Over 300 people from various
sectors of the community
attended the fund raising
dinner for the Rohingya
refugees. Organized by the
Justice for Rohingya, the
event raised over $50,000.
It was also an occasion to
present the idea of
establishing an advocacy
group to continue the call
for a solution to end the
crisis in the region.
Senator Claire Moore shared
her experience on her recent
trip to the Coxs Bazaar area
where most displaced
Rohingya are temporarily
stationed.
Senator Moore also
delivered a speech in
the Senate on her analysis
of the situation in Myanmar.
Other speakers included
newly appointed Greens
Senator Andrew Bartlett,
Paul Toner from Amnesty
International, Dr Mohammed
Islam (chairman of Justice
for Rohingya) and Ali Kadri.
Mr David Forde held the
programme together as Master
of Ceremonies and Mr Hussin
Goss conducted the auction.
Brisbane Friday night
distribution with a guests
of honour, Shiekh Hassan
Elsetohy - CEO of Muslim Aid
Australia and Yusuf Khatree
- President of Muslim
Charitable Foundation (MCF)
Recent migrants from Iraq, the
Abbosh Brothers graduate as
Medical doctors
Sisters Reema and Lina
Jablaoui graduate with Bachelor
of Pharmacy (Hons) from the University
of Queensland
Ahmed, youngest son of Imam
Yusuf and Ayesha Peer, with Alaa
Nayfeh.
Ahmed graduated with a Bachelor
of Pharmacy from Griffith
University and Alla with a
Bachelor of Pharmacy with
Honours from the University of
Queensland.
Abdullah, son of
Imam Imraan and
Sister Saleha Husain,
completed his Hifz
Qur'an at Nurul
Islam Masjid in
Lenasia, South
Africa
The Gold Coast invited and
hosted the Assistant Police
Commissioner, Brian Cobbs.
Mr Cobbs introduced his new
Senior colleagues who are
attached to the Gold Coast
Police Head Quarters: Chief
Superintendent Martin
Mickelson (District
Officer), Superintendent
Craig Hanlon (Crime and
Support) and Superintendent
David Cuskelly (Patrol
Services).
"They conducted a tour of
the Masjid and conversed
with some of our Musallees
before enjoying a sumptuous
lunch to conclude their
visit. We would like to
thank Haji Hamdi and the
wonderful sisters who
volunteered in preparing
this meal," said a
spokesperson for the Mosque
Committee.
The Australian National
Imams Council (ANIC) has
been working closely with
the Judicial Commission of
New South Wales in
establishing a better
understanding of the
Australian Muslim Community
and the Islamic faith.
As part of this dialogue
ANIC has prepared an
explanatory note on matters
which may be raised in
connection with Muslims
participating in court
processes.
a) give practical
guidance and explanation
to members of the
Australian Muslim
community of the
etiquette and behaviours
expected of persons
engaging in the judicial
processes so that they
may act consistently
with these without
compromising their
religious beliefs; and,
b) provide information
to judicial officers on
Islamic concepts and
practices as they relate
to matters which may be
raised in connection
with Muslims
participating in the
court processes.
The explanatory note is an
initiative of the ANIC and
has been prepared and
endorsed by the majority
ANIC member Imams, including
the Grand Mufti of Australia
Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammad.
The ANIC hopes that this
document will help both the
Muslim community and the
wider Australian community
in having a better
understanding of court
processes and the Islamic
faith.
The explanatory note can be
found on the ANIC website
and is a public document
that can be used by anyone.
Wedding rings placed on a Bible
and a Muslim Marriage
certificate
Christian pastors and Muslim
imams have come together to
draw up guidelines detailing
advice on how to deal with
inter-faith marriages.
Although marrying between
faiths is entirely legal in
Britain, couples often face
resistance and hostility,
both from family members and
religious leaders.
Occasionally both Muslims
and Christians feel pressure
to convert to another's
faith in order to avoid
fallouts and ostracism.
The new guidelines by the
Christian-Muslim forum
reinforce the need for
religious leaders to accept
inter-faith marriages and
warn that no one should ever
feel forced to convert. The
publication of the document,
which will receive a
high-profile launch at
Westminster Abbey today, is
significant because those
supporting it include imams
from the more orthodox
Islamic schools of thought
and evangelical Christians.
Among those who have signed
up to the document include
Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra, a
prominent Leicester-based
imam from the conservative
Deobandi school, the Right
Rev Paul Hendricks,
associate bishop of
Southwark Catholic
Archdiocese, and Amra Bone,
one of the only women in the
country to sit in a Sharia
court.
