Brisbane Islamic Centre Ltd
(BIC)
would like to update the
community on recent progress
to gaining the building
approval (BA) required for
construction of the project
to commence.
Latest developments
The status of the Mosque and
Community Hall development
is that a Development
Approval (DA) was obtained
through an appeal process in
the Planning and Environment
(P&E) Court in early 2017.
Tree clearing and earthworks
commenced late 2017 and was
completed by mid-2018.
During these earthworks it
was discovered that the
water table was higher than
expected and the plans that
were approved by the court
needed to be amended. This
amendment meant that the
building required to be
raised proportionally to
mitigate the water table
issue. Currently our
application to amend the
ground level and some
changes to the building is
referred to as a Minor
Change Application. This
application has now been
lodged in the P&E Court and
Inshallah early this year we
expect this application to
be approved.
In tandem with the above
process we engaged
consultants to prepare
Building Approval (BA)
plans. These plans are
approved by a private
certifier and not the
council. A BA is a process
by which detailed plans are
prepared for construction.
This would include engaging
a project/design manager and
consultants namely for
civil, architectural,
electrical, hydraulic,
mechanical, fire, traffic,
environment, acoustic, etc,
and finally a certifier.
This indeed is the
lengthiest part of the BA
process and we have to date
completed some 80% of this
with the expectation that it
would also be completed by
the first half of 2020. More
than $500,000 has been spent
on this process in the last
two years.
Inshallah with obtaining the
Minor Change approval and
the BA we expect
construction to commence
soon thereafter. Expected
time frame is between March
and June 2020.
Background
After purchasing the land in
2007 and establishing a
formal trust (waqf) under
whose auspices the land is
placed, the BIC project was
born. The Centre will be
situated on approximately
4.5 acres of the 10-acre
site in Eight Mile Plains,
Brisbane in Queensland. The
investment to date is in
excess of $3 million and the
property is unencumbered
(current value in excess of
$12m)
The land use is separated by
the creek into 2 uses.
Stage 1 is approximately 4.5
acres and is dedicated to
the Musjid project and is
situated on the southern
portion.
And Stage 2 is approximately
4.5 acres situated on the
northern portion and is
dedicated to a retirement
village, medical centre and
a childcare facility.
Stage One
The Masjid to accommodate
over 2500 men, ladies and
children, an office block,
dedicated dawah facilities
(including a 120-seater
audio visual theatre,
Islamic museum, library,
etc,.), community hall with
a capacity to cater for over
750 people and parking for
400 cars.
The office block will have
serviced offices for
community organisations that
would include a common
boardroom. Further features
of the Centre will be a
cafeteria, outdoor dining,
madrassah, separate youth
facilities for boys and
girls, etc,..
An important component of
the project is the
maintenance and enhancement
of the Bulimba Creek
environment that runs
through the centre of the
block.
The process of raising funds
and donations from the
community will commence
early this year, Inshallah.
Stage Two Retirement
Village, Medical Centre and
Child care
This will be situated on the
northern part of the 10 acre
property, fronting Underwood
road.
A development application
was lodged with the Brisbane
City Council at the end of
November 2019. The process
and time for council to
consider this application
and approve it can be
between 12- 15 months.
The Centre is designed to
include:
91 x 1 and 2-bedroom
retirement units
20 Aged/frail care units
10 units for dementia care
A 250 square metre medical
Centre
A 75-place childcare
centre.
Zalmai Khatiz
and his son Yama helped save
multiple homes.
"The destruction here is
just like a war zone."
That's how Zalmai Khatiz
described the state of Lake
Conjola on the NSW South
Coast.
The deadly Currowan fire
engulfed the small town on
New Year's Eve, forcing
Zalmai, and his son, Yama,
onto the street with small
buckets to save their
elderly neighbours' homes.
And ahead of catastrophic
fire conditions on Saturday,
the two men will remain in
the razed town to protect
homes once more.
"Nearly 40 years ago I came
here from Afghanistan and
Australia gave us a future.
Now, I feel like we are in
debt to give to other
Australians," Zalmai said.
"We're on neighbourhood
watch."
Every year the Khatiz
family, from Hornsby, spend
New Year's Eve at their
holiday home on the
picturesque shores of Lake
Conjola.
