Hussin Goss of iCare and
Riyaad Ally of Muslim Aid
Australia
The ongoing drought in
western Queensland has
impacted local farmers
severely as they struggle to
support their livestock and
their families.
Muslim Aid Australia (MAA)
has partnered with the
Muslim Charitable
Foundation, Islamic Society
of Gold Coast, and ICare to
help Aussie farmers in their
time of need by trucking hay
bales from the border of
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.
Due to the overwhelming
support from the Australian
Muslim community MAA was
able to collect $4,000 to
deliver 2 trucks of hay
bales to the farmers.
The hay bales will travel
from Darlington Point, NSW
to Cunnamalla, QLD on 26th
January 2018.
The team at MAA would to
thank all of the generous
donors and supporters for
their help in making this
possible.
Successful recipients for
the events round of the
Palaszczuk Government’s
Celebrating Multicultural
Queensland grants program
have been announced, with
the Islamic Council of
Queensland receiving funding
to support Eid Down Under.
Duncan Pegg MP, Member for
Stretton, said it was
fantastic to see our
cultural diversity on show
through the fabulous array
of festivals and events.
One event being supported
locally through the
multicultural grants program
in 2018 is Eid Down Under
which has successfully
secured $8000 in
funding from the program.
Mr Pegg said, “Eid Down
Under is a festival
celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the
Islamic religious holiday
which follows the 30 days of
fasting observed by Muslims
in Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr is
one of the two most
important celebrations on
the Muslim calendar.”
“ICQ do a great job
organising this major local
event. It has the highest
attendance of any local
festival held in the
electorate of Stretton, and
is attended by over 20 000
people of all faiths and
backgrounds every year,” he
said.
“I always look forward to
attending Eid Down Under to
speak to locals and enjoy
great food and company. It
is a great family event and
there are plenty of rides
for the kids. I look forward
to attending again this
year,” he said.
“These grants provide a
much-needed boost for our
local community groups and
organisations to deliver the
fantastic events that they
always do.”
“Local residents, businesses
and tourism operators
welcome the positive vibe
that these events bring.”
“It’s important for us to
celebrate and acknowledge
our diverse communities
through these events and I’m
very much looking forward to
attending as many of them as
I can next year.”
Multicultural Affairs
Minister Stirling Hinchliffe
said more than $700,000 has
been allocated to help
organisations deliver a
total of 113 multicultural
festivals and cultural
celebrations across
Queensland in 2018.
“Queensland has a proud and
vibrant multicultural
heritage and our diversity
is one of our state’s
greatest strengths,” Mr
Hinchliffe said.
“In fact, we come from more
than 200 different cultural
backgrounds, speak more than
220 languages and follow
over 100 faiths.”
“That’s something we should
all be proud of and
celebrate and what better
way of doing that than
getting involved in
celebrations that recognise
the many cultures that call
Stretton home.”
Mr Hinchliffe said the
Palaszczuk Government would
double funding for the
Celebrating Multicultural
Queensland grants program
over the next three years,
honouring a key election
commitment.
“This means $6 million will
be available for
multicultural events and
projects over three years
from 2018-19,” he said.
Over
the past month, the Muslim
Charitable Foundation (MCF)
has been busy helping the
most vulnerable people in
our community. We have
provided emergency
accommodation for three
ladies who have experienced
traumatic events in their
lives. This has given them
the opportunity to try and
normalise their lives and
then find suitable
accommodation elsewhere.
We have been helping a young
man since his arrival from
Iraq 4 years ago. He suffers
from multiple injuries to
his legs inflicted from bomb
blasts. He has undergone
numerous surgeries overseas
and again here in Australia.
MCF has always assisted him
with surgery fees, hospital
care and specialist
appointments. He now needs
to see another Neurosurgeon
for a spinal condition. He
also has an appointment with
a Podiatrist to have custom
made footwear. Due to his
low income from Centrelink
he is unable to afford these
expensive surgeries. He is
in constant pain and cannot
wait for help within the
public system.
We have been paying rent for
several families whose visas
have been rejected and are
now appealing in the courts.
During this long process,
they are denied all benefits
and have to rely on various
charities for food, basic
necessities and pay the rent
or face eviction.
We can only imagine the
hopelessness and stress this
must cause for these
families.
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.
May Allah bless both the MCF
volunteers and all 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. Donations made to MCF
are 100% tax deductible,
simply request a receipt.
