(l to r)
Hussain Baba, New Zealand
Consul-General (NSW & QLD) Bill
Dobbie and Hussin Goss
On Wednesday 3 April, the Islamic Society of Gold
Coast Secretary Hussain Baba
and President Hussin Goss
presented an 'appreciation
plaque' to New Zealand
Consul-General (NSW & QLD)
Bill Dobbie for Prime
Minister Jacinda Arden and
the people of New Zealand
after the Christchurch
terror attack.
Islamic Women's Association
of Australia's Community
Connections Day Expo
A hugely successful
Community Connections Day
Expo was held at IWAA.
The event involved linking
community members with
Service Providers such as
Access Inc, Amnesty
International, Australian
Taxation Office, Australian
Federal Police, Centrelink,
Hurricane Stars Club, IWAA,
Msasa Montessori, Muslim
Charitable Foundation,
Office of Fair Trade,
Refugee Association of
Logan, Queensland Police
Service, TAFE.
It provided a great
opportunity for Service
Providers to network amongst
each other.
Thank you to all Service
Providers, Community Members
and Organisers for making
this event a success.
Brisbane man Hazem Hamouda
finally touched down in
Brisbane, after he was
detained in an Egyptian
prison for 433 days without
charge.
His daughter had just three
words to describe her
family's feelings upon his
release: relief, elation and
exhaustion.
"This has been the most
harrowing and traumatic 15
months that has impacted
every aspect of our lives.
It has cost us financially,
emotionally, psychologically
and physically," Lamisse
Hamouda told reporters in
Brisbane on Thursday.
Her father was first
detained in January 2018,
when he arrived at Cairo
airport for a holiday with
his family.
" Our Australian
International Islamic
College is truly a wonderful
place to work, as was
demonstrated by the
solidarity and support of
all members, of all faiths
of the female staff at AIIC
on Friday 29 March.
In light of the Christchurch
tragedy, we all came
together to wear a hijab or
scarf in support of living
together in peace and
harmony as members of one
human race."
A group of women from
Logan’s refugee community
have celebrated a milestone
as they started swimming in
a public pool for the first
time.
The women are learning to
swim as part of a program
developed by Metro South
Health, in partnership with
the Hurricane Stars Club,
specifically for Muslim
women who are new to
Australia. The program is
coordinated by Farah Scott,
the found of Club.
Metro South Health Access
and Capacity Building Team
Leader, Sue Pager, said the
program aimed to support and
promote the health and
wellbeing of people settling
in the Logan area.
“In order to provide safe,
culturally appropriate
swimming lessons for these
women, we removed some of
the barriers to access such
as swimming in a public pool
and suitable swim wear,” Ms
Pager said.
More than 60 women have been
taking lessons in a private
pool with the intention of
transitioning to a more
inclusive setting as they
grew more comfortable.
“Many of these women were
not given the opportunity to
swim in their home
countries. It took a lot of
courage to take up this
opportunity in a new country
while acclimatising to a new
culture and for many women,
overcoming a fear of water,”
Ms Pager said.
“Some of the women are now
so confident swimming, they
are learning to be teachers
of swimming. This is a great
outcome for the Logan
community to have more
diversity in the workforce.”
The women have described the
lessons as life changing.
Not only have they
experienced positive health
benefits, the program has
also opened up a range of
social opportunities for
them to join activities with
their families and
experience the Australian
lifestyle.
Zaireen Nisha, who arrived
in Australia from Fiji in
2004, said it was an amazing
initiative that gave women
of all ages and cultures the
opportunity to learn to swim
that many had not had before
in their lives.
“The lessons have given us
the courage to swim with our
children. My kids have been
taught to swim and they want
me to play in the water with
them, particularly at the
beach, but before learning
to swim, I was too worried
to go in with them very
far,” Zaireen said.
“The swimming program has
made learning to swim a
possibility by providing
accessible and affordable
lessons for us in an
environment we’re
comfortable.”
The Metro South Health
swimming program is being
run in partnership with
Hurricane Stars Club, Logan
City Council, Access
Community Services, TAFE
Queensland and Gould Adams
Park Aquatic Centre.
The Healthy New Communities
program has been developed
as part of the Queensland
Government $10m Logan
Community Health Action Plan
(Logan CHAP) to improve the
health of people in the
region.
(l to r)
Former Lord Mayor, Campbell
Newman; Director of Hatia Properties, Faisal Hatia; Cr Angela
Owens; outgoing Lord Mayor,
Graham Quirk; and incoming Lord
Mayor, Adrian Schrinner
At a fund raiser for Cr
Angela Owen held at the
Golden lane Restaurant in
Sunnybank, outgoing Lord
Mayor, Graham Quirk was
fondly farewelled.
There were many tributes
paid to Mr Quirk for his
role as Lord Mayor of
Brisbane over the past 8
years and his 34 years
service as a Councillor.
Now in retirement, Mr Quirk
says he is going to follow
his passion for horses and
is looking to getting some
acreage to breed them on.
HEIGHTENED interest
surrounds this year's Garden
City Mosque Open Day, as
residents are invited to get
a first peek at the new
facility under construction.
Islamic Society of Toowoomba
president professor
Shahjahan Khan said
construction on the
refurbished building was
close to completion, almost
four years on from the last
arson attack.
"We're about to reach the
lock-up stage of the
building," Prof Khan said.
"Then we must do the car
parking, carpeting, sound
system, fittings and
landscaping.
"There is a quite bit of
work left to be done."
Prof Khan said the
completion date depended
largely on funding, however
he expected the mosque to be
finished in the coming
months.
Residents will have the
chance to see the new
structure and show their
support for the Garden City
Mosque at the open day and
international food festival
event on Saturday April 13.
"There are a few reasons
which separate this year's
event from those in the
past," Prof Khan said.
"One of them is the progress
in construction.
"The other is what happened
in Christchurch last month.
We had a lot of community
members flood the mosque
with flowers to show their
support.
"We are expecting these to
increase visitor numbers
this year."
Prof Khan said there was
also excitement surrounding
this year's guest speakers,
which include Australian
Multicultural Foundation
executive director Dr Hass
Dellal, Australian
Federation of Islamic
Councils president Dr Rateb
Jneid and AMARAH Inc founder
Dr Nora Amath.