Their home, just 50 metres
from the water's edge,
boasts panoramic views of
the water.
On Tuesday about 11am the
family, including four
teenage children, were about
to go for a swim when they
noticed a water-bombing
helicopter filling from the
lake.
Then, flames engulfed their
street.
"Suddenly the winds picked
up and it turned scalding
hot. We thought about
leaving but at that moment
our neighbour's roof caught
on fire and spot fires
started all around us," Yama
said.
"There was nowhere to go."
Zalmai said the family all
seven of them didn't
hesitate to help their
elderly neighbours.
This program aims to support
the administration of
community language schools
through the provision of
funding based on student
enrolment numbers to help
cover school operating
costs.
The Community Language
Multicultural Grants aims
to:
Support the maintenance,
development and acquisition
of languages other than
English.
Connect young Australians
to the languages and
cultures of their community.
Enhance cross-cultural
awareness and respect for
cultural diversity.
Applications close at
11:00pm AEDT on 17 February
2020.
You can find more
information on how to apply
by clicking
here.
Quotes The unity between
Muslims and Coptic
Christians of Egypt is
something of absolute
importance.
It is necessary to present
Islam the way it is, the way
it respects others, the way
it believes in others and
grants them freedom of
religion.
Statistics
50th Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar
970CE the year Al-Azhar
University was founded
Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb
Grand Sheikh of the Al-Azhar
University, Grand Imam of
AlAzhar Mosque
Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb
was appointed as Grand
Sheikh of Al-Azhar in March
2010, after the passing of
his predecessor, Dr Muhammad
Sayyid Tantawi. Tayyeb was
formerly the president of
Al-Azhar for seven years and
prior to that, served for
two years as the most
powerful cleric in Egypt as
its Grand Mufti.
Influence Scholarly Influence:
His scholarly influence as a
leading intellectual of
Sunni Islam spans the globe.
He has served as the Dean of
the Faculty of Islamic
Studies in Aswan, and the
theology faculty of the
International Islamic
University in Pakistan. He
has also taught in
universities in Saudi
Arabia, Qatar, and the
United Arab Emirates.
Political Stance:
Over the past years of
political uncertainty and
unrest in Egypt Tayyeb has
attempted to hold the middle
way. He has been outspoken
against the Muslim
Brotherhood for their
exploitation of Islam as a
political ideology, whilst
also resisting calls of
President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi.
for a religious revolution
and efforts to renew
Islamic discourse,. Such
efforts included the
suggestion to revoke the
verbal divorce law in Egypt.
Al-Azhar wholly rejected the
Presidents plan, calling
the law an undisputed
practice since the days of
the Prophet Muhammad.
Tayyeb has been active in
trying to diffuse the
influence of daish,
organizing many initiatives
and conferences. He has also
tried to improve foreign
relations and met with many
foreign religious leaders
and heads of states
(including the Pope and
Queen Elizabeth).
Advocate of Traditional
Islam: Sheikh Tayyeb has
emphasized his mission to
promote traditional Islam
since becoming Grand Sheikh.
He has stressed the
importance of teaching
students about Islamic
heritageconsidering Al-Azhar
graduates as ambassadors of
Islam to the world. In an
age where the claimants to
authoritative Islam seem to
be on every corner, Sheikh
Tayyeb has both the
institute and the personal
skills to authentically
claim to be a representative
of traditional Islam, Islam
as practiced by the majority
of Muslims throughout the
ages. On 29 August 2016
during the World Islamic
Conference held in Grozny,
Chechnya, Sheikh Tayyeb
defined the Sunni community
(Ahl Sunnah wa Jamaa) as
those who follow Imam
Abul-Hasan Al-Ashari and
Imam Abu Mansur Al-Maturidi
and the scholars of Hanafi,
Maliki, and Shafii
jurisprudence, as well as
the moderate scholars of
Hanbali school. He also
included the Sufis following
in the way of Imam Al-Junayd.
Leader of Al-Azhar:
Sheikh Tayyeb leads the
second-oldest university in
the world, where teaching
has continued without
interruption since 975 CE.
Al-Azhar represents the
centre of Sunni Islamic
jurisprudence. It is a key
institution that issues
authoritative religious
rulings and has provided
extensive Islamic education
to Egyptian and
international students since
its inception over a
millennium ago. This history
makes it a bastion of Sunni
traditionalism. The
university is considered one
of the most prominent
Islamic educational
institutions, and the
foremost centre of Sunni
Muslim scholarship
worldwide.
