Muslim
immigration, the report
notes opposition from the
government.
"Prime Minister Malcolm
Turnbull disagreed with her
views and said 'my
commitment is to an
inclusive multicultural
society which is based on
mutual respect. The more we
respect each other the more
secure we become'," the
report said.
A spokesman for Senator
Hanson disputed the
assessment of the report.
Earlier this month, NSW One
Nation senator Brian Burston
was criticised for a
Facebook post listing the
rise of a group of
Muslim-Australian
politicians and asking if
voters were "awake yet".
The report lists a range of
changes to rights and
protections for religious
followers in Australia,
including moves by the ACT
Parliament to make it a
crime to vilify someone
based on their religion and
the Victoria state
government's decision to
remove religious education
from the public school
curriculum last year.
Among religiously motivated
crimes, the report lists
vandalism against Catholic
churches and Jewish
synagogues, harassment of
religious followers and an
attack in March 2016 in
which three Muslim
schoolgirls had their hijabs
forcibly removed and were
punched and abused by a
group of youths in Geelong.
It notes a High Court
challenge to the
construction of a mosque in
the Victorian goldfields
city of Bendigo and protests
in the Melbourne suburb of
Melton in which about 150
members of nationalist
groups opposed the
construction of a housing
development, dubbed a
"Muslim housing estate".
"In June Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull became the
first sitting prime minister
to host an iftar and stated
'the Australian Muslim
community is valued and
respected – and it is not
confined to a narrow
security prism – you are an
integral part of an
Australian family that rests
on the essential foundation
of mutual respect and
understanding'."
The report notes the opening
of each session of
Parliament is marked by
recitation of the Lord's
Prayer, a tradition opposed
by the Greens and other
groups.
Globally, the report said
the Islamic State group is
among the greatest threats
to religious freedoms and is
responsible for genocide
against religious
minorities. It says US
allies including Saudi
Arabia and Bahrain have
failed to uphold some
principles of religious
freedom.
Ms Sukkar says being the
first police officer to wear a
hijab is her 'greatest
achievement'
Victoria's first policewoman
to be wear a hijab on duty
has revealed the challenges
she faces being a Muslim on
the frontline amid the
heightened threat of
terrorism.
Maha Sukkar made history in
November 2004 as the first
Victorian police officer to
be allowed to wear a
traditional Muslim
head-covering with her
uniform.
Almost 13 years after
graduating from the police
academy, the 42-year-old
senior constable says there
are still challenges being a
minority in the force.
'I see challenges, in this
day in age, is when we have
to keep explaining to people
who we are, what we do,' she
said in a video for the
Islamic Council of Victoria.
But the Victoria Police
Force's Multicultural
Liaison Officer said this
was an opportunity.
'Sometimes I see it as
something good because it's
better to explain your side
of the view, although some
other people misunderstand
it,' she said.
The Lebanese-born police
officer, based in Melbourne,
said this was especially so
during an era of Australia
being on a heightened terror
alert.
'You should always tell
people how you think about
certain things, especially
the challenges we face in
the current climate,' she
said.
The former graphic designer
from Beirut moved to
Australia in 2000 and has
been a senior constable
since November 2008 - four
years after graduating from
the Victoria Police Academy.
Her 80-second video begins
with the policewoman saying
she enjoys helping people.
The law enforcer, who grew
up during the Lebanese civil
war, praised Victoria for
embracing her as a 'Muslim
police officer and as a
human being'.
'My greatest achievement is
joining Victoria Police,
being the first woman to
wear a hijab in a police
service, whether that's in
Victoria or all over
Australia,' she said.
Self-described
“Australia’s most hated Muslim”
Yassmin Abdel-Magied says on the
eve of leaving Australia that
the country has ‘betrayed’
‘Australia has betrayed me’:
Yassmin Abdel-Magied speaks
out before fleeing country
for new life in London
She became a Muslim youth
activist while still a
schoolgirl at John Paul
Christian College, and was
Young Muslim of the Year in
2007.
In 2015, she became
Queensland Young Australian
of the Year.
Abdel-Magied’s
self-described status as
“Australia’s most publicly
hated Muslim” began after
she engaged in a fiery
debate with Senator Jackie
Lambie on the ABC’s Q&A in
February.
A member of the Q&A audience
asked if it was time to
define new rules about
migration and Muslims.
Senator Lambie said that
anyone who supported sharia
law should be deported from
Australia.
Abdel-Magied interjected by
saying she was frustrated by
people who spoke about Islam
without knowing anything
about it”.
She also said Islam was “the
most feminist religion”. The
comment caused a storm of
social media.