The event will be held from
11am-3pm at 217 West St with
all proceeds to go towards
the reconstruction of
mosque.
An overseas Muslim group has
been lambasted for creating
a competition to win a "free
trip to New Zealand" to meet
the families of the
Christchurch massacre
victims.
The Muslims of the World [MOTW]
competition, posted to the
organisation's Instagram
account yesterday, has been
slammed as "disgusting" by
the daughter of one of the
victims.
The competition post, which
has now been deleted,
promises a trip to New
Zealand with three American
Muslims, author Khaled
Beydoun, MOTW founder Sajjad
Shah and scholar and imam
Suhaib Webb to meet the
families and visit the Al
Noor and Linwood mosques
where 50 people were gunned
down on March 15.
Entry was by "following" the
three men on Instagram and
tagging others in the
comments of the post.
Christchurch graphic
designer Maha Elmadani,
whose father Ali Elmadani
died in the terrorist
attack, commented on
Instagram calling the
competition disgusting and
saying she could not believe
the trio thought it was a
good idea.
"You guys are turning this
horrific massacre into some
f***ing excuse to vacation
in NZ and you're doing it on
the backs of the victims
that died," Elmadani wrote.
"My dad died in that mosque
and so did 49 of the most
beautiful souls that walked
this Earth."
She told Beydoun he and his
friends were not welcome "to
come here and look at us
like some animals in a zoo".
Elmadani said Beydoun, who
was criticised by New
Zealand media on Twitter
last week for allegedly
plagiarising stories about
the attacks, had "constantly
provided false information
on the victims".
She said he did not correct
information when requested
but made the tragedy "about
yourself while disregarding
the families and victims".
"Why don't you just leave us
to grieve properly and go
feed your f***ing ego
somewhere else."
The competition was also
criticised on Twitter by
Joseph Willits from the
Council for Arab-British
Understanding, who called it
a "really disturbing act of
voyeurism", and "incredibly
crass and insensitive".
This morning MOTW, which has
300,000 followers, posted an
apology on Instagram.
"Our intention was to visit
New Zealand in hopes of
being agents of healing and
community," the post read.
"However, our wording was
insensitive and we take full
ownership of it.
"We apologise for our
offensive post and ask for
your forgiveness, we are
trying our best to bring
goodness in this world and
we did make a serious
mistake."
An executive member of the
Masjid Al Noor in
Christchurch told the Herald
the mosque had not been
approached by the group and
she did not know anything
about the competition.
The woman, who did not want
to give her name, called the
competition insensitive.
"People are still grieving
and mourning. Right now
people are so fragile.
What's happening now is too
very raw.
"Especially at the moment
with some people saying this
is not real. We buried our
friends. We washed them and
we buried them. How can they
ever say things like that?
It is very painful for a lot
of us."
Beydoun, whose book American
Islamophobia has just been
published, irked New Zealand
media during coverage of the
attacks for copying stories
and photographs without
credit.
The Senate has
overwhelmingly voted to
censure senator Fraser
Anning for his comments
blaming the Christchurch
terrorist attack on Muslim
immigration - remarks that
shocked communities in New
Zealand and around the
world.
No senator opposed the
censure of Senator Anning -
and so no formal vote was
recorded - although One
Nation abstained and its
senator Peter Georgiou
criticised the "political
witch-hunt" against his
former party colleague.
The rare bipartisan motion
was brought by the
government's leader in the
Senate, Mathias Cormann, and
his opposition counterpart
Penny Wong, who jointly
denounced Senator Anning's
comments as "inflammatory
and divisive".
The Queensland senator
released a statement the day
of the Christchurch massacre
- an attack on Muslims
allegedly perpetrated by a
white supremacist Australian
gunman - that argued the
"real cause of [the]
bloodshed" was Muslim
immigration.
The remarks drew worldwide
condemnation and a swift
commitment from the
Coalition and Labor to
censure Senator Anning when
Parliament returned.
As a community, we are
shattered by the recent act
of terror in Christchurch.
For years, we have warned
against the use of racist
and discriminatory language
in media and politics. We
warned that this creates a
culture of fear and hysteria
that would inevitably result
in exactly this type of
attack.
We also acknowledge our
brothers and sisters in the
Indigenous community who
have resisted white
supremacist violence on this
continent for over two
centuries.
We owe it to the victims of
this massacre to bear
witness to the truth of why
they died. Their deaths
cannot be used to whitewash
the reality of how this
occurred.
While our political leaders
have expressed sympathy over
the deaths of our brothers
and sisters, there has been
little responsibility taken
for their own role in
creating a political climate
that has demonised the
Muslim community for
decades.
Sadly, we remember the
numerous times the Coalition
have used the Muslim
community as targets in
vicious debates around
immigration,
multiculturalism and
national security.
We remember when Liberal
Party Senators lined up to
kiss, hug and shake hands
with Pauline Hanson – a
woman who has referred to
Islam as a ‘disease’ –
following her openly
Islamophobic return speech
to Parliament.
We remember when Liberal
Party Senators openly
congratulated Fraser Anning
after his explicit reference
to a ‘final solution’ when
discussing Muslim
immigration.
We remember when Peter
Dutton suggested that
sections of our community
should never have been
allowed into this country in
the first place.
We remember when elected
Liberal Party
representatives campaigned
to remove Section 18c of the
Racial Discrimination Act
under the guise of
protecting ‘free speech.’
We remember when Liberal
Party Senators joined One
Nation to vote in favour of
the white nationalist slogan
‘It’s OK to be white.’
This climate of hostility
breeds discrimination,
harassment and ultimately
violence.
A truly safe society is one
where no community should
fear that they will be made
scapegoats or demonised for
the sake of cheap political
point-scoring.
If our leaders are truly
committed to building a
society where our community
can live in safety, they
must make real assurances
that they will not resort to
this language of racism and
division.
International speaker and
spoken word poet Amal Kassir
together with local artists
created a magical atmosphere
of love and harmony in the
cultural hub of Western
Sydney on Saturday 30 March
2019.
