It has been another busy
year for the Islamic Council
of Queensland. In 2017, ICQ
has worked to deliver
significant community
benefit through our
continued advocacy to
government and law
enforcement agencies on
behalf of Muslims both in
Australia as well as
overseas.
We have worked to develop
youth specific programs to
provide our young people
with the opportunity to
overcome challenges related
to personal circumstance. We
have worked with like-minded
community organisations to
build sustainable, social
inclusion outcomes for those
who are a recent arrivals to
Australia or those who are
at risk of prolonged
disengagement. We have once
again undertaken initiatives
to showcase the best of the
Muslim community.
This newsletter provides
a brief outline to some of
the work which has been done
over the last twelve months
to share with you some of
the success stories for the
community.
The
janaza
(funeral
service) of
Haji Safet
Avdich took
place at
Kuraby
Mosque on
Tuesday 19
December
2017. He was
laid to rest
at the Mt
Gravatt
Cemetery.
Mr Avich
valiantly
fought off a
number of
battles with
illnesses
over the
past several
years, but
succumbed
this week at
the Logan
Mosque.
He was a
well-known
and
respected
figure and a
larger-than-life
character in
the
community.
Born in the
former
Yugoslavia
in June
1928, Mr.
Avdich
served in
the
underground
as a
teenager
during World
War 2, often
performing
very
dangerous
tasks in
support of
allied
forces.
Imam Akram
Buksh, who
was a good
friend, told
CCN: "Br
Safet was a
self-less
man who
would always
go out of
his way to
help anyone
in need. He
was a great
help in
establishing
Slacks Creek
Masjid."
"All the
children
loved him,
they looked
forward to
that lolly.
And he had a
passion for
ensuring the
Masjid
environment
was safe and
clean,
especially
the shoes."
Br Safet was
a
passionately
supporter of
CresWalk,
taking part
in every
event and
often
winning his
race
category
right until
he could not
walk
comfortable
any more.
He leaves
behind wife
Fatima Bakic
Avdich who
was his
tower of
strength
throughout
his ordeal.
Mr Safet
Avdich and
Imam Akram
in hospital
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As-Salaam Institute will be
relocating to Kuraby Mosque
in 2018. The Madressah,
established and conduced by
Imam Ahmad Abu Ghazaleh, has
been running at the
Rochedale Mosque for the
past 10 years.
The Institute will replace
the Amanah Institute
madressah at the Kuraby
Mosque.
The trustees of the Kuraby
Mosque issued the following
statement regarding the
closure of the closure of
Amanah Institute:
It is with heavy hearts
and much disappointment
that the trustees of
Kuraby Mosque announce
the permanent closure of
Amanah Institute ,
formerly known as Kuraby
Madressah.
The aims and objectives
of Amanah institute were
lofty in that it was
recognised our children
needed a new way of
learning that was both
challenging as in their
current school
environments and also
informative to the
context in which we
live.
In 2014, the trustees
initiated a program that
was aimed at teaching
children Islamic values
that was relevant to the
current context and
Alhamdulillah this was
extremely successful.
This initiation of this
program was well
supported by generous
donors who made the
program possible.
However, it became clear
that the financial
resources to continue
this program was more
than we could sustain
and as a result, we have
made the difficult
decision to cease the
program.
We would like to take
this opportunity to
thank Dylan Chown and
Soraya Vally for taking
on all of the the
challenges this program
brought and
systematically making it
successful from an
educational perspective.
We would also like to
take this opportunity to
thank all of the Amanah
teachers who have
devoted so much time to
the program to make it
as successful as it was.
So it is indeed with a
heavy heart bring to
your notice that this
program will no longer
continue.
To fill this void, the
Trustees approached Imam
Ahmad Abu Ghazaleh to
head a new madressah at
Kuraby Mosque. So, going
forward, As-Salaam
Institute headed by Imam
Ahmad Abu Ghazaleh will
be relocating to Kuraby
Mosque in 2018.
Imam Ahmad Abu Ghazaleh
is very well qualified
and has been running
Madressah at the
Rochedale Mosque for the
past 10 years. He has
accepted our request and
will simply relocate his
premises to Kuraby
Mosque.
It is important to note
that Imam Ghazaleh will
not be running Amanah
institute. He will
continue to run and
direct his own brand.
We ask for your
continual duaas and
assistance to improve
the religious education
and well being of our
community.
Engineer and former ABC
presenter Yassmin
Abdel-Magied has faced off
with Tom Gleeson on his
hilarious Hard Chat segment.
The comedian poked fun at
Abdel-Magied for the year
when she became, in her own
words, Australia's "most
publicly hated Muslim".
Those seven words she wrote
on Facebook eight months ago
still fuel social media
comments and column inches
in the Murdoch press.
Gleeson began the roasting
by asking the former
Queenslander of the year
whether every ANZAC Day
Australians should "hold a
minute's silence for her
career". The ABC axed the
Australia Wide program
Abdel-Magied hosted a month
after she made her
controversial Facebook
comment.
"I think that'd be a little
disrespectful to the
diggers," she quipped.
The pair then joked about
how next ANZAC Day,
Abdel-Magied should start a
hashtag called "Lest we
forget to write stupid shit
on Facebook".
The zinger that got the
strongest reaction from the
former TV presenter, though,
was when Gleeson asked:
"When you're in London, do
you hang out with Rolf
Harris so you're not the
most hated Australian?"
At the end of the segment,
which aired on Wednesday
night's special year-end
episode of The Weekly with
Charlie Pickering, Gleeson
offered Abdel-Magied an
ANZAC biscuit and remarked
that they're halal.
"Are they though?" she
asked.