Administers Al-Azhar
Education Network:
AlAzhar is currently the
largest university in the
world, having risen from a
group of three schools in
the 1950s to its current
state with 72 feeder
schools, and close to
300,000 students studying
there at any one time.
Including schools that are
part of Al-Azhar waqf
initiatives, there are close
to two million students. The
graduates of Al-Azhar have
great respect as religious
leaders within the Muslim
community, and this makes
the head of Al-Azhar an
extraordinarily powerful and
influential person.
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.
ANZAC Muslims: An Untold
Story
By Dzavid Haveric, Charles
Sturt University
.
Abstract: When the
Commonwealth of Australia
became immersed in two World
Wars, Australian Muslims
accepted the national call
-they shed their blood and
gave their lives for
Australia's freedom and
democracy. With their
Australian brothers-in-arms
and allies they fought
courageously with honour
against their common enemies
in different battlefields
-but this is an almost
forgotten history. Muslims
in Australia were challenged
by Britain's imperial might
and by their status as
British subjects and
'aliens' to take part in
ANZAC showing their
commitment to their adopted
country.
The virtue of justice, sense
of responsibility and
loyalty are peculiar
qualities that find their
full justification in the
organised welfare of
Australian society. This
pioneering article, based on
ongoing research on ANZAC
Muslims, makes known their
unique contribution. It
reveals historic facts about
ANZAC Muslims who were
members of what has come to
be known as the Heroic
Generation. Although their
names have not appeared in
history books, they achieved
the glory of victory for a
better future for new
generations to come. Their
contribution is part of
Australian National Heritage
-Lest we forget.
ANZAC MUSLIMS IN
WORLD WAR II
....continued from last
week's CCN.....
CONCLUSION
Whether Muslims participated
in Australian defence forces
is not under question.
Through the discovery of
historic source materials,
it became evident that
Australian Muslims took part
in various ANZAC military
units on numerous
battlefields in Australia
and overseas. By identifying
the ethnicity of ANZAC
Muslims it is apparent they
belonged to diverse Muslim
communities across
Australia. Defending
Australia gave Muslims a new
challenge in their effort in
building their
Australianness.
ANZAC Muslims proved
themselves by their noble
duties and triumphant
actions. They demonstrated
their personal challenge to
overcome adversity with a
spirit of bravery and
courage, and by fostering a
hope and liveliness in their
units. With their
brothers-in-arms they
developed friendships that
would be regularly described
as a mysterious cement of
the soul.
The young soldiers, after
crossing considerable
distance to join the
front-line, learned to value
the meaning of true
friendship through sharing
the joy of success and grief
at loss. They found in their
service a unique attachment
to Australia it was Islam
that connected them,
providing needed salvation
on the battlegrounds,
enhancing loyalty and love
to Australia, as well as
altruism, compassion and
commitment, helping to
sustain the Muslim community
and contributing to the
fabric of society.
Within a framework of rights
and obligations of
participation in Australia,
discourses and symbols of
belonging, ways of remarking
themselves about their
fondness for an adopted
country, Muslims took their
part in celebrating the
victory of Australian
defence forces Lest we
forget.
Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, center,
waves as Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) President Amit Shah, left,
looks on during a public meeting
in Ahmedabad, May 26, 2019.
Continued from
last week's
CCN....
Most economists
agree that
demonetization,
along with the
new goods and
services tax
that Modi
announced last
yearpromising
one nation, one
taxwas the
policy
equivalent of
shooting out the
tires of a
speeding car.
Even the
governments own
data shows that
unemployment is
at a 45-year
high. The 2019
Global Hunger
Index ranks
India 102nd out
of 117
countries.
(Nepal comes in
at 73rd,
Bangladesh 88th,
and Pakistan
94th).
But
demonetization
was never about
economics alone.
It was a loyalty
test, a love
exam that the
Great Leader was
putting us
through. Would
we follow him,
would we always
love him, no
matter what? We
emerged with
flying colors.
The moment we as
a people
accepted
demonetization,
we infantilized
ourselves and
surrendered to
tinpot
authoritarianism.
