Dr Mustafa Ally
and Ms Rita Markwell yesterday
(Saturday) conducted an
interactive workshop
on
behalf of the Islamic Council of
Queensland (ICQ) and the Council
of Imams (CIQ)
on the How, Where
and Why to vote in the upcoming
Federal elections.
They covered
topics on
Australia's democratic
institutions and process,
policy positions of the various
parties on a range of issues,
and how to complete the ballot
forms correctly.
You are invited to the 2019
Iftar Community Dinner,
hosted by the Greens
We are delighted to invite
the Muslim community of
Brisbane, Logan, Gold Coast
and surrounds to our third
annual Iftar dinner, to be
held on Sunday 12 May 2019
at the Logan West Community
Centre. In previous years up
to 300 people from different
communities have attended
Greens Iftar dinners!
We look forward to offering
hospitality to our
neighbours, and to help
promote a culture of
dialogue that brings in the
many different cultures that
make Queensland such a
special place to live in. In
the aftermath of the
Christchurch attacks we saw
many people coming together
to support one another at a
time of sorrow. For our
society to be strong and
cohesive, we must come
together not only in times
of sadness. Celebrating and
learning from one another
cultures is also key, and
Ramadan is the perfect time
to come back together and
unite as a big community.
The evening will start with
prayers led by Imam Mojib
Ullah from Darra mosque.
After the breaking of the
fast we will hear from
Greens Leader, Senator
Richard Di Natale, who is
travelling interstate for
this event especially to
meet Queensland’s Muslim
community. Coming from a
migrant family, Richard has
been a vocal advocate
against hate speech by
politicians for many years.
Back in 2016, he led the
Greens team as we walked out
on Pauline Hanson’s first
speech in the Senate. The
Greens recognise the need
for equal representation in
politics, and I am sure many
of you would be familiar
with our fantastic
colleague, Mehreen Faruqi,
who is Australia’s first
female Muslim senator. Since
she gave her first speech
last year, Mehreen has
spoken up about racism and
discrimination often –
including about online
abuse.
At our community dinner on
12 May we will have a great
line-up of speakers
addressing contemporary
issues in multicultural
communities. There will a
variety of food options for
dinner including Halal,
vegetarian, vegan and
gluten-free food. This is a
family-friendly event, and
we will have a kids corner
set up with interesting
games, books and activities.
As Ramadan is a month of
giving, profits from sales
on the night will be donated
to our co-host, Refugees
Welcome Australia, who help
people find accommodation in
private houses as they
rebuild their lives in our
community. Tickets start
from only $5. You can buy
your tickets here:
greens.org.au/iftar2019
This will be a good
opportunity for folks to
share their concerns and
queries in a casual setting.
This event is open to people
of all walks of life and
everyone is welcome to come
along. You don’t have to
know anything about politics
(or religion!) to join us.
We hope to see you there
with your families!
Warmly,
Larissa Waters
Queensland Greens Senator
Co-Deputy Leader of the
Australian Greens
Spokesperson on Democracy,
Women, Mining, Tourism and
Gambling
(l to r) Dr Abdool Haque
Khatree, Farouk Adam, Galila
Abdelsalam OAM, Yusuf Khatree
and Chris Bowen MP
Shadow Treasurer of
Australia, Chris Bowen MP,
was the keynote speaker at
the fund raiser for Member
for Moreton, Graham Perrett
MP at Michael's Oriental
restaurant
Challenge Employment &
Training is seeking keen and
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These fantastic entry level
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Projects may include general
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maintenance, demolition and
other basic construction
maintenance. Candidates will
learn industry specific
skills and complete a
Certificate I in
Construction.
Candidates will be employed
for a 38 hour week for 18
weeks and paid under the
National Training Award.
This training is proudly
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through it's Skilling
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Apply now for your
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Training on 3282 8000 for
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The Australian National
Imams Council (ANIC), The
Grand Mufti of Australia and
Muslim Community leaders
visit to the Consulate
General of Sri Lanka in
Sydney in support and
standing in solidarity with
the people of Sri Lanka
after the recent terrorist
attacks last week that left
over 250 dead and 500
injured.
These are attacks not only
on the Sri Lankan people but
on all humanity. It’s an
international tragedy that
Muslims, Christians,
Buddhists and many others
from different faiths and
races are all the victims of
these barbaric attacks.
Terrorism DOES NOT have a
religion, colour or race.
The Australian National
Imams Council (ANIC) and the
Muslim community stand
strong in solidarity with
the Sri Lankan people and
all the victims and their
families.
A special thanks to the
Consulate General of Sri
Lanka, Consul General Mr Lal
Wickrematunge, Consul Mr M.
Abdul Raheem and all staff
for their warm welcoming.
The delegation consisted of:
The Grand Mufti of Australia
- Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamad,
The President of ANIC - Imam
Shadi Alsuleiman, The
President of the Council of
Imams NSW - Imam Hassan
Elsitouhi, Council of Imams
NSW members - Imam Fadi
Elbaba and Imam Taher
Michroui, Community leaders,
UMNSW President- Brother
Talal Elcheikh, AICC
President- Brother Mohammad
Alzoabi, Imam of Muhajirin
Mussalah - Imam Adid Alrubai
and Sister Sarah Elzoabi.
The following pre-election
concerns of the Muslim
community was compiled and
released by the Australian
Muslim Community National
Summit in the forerunner to
the upcoming Federal
elections.
1. A balanced narrative
towards Islam and Muslims
and other minorities.
The danger of
Islamophobia
Stereotyping the Muslim
community because of the
action of few.
The discourse by
political leaders should
be inclusive of all
Australians and not
divisive.
The standard of
discourse must be
lifted; dog whistling
and scapegoating to
score cheap political
points at the expense of
minorities should not be
tolerated and swiftly
and publicly rejected by
the political parties.