"Well, I don't know, but I
pointed them towards Mecca
when I killed them," the
comedian fired back.
Abdel-Magied recently
departed Australia for
London, but has been back to
catch up with friends and
front the media on a few
occasions. Last month, she
told The Project her time in
Australia was "like dating
an abusive guy".
Controversial alt-right
figure Milo Yiannopoulos made a
splash when he toured Australia
earlier this month. But when he
spoke to politicians and
parliamentary staff in Canberra,
attention quickly turned to the
Muslim woman sitting in the
second row. Psychologist Hanan
Dover, the woman in the photo,
writes for Hack about what it
was like being the only Muslim
in the crowd.
It all happened very
quickly.
The Friday before Milo was
due to speak in Canberra,
John Safran messaged me to
say he’d got a media pass to
attend Parliament House to
hear Milo and potentially
interview him.
He asked if I’d like to
come. I had to consider if I
could just pick up and go
because I have clients
booked weeks in advance, but
I decided I would within ten
minutes of him asking.
I thought it was a good
opportunity to meet Milo in
person and interview him.
As psychologists, we’re
practitioners and students
of human behaviour. I’ve
been interested in people
who’ve been featured in the
media who are charismatic
leaders for the last few
years now.
I’ve dealt with hate
preachers at a community
level and I always wanted to
see if they had similar
features to charismatic
leaders in other
controversial groups,
whether they’re senior in
alt-right groups, zionists,
or Muslim radicals.
Milo only piqued my interest
at the beginning of the
year, but I was interested
in finding out what made him
the person he is today.
Sitting behind Senator
Hanson
By the time we went through
security at Parliament House
and signed in, the event had
begun.
John and I walked in and I
said, ‘Let’s go sit in the
second row, someone’s just
gotten up’. It took us a
while to realise we were
sitting right behind Pauline
Hanson and other One Nation
representatives.
In person, Milo wasn’t as
flamboyant as I thought he
would be.
I was surprised he was
wearing sunglasses indoors.
I realised when he was
talking that he wasn’t going
to take them off.
I’m in the second row, I’m
wearing hijab, he can most
probably see that I’m
sitting there, so I decided
that I was going to wear my
sunglasses, too.
I was born and raised in
Australia. Keeping my
sunnies on was my way of
saying, ‘I’m here’.
None of the others in that
room were ethnic. I was the
only one that looks a bit
different. In fact, you
normally don’t see any
Muslims in Milo’s audience
at all.
Now he’s got one in the
second row.
Because he noticed I was
there, I feel like he was
not as offensive in his
speech as he would normally
be.
In the past Milo’s said that
Muslims are rapists, they’re
terrorists and they take
welfare. He said that very
openly. But he didn’t go
that far when I was in the
audience.
I remember sitting and
shaking my head a lot of the
time when Milo was speaking.
Just the brazen way the
anti-Muslim questions were
asked.
Malcolm Roberts got up and
asked Milo to compare the
Quran and [Hitler’s] Mein
Kampf.
I thought it was a bizarre
and offensive question. It
did make me feel
uncomfortable, not just as a
Muslim, but also as a woman.
I didn’t intend to
interject. But Milo was
saying a lot lies about my
faith, so I called out,
‘Bullshit’. I think a lot of
people were taken aback by
that.
The audience there was like
the dullest form of
group-think. They didn’t
have any kind of accurate
analysis or critical
evaluation of Milo’s views.
Not one person critically
questioned him.
‘Our cohesive society is
crumbling’
Milo has said a lot of
outrageous things that are
offensive, things that mock
and insult.
That’s how he is able to
attract people, because he
says thing that people in
society would not normally
be able to say. And here he
is, saying it and getting
away with it.
I was actually very shocked
that a person of his nature
with no social filters
whatsoever was allowed to
come to Australia.
When a politician invites
him to Parliament House to
reiterate or convey those
deliberately offensive
views, then I think
Australia is moving
backwards in terms of the
progress we’re trying to
make towards a multicultural
and respectful society.
We’ve tried to build a
cohesive society where we
accept difference, we accept
minorities. But that’s
crumbling.
It’s like the analogy of the
boiling frog. Slowly we’re
having this creeping
acceptance of hate speech
and mockery and insult in
Australia. It’s going to be
normalised and we won’t
notice it until it’s too
late.
The stunt
When I was travelling
between Sydney and Canberra,
I saw that The Subtle Art of
Not Giving a F*ck was the
number one best-seller. I’ve
read the book and I thought
it was really good.
The title of the book is
symbolic as a message and I
decided I should give it to
Milo and say that it’s on
behalf of the Muslim
community.
We had one-on-one time with
Milo, in [Liberal Democrat
Senator] David Leyonhjelm’s
office.
Before we went in, John
warned me that Milo may say
something stupid about my
hijab.
I thought, ok, if that’s all
he’s got then I’ll have a
comeback. I’m not afraid to
talk back.
People who talk about Islam
in mainstream media aren’t
Muslim, so we don’t have
adequate space to challenge
those perspectives anyway.
Which is why I pulled that
stunt.
I was going to make sure
that, whatever it takes, I
was going to pull this off.
On stage, Milo was very
confident, like a performer.
When I came in to the
office, he was sitting on
the couch, nearly
nervous-like. He wasn’t as
confident, he didn’t say
anything. You could tell
there was no courage.
I said, ‘On behalf of the
Muslim community, I have
something for you for when
you talk about Islam and
Muslims.’
He was very silent.
I felt like he was being
chicken shit. I was
thinking, ‘This is all
you’ve got? You’ve spent so
much time being offensive to
Muslims, and you couldn’t
give me anything back?’
When the opportunity to
verbalise his hateful speech
towards a visible Muslim
woman in hijab was presented
to him, he remained silent
instead.