Then on Anzac Day, Abdel-Magied
posted on Facebook “Lest.
We. Forget. (Manus, Nauru,
Syria, Palestine…)”.
She took the post down, but
the backlash was intense,
and not just on Facebook and
Twitter.
Senior government
politicians including Peter
Dutton, Barnaby Joyce, Tony
Abbott publicly condemned
her.
Calls were made to sack her
from the Council for
Australian-Arab Relations
and for Abdel-Magied to
deport herself from the
country she had lived in
since she was 18 months old.
Abdel-Magied, a trained
mechanical engineer who had
been crafting a career as a
public advocate with
appearances on Q&A since
2013, was suddenly
unemployed.
She withdrew from public
life for several months, and
remained quiet on social
media.
The ABC cut her role as a
presenter on Australia Wide
in May and companies
cancelled lucrative speaking
engagements.
“Before Anzac Day I was
knocking back corporate gigs
left, right and centre,” she
told GW, “but now the only
ones that are coming in are
from overseas.”
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
as a Brisbane schoolgirl when
she was made 2007 Young Muslim
of the Year.
Abdel-Magied, who has worked
on coal seam gas rigs and is
accredited in oil drilling,
has had a falling out with
global energy giant Shell.
After working for Shell, she
had hoped to be posted to
the company’s new energy
division in London.
But following the re-release
of her 2016 memoir Yassmin’s
Story and a request for
leave to pursue ABC filming
commitments, the job was no
longer available.
In June, Abdel-Magied
announced on Facebook that
she was moving to London
anyway, and that she had
been traumatised by “deeply
racist” criticism of her.
“Being deemed the face of
all that is evil for
extended period of time does
take its toll,” she posted.
“However, reality is that
being a small target has not
served me well at all.
Choosing not to defend
myself and ‘let it blow
over’ backfired,” she wrote
in another post.
“Because it hasn’t blown
over. Staying silent left a
vacuum that other voices
gleefully filled with hate
and vitriol that was deeply
racist.”
Abdel-Magied’s departure for
London in September won’t
mean she will be silent in
the future about the last
six months in Australia.
She told Fairfax that she
may be writing another book,
and although she had felt
“very isolated, frightened
and ... hounded” she was
feeling strong about the
future, and would return
home.
She also revealed that
despite the fact she would
probably end up marrying a
Muslim man, she loves “the
Australian male. The more
neck tattoos, the more utes
... the more I am into it”.
A free app that locates
restaurants and cafes
offering halal foods in
Australia is now available
and taking the country by
storm.
Businessman, Aladdin
Moukhallalati, created the
Halal Advisor app to
accommodate the need for the
availability of halal food
for the growing Muslim
population in Australia.
With over 600 000 people who
identify as Muslims across
the country, Moukhallalati
sought to create an app
which makes the eating out
process simpler, easier and
much more enjoyable.
“I am a Muslim and always
trying to find halal food to
eat when I’m out at work or
with friends socialising,”
Moukhallalatii says. “Having
this app means I don’t have
to ring up or walk into a
restaurant and ask if
there’s anything on the menu
I can eat.”
Halal Advisor determines
your location and provides
you with a list of cafés and
restaurants in the vicinity
that offer halal food. It
includes over 3000 cafes and
restaurants that serve halal
food, mainly based in Sydney
and Melbourne.
The app also informs its
users if the restaurant or
café is halal certified or
if they only provide a
certain amount of halal
dishes.
Saad was nervous about
inviting us lo the mosque.
He feared the imposition on
his fellow worshippers and
was not keen on elevating
himself at the one place he
can be just another face in
the crowd. But those
reservations quickly
evaporated once we were
there. The effect the place
has on him is noticeable, as
is the peace his religion
provides and the bond he
shares with fellow Muslims -
many of whom have no idea he
is one of the most
recognisable stars in the
AFL He has a prayer area set
up in an empty meeting room
at the Suns' Carrara base
but every chance he gets he
heads to the mosque. Friday
is a special day for Muslims
and the Jumu'ah
congregational prayer is a
dead heat with game day as
his favourite time of the
week.
I asked Saad if he had one
word to describe himself.
Was it Muslim or footballer?
"Um. that's a tough one,
handsome maybe," he jokes,
deftly sidestepping the
question. "I'll go with
passionate, because I am
passionate about everything
I do. I am obviously
passionate about my footy,
but I am also passionate
about my religion. I was
never disinterested but when
I was younger I wasn't as
focused. I feel like I have
matured as a person and I
keep learning every single
day; I am a lot better at
being really consistent and
doing the right things all
the time.