White supremacy must be
acknowledged as a
problem. More must be
done to stop its growth
and extremism.
The rights of all
minorities matter and
especially that of our
indigenous brothers and
sisters. If their
situation is not
addressed as a matter of
priority, then we cannot
expect much to be done
with regard to the
rights of other recent
minorities.
2. Laws against vilification
and hateful speech on
religious grounds.
Laws that protect
vilification against
religion.
Over the last few years,
there has been an
increase in Islamophobia
in Australia. Most of it
has been directed at the
vulnerable people within
our community, including
women who wear veils.
Since the Christchurch
tragedy, the experience
of Islamophobia and
extreme right wing
hatred, as reported to
us, has sadly increased
and intensified.
There is NO legal
protection at a national
level and in most
States, against
vilification or hateful
speech or acts because
of a person’s religion.
This is causing
Australian Muslims
concern and distress.
We see it to be of
critical importance that
the Parliament quickly
legislate to provide
legal protection against
vilification and hate
speech and actions
because of a person’s
religion.
3. Immigration laws
targeting Muslims.
Australia's offshore
detention regime is
cruel and inhumane. Most
of those that have
suffered are people of
colour and Muslim. We
demand an immediate
closure of these
detention centres and
for the asylum seekers
to be brought to
Australia.
Australia is a wealthy
nation that does not
contribute its fair
share to dealing with
the global refugee
crisis.
Australian governments
have often allowed the
narrative that the
country is at risk of
being overrun by the
hordes from the north,
and that our very
identity is being
threatened. Immigrants
are often scape-goats
for all sorts of social
and economic ills when
in fact they contribute
to the advancement and
wealth of this country.
At face value, Australia
has a non-discriminatory
immigration policy. But
with the current hurdles
in place, and the
emphasis on skilled
migration and/or those
already with financial
means, those from
poorer, non-English
speaking backgrounds are
disadvantaged. Muslims
are typically in this
category.
4. National Security and
Racial profiling targeting
Muslims.
Security agencies
targeting Muslims, in
particular public
places, airports etc.
Stereotyping and
profiling people based
on their travel patterns
and other travel habits
is quite usual but it
seems that religious
identity plays a big
part when it comes to
Muslim travellers. This
creates an environment
of fear and alienation
amongst Muslim
Australians, it also
diverts resources from
other threats such as
drugs, smuggling,
Domestic violence etc,
to a relatively minor
but politically hot
threat.
Despite evidence of
close ties between
extreme right groups in
Australia and that of
Europe and North
America, there seems to
be little to no increase
in scrutiny of
individuals who are
known affiliates of such
groups, when they
travel.
Security concerns on the
rise of right wing
extremists and white
supremacy.
White supremacy groups
must be acknowledged as
a problem. More must be
done to stop its growth.
Australian security
agencies must apply
counter terrorism laws
equally and social media
service providers that
fail to remove extremist
posts should face
consequences.
5. Foreign policy.
Recognition of the State
of the Palestine and
right of return for the
Palestinians. New
Israeli settlements in
Palestinian territories
must be condemned as
they are illegal and
against UN resolutions.
Justice for Syrians,
Rohingya and East
Turkistan people, and
the end of mistreatment
for minorities,
in particular Muslims in
Myanmar and East
Turkistan.
The Australian
Government's obligation
and responsibility under
international lawto
respect, protect and
fulfil human rights, in
accordance with charters
it is bound bye
On behalf of the Toowoomba
Masjid and Islamic Society
of Toowoomba, Prof Shahjahan
Khan expressed their
heartfelt thanks to the
Muslim community of Gold
Coast for organizing a
successful fundraising
dinner in Gold Coast last
week.
There was a large turnout to
support the re-building
efforts of the Toowoomba
Mosque.
Cash and pledges of
donations amounted to over
$60,000, including auction
$4015 and clothing sales
$495.
Donations are expected to
continue to be received
after the fundraising
dinner.
Special thanks were offered
to: Br. Mozammel Chowdhury
(Babul) who took the
initiative and coordinated
the event; Br Habib Jamal,
President of ICQ; Br Hussin
Goss and Br Hussain Baba,
President and Secretary of
Islamic Society of Gold
Coast; Imam Mohamed Ali of
GC Masjid; Imam Abdul Kader
of Toowoomba Masjid; and Br
Nedzad Izmirlic for their
valuable time and
unqualified support and duwa.
The Garden City's revised DA
was approved by the
Toowoomba Regional Council
this week allowing for all
facilities under the same
roof that will allow 500
Muslims to pray inside the
Mosque.
Report and supplied supplied by
Hurricane Stars Club
On Tuesday the 30th of
April, the Hurricane Stars
Club were excited to host
Saalihah Seedat (Consultant
Pharmacist and MH4L
Accredited Facilitator) at
their centre, as she
presented an overview of the
Queensland Government
initiative called My Health
For Life. The My Health For
Life is a free lifestyle
program available to
eligible participants who
want to improve their health
and reduce their risk of
developing chronic disease.
Fifty women registered to
attend the information
session all interested to
see how the program can help
them to make small changes
to their lifestyles that
will have major health
benefits and prevent serious
illness long term. There are
two programs scheduled to
start in July for those who
are eligible and expressed
interest in the program.
To support the success of
the information session, the
Hurricane Stars Club’s
volunteers provided lunch
for the ladies who attended.
This allowed the attendees
to enjoy a gathering of
sisterhood at the end of the
information session whilst
they enjoyed delicious
Turkish food and it also
gave them opportunity to
make make new friends and
catch up with old friends.
IT IS that time
of the year
again once
again,
alhamdulillah
our NZF EID TOY
DRIVE 2019.
We will be
collecting brand
new toys for the
less fortunate
and the children
at the qld
children's
hospital in sha
Allah
So make this
Ramadan the most
rewarding by
earning the
pleasure of
Allah swt and
making a child
happy on EID al
Fitr.