He only has the courage to
openly and confidently
promote hate when he is with
his supporters who won’t
challenge his views.
Before I posted the photo of
me giving him the book on
Facebook, I said a little
prayer. I’m a very resilient
person, but I was expecting
backlash from his
supporters.
It was for the benefit of my
community more than anyone
else. Humour is one of the
ways we can counteract the
hurt, the harm and the
offence.
I try not to offend
particular target groups,
but just use humour in a way
to show that I’m as
Australian as everyone else.
I don’t feel like I have to
prove myself either; I just
carry forward my own
personality, which has been
moulded by my Palestinian
background and my Australian
background.
And I’d do it again.
Triple J HACK
Hanan Dover is a forensic
psychologist, Muslim
community representative and
self-styled social media
agitator from Sydney.
He fled Saddam Hussein’s
brutality to become detainee
#982 in an Australian
refugee camp. Now Munjed al-Muderis
is a world-leading surgeon
giving amputees a second
chance at life. Sophie
McNeill tells his inspiring
story.
It happened without warning.
At his Baghdad hospital in
1999, a young doctor was
presented with dozens of
army deserters. Then came
the chilling order to
mutilate their ears.
Would I obey and live
with guilt for the rest
of my life? Would I
refuse and end up with a
bullet in my head? Or
would I run away? –
Dr Munjed al-Muderis
He ran away, took a
smuggler’s boat and wound up
in Curtin detention centre
in Western Australia’s far
north west.
I was stripped of my
identity. Curtin
detention centre, in
simple words, was hell
on earth - Munjed
al-Muderis
Fast forward 17 years.
Australian citizen Munjed
al-Muderis is a pioneering
orthopaedic specialist who
transforms lives with a
surgical technique called
osseo-integration – “merging
a human being with a
machine”, as he explains it.
I had this chill
feeling – what have I
done? I’m back to the
place I escaped from
– Munjed
Now he returns to Baghdad on
a whirlwind 10-day mission
to attach implants and
robotic legs to amputees who
thought they would never
walk again. Middle East
Correspondent Sophie McNeill
follows him as he scurries
between operating theatres,
doing several surgeries at
once.
He is a machine. We
never catch him –
Iraqi surgeon
Wars have left untold
numbers of Iraqi soldiers
and civilians as amputees.
Patients flock to see Munjed…
patients like Ghadban, 22,
who lost both legs after a
mortar strike. Robotic legs
might allow him to marry the
girl he loves…
She told me that when
I walk again her parents
will agree – Ghadban
…And Ali, an ex-soldier
whose leg was amputated
after he was shot in battle
with ISIS. His wife then
walked out and left him to
care for their little boy
Hussein.
He used to bring me
my shoes and slippers.
Now he just brings me
one shoe - Ali
Munjed can’t always help
everyone, no matter how
deserving. Amane was 10 when
both her legs were amputated
after a fire. Now 19, she is
a para-athlete who
represents her country.
Munjed would operate for
free, but the robotic legs
cost around $100,000.
I don’t have the
money for this
operation. I want to
walk – Amane
Munjed returns to Baghdad
this week to complete his
work on Ali, Ghadban and
scores of other patients. At
the climax of this medical
and emotional journey, his
hope is that all of them
will walk. A Foreign
Correspondent crew will be
with him to see how it all
goes.
Sophie McNeill’s story
Machine Man aired 8.30 pm
Monday December 11 on ABC TV
(repeated 1 pm Tuesday and
11.30 pm Wednesday on ABC
TV; 8 pm Saturday and 1 am
Sunday on ABC News). Also on
iview.
Dr Munjed al-Muderis' book
Walking Free
has been added to this
week's
CCN Readers' Book Club
below.
Yusuf Cat Stevens recently
performed at the Brisbane
Entertainment Centre
Islamic Museum of
Australia’s current
exhibition “The Laughing
Apple” is showcasing posters
of digital and hand-drawn
illustrations by Yusuf
Islam, otherwise known as
Cat Stevens.
The show serves to showcase
Yusuf’s experiences writing
and illustrating The
Laughing Apple examining the
transformative power of love
and its relationship to
nature.
Taking visitors on an
eclectic journey that
showcases colourful pop-art
portraits of Yusuf,
juxtaposed with
illustrations from his album
artwork and large cut outs
that subtly reference the
visual styles of Tillerman
and Teaser, this exhibition
hosts something to suit all
Yusuf fans – young and old
alike!
The Laughing Apple
symbolises the creative
potential contained within
Yusuf’s music, where he
alludes to life’s challenges
in a way that can be
appreciated by young
children.
‘‘As you grow older, the
sweetness of youth, as
Wordsworth expressed in his
poem Splendour in the Grass,
gets stronger,” Yusuf has
explained.
“Looking back and
emotionally drawing on the
themes of childhood
possibilities and
disappointments is what
exemplifies this album, for
me.”
The exhibition will coincide
with Yusuf’s Peace Train
Tour commemorating 50 years
since the release of his
album, Matthew & Son in
1967.
Yusuf’s new album The
Laughing Apple has just been
nominated for a Grammy Award
under the category of ‘Best
Folk Album’. Subsequently,
The Laughing Apple
exhibition offers Yusuf fans
an immersive visual
experience, journeying from
decades passed, through to
the present.
The images which will be
signed by Yusuf himself will
be available for sale via
charity sponsor Penny Appeal
Australia with all profits
going to their Love Thy
Neighbour campaign.