Estimating the number of
people in mixed-faith
marriages is difficult. The
2001 census suggests 21,000
but demographers believe the
figure is considerably
higher.
The document, called When
Two Faiths Meet, is the
product of months of
painstaking negotiations
between Christian and Muslim
leaders and emphasises the
need for tolerance and
acceptance of mixed-faith
marriages.
Among the recommendations
are speaking out against
forced conversions,
recognising the legality of
inter-faith marriages in
British law, non-judgemental
pastoral care and a complete
rejection of any violence.
"It might sound a little
like we are stating the
obvious but it does need to
be said," Sheikh Ibrahim
told The Independent. "In
reality Christian and Muslim
couples often face very
challenging scenarios where
there is not enough
tolerance or the right
pastoral care and that can
lead to a very damaging and
negative experience for
them."
The Leicester-based imam
said clerics were motivated
to come up with the
guidelines because they were
seeing increasing numbers of
inter-faith marriages over
the years.
"It's clearly already an
issue and something that
will become more and more
common," he said. "It makes
sense for pastors and imams
to be ready for such
situations rather than be
left without help of
guidelines when they get
approached by couples
seeking their advice."
Those with experience of
inter-faith marriages say
couples often face a variety
of difficulties. In Islam,
men are allowed to marry
"people of the book",
Christians and Jews. But
Muslim women are not allowed
to marry outside their
faith. Many of the more
conservative or evangelical
Christian denominations,
meanwhile, insist spouses
convert or promise to bring
their children up as
Christians.
Heather al-Yousef, a
counsellor with Relate who
married a Shia Muslim man,
was one of those asked by
the Christian Muslim Forum
to give advice for the
guidelines.
"There are, of course, a
whole range of Muslims and
Christians. Some groups are
liberal about mixed
marriages, others much more
proprietorial. The good news
is that Christians and
Muslims are increasingly
recognising the need to talk
about these things. The very
fact we've got so many
people talking is in itself
a success."
'We were shocked by how much
we were judged' harshly and
told off'
Happily married for five
years this couple (the man
is Catholic and the wife
Muslim) struggled to find
support
While we came from different
faiths, we approached them
in similar ways. Although I
was in my 30s and well
educated, I was treated as
though I was a silly little
girl who had got herself
into an irresponsible
situation which could only
be solved by my fiancé
converting.
It was also assumed that
although my fiancé was
Catholic, his religion was
less important and that he
likely did not believe in it
to the same degree Muslims
believed in their religion.
We were not asked what drew
us together, how we met, how
we managed differences.
Instead we were judged
harshly and told off. We had
discussed the option of one
of us converting but decided
this was not for us.
We were shocked by how
divisive and underhanded
some Muslim clerics were.
Ultimately, we found a
Muslim cleric who saw things
the way we did. The counsel
he gave us was excellent,
focusing as we did on what
made us similar.
The aim of this newsletter
is to provide weekly updates
on events and projects which
have happened or will happen
in the following weeks in
our Muslim Community.
This includes family and
fundraising events, updates
on the Gold Coast Dawah
Centre, as well as
engagements with our local
community.
Bashar Krayem has won Man of the
Year at the Australian Muslim
Achievement Awards
Restaurant owner in
Punchbowl, Bashar Krayem,
volunteers with CC Community
Kitchen alongside Ms Waizani,
helping support refugees,
homeless people, and single
parents.
This year he has won Man of
the Year, but was shocked to
even be nominated.
"To accept even a nomination
for that is a very humbling
one, but in saying that it's
been a little bit of
embarrassing at same time,
because you don't want to be
recognised for some good
works you do," Mr Krayem
says.
He says he is simply
following the teachings of
Prophet Muhammad, helping
his community.
"We live in the
community and we are
around community, so we
try our best to deal
with the community in
the best way possible
and whatever work we can
do to create a good
environment community."
Mr Krayem has been working
in the hospitality industry
since he was 12 years old as
a kitchen hand, and says he
has always been fascinated
with the food industry.
He admits he goes through
difficulties as a business
owner, however he always
tries to look at challenges
in a positive way.
"There's no such thing as
failure... but you know what
you learnt and you move
forward, you just have to
have drive," he says.
These days aside from his
restaurants, he fully
dedicates his time to work
with various communities.