For more info
and toy
requirements
contact Amra
0430589383 (NZF
Toy drive
coordinator)
MAA Preparing
to Distribute
Your Donations
in Ramadan
For over 30
years, Muslim
Aid Australia
has been
delivering your
donations to the
poorest
communities
around the world
including in
Syria,
Palestine,
Yemen, Burma and
across Africa.
This Ramadan,
donate your
Zakah & Sadaqah
or opt for some
of our special
'Donate &
Elevate'
packages that
focus on Food,
Sadaqah Jaariyah,
the Environment,
Women's
Empowerment and
more.
Don't wait -
help change the
lives of your
brothers and
sisters today to
ensure they can
benefit this
Ramadan and
beyond.
The brand new
podcast series with
Professor Saeed Khan - the
millennial Muslim’s guide to
what the “hell” happened in
Islamic history. 1400 OMG is your guide to
what the heck happened in
Muslim History.
Muslim lands are currently
wrought with war. The
Caliphate formally ended.
Sectarianism rampant. Terror
in the name of Islam. Barely
any theological progress. This series will reflect on
the last 1400 years in the
Muslim world and dig deep
into some of the root causes
of the situation many
Muslims find themselves in
today. The series is
inquisitive and reflective.
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.......
Ibn Battuta Award for
Excellence in MEDIA
British
Muslim TV
was founded to provide a
platform to understand and
explore what it means to be
confidently Muslim and
comfortably British. Now in
its fifth year of operation,
2018 has seen the channel
grow exponentially. Last
year saw its first feature
film production, Finding
Fatimah, open in over 45
cinemas across the UK. It
has also served as a
springboard for young people
to gain vital media
experience and a leg up into
the industry. Many of its
presenters and producers
have gone on to launch
careers across mainstream
media outlets. The channel
attracts a number of
mainstream TV credits,
including BBC and Channel 4,
and over 50% of its staff
are non-Muslim. In addition
to multimedia content,
British Muslim TV has a
regular grassroots presence
in communities by organising
a number of events and
partnering with dozens more
throughout the year.
Amandla
Thomas-Johnson
is a reporter who has worked
on documentaries for Channel
4 Dispatches, Vice News, and
Al Jazeera. He also reported
for Middle East Eye and BBC
Radio 4. Currently, he
resides in Senegal where he
is writing a book about
radical black women in
London in the 1970s. One of
his most compelling
investigations was carried
out in Trinidad and Tobago
where he explored ISIS
influence and recruitment in
the country. This led to
follow-up reports on the
subject, and separately,
scrutiny of
counter-terrorism and
counter-extremism policy in
Britain. His news interview
last year with a Syrian
doctor who operated on a
child victim of the
Manchester attack also
stands out as a stunning
example of strong
journalism. It so happened
that the same doctor had
also treated children with
similar wounds in Syria as a
result of the bombardment of
Aleppo and attacks by the
Islamic State group.
Thomas-Johnson’s reporting
provided a reminder of our
common humanity in the face
of indiscriminate violence.
Dr
Myriam François
is a journalist and
broadcaster with a focus on
current affairs, France and
the Middle East. Her work
focuses on issues like
Islamophobia, the refugee
crisis and the polarisation
of society. Myriam writes a
regular column for the New
Statesmen and the Middle
East Eye, but her articles
also feature in the
Guardian, the Daily
Telegraph, and The
Huffington Post among
others. She also regularly
contributes to public
debates on Sky News, BBC
Newsnight and Channel 4
News. In 2016, Myriam
presented the most watched
religion programme on BBC
iPlayer, called The Muslim
Pound. Myriam is currently a
PhD researcher at Oxford
University, focusing on
Islamic movements in
Morocco. In 2015, Myriam
translated Asma Lambramet’s
exploration of Islamic
feminism in Women in the
Qur’an: An Emancipatory
Reading.
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 (Katy
Nebhan)
RACE, RELIGION AND
TRANSNATIONAL INFLUENCES
The desire to curb the
‘influx of Asiatics,’ other
than the Chinese, was by no
means new and neither was
class-consciousness. The
targeted attacks on
‘Mohammedans’ in the
Australian newspapers was.
This was certainly not lost
on members of the
predominantly Muslim
cameleer community and other
Muslim immigrants. Mohamed
Hasan Musa Khan, a
well-educated clerk and
nephew of an older cameleer,
addressed this when he wrote
to the editor of the Daily
News:
From the addresses
delivered by Mr Vosper
and other members at the
last meeting of the
so-called Anti-Asiatic
League, it is evident
that the object of the
league is to prevent the
influx into W.A. of
Chinese, Hindoos and
Mohammedans in
particular. It is the
religious prejudice and
not the colour prejudice
that has prompted
certain individuals to
organise an association
under the name of the
so-called Anti-Asiatic
League.
Musa Khan was outspoken and
did not shy away from
writing to the newspapers on
behalf of his countrymen to
“protest against such
seditious agitations” as
those expressed by Vosper.
Many of his statements,
including “Australian
jealousy and prejudice
against the Asiatics is well
known, ”would have been seen
as uncharacteristically
aggressive, rather than
defensive or indicative of a
frustrating reality.
The early Muslim settlers
often demonstrated “both
physical and psychological
strength, ”but in some
instances, the provocation
proved to be more than they
could bear and Musa Khan
sought to voice their
frustrations.
For Vosper, a man like
Knowles was a great
representative of the “whole
white race in Western
Australia” because the
‘uppity’ Afghans needed to
be put back in their place.
Muhammad: an
anticlerical
hero of the
European
Enlightenment
Thomas
Jefferson’s
copy of
George
Sale’s
1734
translation
of the
Quran is
used in
the
swearing
in
ceremony
of US
Representative
Keith
Ellison
at the
United
States
Capitol
in
Washington,
DC, on 4
January
2007.