The local speakers included
hijabi ballerina and
Converse global brand
ambassador Stephanie Kurlow,
Unity Grammar spoken word
finalist Nahida Hafza,
African refugee and poet
Roje Ndayambaje, lawyer and
Bankstown poetry Slam
co-founder and Auslan sign
language specialist Mevlut
Cet.
The event, hosted by Unity
Grammar in cooperation with
Bankstown Poetry Slam was
organised by Rahaf Ahmad
from Whiteflame Strategy and
attracted a full house of
more than 400 people
including celebrities like
Hazem El Masri and future
2022 Olympian Amar Hadid.
Amal Kassir is a Muslim
Woman, born and raised in
Denver, Colorado, to a
German American Mother and a
Syrian Father. She is an
International speaker,
spoken word poet and TEDx
presenter having performed
in 14 countries and over 45
cities.
She has conducted workshops,
given lectures and recited
her poetry in venues ranging
from youth prisons to
orphanages to refugee camps
to schools and universities
to churches to community
spaces and even the United
Nations. Her TEDx Talk “A
Muslim on the Airplane” and
other talks on YouTube have
attracted millions of views!
Amit
Khaira in the traditional kurta
he wore to get married
Amit Khaira is a teacher and
Christian chaplain of Hindu
background who normally gets
around largely unnoticed in
a t-shirt and jeans.
But in January 2018 he
decided to begin a year-long
social experiment in which
he grew a beard, shaved his
head and wore a kurta.
"I spent the year trying to
be more intentional in
taking public transport and
being in the community,
wearing some traditional
attire and listening and
observing as much as
possible," he said.
"I learned a lot."
The father of four told
Nadia Mitsopoulos and
Russell Woolf on ABC Radio
Perth that the experience
was like "walking around
with a red flag on you".
"I got a lot of facial
expressions ... a lot of
questions; you just get
noticed a lot more.
"Some people would talk a
little bit slower and a bit
clearer because I might not
understand — others will
cross the street.
"There were different
experiences through the year
when I definitely felt
uncomfortable and was made
to feel uncomfortable."
Mr Khaira said people he
encountered were surprised
when he began speaking in a
broad Australian accent.
'Go back to where you came
from'
He said the most confronting
experience occurred during
an after-school visit to the
supermarket to buy a
barbecue chicken.
"I had someone tell me to go
back to where I came from,
while I had my younger
daughter with me.
"She was quite confused,
asking why is this person
speaking to dad this way, we
don't even know him.
"All I could say to her was,
'he's just scared, it's
OK'."
Mr Khaira decided to stay
calm and respond with
humour.
"I just said: 'As soon as I
get my chicken I am planning
on going home, I've just
come to get my chook'.
Muslim News UK readers
nominated the following
illustrious men, women,
children and projects deemed
worthy of short-listing for
a Muslim News Award for
Excellence. These exemplars
of good practice, excellence
– future role models – will
be treated to a Gala Evening
in the presence of their
peers and other renowned
guests in April, when the
finalists are announced for
the 15 coveted Awards for
Excellence
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK'S
CCN.......
Fazlur Rahman Khan Award for
Excellence in ENGINEERING
SCIENCE, OR TECHNOLOGY
Dr
Shafi Ahmed
is a surgeon, teacher,
futurist, innovator,
entrepreneur and a
specialist in augmented and
virtual reality. He is a
laparoscopic colorectal
cancer surgeon at The Royal
London and St Bartholomew’s
Hospitals and has been
awarded the accolade of the
most watched surgeon in
human history. In May 2014,
using Google Glass, he
performed and streamed a
live interactive operation
to 14,000 students and
trainees across 132
countries and 1,100 cities.
Two years later on April 14,
2016, in collaboration with
Barts Health, Medical
Realities and Mativision, he
performed the world’s first
virtual reality operation
recorded and streamed live
in 360 degrees. This was
viewed by 55,000 people in
140 countries and 4,000
cities and reached 4.6
million people on Twitter.
There were over 200,000
downloads on Youtube. On
December 9, 2016, he
performed the world’s first
live operation using
Snapchat Spectacles where he
trained 200 medical students
and surgical trainees, which
has been viewed over 2
million times.
Professor
Bashir Mohammed Ali Al-Hashimi,
CBE is recognised as an
outstanding academic leader
and a highly influential
figure in the UK Higher
Education sector. He is Dean
of the Faculty of
Engineering and Physical
Sciences at the University
of Southampton, which is the
largest UK engineering
faculty with 700 staff,
8,000 students and a
turnover of Ł160m. He is the
only Dean of Faculty within
the UK Russell Group of
universities from a BAME
background. Under his
leadership, his faculty has
realised significant
academic business growth.
Bashir is known for his
research on low-power
electronics, particularly
energy-efficient processor
design and testing. He has
made fundamental scientific
and engineering
contributions that
contributed significantly to
the vision of mobile digital
devices becoming an integral
part of people’s lives.
Professor
Muhammad Ali Imran
received his MSc
(Distinction) and PhD
degrees from Imperial
College London, UK, He is a
Professor in Communication
Systems in the University of
Glasgow, Vice Dean of
Glasgow College UESTC and
Director of Communications
Sensing and Imaging labs. He
is also an Affiliate
Professor at the University
of Oklahoma, USA and a
visiting Professor at 5G
Innovation Centre,
University of Surrey, UK,
where he worked from 2007 to
2016. He is a Fellow of IET,
Senior Fellow of Higher
Education Academy and Senior
Member of IEEE. Imran has
led a number of
multimillion-funded
international research
projects encompassing the
areas of Engineering and
Technology (energy
efficiency, fundamental
performance limits, sensor
networks and self-organising
cellular networks). He has
secured funding from
international research
councils and direct
industrial funding from
leading industries in
communications, including
Huawei, Sony, Fujitsu, IBM,
DSTL and British Telecom.
Salih Yucel and Abu Bakr
Sirajuddin Cook, editors Australian
Journal of Islamic Studies
Editors' Introduction (Vol 3
No 3 2018):
The history of Islam within
Australia is an important,
yet often overlooked, part
of Australian history.