Not only does he provide
financial support and food,
he also hosts 200 refugee
families to come and enjoy
the first day of Ramadan
every year. He also employs
refugees and others from
disadvantaged backgrounds.
"We do a lot of works with
local churches. So when they
have events, we come to the
event, we supply the food...
we attend if they have
meetings. So whatever the
case they have, if there any
concern in the community...
we will be there to support
them."
Mr Krayem believes that
being successful means
giving something back to the
community.
"That's very important to
create that opportunities
that other people will
probably think twice about
having these kinds of people
in their premises. But this
is your duty of care," Mr
Krayem says.
When one of his sons came to
him asking why there are
always bad stories about
Islam in the media, he was a
bit struck. His son asked
point blank: "Are we bad
people?"
"I said 'No... look,
we need to be proud of
who we are... because
our belief system is we
care for one and
another, and we love one
another, and we want to
help one another',"
Mr Krayem says.
"Once people see the truth
side of Islam, they would
then appreciate us, we don't
have to turn and change our
opinion of what we believe
in to impress other people
and this is what I teach to
my kids."
That the rump of South
African Islam arose from
slave origins at the Cape is
well established. However,
the make-up of the community
is clouded by a “Malay”
nomenclature, which is only
correct in the sense that
“Malay” indicates Muslim
identity – mainly due to
Malayu being a slave lingua
franca.
This is supported by Yusuf
da Costa, in a chapter from
the Pages of Cape Muslim
History, which indicates
that from 1652-1818 the
largest group of slaves
(36.40%) came from India,
specifically the Malabar,
Coromandel and Bengali
coastal regions. The second
biggest group originated
from the East Indies
(31.47%) and the third
(26.65%) from Africa
(chiefly Madagascar and East
Africa).
In 1780, four men from the
Mollucan island of Tidore
were sent to the Cape, not
as exiles, but as state
prisoners. One was Imam
‘Abdullah ibn Qadi ‘Abdus
Salam. Their crime?
Conspiring with the English
against the Dutch.
Imam ‘Abdullah, known as
Tuan Guru and who called
himself “mazlum” (the
oppressed one), was sent to
Robben Island where he
inscribed the Qur’an from
memory and penned the
Ma’rifat al-Islami, a
handwritten 600 page
compendium on Asharite
theology. In 1793, Tuan
Guru—now on the
mainland—applied to build a
mosque, which was turned
down. However, he did
establish a madrasah in the
warehouse of a freed slave,
Coridon of Ceylon.
The madrasah, open to all,
was popular. There was no
other education for slaves
and free blacks. This caused
the Earl of Caledon, the
Governor of the Cape, to
remark that if the people
were left uneducated they
would fall ‘prey’ to the
‘Mohammedan priests’ who
already had 375 children in
their school.
By 1797, Tuan Guru was able
to establish a mosque. He
passed away aged 95 in 1807.
According to Shaykh Seraj
Hendricks, Tuan Guru had
been a follower of the Ba
‘Alawi tradition, carried
from Hadramaut to Indonesia,
and then to South Africa.
Coridon of Ceylon’s
daughter, Saartjie (Sarah)
van der Kaap, then created
the first waqf in South
Africa when she specified in
her will in 1847 that the
mosque in her husband’s
warehouse should remain so
“for as long as Islam”
remained at the Cape, and
should never be sold or
mortgaged.
After 1798, Islam became the
fastest growing faith in the
colony. By 1832, there were
12 madaris offering not only
Islamic subjects, but also
English, Dutch and accounts.
By 1842, one-third of Cape
Town’s population was Muslim
(over 6,000). With the
abolition of slavery in
1834, the Cape Muslims
became the city’s artisans
and servants, their
influence seen in its
cuisine, its tailoring, its
furniture and its buildings.
By the mid-1800s, the
community was bedevilled by
doctrinal and mosque related
disputes. A parliamentarian,
P.E. De Roubaix, negotiated
for an independent religious
scholar to be sent to the
Cape in conjunction with
community leadership. At the
behest of Queen Victoria,
the Ottomans sent Shaikh Abu
Bakr Effendi to Cape Town in
1862.
Unfortunately, the colonial
authorities did not know
that Effendi was Hanafi and
the Cape Shafi’i.
Nonetheless, Tuan Guru’s
grandsons became his first
students. Shaikh Effendi,
who passed away in 1880,
wrote the 354-page
Afrikaans-Arabic Bayan
ad-Din in 1877, which was
published as gift by the
Turkish Government to the
Muslims of Cape Town.