Publishing the
Quran and making
it available in
translation was
a dangerous
enterprise in
the 16th
century, apt to
confuse or
seduce the
faithful
Christian. This,
at least, was
the opinion of
the Protestant
city councillors
of Basel in
1542, when they
briefly jailed a
local printer
for planning to
publish a Latin
translation of
the Muslim holy
book. The
Protestant
reformer Martin
Luther
intervened to
salvage the
project: there
was no better
way to combat
the Turk, he
wrote, than to
expose the ‘lies
of Muhammad’ for
all to see.
The resulting
publication in
1543 made the
Quran available
to European
intellectuals,
most of whom
studied it in
order to better
understand and
combat Islam.
There were
others, however,
who used their
reading of the
Quran to
question
Christian
doctrine. The
Catalonian
polymath and
theologian
Michael Servetus
found numerous
Quranic
arguments to
employ in his
anti-Trinitarian
tract,
Christianismi
Restitutio
(1553), in which
he called
Muhammad a true
reformer who
preached a
return to the
pure monotheism
that Christian
theologians had
corrupted by
inventing the
perverse and
irrational
doctrine of the
Trinity. After
publishing these
heretical ideas,
Servetus was
condemned by the
Catholic
Inquisition in
Vienne, and
finally burned
with his own
books in
Calvin’s Geneva.
During the
European
Enlightenment, a
number of
authors
presented
Muhammad in a
similar vein, as
an anticlerical
hero; some saw
Islam as a pure
form of
monotheism close
to philosophic
Deism and the
Quran as a
rational paean
to the Creator.
In 1734, George
Sale published a
new English
translation. In
his
introduction, he
traced the early
history of Islam
and idealised
the Prophet as
an iconoclastic,
anticlerical
reformer who had
banished the
‘superstitious’
beliefs and
practices of
early Christians
– the cult of
the saints, holy
relics – and
quashed the
power of a
corrupt and
avaricious
clergy.
Sale’s
translation of
the Quran was
widely read and
appreciated in
England: for
many of his
readers,
Muhammad had
become a symbol
of anticlerical
republicanism.
It was
influential
outside England
too. The US
founding father
Thomas Jefferson
bought a copy
from a
bookseller in
Williamsburg,
Virginia, in
1765, which
helped him
conceive of a
philosophical
deism that
surpassed
confessional
boundaries.
(Jefferson’s
copy, now in the
Library of
Congress, has
been used for
the swearing in
of Muslim
representatives
to Congress,
starting with
Keith Ellison in
2007.) And in
Germany, the
Romantic Johann
Wolfgang von
Goethe read a
translation of
Sale’s version,
which helped to
colour his
evolving notion
of Muhammad as
an inspired poet
and archetypal
prophet.
In France,
Voltaire also
cited Sale’s
translation with
admiration: in
his world
history Essai
sur les mśurs et
l’esprit des
nations (1756),
he portrayed
Muhammad as an
inspired
reformer who
abolished
superstitious
practices and
eradicated the
power of corrupt
clergy. By the
end of the
century, the
English Whig
Edward Gibbon
(an avid reader
of both Sale and
Voltaire)
presented the
Prophet in
glowing terms in
The History of
the Decline and
Fall of the
Roman Empire
(1776-89):
The creed of
Mahomet is free
from suspicion
or ambiguity;
and the Koran is
a glorious
testimony to the
unity of God.
The prophet of
Mecca rejected
the worship of
idols and men,
of stars and
planets, on the
rational
principle that
whatever rises
must set, that
whatever is born
must die, that
whatever is
corruptible must
decay and
perish. In the
author of the
universe, his
rational
enthusiasm
confessed and
adored an
infinite and
eternal being,
without form or
place, without
issue or
similitude,
present to our
most secret
thoughts,
existing by the
necessity of his
own nature, and
deriving from
himself all
moral and
intellectual
perfection … A
philosophic
theist might
subscribe the
popular creed of
the Mahometans:
a creed too
sublime,
perhaps, for our
present
faculties.
But it was
Napoleon
Bonaparte who
took the Prophet
most keenly to
heart, styling
himself a ‘new
Muhammad’ after
reading the
French
translation of
the Quran that
Claude-Étienne
Savary produced
in 1783. Savary
wrote his
translation in
Egypt: there,
surrounded by
the music of the
Arabic language,
he sought to
render into
French the
beauty of the
Arabic text.
Like Sale,
Savary wrote a
long
introduction
presenting
Muhammad as a
‘great’ and
‘extraordinary’
man, a ‘genius’
on the
battlefield, a
man who knew how
to inspire
loyalty among
his followers.
Napoleon read
this translation
on the ship that
took him to
Egypt in 1798.
Inspired by
Savary’s
portrait of the
Prophet as a
brilliant
general and sage
lawgiver,
Napoleon sought
to become a new
Muhammad, and
hoped that
Cairo’s ulama
(scholars) would
accept him and
his French
soldiers as
friends of
Islam, come to
liberate
Egyptians from
Ottoman tyranny.
He even claimed
that his own
arrival in Egypt
had been
announced in the
Quran.
Napoleon had an
idealised,
bookish,
Enlightenment
vision of Islam
as pure
monotheism:
indeed, the
failure of his
Egyptian
expedition owed
partly to his
idea of Islam
being quite
different from
the religion of
Cairo’s ulama.
Yet Napoleon was
not alone in
seeing himself
as a new
Muhammad: Goethe
enthusiastically
proclaimed that
the emperor was
the ‘Mahomet der
Welt’ (Muhammad
of the world),
and the French
author Victor
Hugo portrayed
him as a
‘Mahomet
d’occident’
(Muhammad of the
West). Napoleon
himself, at the
end of his life,
exiled on Saint
Helena and
ruminating on
his defeat,
wrote about
Muhammad and
defended his
legacy as a
‘great man who
changed the
course of
history’.