The Logan Roos Football club
is a Muslim community owned
club that is supported by
the Islamic Council of QLD.
The club operates out of
Woodridge and offers low
cost registration fees so
that all members of the
community are able to join.
A Fundraising Soccer
Carnival this Sunday, 14th
of January will be held to
raise some money for the
club. Please attend and
support.
In support of the Soccer
Carnival, the Islamic
Council of Queensland is
offering a gift certificate
to recently arrived Refugee
and Migrants*. This
certificate can be used at
all food stalls on the day!
Please feel free to share
this with your recently
arrived friends. They can
pick one up on the day from
the ICQ stall (Next to the
jumping castle)
Following
Cassie Cohen and
Jackson Bursill on their
marathon a day (see
last week's CCN), here
is another story:
'If I walk into a forest and
only see one colour, it will
not be a beautiful forest.
But if I walk into a forest
and see lots of different
colours, then the forest is
beautiful. That is a
multicultural society.'
Story 46: Ali - came to
Australia by boat in 1999,
fleeing the Taliban in
Afghanistan. He was able to
bring his wife and 5
children to Australia in
2005. Have a watch to hear
what his kids have gone on
to do!
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.
Tensions have
long been high over the Chinese
government’s influence and
continued crackdowns on the
cultural identity of the Uighur
ethnic group
Chinese tourists
pose with a Uighur performer in
Kashgar’s old town. The historic
trading city in north-west
China’s Xinjiang Autonomous
Region has been the heart of the
Uighur civilisation – a Turkic
ethnic group – for centuries
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.
"He who believe's that the
Qur'an and Sunnah are
obstacles in the path of
development or progress, has
not read the Qur'an or did
not understand the Qur'an."
King of Saudi Arabia,
Custodian of the Two Holy
Mosques
HM King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz
Al-Saud was proclaimed the
seventh king of the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia in January
2015, after the passing of
King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz.
He had previously held the
position of Crown Prince
since June 2012. King
Salman’s influence comes
from being the absolute
monarch of the most powerful
Arab nation and is
manifested by the role
Saudi Arabia plays in three
critical areas:
1. having the two holy
cities of Makkah and Madina,
which millions of Muslims
visit throughout the year;
2. exporting crude oil and
refined petroleum products,
which ensures its central
international role, and
3. propagating Islam through
its huge da’wa network,
which makes its influence
felt in all Muslim
countries.
On June 21st, 2017, King
Salman removed his nephew,
Mohammad bin Nayef, as Crown
Prince of the Kingdom and
appointed his son, Mohammed
bin Salman bin Abdul-Aziz.
ANOTHER FROM THE TOP 50 INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS
IN NEXT WEEK'S CCN
The Quran
frequently
encourages us to
reflect on the
natural world
around us while
describing the
partition of the
two major oceans
and the peg-like
mountain tops as
an example.
But how often do
we Muslims pause
to think about
the impact we
have on our
environment?
It’s an
important
question, that
begs our
attention now
more than ever.
For people whose
faith emphasises
the need to
prepare
ourselves for
the hereafter,
it really makes
you wonder how
much preparation
have we done
with polluted
waterways and
plastic-filled
lands.
What kind of
world will our
children come to
inherit?
While the many
marched on with
the Paris
Climate Change
Accord, the rest
of the world
certainly can
not afford to be
left behind
looking
hopelessly to
President Donald
Trump for
solutions.
..............
As Muslims, we
are told to lead
by example, and
that like all
people, we are
vicegerents of
the earth.
Quranic verses
and hadith
endorse the
practice for
believers to
protect trees
and water
sources, even in
wartimes and to
be sensitive
enough not to
harm the tiniest
of ants.
So why are
Muslims not
leading the
struggle in
environmental
conservation?
According to CEO
of Islamic
Relief Worldwide
Naser Haghamed,
the world’s 1.6
billion Muslims
should recognise
that we have
plenty to
contribute. He
says that a
“strange paradox
exists within
the Muslim
world” which
represents more
than a fifth of
the world’s
population but
also inhabits
regions most
affected by a
changing
climate.
Therefore, if we
do not act,
Muslims around
the world will
be amongst the
most severely
affected by
global warming.
AMUST
Australia’s
gambling
industry needs
major reform By Dr Daud
Batchelor
Australians
imagine
themselves as
larrikins who
would bet money
on which of two
flies climbing a
wall would be
first?