By the mid-19th century,
Islam had moved outside the
Cape Colony. In 1860,
indentured Indian labourers
arrived in Durban. In 1869,
the first “passenger
Indians”, who had paid their
way, followed. In 1872,
Hajji Aboobaker Ahmed
Jhaveri set up the first
Indian store in the country.
In 1873, Zanzibari sugar
cane workers arrived, and in
1875, the first Memon
trader, Aboobaker Amod,
opened his doors in West
Street, Durban.
In 1895, another great South
African luminary, Shah
Ghulam Muhammad Chisti – or
Sufi Sahib – landed in
Durban from Ratnagiri (near
Mumbai). He founded the
Riverside centre on the
banks of the picturesque
Umgeni River. In 15 years,
he built 12 masajid across
the province. He passed away
in 1911.
Six individuals of Pakistani
origin have featured on
Forbes magazine's '30 under
30' list released on
Tuesday.
The list, which is released
annually, features 600
individuals making strides
in 20 different industries,
including art and style,
education, games, food,
enterprise technology and
media.
The four individuals of
Pakistani origin featured in
the 2018 list have been
selected for their
achievements in the
industries of retail and
e-commerce, enterprise
technology and education.
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4.
Khizer
Hayat,
28, is the president of
Teach Pakistan Initiative, a
non-government organisation
working to improve the rural
education system in
Pakistan.
He features on the list as
co-founder of ThroughPut, "a
data science automation
company which estimates
waste in supply chain and
logistics operations and
offers recommendations to
eliminate bottlenecks and
areas of concern."
Muslim
worshippers seek
green
inspiration at
annual Haj
pilgrimage
by Adela Suliman
"Haj
is all
about
living
lightly
and
centring
yourself
around
God"
Some 2 million
people are expected to travel across the
globe to eat, sleep and pray in unison
from Wednesday, as the annual Islamic
pilgrimage of Haj gets underway in
Mecca.
For billions of Muslims who are
physically and financially able, Haj is
a mandatory act of worship. But the
religious celebration also has a
substantial impact on the environment.
Environmentally aware worshippers say
that should be reduced, while inspiring
Muslims to adopt a greener lifestyle.
"Haj is all about living lightly and
centring yourself around God,"
28-year-old pilgrim Shanza Ali told the
Thomson Reuters Foundation from Mecca in
Saudi Arabia. "We make many journeys in
our life, and we go to many places, but
this is the only journey that's
physical, mental and spiritual," said
Ali, who is chair of UK-based group
Muslim Climate Action.
She has found many similarities between
Haj's message of simplicity and being
environmentally conscious, and has tried
to minimise her own carbon footprint and
waste during the pilgrimage, which lasts
for at least six days and takes
worshippers to a series of holy sites in
Saudi Arabia.
Haj, which predates Islam and is traced
by Muslims to the monotheistic figure
Abraham, is now the world's largest
annual gathering of Muslims. Saudi
Arabia stakes its reputation on its
guardianship of the faith's holiest
sites.
For Husna Ahmad, author of
"The Green Guide for Hajj", Muslims
are doctrinally required to be stewards
of the Earth.
Tackling climate change is no longer
about preserving the planet for future
generations as its effects are evident
now, she said.
The majority of Muslims live outside
Saudi Arabia and could collectively
influence the greening of the sacred
rituals, she added.
"Consumer power is something that people
need to think about in terms of flights,
what they take, what they wear, the
rubbish they throw, plastic bottles and
all those sorts of things. We have to be
conscious of that," she told the Thomson
Reuters Foundation.
Muslims need to move away from a fast,
disposable society, she added, with Haj
being the potential start of that
journey.
GREEN CITY AUDIT
In recent years, Saudi Arabia has taken
steps to green the Haj, such as setting
quotas for pilgrim numbers and
developing the Mecca metro system to
limit pollution.
The Saudi Green Building Forum, a
Riyadh-based non-governmental group
recognised by the United Nations, has
recently been tasked with auditing green
efforts in Medina, the country's second
holy city where the Prophet Mohammad is
buried and a site visited by millions of
pilgrims.
TRUST
7 questions
Muslims are
tired of hearing
By Adeel
Qureshi,
Associate
Producer of The
Mosque Next Door
These are only
just some of the
questions, based
on prevalent
misconceptions
about the Muslim
community, that
people keep on
asking.
Hopefully,
this little
piece can give a
little more
perspective, a
little more
nuance for the
next time you
talk to a Muslim
you know.