Napoleon’s
Muhammad,
conqueror and
lawgiver,
persuasive and
charismatic,
resembles
Napoleon himself
– but a Napoleon
who was more
successful, and
certainly never
exiled to a cold
windswept island
in the South
Atlantic.
The idea of
Muhammad as one
of the world’s
great
legislators
persisted into
the 20th
century. Adolph
A Weinman, a
German-born
American
sculptor,
depicted
Muhammad in his
1935 frieze in
the main chamber
of the US
Supreme Court,
where the
Prophet takes
his place among
18 lawgivers.
Various European
Christians
called on their
churches to
recognise
Muhammad’s
special role as
prophet of the
Muslims. For
Catholics
scholars of
Islam such as
Louis Massignon
or Hans Küng, or
for the Scottish
Protestant
scholar of Islam
William
Montgomery Watt,
such recognition
was the best way
to promote
peaceful,
constructive
dialogue between
Christians and
Muslims.
This kind of
dialogue
continues today,
but it has been
largely drowned
out by the din
of conflict, as
extreme-Right
politicians in
Europe and
elsewhere
diabolise
Muhammad to
justify
anti-Muslim
policies. The
Dutch politician
Geert Wilders
calls him a
terrorist,
paedophile and
psychopath. The
negative image
of the Prophet
is paradoxically
promoted by
fundamentalist
Muslims who
adulate him and
reject all
historical
contextualisation
of his life and
teachings;
meanwhile,
violent
extremists claim
to defend Islam
and its prophet
from ‘insults’
through murder
and terror. All
the more reason,
then, to step
back and examine
the diverse and
often surprising
Western
portraits of the
myriad faces of
Muhammad.
Faces of
Muhammad:
Western
Perceptions of
the Prophet of
Islam from the
Middle Ages to
Today by John
Tolan is
published via
Princeton
University
Press.
AEON
Wife-tracking
apps are one
sign of Saudi
Arabia’s vile
regime. Others
include
crucifixion…
By Catherine
Bennett
Thanks
to the
Absher
app,
Saudi
men can
keep
tracks
on their
wives
and
female
workers
Credit where it’s due. The
Saudi Absher app, just
described as “inhuman” by
two clearly terrified Saudi
refugees, also has some
fabulous user reviews on its
supplier websites, Apple and
Google Play.
To read the surge of
five-star tributes placed
after the app’s invaluable
contribution to human
enslavement was widely
exposed earlier in the year
is to understand that, aside
from adding value to Apple
and Google, Absher is a boon
to harassed owners of
subordinate women, at a time
when more and more of this
human property is,
reportedly, becoming
fractious.
How, even with support from
the religious police and
fellow patriarchs, did busy
men ever juggle endless
personal admin with the
nonstop supervision of
potentially difficult wives,
sisters, daughters and
servants? Now, with
surveillance at their
fingertips, it’s goodbye to
disobedience.
“Nobody outside Saudi Arabia
could imagine where we were
before Absher!” writes one
reviewer, awarding five
stars.
Other reviewers maintain
that anything its critics
have heard about tracking
women on Absher is “all
lies” and emphasise, lest
anyone stumble across the
evidence that
woman-controlling is exactly
what one section of the app
is for, that foreigners
don’t understand. “Those who
are not from our country
shouldn’t have the right to
review this app since they
have no idea what it is,”
writes an Abdulkarim Khormi.
So it helps that runaway
Saudi women such as the
vulnerable al-Subaie
sisters, Maha and Wafa, now
seeking asylum from a hotel
room in Georgia, and the
earlier escapee Shahad al-Mohaimeed
are also sufficiently
familiar with digitised
monitoring to be able to
give outsiders some idea of
what happens when big tech
companies supply the tools
to update sexual apartheid
for the 21st century.
The Absher app has a section
where men can, it appears
with minimal effort, award
or withdraw permission for
their women or workers to
travel abroad, cancel their
tickets and register for SMS
updates if unauthorised
escape is attempted. “It
gives men control over
women,” protests Wafa al-Subaie.
“They [Google and Apple]
have to remove it.”
Usefully for Google and
Apple, which have already
disregarded similar demands
from 14 members of the US
Congress, the very fact that
the al-Subaie sisters have –
as we must hope – escaped
the Saudi authorities (they
took their father’s phone
and accessed the app) has
been cited in its defence.
Mona Eltahawy, the
Egyptian-American
commentator and a fervent
opponent of guardianship,
has quoted a Saudi feminist
who argues, persuasively to
some, that the app, though
“an abomination”, is
nonetheless an improvement
on the earlier system.
“Those who want to flee can
do so with app access, but
could never before with
actual paperwork and the
previous bureaucratic
system.”
But, leave aside Saudi women
who can never dare, or
afford to risk the unknowns
of a successful escape, or
the imprisonment or worse
that could follow a failed
one, and it remains hard to
see how this design flaw
(pending wider adoption of
touch ID?) exonerates Google
and Apple of complicity.
Isn’t this technology as
inherent, in its way, to the
abuse as were once, say,
scolds’ bridles or iron
slave collars? A few years
ago, Tiffany & Co hotly
denied that it had ever made
such collars, “nor have we
ever made any jewelry in our
179-year history for this
deplorable purpose”. It is
not forgotten or universally
forgiven that Brooks
Brothers did, on the other
hand, clothe enslaved
domestics.
A conviction, as dear to
some progressives as it
evidently is to certain tech
giants, that concepts such
as equality of the sexes
have no place in the lives
of Saudi women such as the
al-Subaie sisters perhaps
explains why the anonymous
feminist’s intervention
retweeted by Eltahawy has
been widely aired, along
with tributes from Saudi men
to an app that doubles as
their means of persecution.