Muslim presence in Australia
has helped shape
multicultural experience
facilitating intercultural
dialogue as well as
contributing significantly
to the development of the
Australian nation. However,
to date, it has received
minimal scholarly attention.
There have been significant
studies on the engagements
of the Maccasans, Muslim
fishermen from Indonesia,
with the Indigenous peoples
of northern Australia. These
studies have detailed the
cultural interactions and
trade between them and the
lasting impacts of the
inclusion of language
foreign to Australian soil.
There is also an increasing
awareness of Australia’s
cameleers, many of whom were
Muslims, and the
contribution they made to
maintaining trade routes and
assisting early Australian
explorers.
Despite the growing interest
in the field, the history of
Islam in Australia remains
an understudied area of
research.
This rich history dates back
further than we thought and
has possibly had a greater
impact than what is
recognised. Given the
current political and social
climate surrounding Islam
globally, it is timely that
this volume of the
Australian Journal of
Islamic Studies is
published.
This volume brings to light
the depth and richness of
Australia’s Islamic
heritage, challenging some
of the prevalent assumptions
on the topic, and calls for
further studies in this
field.
Australia has proclaimed
itself as being a successful
example of a multicultural
society. It is a society
that has been shaped, and
continues to be shaped, by a
diverse range of cultural
inputs. With this being the
case, it is justifiable to
ask how and why the
contributions of Muslims to
Australia have been largely
overlooked.
Over the weeks, CCN highlights extracts from
the Australian Journal of
Islamic Studies which is an
open access, double-blind
peer-reviewed journal
dedicated to the scholarly
study of Islam.
REVULSION AND REFLECTION:
THE COLOURED AND WHITE
MUSLIM IN AUSTRALIA’S PRINT
MEDIA FROM THE LATE 19TH TO
THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
ABSTRACT
Since the 1980s,much has
been made about the lives of
Australia’s first Muslim
settlers, the ‘Afghan
cameleers’, their pioneering
achievements and the
suffering they endured
through Australia’s
discriminatory policies and
immigration laws.
However, little, if any,
academic attention has been
given to the converts to
Islam during this same
period, many of whom were
striving to rid the
Australian public of
misconceptions surrounding
their new faith to end this
discrimination and
ignorance.
This article briefly looks
at the way Australia’s news
media presented and
perceived Australian Muslims
from the arrival of the
first cameleer settlers in
the 1860s to the first few
decades of the twentieth
century when ‘White’
converts were increasing and
unwittingly propelling Islam
onto the public stage.
While protectionist
policies, particularly
leading up to Federation,
saw numerous unfavourable
images of ‘coloured’ Muslims
in the Australian print
media, there was a subtle
but significant change at
the turn of the twentieth
century.
While the White Australia
Policy stood in the face of
Australia’s Asiatic Muslims,
it was largely irrelevant to
the growing number of
European and Australian
converts who sought to
subvert it in order to lift
the Australian Muslim
community of which they were
part.
Hussin Goss
slams Hanson,
Anning’s
anti-Islam hate
President
of the
Islamic
Council
of Gold
Coast,
Hussin
Goss
ONE of the city’s most
powerful Muslim leaders says
“donkeys” such as Pauline
Hanson and Fraser Anning are
“putting petrol” on
anti-Islam hate — and the
Federal Government is
responsible for allowing it
to happen.
Hassan Goss, the president
of the Islamic Society of
the Gold Coast, says he is
tired of “Hanson’s BS” and
the “lies” from people
online.
He opened up this week about
the massacre in
Christchurch, where a white
supremacist stormed two
mosques killing 50 people,
ahead of an open day at the
Gold Coast mosque at Arundel
tomorrow.
“There is no doubt about it,
especially in this climate
now,” said Mr Goss about
racism and anti-Islamic
sentiment.
“I am not even saying since
Christchurch, I am talking
about going back 15 years.
All the Pauline Hanson, One
Nation BS,” he said.
“The Federal Government have
a lot to answer for,
allowing this ridiculous
person to mouth off and
throw words out there in the
community.
“People listen to that crap
and see what happens,
Christchurch is part of the
product.
“No doubt there are donkeys
that use the Islam as an
excuse to further their own
agenda.
“We accept that and work
closely with ASIO and the
federal police to get rid of
the rubbish.
Mr Goss said the online
rhetoric hit closer to home.
“Honestly, I am more than
sad. We have a big problem
putting people with those
views in a position of power
hoping they will just fade
away.
“You see the comments
online, you see the lies
what people think. What can
you do?
“And these donkeys like
Hanson and Anning keep
putting petrol on the
flames.”
Mr Goss said the Muslim
community had been touched
by the response from Gold
Coasters in the wake of the
Christchurch tragedy.
“There has been a beautiful
outpouring here at home.
Over 100 people turned up to
the service the week after
Christchurch in support.
“Every tear from people
there was real, people who
don’t know us. Over 600
bunches of flower were
delivered to the mosque in
the week.”
All flowers were then
donated to the Gold Coast
University Hospital.
Mr Goss, whose family have
lived in the Labrador area
for more than 100 years,
wants to remove any air of
mystery surrounding his
religion.
“There are no secrets in
Islam, there is no mystery
behind that green fence at
Arundel.
“People are so simple there.
We have prayers five times a
day and see small groups
come in and out throughout.”
A full-time businessman, Mr
Goss took on an active role
in the society before the
first mosque was built on
the Coast.
“My family have been here
since the 1900s. In those
days the community was just
our family and cousins down
the street.”
His father, a fruiterer,
held the first hawkers
licence in the city and sold
fruit and vegetables door to
door.
As the families grew, so did
their need for a collective
place of worship. By 1984
the Gold Coast Islamic
society was born.
“Up until that time there
were a handful of families
who prayed at each other’s
house but around 1990 a
mosque was in the works. “
By 1995 the mosque in
Arundel was finished in the
middle of what Mr Goss
describes the “Bible Belt”
of the Gold Coast.
“We worked, raised the money
and built it ourselves. We
now have over 10,000 Muslims
on the Gold Coast and 60
different nationalities.”
Mr Goss said the fastest
growth area in the past two
years had been among Anglo
Australians.
“Blue eyes, blonde hair,
people who have studied the
Koran and have decided to
convert has increased
tenfold.