There’s a
saying that religion comes alive at the
hands of men. In the case of
contemporary Muslim societies, the
‘hands of men’ part is all too accurate.
The fact is that in some Muslim majority
countries, patriarchal norms and
structures have shaped nationally
specific understandings of Islam. And
there’s a long way to go to decouple
Islam from these cultural aspects in
these countries.
But to think that Islam – in all
countries in which it is practiced,
across all cultures -fundamentally
‘hates’ women or that Muslim women need
to be saved from their religion is a
simplistic view. It also overlooks the
fact that Muslim women- not to mention
Muslim feminists- proudly practice their
faith while battling gender stereotypes
that others try to impose on them.
UN warns
racism on rise
in Australia,
calls for
section 18C to
be strengthened
The United
Nations has
issued a
scathing report
on racism in
Australia,
warning
discrimination
is "on the
rise", including
in the political
sphere and in
the media.
But the
assessment and
its
recommendations
have drawn a
fierce response
from the
Turnbull
government's
Multicultural
Affairs
Minister, Zed
Seselja, who
lashed out at
its "bizarre
criticism".
The United
Nations has
issued a
scathing report
on racism in
Australia,
warning
discrimination
is "on the
rise", including
in the political
sphere and in
the media.
But the
assessment and
its
recommendations
have drawn a
fierce response
from the
Turnbull
government's
Multicultural
Affairs
Minister, Zed
Seselja, who
lashed out at
its "bizarre
criticism".
It suggested
racist incidents
were often
"treated with
impunity" and
said section 18C
should be better
policed by "law
enforcement
officials". UN
officials were
concerned too
few racial
discrimination
complaints made
it to court
because the
costs and the
burden of proof
were too high.
Free speech
advocates
consider section
18C – which
makes it
unlawful (but
not criminal) to
offend, insult
or humiliate
someone on the
basis of race –
a blight on free
expression. The
Turnbull
government
earlier this
year tried to
water down the
section's
wording but was
blocked by the
Senate.
In its report
released
overnight in
Geneva, the
Committee for
the Elimination
of Racial
Discrimination
declared
"expressions of
racism, racial
discrimination,
and xenophobia,
including in the
public sphere
and political
debates as well
as in the media,
are on the rise"
in Australia.
The report's
conclusions are
based largely on
submissions and
testimony from
non-government
organisations,
communities and
Australian
governments.
Hate speech and
violence
particularly
affected Arabs
and Muslims,
asylum seekers
and refugees,
Africans, South
Asians and
Indigenous
people, the
committee noted.
It
recommended
ditching the
anti-terrorism
and national
security
clauses of
the
Multicultural
Australia
statement –
announced by
the Turnbull
government
in March –
which it
warned could
lead to
racial
profiling of
Muslims and
Arabs by
police.
Senator Seselja
said the
Turnbull
government
"completely
rejects this
bizarre
criticism" and
that a
successful
multicultural
Australia "is
only possible,
if at the same
time, our
borders are
secure and our
nation is safe".
The UN committee
also turned on
politicians,
saying Australia
needed to combat
xenophobia in
political
discourse by
ensuring public
officials "not
only refrain
from such speech
but also
formally reject
and condemn hate
speech".
Furthermore, the
media should
"put an end to
racist hate
speech" in print
and online, and
adopt a "code of
good conduct"
with provisions
banning racism.
Alina Leikin,
lawyer at the
Human Rights Law
Centre, said the
UN report was a
clear call to
arms for the
government to
"act both
urgently and
effectively" in
tackling racism.
Muslim schoolgirls sing 'Insha
Allah' song at St. Pauls
Cathedral at a memorial service
for the victims of the Grenfell
Tower fire which claimed the
lives of 71 people.
The memorial was attended by
members of the Royal Family and
the British Prime Minister as
well as other members of
Parliament.
Black Muslims Speak
OnePath Network
It's time to step up for
Black Muslims in the Muslim
community.
Graduation speech
Griffith University
Bachelor of Medical Science
graduate Jazmina Tarmidi's
grad rap in front of
hundreds of students and
staff
Sharing Islam with Seniors -
using humour
Islam is the religion of peace
and safety
Taking the Shahadah with Hussin
Goss
ISLAMIC
EDUCATION
Solutions to the challenges
facing Muslims in the West
Dr
Abdus Salam Azadi (visiting UK
Scholar) at Slacks Creek Mosque
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Islamic
history museum in Madinah to promote
national heritage
MADINAH: The Islamic
University of Madinah plans to establish
a history museum to achieve the
Kingdom’s Vision 2030 through promoting
the heritage of Saudi Arabia, Madinah
and the Islamic University.