You could easily get the
impression from such reports
that violently enforced male
supremacy is not regarded,
by many normally observant
believers in universal human
rights, as axiomatically
barbarous nor its victims as
thereby entitled to
immediate asylum. The
indifference of Google and
Apple to the reputational
impact of distressed Absher
survivors tells the same
story.
Why should Saudi Arabia
comply with demands from US
senators or Human Rights
Watch when, for example, a
journalist on the Columbia
Journalism Review argues,
better than a Saudi crown
prince – or a UK one – ever
could, that we shouldn’t
judge?
The writer explains, for the
benefit of people with
overactive ethics but no
access to Wikipedia: “The
reason this wife-tracking
feature is included in a
government services app is
that tracking your wife is
legal in Saudi Arabia. A
husband is his wife’s legal
guardian and has control
over her movement.”
Similarly, as he did not
continue, crucifying and
beheading prisoners is, as
we have just been reminded,
perfectly legal in Saudi
Arabia. Maybe, if we could
just understand a little
more and judge a little
less, there could be many
more ways of monetising
cultural relativism beyond
arms sales and
techno-collusion with the
male guardianship system?
Not that we’d need to remind
the Spanish Football
Federation (RFEF). While the
al-Subaie sisters fear
discovery by Saudi men, and
the imprisonment and torture
to which rebellious Saudi
women have previously been
subjected, the RFEF
considers relocating its
Super Cup, for six seasons,
to Saudi Arabia, a country
currently listed as the
second worst in the world
for women. Or, as the
Scottish golfer Carly Booth
preferred to describe it
last week, when she
celebrated Saudi sponsorship
on the day the country
mass-executed 37 citizens:
“Culturally, they are in a
different place to some
countries.”
It must soon become dismally
obvious to young Saudi
women, who risk everything
to escape guardianship, just
how much of the world they
now inhabit is equally
hospitable to allies of, or
apologists for, those same
guardians.
First model to wear a
burkini in Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Islam is the
religion of Peace and Love
Halima Aden makes history as
the first model to wear a
burkini in Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
The 21-year-old
Somali-American model is the
first to wear a burkini and
a hijab in the magazine's
upcoming annual swimsuit
issue.
Hispanics are converting
to Islam
Islam is the
religion of Peace and Love
A growing number of
Hispanics are converting to
Islam
"RIGHTEOUS SINNER",
a story based on the
classic Islamic tale of
Barsisa the Monk.
Official
trailer
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Imagine having
all of your movements, including
the door you leave your house
from and how often you use your
phone, monitored by authorities.
In China, this is now a reality.
Chinese authorities are using an
app to track the country’s
Muslim population. The app
records their every movement and
raises the alarm if they do
something seen to be out of the
ordinary, Human Rights Watch
says.
CHINA: Imagine not being
able to fill up your tank with petrol,
charge your phone or even leave your
house without authority figures knowing
about it.
This, according to Human Rights Watch,
is the reality for up to 13 million
Uighur Muslims in China’s autonomous
region of Xinjiang.
Chinese authorities are using an app to
track the country’s Muslim population.
The app records their every movement and
raises the alarm if they do something
seen to be out of the ordinary.
The surveillance app tracks an
individual’s electricity use and can
raise an alert if someone other than the
registered owner fills up their car with
petrol.
The app is always monitoring them —
including when they leave the house and
use their phone.
The human rights organisation said
turning your phone off for a long time
could trigger an alert, as could leaving
home through the back door or failing to
socialise with neighbours. Those who
“collected money or materials for
mosques with enthusiasm” also fall under
suspicion.
Repeat offenders may be restricted in
their daily movements or even sent to
one of Xinjiang’s notorious detention
camps.
“Our research shows, for the first time,
that Xinjiang police are using illegally
gathered information about people’s
completely lawful behaviour — and using
it against them,” said Maya Wang, senior
China researcher at Human Rights Watch.
“The Chinese Government is monitoring
every aspect of people’s lives in
Xinjiang, picking out those it mistrusts
and subjecting them to extra scrutiny.”
This is far more intrusive than China’s
social credit system, which assigns a
citizen a score based on their
behaviour, finances and public conduct.
HRW said it decoded a mobile app used by
Chinese officials to connect to a
policing program through which all this
data is available.
They collect personal information,
including an individual’s blood type,
height and “religious atmosphere”.
“This is not just about Xinjiang or even
China, it’s about the world beyond and
whether we human beings can continue to
have freedom in a world of connected
devices,” Ms Wang said. “It’s a wake-up
call, not just about China but about
every one of us.”
Islamic Affairs Ministry sets
regulations for transmitting Adhan and
prayers via loudspeakers
SAUDI ARABIA: The
Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and
Guidance has set regulations for
transmitting Adhan (call for prayer) and
prayers via external loudspeakers, Saudi
Press Agency quoted the spokesman of the
ministry Abdulaziz Bin Saud Al-Askar as
saying on Thursday.
Al-Askar stressed that the ministry has
specified the regulations for
loudspeakers in small and large mosques
during the holy month of Ramadan only,
in line with the circular in force for
many years and is updated every year.
The regulations, Al-Askar mentioned,
include: The number of external
loudspeakers should not exceed four, the
volume level should not exceed 4, as
mosques are close to one another. The
objective is also to prevent disturbing
people and confusing worshipers in other
mosques.
The prohibition on using external
loudspeakers is only for Taraweeh and
Qiyaam prayers in the Furoodh
(obligatory prayers) mosques. Their use
is restricted to large mosques (jawamea),
but this should not be in an exaggerated
fashion.
This is what is being practiced all
these years in line with the circular
which is updated annually, Al-Askar
asserted
Indonesian
authorities pull down
entertainment establishments
ahead of the holy month
A Satpol PP
officer demolishing a karaoke
establishment.