“I am not talking about one
of two people. I’m talking
about 50 people in a year.”
Mr Goss has put some of the
ease in the conversion down
to the similar links between
the Abrahamic faiths.
“It isn’t just a religion,
it is a way of life.”
The society will open their
doors to the Gold Coast
community tomorrow.
The open day, between
9am-noon at 144 Allied Dr,
Arundel, includes a tour,
Q&A with the Imam, an
Islamic exhibition and free
refreshments.
“We are always open to the
community, but the open day
allows us to take people on
tours and have someone there
ready to answer questions,”
Mr Goss said.
“We welcome anyone who is
curious about what Islam is
or just wants a look in the
building.
“I really want to share the
work we are doing further
and show people what is
beyond the walls.”
The Islamic society of the
Gold Coast has presented an
appreciation plaque to New
Zealand Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern and the
people of New Zealand for
their “unfaltering support
provided to victims”.
South
Africa is great for Muslims
- Riaad Moosa Comedy
In a world where Muslims
are increasingly
marginalised, I talk about
how accepting South African
Culture is of Muslims in
general...
I mean in South Africa... we
even have Halal Easter
eggs....
Women in Christchurch
Continue Wearing Headscarves
Anti-Islam rhetoric
Politicians and the media
under fire for demonising
Muslims
ABC
MediaWatch
Why is Everything FREE in
Pakistan?
Drew Binsky
Fact: I came to Pakistan and
I haven't spent any money.
Why?
Because nobody will let me.
Seriously. This is the
world's best hospitality, by
a long shot.
Anywhere I go in the world,
I always insist on paying --
whether it be for dinners,
gifts, taxi rides,
experiences, you name it.
But the people here in
Pakistan (aggressively)
won't let me pay. It's
insane!!
I LOVE PAKISTAN
Forgiving Hate
The Project
A powerful message from a
man who once planned to
blow-up his local Mosque. He
reveals what changed his
mind and heart, and lead him
instead down the path of
peace and acceptance.
The last thing
Christchurch victim was
listening to in his car
A mother of
one of the victims of the
Christchurch mosque
terrorist attack finds her
son’s car parked close to
the mosque 10 days after her
son passed.
When she starts the car, she
learns the last thing her
son heard on the way to the
mosque that day:
A recitation of the Qur'an!
About the Shahadah
OnePath
Network
The man
behind the viral photo in
last week's tragic
Christchurch Terror Attack
speaks out.
Words of power and strength!
Khaled Al Jamali, originally
from Gaza, states that he
was not awake at the time
the photo was taken of him
lifting his index finger in
Shahadah. The index finger
in Islam represents the
unity of God and monotheism.
The photo resonated with
millions of Muslims around
the world who saw the
captured moment as a sign of
strength and resilience in
the face of terror.
Al Jamali also clarifies the
rumours spreading that the
photo was of the deceased
Mohsen Al Harbi from Saudi
Arabia. Al Harbi was in fact
a very close friend of Al
Jamali who was killed in the
terror attack.
Sonny Bill Williams
speaks
IlmFeed
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In the longer
timelines of Australian history,
Muslim people have a little
known story. This video history
seeks to explore the story, in
the footsteps of the ancestors.
Exploring Australia's first
interaction with Muslims, the
Macassans who travelled and
traded well-prior to European
settlement, the documentary
chronologically navigates the
milestones for the Muslim
community post-European
settlement.
The film captures the ethnic,
linguistic and cultural
diversity of Muslims down under,
and tells the stories of Muslim
pioneers and their descendents,
beginning with the pivotal,
fundamental role the Afghan
camel herders played in the
development of outback
Australia, to the successful
integration Muslims have made
into modern Australian society,
incorporating and engaging at
all levels, and in all spectrums
of the community.
The documentary encourages a
greater effort in understanding
and appreciation of Islam and
Muslims where sharing knowledge,
and sharing stories, is one of
the most important ways of
building a genuine sense of
community in Australia. It
strengthens the belief in
fairness, equality and respect,
the values we aspire to in
Australia.
Celebrities lead global anger at
Brunei’s new Shariah laws
British pop legend Elton John
has joined George Clooney in
calling for a boycott of nine
Brunei-owned hotels
BRUNEI: Politicians, human rights groups
and celebrities have called on Brunei to
abandon plans to introduce severe laws
that would see LGBT people whipped or
stoned to death.
Amid global criticism over the Islamic
laws, which will take effect on
Wednesday, the Brunei prime minister’s
office defended the decision to
introduce the death penalty for people
found guilty of homosexual acts or
adultery.
“The (Sharia) Law, apart from
criminalising and deterring acts that
are against the teachings of Islam, also
aims to educate, respect and protect the
legitimate rights of all individuals,
society or nationality of any faiths and
race,” it said in a statement.
On Sunday, Elton John backed a call by
George Clooney to boycott luxury hotels
owned by the Sultan of Brunei, a wealthy
southeast Asian country.
The laws, as part of the country’s
interpretation of Sharia Law, also
introduce amputation of the hands or
feet as punishment for robbery,
according to an announcement by the
country’s attorney general.
Brunei, a tiny former British colony of
just over 420,000 people on the coast of
Borneo, boast substantial oil-reserves.
Clooney has demanded a boycott of
exclusive hotels owned by the Sultan Of
Brunei, three of which are in the UK
including London’s The Dorchester and 45
Park Lane.
John, who married husband David Furnish
in 2014, has joined Clooney in calling
for a boycott, saying he has “long
refused” to stay at the hotels.
“I commend my friend, #GeorgeClooney,
for taking a stand against the anti-gay
discrimination and bigotry taking place
in the nation of #Brunei – a place where
gay people are brutalised, or worse – by
boycotting the Sultan’s hotels.
“Our hearts go out to the good,
hardworking employees of properties
owned by the Sultan of Brunei, many of
whom we know to be gay.
“We must send a message, however we can,
that such treatment is unacceptable.
That’s why David and I have long refused
to stay at these hotels and will
continue to do so. We hope you will join
us in solidarity.”