“This museum will contribute to
strengthening the country’s cultural
identity and promoting its national
heritage, in addition to raising
awareness of its value, improving the
culture of museums and documenting the
university’s history, which spans over
half a century,” said the rector of the
Islamic University of Madinah, Hatim bin
Hassan Al-Marzouki.
Al-Marzouki asked the historical
museum’s committee, led by Abdullah bin
Mohammed Al-Otaibi, to develop a full
plan for the museum, including its
architecture, theme and location, as
well as mechanisms for collecting,
classifying and archiving artifacts.
Among the committee’s members are Omar
bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saloumi, Suleiman bin
Mohammed Al-Atni, Saud bin Abdul Aziz
Al-Saloumi and Rajaa bin Atiq Al-Muaili.
After
25 years, imam of Prophet’s Mosque back to
original mihrab
MADINAH: The General
Presidency for the Affairs of Two Holy
Mosques has prepared the place for
greeting the Prophet (peace be upon him)
by asking the imam to go back to the
Mihrab of the Prophet, the presidency
announced on its website.
Friday prayers at the Prophet’s Mosque
witnessed the return of the imam to the
mihrab in the Prophet’s Mosque.
Sheikh Abdullah Al-Biaijan led Friday
prayers in the Prophet’s Mosque.
The presidency has already prepared the
pathway leading to the place for
greeting the Prophet and his two
companions to allow visitors to greet
the Prophet without crowding and
harassment, in light of the density of
worshippers recently witnessed by the
mosque. This comes in line with
directives of the leadership to allow
visitors perform prayers in the
Prophet’s Mosque and easily and
comfortably greet the Prophet and His
companions.
Sources said the directives were issued
saying that that leading worshippers in
the Prophet’s Mosque during Friday
prayers, the two Eids, Taraweeh, and
midnight prayers will be held in the old
mihrab of the Prophet’s Mosque.
The sources said the reason behind the
decision was to avoid the occurrence of
stampeding during the visit of the tomb
of the Prophet and his two companions
Abu Bakr and Omar.
Leading worshippers from the Prophet’s
Mihrab ceased 25 years ago. Sheikh Ali
Al-Huzaifi was the last imam who led
prayers from the Prophet’s Mihrab in
1414H.
Today, more than
ever, this deeply-troubled region is the focus
of power games between major global players
vying for international influence.
Absent from this
scene for the past quarter century, Russia is
now back with gusto. Yet its motivations,
decision-making processes and strategic
objectives remain hard to pin down.
So just what is Russia up to in the Middle East?
In this hard-hitting
essay, leading analyst of Russian affairs Dmitri
Trenin cuts through the hyperbole to offer a
clear and nuanced analysis of Russia's
involvement in the Middle East and its regional
and global ramifications.
Russia, he argues,
cannot and will not supplant the U.S. as the
leading external power in the region, but its
actions are accelerating changes which will
fundamentally remake the international system in
the next two decades.
KB says:This
chicken recipe can be made in advance and frozen
right up to Step 3. It is ideal for the holidays
and can be enjoyed at picnics as a filling for a
burger or wrap.
Sesame
Seed Chicken
6 pieces of Breast
Chicken tenderized and cut into long rectangular
pieces.
Step 1
Marinade chicken with the following for approx ˝
an hour.
1 tsp crushed garlic
I tsp salt
1 tsp red chilli powder
˝ tsp garlic flakes
1 tsp crushed jeeru (Cumin seeds)
˝ tsp lemon pepper
Step 2
Dip chicken into the following mixture:
1 cup full cream yoghurt
Juice of I lemon
2 Tab Perinaisse
Ľ tsp black pepper
˝ tsp red chilli powder
Step 3
Coat Chicken in the following mix:
1 pkt Cream Cracker or Arnott’s Jatz Original
Biscuits crushed
250g Sesame seeds
˝ tsp red chilli powder
Coat chicken well by pressing the chicken
between 2 hands so that the crumbs do not fall
out.
Step 4
Grease oven tray with butter or ghee or olive
oil. Place the chicken on the tray and place
pieces of butter, on top of the chicken pieces
or drizzle with olive oil and bake for approx
15mins on one side then turn over and repeat.
Chicken must be golden brown in colour and
tender.
Serve with a perinaisse dip, chips or baby
potatoes and a healthy green salad.