"I love Ramadan (the Muslim
month of fasting): it is an
obligation we have to
observe every year. But it
is a month l look forward
to. It is an opportunity to
think about what the less
fortunate go through every
single day of their lives,
when they have no food and
no water or shelter. We get
to break our fast, and when
we do, the first taste of
food or the first mouthful
of water is a feeling you
can't describe."
Ramadan stretched from May
26 to June 24 this year,
during which Saad was
required to fast during
daylight hours. He started
each day at 4.30am, ate some
toast, cereal, fruit and
smoothies while it was still
dark, and then rested for a
few hours before heading to
work. He would leave
straight after training and
whatever meetings were
scheduled to go home for
more rest and a couple of
hours’ sleep. Once the sun
had set and he was able to
break his fast, he would
return to the club to do his
weight training.
This year he produced his
most consistent month of
football of the three
Ramadans he has played
through. With the support of
his Imam, lmraan Husain,
Saad and the Suns engineered
a compromise for game day.
He ate the same as his
teammates and made a
financial donation to
charity. He is also now
making up the fasting days
on his days off.
"Trying to fast on game day
is close to impossible
because I have a
responsibility to my team to
be able to perform." Saad
says. "This year I felt my
form held up well. I still
lost a bit of weight as you
are not always hungry at
4.30 in the morning and it
can be hard to eat enough to
get you through training.
But when I am fasting, I
rely on my God to get me
through. I feel it makes me
mentally stronger."
In light of
Charlottesville, Jimmy
invites Riz MC to perform a
spoken-word version of his
song "Sour Times."
Nguyen rant - court
outcome
7 News Sydney
Suong Nguyen has pleaded
guilty to intimidation after
launching a racist tirade
against a couple at
Macquarie University.
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Mufti Junaid
Akbar spoke
about
consuming
halal and
avoiding
haram even
in a small
quantity, he
spoke about
how the
Dua’s
(supplications)
will not be
accepted for
40 days if
one consumes
haram. He
also spoke
about the
doubtful
things, that
is, what the
prophet said
about things
that are
doubtful.
TOPIC: “Great
rewards of
the first 10
days of Dhul
Hijjah”
IMAM:
Hafiz Rashid
Ali
SUMMARY
Hafiz Rashid
Ali at the
Oxley/Darra
Masjid, he
spoke about
how Allah
gives many
moments in
time during
an year and
how another
great moment
in time is
approaching
us soon
which is the
first 10
days of Dhul
Hijjah and
the great
rewards
which Allah
gives in
these 10
days.
The purpose of my letter is to ensure that a
co-ordinated response from Islamic Council of Imams
is being drafted to thank Attorney General George
Brandis and Senator Doug Cameron for their voice of
support over the last week or so. Alternatively, a
response on behalf of all Australian Muslims should
definitely be considered. Either or both of these
options are likely already being considered. Thank
you.
Lawyer
turned East End head gets 95% of pupils to
university
Top marks: Mouhssin Ismail gave
up a six-figure salary at a City
law firm to go into teaching and
is now head of Newham Collegiate
Sixth Form
ENGLAND: A headteacher
who gave up his six-figure City lawyer
salary for the classroom is on the brink
of sending 95 per cent of his pupils to
the best universities in Britain.
Mouhssin Ismail left global law firm
Norton Rose Fulbright to become a
teacher in his old inner city
neighbourhood of Newham in 2009.
He is now in charge of Newham Collegiate
Sixth Form, where in his first year of
results 190 of the 200 east London
students have been offered places at
Russell Group universities.
Of those, nine have had offers from
either Oxford or Cambridge — and one has
been given an unconditional offer to
study at MIT in the US.
The sixth form college serves one of the
poorest areas of the country.
Mr Ismail said: “I am immensely proud of
what they have achieved. For many of
these students the idea of going to
Oxford or Cambridge or Bath, Manchester
or Bristol would have been inconceivable
two years ago. Now it is within touching
distance.” He attributes the sixth
form’s success to being able to offer
students the same opportunities as they
would get at top independent schools.
These include work-experience placements
in Abu Dhabi with top law firm White &
Case LLP, weekly Oxbridge tutorials with
graduates and contacts across many
professions.
Mr Ismail said: “We prepare our students
the way they would be prepared at top
private schools.
“If pupils have on their CV a week-long
work experience placement at White &
Case, it is inevitably going to make
them stand out when applying for jobs.”
He added: “They go to mock interviews
and visit Oxbridge colleges.