A
visitor takes a selfie at the
Hagia Sophia as part of “Museum
Selfie Day” in Istanbul, Turkey
on January 16, 2019. Turkish
President Erdogan has pledged to
convert the museum, originally a
cathedral, into a mosque.
TURKEY: On Monday, as Istanbul
awoke to a contested election result
between the Islamist party of the
President and the secular party of the
founder of the Turkish republic, another
contentious dispute hung over the
metropolis: the fate of the Hagia
Sophia.
The Hagia Sophia, the most famous
landmark of modern Istanbul, is also a
testament to the city’s Christian past.
Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, was
the capital of the Roman and Byzantine
empires, and the seat of the Eastern
Orthodox Church.
When the troops of Turkey’s Mehmed II
marched into Istanbul in 1453, the
Ottoman sultan ordered the cathedral be
converted into a mosque. Church bells
were torn down while the iconostases,
walls of icons and religious paintings,
were destroyed, along with all mosaic
paintings of Christ. Mehmed II—better
known as Mehmed the Conqueror—introduced
Islamic features into the historic
church, including a mihrab indicating
the direction to Mecca, a minbar
(pulpit) and four minarets.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan—inspired
and obsessed by his country’s Ottoman
past—was probably thinking of Mehmed II
when he pledged on March 27 that the
Hagia Sophia would be become a mosque
again, 83 years after it was
“secularized” and converted into a
museum.
“Hagia Sophia will no longer be called a
museum” he said, days before local
elections. “Its status will change. We
will call it a mosque.”
The pledge immediately drew criticism
from the rival Republican People’s
Party, the CHP.
“What difference would it make to label
[Hagia Sophia] as a mosque when its
function will remain as a museum? [Erdoğan’s]
aim is to court votes through this,”
said CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
Dubai opens 'Al Quran Park' featuring
miracles of Islam
Gideon Levy,
Haaretz columnist and member of
the newspaper’s editorial board
interviewed.
DUBAI:
The world' first 'Al Quran Park' opened
in Dubai's Al Khawaneej area on Friday,
it will provide the visitors a chance to
learn about miracles mentioned in the
Holy Quran.
The main objective of establishing the
park is to provide bridges of
intellectual and cultural communication
with different cultures, religions and
peoples to see the cultural achievements
of Islam in the field of plant ecology.
The park, which covers a wide area of
60-hectare, has all available plants
mentioned in the Holy Quran along with
facilities such as an attractive main
entrance, an administration building, an
Islamic garden, children's play areas,
Umrah corner, an outdoor theatre, areas
for showing the miracles of the Quran.
A desert garden, a palm oasis, a lake, a
running track, a cycling track and a
sandy walking track are also constructed
in the park.
A day before inauguration, The Dubai
Municipality had announced that it will
inaugurate the Quranic Park on March 29.
The entry to the park will be free for
all visitors.
The park has about 54 plants, which
mentioned in the Holy Quran, including
fig, pomegranate, olive, corn, leek,
garlic, onion, lentil, barley, wheat,
ginger, pumpkin, watermelon, tamarind,
seders, vineyards, bananas, cucumbers
and basil. I also has fountains,
bathrooms, a glass building, a desert
garden, a palm oasis, a lake, a running
track, a cycling track and a sandy
walking track.
Edited by Intisar A. Rabb
& Abigail Krasner Balbale
This book presents an
in-depth exploration of the
administration of justice
during Islam's founding
period, 632-1250 CE.
Inspired by the scholarship
of Roy Parviz Mottahedeh and
composed in his honour, this
volume brings together ten
leading scholars of Islamic
law to examine the history
of early Islamic courts.
This approach draws
attention to both how and
why the courts and the
people associated with them
functioned in early Islamic
societies: When a dispute
occurred, what happened in
the courts? How did judges
conceive of justice and
their role in it? When and
how did they give attention
to politics and procedure?
Each author draws on diverse
sources that illuminate a
broader and deeper vision of
law and society than
traditional legal literature
alone can provide, including
historical chronicles,
biographical dictionaries,
legal canons, exegetical
works, and mirrors for
princes. Altogether, the
volume offers both a
substantive intervention on
early Islamic courts and on
methods for studying legal
history as social history.
It illuminates the varied
and dynamic legal landscapes
stretching across early
Islam, and maps new
approaches to
interdisciplinary legal
history.
The book
explores how justice was administered
from the time of the rise of Islam, 632
to 1250. According to the editors, most
studies that examine the early history
of Islamic Law, the “primary focus has
been on the origins, authenticity, and
authority of particular legal
institutions and rulings.” (P xv)
However, this book widens the sources
and areas of focus by examining the
workings of courts and judicial
procedure, on social context, and with
“attention of how and why the courts and
the people associated with them
functioned in early Islamic societies.”
(P xvi)
The book brings together ten leading
scholars of Islamic law who draw on
diverse sources for judicial practise
and procedure – use of evidence, use of
knowledge of a judge regarding a case he
is judging. It also looks at the
independence of the judiciary, how it
managed to make a judgement when the
ruler was a plaintiff, etc. It gives a
really fascinating account of the way
the judges made decisions of various
cases and in some instances even making
jokes in the court.
The chapters are divided into three
parts: ‘Judicial Procedure and Practice
during the Founding Period of Islamic
Law’, ‘Concepts of Justices in the
Abbasid East’, and ‘Judges and Judicial
Practice in the Islamic West.’ The first
chapter deals with the early period from
632 to 750. The four essays focus on how
social and pragmatic factors shaped
judicial discretion to determine the
admissibility of evidence from
non-Muslims and professional witnesses.
The second chapter covers the period
between 750 to 1258. The three essays
look at how scholars attempted to
integrate changing legal and political
ideals of justice especially in changing
social and pragmatic factors. The third
chapter deals how judicial process
developed in the Islamic West during the
same period of time. They highlight
tensions between idealised legal
concepts elaborated in legal treaties
and actual legal practices and norms as
they played out in courts.
The book was inspired by the scholarship
of Roy Parviz Mottahedeh and composed in
his honour. This book is a refreshing
look on the history of Islamic law as it
looks at the court proceedings in a
novel way in the early Islamic period.
It is also easy to read and a very
useful contribution to the understanding
of the practice of Islamic law. I highly
recommend this valuable book.