Do you have a recipe to share with CCN
readers?
Send in your favourite recipe to me at
admin@ccnonline.com.au and be my "guest chef" for the week.
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:
The Art Of Saying
Sorry
I often got into
trouble when I was a
little girl, all
feisty and
opinionated. Mother
used to reprimand me
with tight slaps.
Dad, on the other
hand, used to ask me
to say sorry. I grew
up saying “sorry”
many times and soon
it became a habit.
Soon, I was saying
sorry for things
that weren’t even my
fault. Worst part
about saying sorry
out of habit was
that I no longer
attached meaning and
value to my apology.
It became a word
which was convenient
to use when trying
to justify my
behaviours.
Upon reflection,
much later in life,
I became aware of my
habit of saying
meaningless sorrys
to people and never
really admitting
responsibility for
my actions. I dug
deeper into my
behaviour patterns
and discovered that
I actually was never
taught the meaning
of the word sorry
and why it needed to
be said. For years I
believed in the
misconception that
when I’m bad, I can
turn it into good by
saying sorry.
And then one day,
during my
self-reflection, it
dawned on me that
it’s not about me
being good or bad.
It’s about the
undeniable truth
that my actions, my
words, my behaviours
have actually caused
hurt to another
human being.
Acknowledging that
hurt and feeling
genuine remorse is
the only way to say
sorry.
Saying sorry is
actually about
SEEKING FORGIVENESS.
Saying sorry is NOT
ABOUT JUSTIFYING
your actions.
Saying sorry is
about forgiving
yourself and seeking
forgiveness from the
one who was hurt by
your words, actions
and behaviours.
Have you ever
received an apology
which seemed more
like a slap on the
face than an actual
sincere apology?
Where you felt more
hurt than when the
person initially
hurt you?
Have you ever said
sorry to another and
not really meant it?
Try practising the
following steps to
ensure that you are
mindfully saying
sorry and sincerely
seeking forgiveness.
Seeking
Forgiveness
1. Before
approaching the
person, pray your
salah and ask ALLAH
to give you clarity
of speech and
help you express a
sincere apology. Ask
ALLAH to help the
other person with
the act of forgiving
you.
2. Express
genuine remorse
when you are talking
to the person. A
good way to start
would be to say
something along the
lines of : I am
genuinely sorry for
causing you hurt. I
feel terrible about
it. I seek your
forgiveness. I
promise to be
mindful to never
repeat this
behaviour again, In
Shaa ALLAH. Please
forgive me.
3. Wait for the
person to process
your words. Even
if there is silence,
remain calm. The
person may need time
to think about your
apology. He/she has
a right to take this
time. Do not
pressure him/her to
respond immediately.
Respect their
silence.
4. Tell the
person that you
respect the time
needed to think
about this.
Leave the room to
show that you
genuinely respect
the person’s space
during this time.
5. Sit somewhere
in silence and make
duaa and dhikr,
express gratitude to
ALLAH for giving you
this opportunity to
express your
remorse. Ask ALLAH
to forgive you for
causing hurt to
another.
In Shaa ALLAH, next
week we will explore
the topic: So You
Think You Can Judge!
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.
Q:
Dear Kareema, I am expecting my 3rd child and
have been physically active for the last 12
months at least and I have clearance from my GP.
Just wondering which exercises are best as I
wasn’t very active with my last 2 pregnancies?
A: Congrats and get ready for your life to be a
whole lot busier! Try some of the following
exercises as they are low-risk and will benefit
your whole body. They are also safe for you to
do throughout your pregnancy.
• Brisk walking
• Stationary cycling
• Swimming
• Low-impact aerobics
• Water aerobics
• Yoga
• Gentle stretching throughout
• Remember to always listen to your body and
take rest-days
Soccer 365
is now enrolling children for our summer vacation
program 2017 commencing on the 15th of december up until
the 20th january @ Svoboda park in Kuraby.
The sessions available this term:
- Fridays 3.50pm-4.30pm for children
aged 4-6 (toddlers)
- Fridays 4.30-6pm for children aged
6-8 (minis)
- Saturdays 4.30pm-6pm for children
aged 8-12 years old (juniors).
The lessons shall cover the
fundamental rules and skills of soccer encouraging
social skills, motor skills and recreational fun.
As it is summer holidays there will
also be a range of additional activities such as
scavenger hunts, free time in the playground, other
sports games, competitions and prizes.