It is
unsurprising
then to discover
that Australians
have the world’s
largest gambling
losses per head,
far ahead of
Hong Kong and
Singapore.
Australians
gambled away $23
billion in 2015
– three times
per head more
than New
Zealanders, 7.5
times more than
the British and
10 times more
than Americans.
..............
Our politicians
should stop this
nonsense.
A different
scenario would
be evident in
some
Islamic-minded
Muslim countries
where leaders
are responsible
for uplifting
well-being,
especially of
weaker citizens.
One Shari’ah
legal maxim
states that the
Amir’s
performance is
judged by
reference to
people’s welfare
(maslahah). This
is the most
important
criterion to
evaluate
government
success or
failure.
History of Islamic Medical
Association of North America
(IMANA)
Celebrities who stood up for
Muslims in 2017
MVSLIM
OnePath Network
JAM 'EYYATUL QURRAN' (JEQ
South Africa) Banquet
Keynote address by Hafith Abu
Bakr Muhammed
ISRA Graduation 2017
Hijab or No Hijab?
MTV Decoded
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Best wishes for the new year to you and your
communities.
As community liaison offices we were often
approached in relation to the religious visa worker
visa questions, waiting time, processes etc.
With the approaching Ramadan celebration in a few
months we would like to provide you and your
communities with the information that would assist
you to understand the process for the religious
workers coming to Australia on a temporary basis.
In order to cover all the areas of
question/interest, can you please send me your
questions latest by next Friday 19 January 2018.
Thank you for your cooperation and we are looking
forward to hear from you
Community Liaison Officer - Queensland State Office
Stakeholder Engagement and Citizenship Ceremonies
Section I Family and Citizenship Program Branch
Visa and Citizenship Services Group
Department of Home Affairs
Email:
qld.community.engagement@homeaffairs.gov.au
SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi
Sheikh Ali Al-Alakmi died in Abha last
weekend at the age of 147.
The oldest Saudi man had his own special
diet and hated riding cars, to the
extent that he went to Mecca on foot.
Sheikh al-Alkami, witnessed the reign of
Ali bin Mohammed bin Aa’id, Abdullah bin
Mohammed bin Aa’ad and Hasan bin Aa’ad.
He was 38 when King Abdulaziz bin Saud
declared Asir part of Saudi Arabia.
According to Yahya al-Alekami, a family
member, Sheikh Ali always ate from his
farm, organic grains, wheat, maize,
barley and honey.
He ate fresh meat from his farm animals,
and refused to eat at the festivities,
or touch processed food.
Yahya added that Sheikh Ali never
deserted the Quran, and preferred
walking over any modern mode of
transport.
Sheik suffered the loss of a son and
daughter during his lifetime.
Before his death, Sheikh said: “Life was
beautiful in the past. Today, things and
people are very different. No one is
left of my generation, so I feel lonely
among people”.
The 147-year-old recently suffered a
brain stroke that lead to a decline in
his health and an end to his long life.
Austrian
President condemns online abuse of New Year
baby Asel
Asel Tamga was
born just after midnight on
January 1, 2018
AUSTRIA: Austrian
President Alexander Van der Bellen has
voiced support for a Muslim couple who
suffered a barrage of abuse on social
media following the birth of their child
on New Year's Day.
Asel Tamga was born just after midnight
on January 1, 2018 in Vienna and hailed
as a New Year's baby by the
German-speaking world.
As part of an annual tradition around
New Year babies, the family had their
photo featured in a number of Austrian
news outlets.
But what had been a joyous occasion
quickly turned to horror as people wrote
racist, abusive and hateful comments
about their new baby online.
Austrian newspaper Heute said a number
of users had flooded their Facebook page
with hateful comments.
"I'm hoping for a sudden child death"
and "shovel the scum immediately" were
among some of the statements that were
written online.
The outlet warned it would be examining
the posts to see if they breached laws
against inciting hate speech.
The uproar over the photos soon came to
the attention of the Austrian President,
who took to Facebook to defend the
couple.
"Confidence and cohesion are greater
than hatred and incitement. Welcome,
dear Asel!" Mr Van der Bellen wrote.
Klaus Schwertner, secretary general of
the Vienna chapter of the Roman Catholic
charity Caritas, has been one of the
couple's most outspoken defenders and
has written a number of Facebook posts
condemning the online hate.