An Innovative multimedia
dramatic concert showcasing
diverse colours, cultures
and languages kept thousands
mesmerised for 90 minutes at
Sydney Olympic Park while
celebrating Mawlid on Sunday
3 December 2017.
With the slogan, “Together
in Loving Mohammad”, the 8th
Multicultural Mawlid Concert
drew more than 5000 People
from Australia as well as
overseas marking the
birthday of Prophet Muhammad
(s).
The event was organized by
the Islamic Charity Projects
Association (ICPA) and
coincided with the Annual
International Peace
Conference held under the
patronage of Darulfatwa, the
Islamic High Council of
Australia.
Accepting the invitation
from Darulfatwa Australia
and in collaboration with
Majlis Ulama Indonesia, 0ver
80 academics, religious
scholars, Imams and
community leaders mainly
from Australia and South
East Asia also attended the
Peace Conference held on
Monday 4 December at the
Garden View Hotel,
Bankstown.
Darulftwa Chairman, Dr
Sheikh Salim Alwan and Dean
of Majlis Al-Ulama Jakarta
branch, Sheikh Ahmad Sharif
Ad-Din Abdul Ghani announced
their pleasure in working
together for the Conference
titled ‘Muhammad, peace be
upon him, the Prophet of
Mercy and Messenger of
Peace’.
The dignitaries from across
Australian states including
community leaders, Sheikhs,
Principals, businesspeople,
media personnel, local
government councillors and
mayors, scouts officials,
ambassadors, consulates, and
Australian politicians, had
among them:
A Muslim man has been
attacked at a mosque in
Adelaide's south after
refusing to have a political
discussion about the
Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.
The ABC has obtained
security vision that shows a
Muslim man in his 40s being
punched in the face.
Islamic Society of SA
president Ahmad Zreika said
the worshipper was attending
evening prayers around
9:30pm on Friday when a
member of the public
attended the mosque asking
questions about the
religion.
"We open our mosque doors
every day to the general
public in the hope that we
can open meaningful
dialogue, so that we can
work on becoming a more
inclusive Australia," Mr
Zreika said.
But he said when the
worshipper refused to answer
questions about the Israeli
Palestinian conflict —
because he did not have the
political insight — the man
punched him in the face.
"He asked him, 'What's your
opinion about what happened
in Jerusalem, are you
against it, or with?'" Mr
Zreika said.
"The Muslim man says, 'I
don't want to be involved in
this' and the other man said
'You should have an opinion'
and punches him."
Mr Zreika said the man stood
about while the Muslim man
looked for help.
"After a few minutes the
attacker left the mosque and
the brothers inside the
mosque called the police,"
he said.
The man was not taken to
hospital but was in shock.
"He couldn't understand why
the man attacked him just
for not expressing an
opinion," Mr Zreika said.
Police
searching for suspect
Police said they were
investigating an assault
that occurred at a Park
Holme mosque.
They said the victim was
punched in the face and
sustained facial injuries,
for which he was treated at
the scene by paramedics.
Police said the suspect was
not known to the victim and
they were making inquiries
to find him.
It was the third attack on
the mosque this year.
"You are coming a worship
place ... a peaceful
environment ... it's really
unacceptable," Mr Zreika
said.
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.
There are approximately 1.84
billion Muslims in the world
today, making up 24.38% of
the world’s population, or
just under one-quarter of
mankind. As well as being
citizens of their respective
countries, they also have a
sense of belonging to the ‘ummah’,
the worldwide Muslim
community.
The Muslim500 publication
sets out to ascertain the
influence some Muslims have
on this community, or on
behalf of the community.
Influence is: any person who
has the power (be it
cultural, ideological,
financial, political or
otherwise) to make a change
that will have a significant
impact on the Muslim world.
Note that the impact can be
either positive or negative,
depending on one’s point of
view of course.
The Woman of the Year
Nawal al-Soufi
The Muslim500's Woman of the
Year is Nawal al-Soufi.
Nawal was born in Morocco
and raised in Catania,
Italy. She is a known to
those Syrians who have fled
the horrors of war and other
highly oppressive
circumstances—often in the
most difficult and dangerous
situations—as “The Angel of
Refugees.” It the past few
years it is estimated she
has helped save the lives of
200,000 Syrian refugees
Nawal started advocating for
migrants and homeless people
in Italy at the age of 14.
In March 2013, in Syria as a
social media activist, she
followed an ambulance
carrying medications in
Aleppo and distributed her
calling card with her mobile
member on it to everyone she
met who told her they
intended to flee from the
war to Italy.
Back in the port city
Catania, Nawal received her
first call that summer from
a frightened migrant who was
one of hundreds of Syrians
on board a damaged boat lost
in the Mediterranean taking
water and in danger of
sinking. Nawal’s knowledge
of both Arabic and Italian
enabled her to swiftly
contact the Italian Coast
Guard, who instructed her on
how to help the people on
board identify their
position using the GPS
system on their satellite
phone. She relayed the
coordinates to the Coast
Guard and the refugees were
rescued.
That was the beginning and
since then she has kept her
phone by her side 24 hours a
day. Ever since, she has
received frantic calls at
all hours and acts as a
liaison with the Italian
Coast Guard for countless
refugees at sea. This past
June, Nawal was named the
Arab world’s greatest “Hope
Maker” and was awarded the
one million Dirham prize by
HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin
Rashid Al-Maktoum,
Vice-President and Prime
Mister of the UAE and Ruler
of Dubai.
The rise of the mining
industry in the late 19th
century saw a migration of
South Africans, including
Muslims, to Kimberley and
Johannesburg. However, the
jobs were menial, and it
soon became evident that
Muslims, like the blacks,
were not equal citizens—with
white fear of Indian
merchants leading to
restrictions of Indian
movement.