Toddler sessions will be priced ay
$10per lesson
And mini and junior sessions will be
$12 per lesson.
Pay as you play sessions can be
booked on the day but please still register in advance
Places are limited so please contact
us to book a place for your child now.
Also please check out our Facebook
page Soccer 365 Brisbane for pictures, videos and
information on the sessions.
Bank details
Suncorp bank
Account name: Islamic
Association of Logan city
BSB: 484799
Account number:603274926
GOLD COAST
ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE
Update as at
December 2017
Construction of
the Cultural Centre (Dawah &
Youth Centre) is progressing
well.
This week the doors, windows and
beams for the roof of our GC
Islamic Cultural Centre have
been installed. The plumbing
work is currently in progress
and the interior walls have been
partitioned for rooms and
toilets..
We still need donations to fund
this construction.
Please donate
generously.
Over
the past several
months MCF have
utilised your valued
donations to assist
many people in need
from our local
community.
Among those assisted
in July was a single
young man who is an
amputee and also a
heart attack victim.
MCF assisted by
spending some time
with him and also by
taking care of some
of his outstanding
living expenses
(which he was unable
to cover due to his
condition).
Among those assisted
in August was was a
single mother with 2
children. She
suffers from a
debilitating,
serious and
persistent skin
condition which
involves the use of
expensive
medications to
control. MCF
utilised your
donations to provide
financial aid
enabling her to both
pay for medications
and to cover
outstanding rental
bills.
In September,
through our
community youth
outreach program,
the Muslim
Charitable
Foundation was able
to assist a young
brother with his
battle against
substance addiction.
Contact was made
with the brother
during routine
community outreach
activities. After
the initial contact,
a sustained effort
was made to stay in
contact with the
brother to provide
council and support.
With Allah's help,
daily moral support
and coaching saw a
change in the
brother's lifestyle.
To assist the
brother with his
lifestyle change he
was given temporary
accommodation in the
MCF house for about
8 days, while
helping him look for
shared
accommodation. He
now attends the
mosque regularly and
his condition has
greatly improved.
May Allah reward all
of the MCF donors
abundantly
inshaAllah. If you
would like to donate
to MCF please use
the bank details on
our website:
www.mcfaustralia.org.au
Among those assisted
in October was a
family who tearfully
explained that they
could not afford the
hefty costs for the
expert childcare
needed to treat
their autistic 3
year old son. The
family arrived in
Australia 3 years
ago on bridging
visas with 2 young
boys. They are not
eligible for
childcare rebates on
their visas. MCF
paid for a three
month expert
childcare trial and
new assessments were
then made. The
results were, that
he has made
significant progress
in relation to his
social and emotional
development. The joy
and emotion
expressed by his
mother when MCF
agreed to continue
to pay the childcare
fees was
overwhelming.
Among those assisted
in November was a
single mother with 3
children. MCF
utilised your
donations to provide
her with a basic bed
and a basic washing
machine. The washing
machine will
inshallah help the
family to maintain a
healthy hygiene
level and also for
the children to
obtain a restful
sleep.
The cases mentioned
above are but a few
of the many cases we
deal with almost on
a daily basis. Your
continued support
ensures that the
most vulnerable
people in our
Community receive
the help they most
need.
To donate to MCF,
please use the
electronic banking
details on our
website:
www.mcfaustralia.org.au.
May
Allah bless both the
MCF volunteers and
the people who
donate.
Without your
support, community
assistance like this
would not be
possible.
A
reminder that all
money donated to MCF
is received by those
in need. MCF has no
paid staff and no
admin fees.
Due
to the ongoing drought
affecting farmers in west
Queensland, MAA have joined
local organisations to help
Aussie farmers in their time
of need by trucking hay
bales from Victoria and New
South Wales to farmers in
west Queensland.
Farmers impacted by drought
often struggle to ask for
help and many due to the
financial strain of trying
to keep the farm afloat also
battle mental health issues.
By providing bales to help
farmers feed their animals
you'll be taking a huge
financial burden from them
as well keeping their
livestock alive.
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.
HikmahWay offers online and
in-person Islamic courses to
equip Muslims of today with
the knowledge, understanding
and wisdom to lead balanced,
wholesome and beneficial
lives.
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Islamic
history museum in Madinah to promote
national heritage
Due
to the ongoing drought
affecting farmers in west
Queensland, MAA have joined
local organisations to help
Aussie farmers in their time
of need by trucking hay
bales from Victoria and New
South Wales to farmers in
west Queensland.
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