"Just a couple hours after her birth,
[this] sweet girl was already the target
of an unbelievable wave of violent,
hateful online commentary," Mr
Schwertner wrote in one post.
"This is a completely new dimension of
online hate, targeting an innocent
infant."
The posts have been liked and shared by
thousands who have thanked Mr Schwertner
for his support in the case.
Tensions between European Union
countries over how to share the burden
of migrants have been ongoing after
hundreds of thousands began arriving in
EU territory.
Austria took in more than 1 per cent of
its population in asylum seekers at the
time, which helped increase support for
tough immigration policies and the
far-right Freedom Party.
French
town bans pork-free school meals in move
branded 'anti-Muslim'
Decision by far-right
local authority in southern France,
affecting about 150 mainly Muslim
pupils, has been called ‘an attack on
the rights of children’
In a newspaper
article announcing the policy
change, the National Front mayor
of Beaucaire said pork-free
meals were ‘anti-Republican’.
FRANCE: A far-right local
authority in southern France on Monday
scrapped pork-free school meals, a move
branded “anti-Muslim” or “anti-Jewish”
by an equality minister.
Julien Sanchez, the National Front mayor
of Beaucaire, a town south of Avignon,
abolished the scheme, brought in by his
predecessor, on the first day of the new
school term.
The step affects about 150 – mainly
Muslim – pupils who take the
“substitution meals” out of 600 local
students in total.
Marlene Schiappa, the minister for
sexual equality told BFM TV the decision
was “a typical example of someone
brandishing secularism as an anti-Muslim
political weapon, or anti-Jewish for
that matter”.
In a newspaper article announcing the
policy change in December, Sanchez said
the pork-free meals were
“anti-Republican”.
The opposition leader in Beaucaire,
Laure Cordelet, called it “an attack on
the rights of children” which
“stigmatises the Maghreb [north African]
community and can in no way be justified
in the name of secularism”.
The controversy follows a similar case
in 2015, when the Republican mayor
Chalon-sur-Saône (south of Dijon) Gilles
Platret scrapped the pork substitute
menu in the town’s school canteens.
Dijon’s administrative court blocked the
decision in August 2017, saying it went
against the “interests of children”. The
mayor has appealed against that decision
to the administrative court of appeal of
Lyon.
Parents of students opposed to the
decision in Beaucaire will gather in
front of the town hall for a picnic
protest on Monday 15 January.
US: Suliman Abdul-Mutakallim
was shot in the back of his head, as he
walked home, carrying food for himself
and his wife.
Authorities say he was an innocent and
unsuspecting victim.
After two teenagers pleaded guilty this
month at separate court hearings and
were sentenced to prison terms, Abdul-Mutakallim's
mother, Rukiye, offered to hug them.
Javon Coulter said she could.
Rukiye wants to visit them in prison
regularly and help them become better
people.
She thinks about it this way: They have
been infected by a disease, but are
young. They can be cured.
Vengeance, she said, solves nothing. It
won't bring back her son.
There has been an
explosion of research into the experiences of
British Muslims, but what has been conspicuous
by its absence is a proper historical treatment
of the phenomenon. This text aims to address
this issue.
Striking
diversity is the most distinctive feature of the
Muslim community in Britain. Yet, as Ansari
argues in this history of Islam in Britain,
British Muslims have consistently been portrayed
as denizens of a monolithic and undifferentiated
world, ill at ease with modernity, secularism
and democracy. Through painstaking research, and
an inspired exploration of the issues of
identity, Ansari sets out to dispel this absurd,
but widely held, myth. * The Independent * [Humayun
Ansari does] an excellent job of providing a
historical and country-wide account which is not
only descriptive but analytical. It is fluently
written and easily accessible to a wide range of
readers and has the potential of becoming the
initial reference text for people starting
research in the area as well as a required text
for university courses. -- Jorgen S.
Nielsen, Professor of Islamic Studies,
University of Birmingham
KB says:
Refreshing with a combination of sweetness,
tartness and a hint of an aniseed flavour from
the fennel, really delicious.
Apple,
Celery and Fennel Salad
Ingredients
• ½ stick celery,
thinly sliced
• ½ baby fennel, cut into julienne strips
• 1 green apple, cut into julienne strips
• 1 tsp. finely chopped dill
• 1 tab chopped pecans
Combine the following for the dressing and
refrigerate
• Salt and Pepper
• 1 tab. Salad Cream
• 1 tab. mayonnaise
• Juice of ½ a lemon
• 1 finely sliced green chilli (remove seeds if
you don’t want the heat)
Combine all the above ingredients for the salad
and refrigerate.