KB says:
Perfect as an entrée or with salad as a light
lunch on a Sunday or during the holidays coming
up.
Tuna Bake
INGREDIENTS & METHOD
Ingredients
2 tins
Tuna, any flavour but I prefer the mustard.
(In brine or spring water, remembering to drain out the
liquid)
1 green
pepper finely diced
1 large
onion finely diced
Ľ cup olive
oil
10ml lemon
juice
3 eggs
5 ml lemon
pepper
˝ cup of
cheese
2 tsp
ground green chillies
1 tsp
garlic flakes
˝ cup milk
1 cup
sifted chana/besan flour
1 tsp
baking powder
Salt to
taste
Chopped
spinach
Method
Beat
together eggs and milk and add remaining ingredients.
Set half
the mixture in an oven proof casserole dish, layer with
the chopped spinach and top with remaining half of the
mixture.
Sprinkle
with slivered almonds, sesame seeds or poppy seeds or a
mixture of all of the above, dot with butter and bake at
180degrees until light brown.
Cut into
squares and serve hot with a sauce or lemon wedges.
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(Hussain Baba is the host and
chef of *BABA’S HALAL KITCHEN*, a show where he uses his own
unique style to cook 'Quick, Easy and Delicious' dishes.)
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:
Being Loyal Is Not
The Same As Being
Faithful
There is a
significant
difference in the
words Loyal
and Faithful.
Loyal means to
stay true to a
particular group or
cause to which one
belongs. For
example, being loyal
to the constitution
of your country,
being loyal to your
marriage, being
loyal to your family
traditions and
culture. In times of
need, it is your
loyalty that fuels
your passion to
fight for the
survival of the
group or cause to
which you belong.
Loyalty does not
focus on whether the
intentions of the
group or cause are
righteous. Loyalty
only focuses on
allegience.
Faithful means to
harbour and show
unconditional love,
trust, honesty in a
personal
relationship with
someone or with your
creator. For
example, having
unconditional love,
trust and honesty in
your relationship
with ALLAH. Another
example is when you
have unconditional
love, trust and
honesty with your
spouse. Being
faithful revolves
around your
feelings, unlike
being loyal which
revolves around
terms and conditions
set by the senior
members of the
group.
Being loyal is
NOT the same as
being faithful.
And this is where
you as a Muslim,
must reflect on your
personal choices and
deeds and find clear
distinctions between
where you are being
faithful and where
you are being loyal.
A deeper
self-reflection
would enable you to
understand where
your choices to be
loyal may be getting
in the way of you
being faithful to
ALLAH.
How Does Loyalty
Affect You From
Being Faithful To
ALLAH
Loyalty does not
focus on whether the
intentions or deeds
carried out by the
group (country,
family, sect) you
are loyal to are
righteous.
The way to
understand where
your loyalty lies
and whether that is
affecting your
faithful
relationship with
ALLAH is to answer
the following
questions with
complete honesty:
1. Make a list
of all the
groups and
causes that you
have loyalty
towards. For
example, your
family, your
in-laws, your
country, your
mosque/imam,
your school/
college/
committee.
2. Beside each
group, write
down the values
and beliefs of
that group.
3. Now take each
of these values
and beliefs and
answer Yes or No
to the question:
Is this value or
belief in
alignment with
ALLAH’s
commandments?
To make this
reflective exercise
easier, you may use
the following table:
I am loyal
to
What are
their values
and beliefs?
Yes, this
value/belief
aligns with
ALLAH’s
commandments
No, this
value/belief
does not
align with
ALLAH’s
commandments
1
My family
2
My in-laws
3
My work/
school
4
My friends
5
My mosque/
Imam
6
My country
Once you have a
clearer idea on how
your loyalty is
affecting your
faithful
relationship with
ALLAH, you will make
better decisions so
that your own
thoughts, words and
deeds are ALWAYS in
alignment with
ALLAH’s
commandments. THIS
IS YOUR ONLY
PURPOSE...to be a
Muslim, to be in
alignment with
ALLAH’s
commandments.
Sometimes being
loyal can deviate us
from this purpose.
Is it worth
deviating from your
purpose when you
have been told the
following ayats?
And no bearer of
burdens will bear
the burden of
another. And if a
heavily laden soul
calls [another] to
[carry some of] its
load, nothing of it
will be carried,
even if he should be
a close relative.
You can only warn
those who fear their
Lord unseen and have
established prayer.
And whoever purifies
himself only
purifies himself for
[the benefit of] his
soul. And to Allah
is the [final]
destination.
(HOLY QURAN
TRANSLATION - VERSE
35:18)
Whoever is guided is
only guided for [the
benefit of] his
soul. And whoever
errs only errs
against it. And no
bearer of burdens
will bear the burden
of another. And
never would We
punish until We sent
a messenger.
(HOLY QURAN
TRANSLATION - VERSE
17:15)
Whoever does
righteousness - it
is for his [own]
soul; and whoever
does evil [does so]
against it. And your
Lord is not ever
unjust to [His]
servants.
(HOLY QURAN
TRANSLATION - VERSE
41:46)
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A woman says to her
Imam: “I don't want to marry. I am educated,
independent, and self sufficient. I don't need a
husband. But my parents are asking me to marry. What do
I do?”
The Imam replied: “You undoubtedly will achieve great
things. But some things inevitably will not go the way
you want. Some things will go wrong. Sometimes you will
fail. Then who will you blame? Will you blame yourself?”
But verily your Lord, - to
those who do wrong in
ignorance, but who
thereafter repent and make
amends, - your Lord, after
all this, is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
Please mark your
calendars for
Sisters Support
Services
Multicultural
Fete on Sunday
the 7 April ! There
will be a
selection of
exquisite
multicultural
food stalls,
exotic homewares,
Islamic
bookstall,
Henna, Islamic
Art workshops
and a tremendous
selection of
FREE kids
activities
including animal
farm, jumping
castle, face
painting and
exciting prizes
for best dressed
multicultural
outfits!
Our event is
supported by
Queensland
Government and
our generous
sponsors for the
event are Acro
Accounting &
Financial
Planning,
Mabrouk & Sons
Halal Meat,
National Zakat
Foundation and
Sha Sha
Fashion.