INDONESIA: At least 22
premises that were being used as Karaoke
bars in Bogor, Indonesia were demolished
in the run-up to the holy month of
Ramadan, which begins on the evening of
Sunday, May 5.
According to the Bogor Public Order
Agency (Satpol PP,) the buildings were
located in the Kemang district of the
West Java city, The Jakarta Post
reported. A spokesperson said the
demolitions were in accordance with
regulations that prohibit entertainment
centers operating during Ramadan.
The Satpol PP stated that they are
pulling down night entertainment
establishments and they hope that
similar establishments do not surface
again. The agency reportedly also plans
to demolish similar establishments in
areas such as Tajur Halang, Parung and
Cileungsi.
The authorities informed the owners of
the establishments of the demolition
plans before actions were taken on May
2. It is reported that a number of
owners voluntarily shut down operations,
easing things for the Satpol PP.
During Ramadan, regions throughout
Indonesia prohibit the operation of
entertainment establishments such as
karaoke bars and nightclubs, as Muslims
are expected and required to focus on
fasting and religious activities during
the holy month.
Libya’s Grand Mufti Calls On Muslims
to Boycott Hajj and Umrah
The
money pilgrims pay to Saudi
rulers through hajj perpetuates
the Saudis’ “killings of Muslim
brothers and sisters,” asserted
the mufti.
MOROCCO: The grand mufti
of Libya, Sadiq Al-Ghariani, has called
on Muslims planning to perform a second
hajj or umrah pilgrimage to Mecca to
abstain, in a broadcast on the Libyan
television channel Ean Libya.
Those performing the hajj annual
pilgrimage or the umrah, a lesser
pilgrimage performed at any time of the
year, for a second time “will commit an
act of sin rather than a good deed.”
The reason for the fatwa (Islamic legal
opinions), the mufti says, is that the
money pilgrims must pay to Saudi Arabia
for pilgrimage “help Saudi Arabian
rulers to carry out crimes against our
fellow Muslims.”
The money, he added, will contribute to
the massacre of Muslims in Yemen, Libya,
Sudan, Tunisia, and Algeria.
“Nowhere in the world,” said the mufti
in a video, “hasn’t been thrown into
havoc by Saudi Arabia.”
The grand mufti said he assumed full
responsibility before God for issuing
the fatwa.
Sri Lanka bans burqas for 'public
protection' after bomb attacks
Sri Lanka's
president is banning burqas.
SRI LANKA: Calling burqas
"a security risk and a flag of
fundamentalism," Sri Lanka's president
is banning the garment worn by some
Muslim women.
The move follows a series of bombings on
Easter Sunday that killed more than 250
people and wounded at least 500 in Sri
Lankan churches and hotels.
"President Maithripala Sirisena took
this decision to further support the
ongoing security and help the armed
forces to easily identify the identity
of any wanted perpetrators," according
to a press release from the president's
office.
This is a story of hope and resilience
in Afghanistan, a country constantly
under siege from within and without.
Refugee advocate, activist and acclaimed
author Mark Isaacs takes us inside a
remarkable and unlikely peace project
established in one of the most war-torn,
violent countries in the world,
Afghanistan.
After
decades of war, few Afghans remember
what it is like to live in peace, and
many have never known a time without
war. Yet, a group of Afghan youth, male
and female, have come together – led by
the charismatic and idealistic Insaan –
to form a model community, a microcosm
of how a new Afghanistan could be: a
place of peaceful coexistence, a nation
without violence and war that embraces
the values of peace and humanity.
Mark takes us on a journey to the
streets of Kabul, where day-to-day life
involves terror and extreme danger, and
lives alongside these inspirational and
courageous young people in 'The
Community’.
Mark reveals
their personal stories of trauma and
loss that ultimately lead them to defy
the risks and stand up to demand peace,
a seemingly impossible dream. He
witnesses their acts of non-violent
protest, their small steps in making
life better, their setbacks and
struggles, but mostly their bravery and
hope for a future that shines with
peace.
KB says:
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INGREDIENTS & METHOD
4 chicken fillets cut into strips
Marinate
˝ tsp garlic
1 tsp ground green chillies
Ľ tsp lemon pepper
2 tbs lemon juice
Combine above ingredients, add chicken strips and leave
aside for an hour.
Batter
˝ cup gram (besan) flour (sifted)
˝ cup cake flour (sifted)
1 tsp ground green chillies
1 tsp crushed cumin
1 tsp crushed coriander
Salt to taste
1 small onion finely chopped
Ľ cup dhania (coriander) leaves chopped
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup cheese grated
1 tsp oil
1 cup water
Oil for deep frying
Mix ingredients to make a thick batter.
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Q:
Dear Kareema, what can I do
during Ramadan to tweak my workouts as I do not
want to stop exercising completely?
A:
Keep it simple and work with the time you have
available. Try short walks after your evening
meal if time permits or early morning before it
gets too hot. You
don’t have to do it all at once either. 10-15
min walks at a time is good for the heart.
Be sure to re-hydrate at night and introduce
more fruit and veggies into your diet rather
than too much fried or sweet foods.
Move beyond the gym.. Fit in 10 min
mini-workouts wherever you can, using body
weight to strengthen and tone the muscles. Deep
stretching, plates, or yoga are
good options too as you won’t raise your heart
rate too much and won’t feel as thirsty as you
would with high-impact exercises.
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:
Forgiveness of Self
and Others
As we enter the holy
month of Ramadan, we
ask Allah subhaan wa
tala to forgive us
for our the errors
we commit knowingly
and unknowingly.
Ramadan is a great
time of reflection
where we are able to
learn from our
thoughts, words and
deeds and practise
patience and
forgiveness towards
self and others.