Just before serving add the dressing.
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:
Du’a Diligence
Du’a is the most
profound and soulful
way to ask ALLAH’s
guidance on
literally ANYTHING
that is affecting
our lives. It
doesn’t matter what
you need guidance
for. Make du’a and
HE guides.
Often we don’t
realise that du’a
means to ask ALLAH.
It DOESN’T mean to
give ALLAH
deadlines,
conditions,
ultimatums or even
how you think your
du’a should be
answered. ALLAH is
ALL-KNOWER. You may
be going through the
worst of challenges
and feel that you
need to tell ALLAH
what is happening
and get HIM to fix
it for you. I know I
have done that in my
own life. Our
desperation leads us
to believe sometimes
that we are in
control and that
life should be a
smooth ride with no
harsh tests, just
maybe some easy
ones.
Ask yourself this
question...how will
we grow in awareness
and wisdom if all
our tests were easy?
How will we ever
soulfully connect to
ALLAH if every
single test was
super easy and we
had answers to
everything? How will
we ever submit to
HIM without
resistance?
Making du’a with
diligence is when we
persist with
patience, every
single day, in
seeking ALLAH’s
guidance on how to
COMPLETELY SUBMIT to
HIS plans for us,
instead of telling
ALLAH what to do.
For example, a
mother who is
worried for her
son’s interest in
marrying a girl of
his choice ends up
asking ALLAH to
“please make that
girl leave my son.”
Instead of telling
ALLAH what to do,
perhaps she needs to
ask ALLAH to “please
guide my son and the
girl to be steadfast
in the deen and
please give us all
what is best for us.
Ameen.” Similarly, a
wife who is faced
with the trial of
polygamy may be
tempted to ask ALLAH
“to make her husband
leave the other
woman”. Again, that
would be telling
ALLAH what to do.
Instead, make du’a
for strength and
ability to
completely submit to
ALLAH’s plans for
you and to bear with
patience all that
befalls you.
Making du’a for
something specific
is fine. However,
attaching yourself
to that desired
outcome would create
what I call
“conditional du’a”.
Love for ALLAH must
be unconditional.
Asking ALLAH to
guide you must come
from this
unconditional love
within you. Yes, by
all means, ask ALLAH
for specific
outcomes. And then
surrender to HIS
WISDOM of what HE
has planned for you.
Have faith in HIS
wisdom. You may not
yet know the actual
consequence of what
you are asking for.
Sometimes what you
may ask for may not
entirely be moving
you towards your
purpose in being
righteous and doing
good deeds. That,
ultimately is our
ONLY PURPOSE.
“Verily!
Allah is
with those
who do good
deeds.”
Surah al-Ankabut
Next time you make
du’a, start by
asking ALLAH to
guide you on how to
make du’a that will
help you live your
life with complete
submission to HIS
plans.
It is only when we
fully submit to
ALLAH that we are
true Muslims. When
we resist, we
operate on fear.
When we submit, we
operate on faith.
Fear is from shaytan.
Faith leads you to
ALLAH. Choose faith
over fear. Always.
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.
Jallalludin: When I
was a boy, my mother would send me down to the markets
with $1 and I'd come back with 5 potatoes, 2 loaves of
bread, 3 bottles of milk, a hunk of cheese, a box of tea
and 6 eggs.
Or were you witnesses when
death approached Jacob, and
he said to his sons, “What
will you worship after Me?”
They said, “We will worship
your God, and the God of
your fathers, Abraham,
Ishmael, and Isaac; One God;
and to Him we submit.”
Sisters Support Services will be holding
a stall at the Logan Roos fundraising carnival to
promote our activities to support sisters in Brisbane
and we will be selling drinks and sweets.
If anyone would like to donate
• cans of soft drink
• small bottles of water
• desserts / sweets
that we can sell to raise money to help Sisters Support
Services please let me know.
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
$10 per 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.
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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Over
the past month, the Muslim
Charitable Foundation (MCF)
has been busy helping the
most vulnerable people in
our community. We have
provided emergency
accommodation for three
ladies who have experienced
traumatic events in their
lives. This has given them
the opportunity to try and
normalise their lives and
then find suitable
accommodation elsewhere.
Oldest
Saudi man passes away at the age of 147
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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