But what was bad
for the country
turned out to be
excellent for
the BJP. Between
2016 and 2017,
even as the
economy tanked,
it became one of
the richest
political
parties in the
world. Its
income increased
by 81 percent,
making it nearly
five times
richer than its
main rival, the
Congress Party,
whose income
declined by 14
percent. Smaller
political
parties were
virtually
bankrupted. This
war chest won
the BJP crucial
state elections
in Uttar
Pradesh, and
turned the 2019
general election
into a race
between a
Ferrari and a
few old
bicycles. And
since elections
are increasingly
about money, the
chances of a
free and fair
election in the
near future seem
remote. So maybe
demonetization
was not a
blunder after
all.
During Modis
second term, the
RSS has stepped
up its game. No
longer a shadow
state or a
parallel state,
it is the state.
Day by day, we
see examples of
its control over
the media, the
police, the
intelligence
agencies.
Worryingly, it
appears to
exercise
considerable
influence over
the armed
forces, too.
Foreign
diplomats and
ambassadors have
been hobnobbing
with Mohan
Bhagwat. The
German
ambassador even
trooped all the
way to the RSS
headquarters in
Nagpur to pay
his respects.
In truth, things
have reached a
stage where
overt control is
no longer even
necessary. More
than four
hundred
round-the-clock
television news
channels,
millions of
WhatsApp groups
and TikTok
videos keep the
population on a
drip feed of
frenzied
bigotry.
As
repression in
India gets
worse, notable
figures remain
silent
By Rana Ayyub,
GLOBAL OPINIONS
contributing
writer
Over the past
weeks Ive
received a
number of
alarming
messages about
police
repression and
intimidation in
the Indian state
of Uttar
Pradesh.
If you see
this, help us,
read an urgent
message I
received on Dec.
21 from an
assistant
professor in
Muzaffarnagar,
barely three
hours from
Indias capital,
New Delhi. He
told me police
officers were on
a rampage in his
neighbourhood.
Another man in
the same area
sent me videos
of state
security forces
barging into his
neighbors
house. They
threatened his
father, asked
him if Islam
allowed him to
have sex with
his own daughter
and started
laughing, the
man said. They
opened the
cupboards, stole
the gold,
jewelry,
vandalized their
homes.
One of the
officers pushed
the father to
the ground and
said, You
circumcised must
remember, this
is the price you
pay for
protesting a
reference to the
demonstrations
that have spread
across India in
the past weeks
over the passage
of a
discriminatory
citizenship law
pushed by the
government of
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
The Bharatiya
Janata Party
government in
Uttar Pradesh
led by Yogi
Adityanath, an
Islamophobic
hard-line Hindu
monk had
warned
protesters of
revenge on Dec.
19. Within
hours, I and
other
journalists were
flooded with
calls and
messages about
police vandalism
and brutality
just before the
state cut off
the Internet.
Also on Dec. 21,
I received a
frantic call
from an
orphanage for
young Muslim
students in
Muzaffarnagar.
The line
disconnected. I
tried calling
back but the
line went
unanswered. A
few days later,
a disturbing
news report
emerged. Teenage
Muslim students
of the Sadat
Hostel had been
beaten and
forced to chant
Jai Shri Ram
(Glory to Lord
Ram). The
teacher, an
elderly Muslim
cleric, was
stripped and
humiliated.
More than 20
people have been
killed in this
latest wave of
repression all
of them Muslims
killed because
of a BJP
government
warning of
revenge.
Thousands have
been arrested.
I am a Muslim
journalist who
has witnessed
the worst
anti-Muslim
carnages up
close, and the
repression and
intimidation in
Uttar Pradesh
bring back
nightmares that
we wish to erase
from our recent
memories. But
this is all a
manifestation of
hate fanned by
Modi and
nurtured among
his supporters
in the security
forces.
The prime
minister has
maintained a
dangerous and
strategic
silence through
it all, and its
impossible not
to think of his
role in the
anti-Muslim
violence of
2002, when he
was a provincial
minister in
Gujarat. Whether
Modis police in
2002 or
Adityanaths in
2019, the hate
remains
unchanged.
As the
constitution is
trampled and
Muslims are once
again
threatened,
Indians have
noticed the
silence,
hypocrisy and
complicity of
powerful sectors
in particular
the film
industry.