Space precludes detailed
examination of the
post-World War I decades of
Prime Minister, General Jan
Christiaan Smuts, until his
loss to the Afrikaner
Nationalist Party (NP) of DF
Malan in 1948, which
heralded a transition from
colonialism to apartheid—and
the final erosion of black
rights.
Fired by anti-British
sentiment, the NP was
focused solely on white
Afrikaner privilege. The
Group Areas Act, or forced
removals, shifted thousands
of black South Africans to
state allocated ghettos or
Bantustans. Muslims, who
were classified “Indian” or
“Malay”, were not spared.
The community’s response to
apartheid was either sullen
submission, or fierce
resistance. Many South
Africans died in protests,
political executions and
state-stirred “third-force”
conflicts. Detention without
trial claimed five Muslims,
including Imam Abdullah
Haron in 1969 and Ahmed
Timol in 1971, both killed
by their torturers.
Thousands of South African
Muslims resisted apartheid,
joining civic associations,
trade unions and
organisations such as the
New Unity Movement, the SA
Indian Congress, the
Federation of South African
women as well as the African
National Congress (ANC) or
the Pan Africanist Congress
(PAC).
Goolam Vahed’s book, Muslim
Portraits, the
Anti-Apartheid Struggle,[18]
runs into 400 pages and 360
major personalities,
including Ahmed Kathrada –
who spent 26 years in prison
with Nelson Mandela – and
women activists such as
Amina Cachalia and Fatima
Meer.
The youth-driven protests of
1976 and 1985 saw the
emergence of the Muslim
Youth Movement and its
offshoot, the Call of Islam.
The Call of Islam and the
Cape based MJC (Muslim
Judicial Council founded in
1946) allied themselves to
the anti-apartheid United
Democratic Front in the
1980s.
Qiblah, founded in 1979,
took a hard-line stance like
the right-wing Afrikaner
Weerstands Beweging (AWB),
spurning the CODESA peace
talks of 1990. Today, Qiblah
is inactive. The Deobandi-influenced
Jami’at ul-‘Ulama (founded
1923), which is Hanafi
orientated and based in
KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng,
remained quietist, with the
activist Molvi Ismail
Cachalia (d. 2003) the
exception.
The unbanning of the
anti-apartheid movement and
the release of Nelson
Mandela in February 1990,
ushered in a new era.
Activist Abdullah Omar
became the country’s first
post-apartheid Justice
Minister.
Nelson Mandela, who wrote a
letter of appreciation to
the Muslim community,
visited it in April 1994
when he called on the Awwal
Mosque founded by Tuan Guru.
In a moving moment, he rose
from his chair and knelt on
the ground upon hearing the
Qur’an. Mandela attended the
300th anniversary of Shaykh
Yusuf in South Africa,
saluting him as a “source of
inspiration”.
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.
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK'S
CCN
5.
Raza
Munir
is the final Pakistani to
appear on the list. Raza
Munir's startup, Climb
Credit, aims to help
students in skills-based
fields manage their debt.
According to Forbes, Munir,
featured under the Education
category, has provided
affordable loans to 5,000
students attending 60
schools.
He founded Credit Climb
along with Zander Rafael,
Amit Sinha and Vishal Garg.
William
Quilliam
converted
to Islam
in 1887
and
founded
Britain's
first
mosque
The Liverpool
Muslim Institute
was founded by
the Liverpudlian
William
'Abdullah'
Quilliam
At 6am on
December 25,
1888, the winter
sun was yet to
rise over the
English city of
Liverpool.
A Victorian
terrace house
was feverish
with activity.
The soft glow of
candlelight
emanating from 8
Brougham Terrace
revealed men and
women busily
putting up
decorations and
preparing food
for the big
celebration
ahead, Christmas
Day.
In one corner, a
familiar
Victorian scene
of a woman
playing the
piano and
directing hymn
rehearsals, the
singers' voices
muted by the
howling of a
bitter
northeasterly
wind as it
rattled the thin
panes of glass.
This was
Britain's first
mosque and
Muslim community
preparing for
their very first
Christmas Day.
At 8am, having
led the tiny
congregation in
the early
morning prayer,
the Imam finally
opened the
mosque doors.
Imam William
Henry "Abdullah"
Quilliam founded
the mosque after
embracing Islam
in 1887, aged 31
years old.
He was greeted
by more than 100
of the city's
poor, who had
been invited to
enjoy a
charitable
Christmas
breakfast inside
what locals
called "Islam
Church".
As the group of
recent converts
served the
paupers a hearty
meal of
"sandwiches,
bread and meat,
seedloaf,
bunloaf, bread
and butter, tea
and coffee," the
music began.
Hymns praising
the birth of the
Prophet Isa, or
Jesus, rung out
through the
venue. By
evening, numbers
swelled. Word
had got around,
and the Muslims
offered a
"substantial
tea" and small
musical concert
to the visitors.
The
entertainment
began with "mesmeric
performances" by
two young
Muslims before
"some delightful
airs upon the
zither, the
fairy bells and
the mandolin" by
one Miss Warren.
"This
reminds us
there was an
earlier
generation
of Muslims,
looking to
spread the
word of
Islam
through
finding
points in
common
rather than
things to
argue about"
TIMOTHY
WINTER,
MUSLIM
SCHOLAR
The finale was a
"magic lantern" show and photo series
from the imam's recent tour across
distant Muslim lands.
These descriptions of Victorian Muslims
at Christmas were taken from the pages
of The Crescent, the country's first
Muslim newspaper.
A group photo of members of
the Liverpool Muslim Institute
in 1905
Al Jazeera
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.
Senator
Pauline Hanson’s claim that mosques
should be monitored by CCTV is an
ill-informed suggestion. While the issue
of radicalisation needs to be taken
seriously, suggesting that mosques might
be the cause of radicalisation or
terrorism issue may stem from the
problematic accusation that all things
Islam = terror.