Trusting in Allah’s
judgment day and
knowing that true
justice is promised
on the day, will
help you to let go
of any grudges you
may be holding onto.
Remember, letting go
of grudges even when
you haven’t received
an apology is true
forgiveness. It
liberates you and
frees you from the
burdensome grudge
that weighs you
down.
What is true
forgiveness?
1. True
Forgiveness is
when you can no
longer feel a
person’s or
incident’s
control over
your response to
life’s
situations.
2. True
Forgiveness is
when you no
longer blame a
person or
circumstance for
how things are
turning out in
your life.
3. True
Forgiveness is
when you no
longer NEED an
apology because
you have decided
to have a NEW
PERSPECTIVE of
the situation -
the perspective
that lets you be
FREE from
carrying a
grudge or
resentment of
any kind
whatsoever.
4. Forgiveness
does NOT mean
you need to
start having
dinner parties
with that person
or start
re-connecting.
NO.
5. Forgiveness
is to NOT LET
THEIR PAST
BEHAVIOUR AFFECT
YOUR PRESENT
LIFE.
Four steps to
practise true
forgiveness
Step 1 - Think of
the person who has
hurt you, the person
you need to forgive.
Step 2 - Now think
of this person in a
child form as if
they were a little
girl or little boy.
Step 3 - Now, in
your mind, say to
this child: “I
forgive you; you did
what you because
someone hurt you
too. I forgive you”.
Step 4 - Now imagine
this person back in
the adult form and
in your mind, say to
him/her: “I forgive
you. You have no
power over me. Your
words and your
actions have no
power over me. I
release you from my
mind. I forgive you.
ALLAH guide you to
the path of love and
peace.”
Forgiving
Yourself
Sometimes we feel
guilty of something
we have done and we
find it difficult to
forgive ourselves.
Try practising this
affirmation to
yourself. Close your
eyes and say: “I forgive myself
and set myself free.
I seek refuge in
ALLAH’s mercy.”
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Little Habibbulah
wanted $500, so he prayed for weeks, but nothing
happened.
Finally he decided to write a letter to God requesting
$500.
When post office staff received a letter addressed to
God, they forwarded it to the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister was so amused, he instructed his
secretary to send the little boy $100 as he thought $500
would be a lot of money for him.
Little Habibbulah was delighted with $100 and decided to
write a thank you note to God.
'Dear God, Thank you very much for sending the money.
However, I noticed that you have sent it through the
Government and those corrupt buggers stole my $400'
The Islamic Council of
Queensland (ICQ) is hosting
its annual Eid Down Under
festival on Saturday 8 June.
More than 15,000 people
attend for hours of fun,
food, rides, entertainment,
competitions, cultural
performances and more.
Brisbane City Council
considers this a major event
in Brisbane. It provides a
chance for the Muslim
community to connect with
other groups and communities
in Queensland, promoting an
inclusive and harmonious
Australian society.
Many companies and
organisations host stalls at
the event to sell products
and showcases their
services. The promotion
opportunity is huge as the
event brings together people
from all walks of life, and
many different communities
from across Queensland.
ICQ invites business and
organisations to host a
stall at the event. For
stall information and
prices, email
stalls@teamlacey.com.au.
ICQ is also seeking
sponsorships to help make
this year and even greater
success. Contact
eid@icq.org.au if your
organisation is willing to
sponsor.
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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British
Muslim TV
was founded to provide a
platform to understand and
explore what it means to be
confidently Muslim and
comfortably British. Now in
its fifth year of operation,
2018 has seen the channel
grow exponentially. Last
year saw its first feature
film production, Finding
Fatimah, open in over 45
cinemas across the UK. It
has also served as a
springboard for young people
to gain vital media
experience and a leg up into
the industry. Many of its
presenters and producers
have gone on to launch
careers across mainstream
media outlets. The channel
attracts a number of
mainstream TV credits,
including BBC and Channel 4,
and over 50% of its staff
are non-Muslim. In addition
to multimedia content,
British Muslim TV has a
regular grassroots presence
in communities by organising
a number of events and
partnering with dozens more
throughout the year.
Amandla
Thomas-Johnson
is a reporter who has worked
on documentaries for Channel
4 Dispatches, Vice News, and
Al Jazeera. He also reported
for Middle East Eye and BBC
Radio 4. Currently, he
resides in Senegal where he
is writing a book about
radical black women in
London in the 1970s. One of
his most compelling
investigations was carried
out in Trinidad and Tobago
where he explored ISIS
influence and recruitment in
the country. This led to
follow-up reports on the
subject, and separately,
scrutiny of
counter-terrorism and
counter-extremism policy in
Britain. His news interview
last year with a Syrian
doctor who operated on a
child victim of the
Manchester attack also
stands out as a stunning
example of strong
journalism. It so happened
that the same doctor had
also treated children with
similar wounds in Syria as a
result of the bombardment of
Aleppo and attacks by the
Islamic State group.
Thomas-Johnson’s reporting
provided a reminder of our
common humanity in the face
of indiscriminate violence.
Dr
Myriam François
is a journalist and
broadcaster with a focus on
current affairs, France and
the Middle East. Her work
focuses on issues like
Islamophobia, the refugee
crisis and the polarisation
of society. Myriam writes a
regular column for the New
Statesmen and the Middle
East Eye, but her articles
also feature in the
Guardian, the Daily
Telegraph, and The
Huffington Post among
others. She also regularly
contributes to public
debates on Sky News, BBC
Newsnight and Channel 4
News. In 2016, Myriam
presented the most watched
religion programme on BBC
iPlayer, called The Muslim
Pound. Myriam is currently a
PhD researcher at Oxford
University, focusing on
Islamic movements in
Morocco. In 2015, Myriam
translated Asma Lambramet’s
exploration of Islamic
feminism in Women in the
Qur’an: An Emancipatory
Reading.
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