The 38-year-old London School of
Economics graduate said his decision to
leave law came on the night he was
drafting a Ł50 million banking and
finance deal.
He said: “After a couple of years, I
felt unfulfilled. I didn’t think,
‘that’s great, I have just done another
Ł50 million deal,’ I thought, ‘am I
making a contribution to society?’”
KB says:
Pateli. ... an old fashion pudding, a
firm favourite with my husband, especially in
winter.
PATELI
Step 1
1-liter full cream milk
2 tsp full cream milk powder
2 tab. castor sugar
Boil together and leave aside
Step 2
Liquidize
3 eggs
1 tin condensed milk
2 slices bread
1 small tin cream
Step 3
Combine the above and add 2 Tab. desiccated
coconut.
Step 4
Drizzle some caramel syrup or golden syrup in an
oven proof casserole or ring mould.
Pour the mixture over it. Place the dish in a
larger container quarter filled with water.
Place in a pre-heated oven of 180degrees oven,
and remove when the pudding is golden on the
top.
Best served warm with whipped cream.
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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:
How to Trust
Again
Three decades ago
when I started my
own journey of
learning to trust
again, my counsellor
asked me to define
what trust meant to
me. Today, I ask my
clients the same
question. Take a few
moments and reflect
on what trust means
to you. Often, after
a string of naming
different emotions
and experiences that
revolve around the
practice of trust,
we come to two words
that pretty much
sums up what trust
means to almost all
of us - safety
and security.
Learning to trust
again requires you
to firstly identify,
acknowledge and
understand two
things:
• Where do you feel
safe and secure?
• With whom do you
feel safe and
secure?
The process of
identifying,
acknowledging and
understanding these
two aspects of your
life requires you to
be completely honest
with yourself.
Remember not to
confuse love with
trust. Sometimes we
may love people,
however we may not
be comfortable
trusting them.
Trust gets damaged
when your sense of
safety and security
is attacked. It may
happen in your
marriage, at work,
in your other
relationships with
friends and
siblings. It may
happen with your
doctor, dentist,
tenant, landlord.
Each time you feel
unsafe or insecure,
that small, calm
voice, known as
intuition, will
caution you to “be
careful”.
Following this
intuitive voice of
caution is crucial
to living
authentically.
However, be mindful
that you are not
obsessing over it
and letting it
manifest in you as
fear. It is vital to
understand that
safety and security
depend on the
choices that you
make in your daily
life. Where you go
and with whom you
spend time are as a
result of your own
choices.
This world would be
difficult for us to
live in if we
stopped trusting
each other. If you
have experienced a
time where your
safety and security,
in other words, your
sense of trust, was
damaged, it is vital
that you heal from
that experience and
learn strategies to
live from
acceptance,
forgiveness and
faith. When you
dwell in those past
experiences you
begin to live in
fear, not faith.
Learn To Trust
Again
Try these strategies
to help you to
accept, forgive and
allow yourself to
trust again.
1. Know that first
and foremost, you
need to trust ALLAH.
If you feel uneasy,
unsafe or insecure,
simply ask ALLAH to
give you strength to
let go of your fears
and move on in life
fearlessly.
2. Know that trust
happens gradually
and respectfully.
Building a wall
around you and
shunning people out
in the fear that
they may hurt you is
NOT the answer. Let
go and let
in...gradually and
respectfully. Do not
feel compelled to
share intimate
details about your
life with a new
friend. Wait for
when you feel
totally comfortable,
safe and secure.
3. Make choices with
confidence that only
ALLAH is your
protector, not
people.
4. Be kind to
yourself and
acknowledge that
your past choices
are in the past.
Right now, this is
your present moment
and you are
mindfully choosing
with utmost faith in
ALLAH.
5. Listen
attentively to the
small, calm voice
inside you and
follow it
fearlessly. Your
intuition will never
lie to you. Your
intuition is also
always joyful and
loving. If you hear
negative whispers
instead, that is NOT
intuition. That is
Shaitaan.
Recognising
intuition requires
constant and
consistent faith in
ALLAH and total
abandonment of fear.
6. Observe people
without judging.
Observe how they
treat other people.
Trusting people who
practise kindness is
important. People
who display kindness
will not gossip
about others or use
unkind words.
7. Learn to respect
confidentiality. For
you to trust others,
you must also
display
trustworthiness.
In Shaa ALLAH, next
week we will explore
the topic:
Conscious Act Of
Kindness
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.
Guard yourselves against a
Day when no soul will stand
in place of another, no
intercession will be
accepted for it, nor any
ransom; nor will they be
helped.
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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