Mosques are more than prayer spaces.
They are a site for socialising, hosting
community programs and facilitating
inter-faith dialogue. Importantly,
numerous studies have shown that mosques
are important for providing social and
emotional support, providing a
mainstream alternative to the violent
and extremist views younger people may
be exposed to online. If you’re curious
about what happens behind the closed
doors of the domed building in your
neighbourhood, visit it for yourself.
You’ll find that the doors are usually
closed because the aircon is on!
South
Africa’s Muslims
are an example
to all
By Dr HA Hellyer,
associate fellow
in international
security Studies
at the Royal
United Services
Institute in
London, and the
Centre for
Middle East
Policy at the
Brookings
Institution in
Washington, DC
Although the
small Muslim
community is
well-integrated
in Cape Town,
Isil recruiters
are being
dragged from the
city. It shows
that there is no
one-size-fits-all
strategy to
counter
radicalism,
writes HA
Hellyer
As European
countries grow
more concerned
about their
Muslim
communities, the
discourse around
radicalisation
and extremism
becomes more
problematic.
Only recently,
Mak Chishty, a
senior British
police officer,
declared that
young Muslim
Britons who stop
shopping at
Marks & Spencer
stores could be
victims of
radicalisation.
This is a very
awkward line of
argument.
Mr Chishty also
noted that
teenagers who
stop drinking
alcohol or
wearing “western
clothes” could
be extremists.
His comments
appear to
suggest that all
observant
Muslims are
essentially
radicals in
waiting. As for
“western
clothes”, many
British Muslims
ethnically
originate from
other cultural
contexts, and
may feel more
comfortable in
those kinds of
garb. In any
case, it’s not
particularly
clear how this
is connected to
extremism.
This will not be
the first or the
last time that
the loyalty and
belonging of
Muslim
communities of
the West is
questioned. Some
may assume that
this is a
natural
situation for
all minority
communities –
that,
inevitably,
Muslim
communities
being what they
are and the
direction of
travel of world
affairs being
what it is, such
tensions are
liable to
happen. But
there are
lessons to be
learnt, perhaps,
from lesser
known Muslim
communities,
such as the one
residing on the
Western Cape of
South Africa.
The history of
that community
dates back
hundreds of
years, so there
is something of
a long
established
precedent for
Muslim South
Africans, which
serves to
protect them
against
suggestions of
being alien or
disloyal.
But beyond that,
there is a
history of
political
activism from
among South
African Muslims
during the
apartheid
struggle. While
many among the
South African
Muslim religious
establishment
acquiesced to
apartheid, there
were many
individuals who
did not and they
formed
coalitions to
struggle against
that dominant
force. When
apartheid
finally fell,
Muslim South
Africans had
already,
organically,
derived social
capital in South
Africa and they
converted that
into political
capital.
In democratic
South Africa,
this Muslim
community is
treated as an
integral part of
society. There
are no doubts or
suspicions in
that regard.
What is more,
the Muslim
community itself
would have it no
other way. But
their sense of
South African
patriotism does
not result in an
unnatural type
of assimilation
either. They
belong to South
Africa and they
see no
contradiction
between that
belonging and
their own
specificities as
Muslims.
Those
particularities
might strike the
British police
commander as
somehow
threatening, or
evidence of
radicalisation,
but that would
be far from the
facts on the
ground. Their
sense of being
South African is
taken for
granted – as it
should be, even
though how they
might view
themselves may
differ from
other
communities in
South Africa.
That is not to
say that the
threat of
radicalism does
not exist. Even
in this
extremely
well-adjusted
and socially
incorporated
community, the
threat of ISIL
exists. In
April, a teenage
Muslim girl was
stopped at Cape
Town airport, en
route to joining
ISIL. Her
parents were
unaware that
she’d been
radicalised
online. As yet,
it is unclear
how a
15-year-old
child could
receive the
relevant funds
for a ticket
overseas – and
it is unknown
precisely how
many South
Africans are
already in Syria
and Iraq
fighting for the
radical group.
But they
certainly exist
– showing that
for at least
some recruits to
ISIL, there is a
deeply
ideological
element to their
membership.
Certainly, there
are no issues of
social exclusion
that could be
said to make
these Muslims
vulnerable to
radical
recruitment –
but extremist
ideology can
find its way
almost anywhere
if left
unchecked. Less
than two weeks
after that
teenager was
stopped, another
was intercepted,
from the same
community in
Cape Town.
The threat of
ISIL exists and
should not be
underestimated.
However, any
counter-radicalisation
strategy cannot
be successful if
it attempts to
create problems
out of anything
that is
different from
the norm.
Extremism can
take root for a
variety of
reasons, and
there won’t be a
“one size fits
all” model for
radicalisation.
At the same
time, while
making problems
for Muslim
communities
unfairly ought
not to lead any
of them to
extremism, it
certainly makes
the radical
recruiter’s job
that much
easier. By the
same token,
ensuring the
open inclusion
of Muslim
communities in a
shared and open
patriotism, as
South Africans
have
accomplished,
makes the
radical’s job
that much
harder.
From Aladdin to Bodak
Yellow, the media is obsessed
with portraying Arabs and
Muslims as exotic and
mysterious.
Reacting to sectarian hate
comments on social media
The
Muslim Vibe
Muslims asked to read out
sectarian hate comments on
social media
Domestic Violence - MAA Local
Case Study #1
Muslim Aid Australia
Violence against women is a
serious and widespread
problem in Australia.
Today, we share with you a
case that MAA Local handled
recently in Melbourne. We
received an inquiry from a
distressed lady whose
marriage and life was
falling apart after serious
domestic violence issues.