We look forward
to seeing you
there in sha
Allah !
KURABY MOSQUE OPEN DAYS
Following the
tragedy in
Christchurch, it is
imperative that we
continue to
constructively
engage with our
non-Muslim brothers
and sisters.
As part of this
initiative, during
the month of April,
Kuraby Masjid will
open its doors to
the public between
10am-1pm every
Saturday.
The program will be
very informal. The
purpose is to make
people feel welcomed
and to engage in
dialogue with them.
Volunteers are
required. If you
are able to assist
in any capacity,
please contact
Ismail on
0431800414.
Or you can call the secretary Abdul
Samim Khan on 0413669987.
On 31 December 2017 the only
Islamic childcare centre in the whole of Brisbane had to
unfortunately close its doors due to the Department of
Transport requiring it for their future expansion. To
date they are still in the process of securing new
premises to continue serving this very important need of
the community and the wait continues….
In the interim the need is
still there. The question most Muslims would be asking
themselves is “Where do I send my child so that he/she
can learn, grow and develop in an Islamic environment,
and establish a sound Islamic foundation?”
Msasa Montessori is a private home based learning centre
for 3-5 year olds. The focus is an Islamic based
learning environment alongside the Montessori method of
teaching. Children will be taught their basic duas,
surahs, tasbeehs, stories of the Prophets will be read
and enacted, and Inshallah their love for Allah and His
Noble Prophet Muhammed S.A.W will develop. Supported by
the Montessori method of teaching they will develop
their independence and will utilise equipment which will
enable them to develop and grow.
Montessori is a method of education based on
self-directed activity, hands-on learning and
collaborative play. The Montessori materials cover
developmental activities designed to meet the needs of
children in five curriculum areas:
Practical life skills, Sensorial activities,
Mathematics, Language and Cultural Studies.
By providing such an
environment, the children will develop a strong sense of
wellbeing and identity as Muslims and they will become
confident and involved learners with the ability to
communicate effectively and with confidence.
At Sisters
Suppprt Services Inc we have
qualified volunteers who help
women in their darkest moments &
time of need to empower them to
make the right choices for
better outcomes for their own
lives.
Here are some examples of our
cases over the past few months.
ALL names have been changed to
protect client identities.
1. Aisha, a victim of Domestic
Violence came to us for
assistance. We assisted her by
giving her money to buy clothing
and personal items as she left
her home quickly and with very
little. Aisha has also needed
ongoing counselling which she
has been receiving from us for
the past few months. She was
taken to appointments and
connected with the right people
who helped her start a new life
in a safe environment.
“Thank you so
much for your help. I am so very
grateful. Thank you to Sister
Services. Allah bless you all.”
2. Katie, a revert sister with
young kids needed ongoing
counselling and support as she
had not been coping well at home
and was not able to look after
herself and her family. Sisters
Support Services was there for
her; “I can’t tell you enough in
words how grateful I am, just by
listening to me when I was
feeling so low. Life is not
looking so dark anymore !”
3. Sarah also a revert sister
recently divorced with a young
child arrived in Brisbane with
virtually nothing. We have
helped her with everyday
essentials, food supplies &
assisted her to find suitable
accommodation. Sarah has some
health issues & needed financial
support with purchasing
medications & by being driven to
medical appointments by our
volunteers.
"So happy with
the help I've received from
Sisters Support Services."
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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reflect the opinions of the CCN Team, its Editor or its
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Shafi Ahmed
is a surgeon, teacher,
futurist, innovator,
entrepreneur and a
specialist in augmented and
virtual reality. He is a
laparoscopic colorectal
cancer surgeon at The Royal
London and St Bartholomew’s
Hospitals and has been
awarded the accolade of the
most watched surgeon in
human history. In May 2014,
using Google Glass, he
performed and streamed a
live interactive operation
to 14,000 students and
trainees across 132
countries and 1,100 cities.
Two years later on April 14,
2016, in collaboration with
Barts Health, Medical
Realities and Mativision, he
performed the world’s first
virtual reality operation
recorded and streamed live
in 360 degrees. This was
viewed by 55,000 people in
140 countries and 4,000
cities and reached 4.6
million people on Twitter.
There were over 200,000
downloads on Youtube. On
December 9, 2016, he
performed the world’s first
live operation using
Snapchat Spectacles where he
trained 200 medical students
and surgical trainees, which
has been viewed over 2
million times.
Professor
Bashir Mohammed Ali Al-Hashimi,
CBE is recognised as an
outstanding academic leader
and a highly influential
figure in the UK Higher
Education sector. He is Dean
of the Faculty of
Engineering and Physical
Sciences at the University
of Southampton, which is the
largest UK engineering
faculty with 700 staff,
8,000 students and a
turnover of Ł160m. He is the
only Dean of Faculty within
the UK Russell Group of
universities from a BAME
background. Under his
leadership, his faculty has
realised significant
academic business growth.
Bashir is known for his
research on low-power
electronics, particularly
energy-efficient processor
design and testing. He has
made fundamental scientific
and engineering
contributions that
contributed significantly to
the vision of mobile digital
devices becoming an integral
part of people’s lives.
Professor
Muhammad Ali Imran
received his MSc
(Distinction) and PhD
degrees from Imperial
College London, UK, He is a
Professor in Communication
Systems in the University of
Glasgow, Vice Dean of
Glasgow College UESTC and
Director of Communications
Sensing and Imaging labs. He
is also an Affiliate
Professor at the University
of Oklahoma, USA and a
visiting Professor at 5G
Innovation Centre,
University of Surrey, UK,
where he worked from 2007 to
2016. He is a Fellow of IET,
Senior Fellow of Higher
Education Academy and Senior
Member of IEEE. Imran has
led a number of
multimillion-funded
international research
projects encompassing the
areas of Engineering and
Technology (energy
efficiency, fundamental
performance limits, sensor
networks and self-organising
cellular networks). He has
secured funding from
international research
councils and direct
industrial funding from
leading industries in
communications, including
Huawei, Sony, Fujitsu, IBM,
DSTL and British Telecom.
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