After a detailed study of
the situation and
appropriate assessments, MAA
swung into action to help
her so she could get her
life back together.
Did you know that our
projects in Australia
include Family Support,
providing Crisis
Accommodation, Feeding the
Homeless, Funeral Aid and
helping people with Special
Needs?
Your support is vital to
reach more people in need.
There are many more cases,
right here in Australia,
that need our help. Visit
https://local.muslimaid.org.au/our-projects/family-support or call 1800 100 786 to find
out how you can help us.
High school choir in the USA
Assunnah Media
A high school choir in the
USA adopts for its 2017
Christmas carol, a Muslim
song that welcomes prophet
Muhammad SAW to the city of
Madina in the year 0000AH
(approx 584AD).
Where are the Muslims in the
World
OnePath Network
The Muslim 500, a ranking of
the most influential figures in
the Muslim world, features an
up-to-date breakdown of Muslim
populations around the world.
Here is an interactive map
highlighting some of those
figures.
Patrick embracing Islam
Slacks Creek Mosque
ISLAMIC
EDUCATION
Prophet Sulayman a.s. (Part 3)
by Umm Bilal
Sisters Support Services
Is Depression A Sign Of Low
Imaan | Ustadha Yasmin Mogahed
Muslim Speakers
Religious minorities under
Muslim Rule
Yaqeen Institute
for Islamic Research
Religious minorities are
often depicted as oppressed and
vulnerable victims of their
Muslim rulers. This portrayal,
however, is far from accurate.
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Court
orders halal supermarket in Paris to close
because it does not sell pork or wine
'It's
business,' the manager of Good
Price said, 'I look around me
and I target what I see'
Lawyer argued
alcohol 'not part of the general
diet'
FRANCE: France has
ordered a halal supermarket in Paris to
close because it does not sell pork or
wine.
The Good Price mini-market in Colombes
did not comply with the conditions of
its lease, which stated the shop must
act as a "general food store," the Court
of Nanterre ruled.
The local authority argued members of
the local community were not being
served properly because the shop did not
sell pork or alcohol products.
A bailiff's report said the store almost
exclusively stocked halal products.
When the manager was questioned at the
time, he said: "It's business. I look
around me and I target what I see."
His lawyer argued alcohol "is not part
of the general diet" and the store had
no obligations to sell it as it was only
a complement to food.
The court said the products the shop
stocked were "restrictive and did not
fit the broad concept of general good."
It ordered the termination of the
store's lease and ordered the eviction
of the tenants.
The manager was ordered to pay €4,000 to
the local authority in legal costs.
Saudi
prince’s $390m chateau is the world’s most
expensive home
SAUDI ARABIA: In his home
country he is leading an austerity
drive, but abroad he has been identified
in the past year as the buyer of a
US$500 million yacht and a Leonardo da
Vinci painting for US$450 million. The
high-roller spending habits of Crown
Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi
Arabia are now said to have spread to
France.
According to research by The New York
Times, he is the ultimate owner -
through a series of shell companies - of
the world’s most expensive house, a
AU$390m Louis XIV-style palace near
Versailles.
Since becoming crown prince in June, he
has been determined to transform the
image of his country, liberalising its
social codes to allow women to drive and
to get jobs more easily. He has also
started economic reforms based on the
example of Margaret Thatcher, whom he is
said to admire. Those reforms include
removing subsidies, privatising industry
and cutting the state budget.
The austerity programme does not seem to
have affected his personal spending
habits, however. Though the emirate of
Abu Dhabi has claimed that a Saudi
associate of the royal family bought
Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi for the new
Louvre gallery and not for the crown
prince, no one has denied that the yacht
is his. The New York Times quotes royal
advisers admitting that he bought the
chateau two years ago. It was built by
Emad Khashoggi, the nephew of the Saudi
arms dealer, Adnan Khashoggi, six years
ago and features squash courts, a
cinema, frescoes in the style of the
Sistine Chapel and a moat with an
underground viewing chamber.
The prince is also cracking down on
corruption. Sabih al-Masri, a
Palestinian banker with Saudi
citizenship, was detained on a visit to
Riyadh at the weekend, but was released
after questioning.
UK: An imam eager to
highlight the significance of Jesus for
Muslims has sent thousands of Islamic
Christmas cards around the world for
almost a decade.
Dr Mohammed Fahim, of the Qur'ani Murkuz
Trust in east London, has sent his
specially designed cards to everyone
from the Queen to the Pope in a bid to
highlight Jesus's role as a prophet in
his faith.
The cards are printed with scenes of
Jerusalem and verses from the Quran
about Jesus's miracles and Mary's virgin
birth.
"Almost 10 years ago I decided to design
a set of special Christmas cards talking
about Mary and Jesus from the Quran. I
print about 4,000 cards every year," he
said.
"I send them to the members of the Royal
Family, members of the Houses of
Parliament, churches, neighbours,
colleagues at work, the Pope and all the
EU leaders - amazingly I receive so many
responses and interesting comments.
"I am pleasantly surprised and honoured
that Her Majesty the Queen, the Prime
Minister and the Pope respond to my card
every year."
In 1999, Munjed Al
Muderis was a young surgical resident working in
Baghdad when a squad of Military Police marched
into the operating theatre and ordered the
surgical team to mutilate the ears of three
busloads of army deserters. When the head of
surgery refused, he was executed in front of his
staff. Munjed's choices were stark-comply and
breach the medical oath 'do no harm', refuse and
face certain death, or flee.
That day, Munjed's life changed forever. He
escaped to Indonesia, where he boarded a filthy,
overcrowded refugee boat, bound for Australia.
Like his fellow passengers, he hoped for a new
life, free from fear and oppression, but for ten
months he was incarcerated in what became known
as the worst of the refugee camps, Curtin
Detention Centre in Western Australia. There he
was known only by a number, locked in solitary
confinement and repeatedly told to go back to
Iraq.
On 26 August 2000, Munjed was finally freed.
Now, fourteen years later, he is one of the
world's leading osseointegration surgeons,
transforming the lives of amputees with a
pioneering technique that allows them to walk
again.
Walking Free is Munjed's extraordinary account
of his journey from the brutality of Saddam
Hussein's Iraq to a new life in Australia and a
remarkable career at the forefront of medicine.
KB says:I've
always loved ice tea and prefer making my own.
You will find this recipe gives you a nice
refreshing hit. I also love how it is low
in calories and doesn't contain any artificial
stuff. Enjoy!
Iced
Tea
3 tea bags
2 cups boiling water
Add tea bags to boiling water, allow to cool and
once cool remove the tea bags
Boil ľ cup water and ľ cup sugar to make a
syrup.
Then add Ľ cup Roses lime cordial.
Mix the above together and pour into a tall jug,
add lots of ice, mint, lemon slices.
Just before serving add 2 litres of sprite or
lemonade and a cup of ginger ale (optional)
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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:
So You Think You
Can Judge!
Pause for a moment
right now and think
of all the
judgements you made
today about yourself
and others. Be
honest. Like it or
not, the truth is
that we all judge
ourselves and
others. It is innate
in humans to judge.
The brother with the
beard judges the
brother who is
clean-shaven. The
nikaabi sister
judges the hijaabi
sister who judges
the non-hijaabi
sister. The Shaafi
judges the Hanafi.
The Arab judges the
Non-Arab. Sadly,
this is the state of
our ummah currently.
It is vital to
understand that when
you judge someone,
you are focussing on
character. ALLAH is
the only true judge
of character because
character is
displayed through
deeds and deeds are
initiated through
intentions. Only
ALLAH knows people’s
intentions and the
real reason behind a
particular deed. Not
all good deeds have
halal intentions.
When you judge
another, you are
attacking their
character and
forgetting to
acknowledge their
circumstances. I
judged my non-muslim
neighbour a few
months back because
she was cold with me
when I invited her
over for lunch on
Eid. She was abrupt
and closed the door
in haste. I judged
her immediately,
thinking she was
racist and
Islamophobic.
Astaghfirullah!
Later that week, I
ran into her and she
told me that she was
upset that day when
I had shown up at
her door. She had
lost her investment
property in a fire
and was terribly
stressed and shocked
from the tragic
event. My heart
broke for her. Next
few days I spent
judging myself with
negative self-talk.
I begged ALLAH to
forgive me and
foster compassion
within me for
others. It was then
I realised that I
had to forgive
myself too in the
process.
Self-compassion and
self-forgiveness are
essential to lead a
life of
non-judgment.
7 Ways To Stop
Judging
1. Remind
yourself that ONLY
ALLAH is Al-Hakam,
the only judge.
2. Become
self-aware of your
prejudices and
biases. Do not
be governed by them.
Challenge them. I
grew up in a family
that programmed me
into believing that
Muslims were
traitors and Islam
was dark arts. I am
grateful that I
challenged my belief
system much earlier
in life.
Alhumdolillah, today
I am Muslim.
3. Acknowledge
the truth that
EVERYONE IS BEING
TESTED. It
doesn’t matter who
it is, all of us are
fighting our very
own individual
battles. People act
and behave
differently when
they have
challenging
circumstances. Help
them, make duaa for
them, instead of
judging them.
Haven’t you had a
bad day in your life
where you blew your
lid off at someone?
4. Look for
goodness in everyone,
in every situation.
There is kheir in
everything.
Alhumdolillah!
5. Find yourself
in another. Tell
yourself that the
other person is
“just like me”. The
realisation that we
are all beings who
hurt, who cry, who
laugh and who love,
and who are capable
of being mean to
others, brings us
closer in humanity.
Remember that
everyone has an
equal right to
experiencing joy and
peace.
6. See the big
picture. You are
on your path.
Another person is on
his/her own path.
People don’t need to
be on the same path
as you. We all have
different lessons to
learn. Remain on
your path with faith
and trust in ALLAH
to help you and
others remain on the
straight path.
7. Seek knowledge
through
clarification,
instead of
preconceived
notions. If you
disagree with
someone, ask them to
explain their point
of view. Seek to
understand, not
argue. Listen to
understand, not
debate.
Understanding
dissolves barriers
and creates respect
and harmony.
In Shaa ALLAH, next
week we will explore
the topic: Reboot
Your Imaan
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.
Sisters Support Services is helping to
organise the Logan Roos Fundraising Carnival. I am
organising FREE soccer workshops during the carnival for
boys and girls aged 6-16 years old. They will go for 30
minutes and be taught by an experienced soccer coach
teaching the kids a variety of skills to the kids. If
your children would like to join please let me know -
Farah on 0432026375.
It will be on Sunday 14th of January.
11 - 11:30am- boys and girls aged 6 - 9
years old
11:30am - 12pm- boys and girls aged 9 - 12 years old
12 - 12:30pm- girls aged 12 - 16 years old
12:30 - 1pm- boys aged 12 - 16 years old
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.
$300k needed
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.
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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.
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and wisdom to lead balanced,
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The
janaza
(funeral
service) of
Haji Safet
Avdich took
place at
Kuraby
Mosque on
Tuesday 19
December
2017. He was
laid to rest
at the Mt
Gravatt
Cemetery.
Court
orders halal supermarket in Paris to close
because it does not sell pork or wine
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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