Paranoia about
Muslims is
reflected in
mainstream
Bollywood. Since
Modi assumed
power,
filmmakers have
been bending
over backward to
please the
Indian right
wing. Film after
film over the
past four years
has had a common
enemy a
kohl-eyed Muslim
ruler whose
debauched gaze
preys on Indian
Hindu women, or
the evil Muslim
sultanate that
wants to pull
India away from
its magnanimous
Hindu supremacy.
In the new film
Tanhaji, lead
actor Ajay Devgn,
a Modi
supporter, plays
a Hindu warrior
of the 17th
century who has
to protect Hindu
pride from
Muslim rulers
who seek
hegemony over
India. He has
called the film
a surgical
strike that
shook the Mughal
Empire,
repeating the
phrase that the
Modi government
used to describe
attacks in
Pakistan a few
months ago.
The actor Saif
Ali Khan, a
Muslim, plays a
key role in the
film but he
has played
another
important role
off-screen,
enabling the
worst impulses
of the
government. His
decision to look
away from the
abuses is
demoralizing.
While people
from across the
country
mobilized to
protect the
rights of
Muslims, Khan
played it safe,
saying he was
ignorant about
the citizenship
bill.
He has offered
cover to Modi
before.
In 2018, a CNN
anchor asked
Khan whether he
was concerned
about the
intolerance to
secularism in
Modis regime.
He replied that
he was not sure
it existed. In
contrast to the
majority of
Indias Muslim
population, who
live below the
countrys
socioeconomic
standard, Khan
belongs to one
of the most
privileged
Muslim families
an erudite man
who has
developed
amnesia when it
comes to
oppression.
Others have
chosen the same
path, including
the icons
Shahrukh Khan
and Aamir Khan.
Both have been
threatened by
BJP leaders in
the past over
their opinions
of the
intolerance in
India. However,
neither of the
superstars has
commented on the
current
nationwide
protests.
A director who
works closely
with Shahrukh
Khan was stunned
at their
hypocrisy. They
are worried
about their
business, about
their films
getting
adversely
affected should
they critique
the government,
the director
told me. What
bothers me is
that Shahrukh
himself is an
alumnus of Jamia
Millia Islamia,
where the first
crackdown was
unleashed by
this
government.
But now the
cowardice of the
privileged
public face of
the Muslim elite
is being
replaced by the
extraordinary
courage shown by
ordinary Muslims
gathering in
mass protests
with fellow
Indians, holding
the national
tricolor,
wearing it as a
symbol of their
strength,
rescuing it from
the
ethno-nationalist
degradation led
by Modi.
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Found: A Medical Manual Linking Medieval
Ireland to the Islamic World
The manuscript bound into the
printed text.
AN EXCITING LINK BETWEEN MEDIEVAL
Ireland and the Islamic world has been
discovered on two sheets of calfskin
vellum lodged into the binding of a book
from the 1500s. The sheets hold a rare
15th-century Irish translation of an
11th-century Persian medical
encyclopedia. For 500 years, they sat in
a family home in Cornwall with no one
the wiser to their origins.
I suppose [the owners] just took a
notion to photograph it with their phone
and they sent the photograph to one of
the universities in England, who sent it
to another university, and eventually it
got to me, says Pαdraig Σ Machαin, who
has spent his life with medieval Gaelic
manuscripts and leads the modern Irish
department at University College Cork.
For him, identifying it as a medieval
Irish medical text was a cinch, but he
needed a little help to determine its
source.
Σ Machαin, founder of Irish Script on
Screen, Irelands first deep
digitization project, where the
manuscript and many more old Irish texts
can be seen, shared the fragment with
Aoibheann Nic Dhonnchadha, a specialist
in Irish medical texts at the Dublin
Institute for Advanced Studies. She
identified it as a passage from the
first book of the seminal five-volume
The Canon of Medicine. Written by
11th-century Persian physician and
polymath Ibn Sina, also known as
Avicenna, the work is considered the
foundational textbook of early modern
medicine. While many references to Ibn
Sina and his work pop up in old Irish
medical texts, this is the only known
evidence of a full translation of his
encyclopedia. He originally wrote in
Arabic, and the Irish rendition is
likely translated from a 13th-century
Latin version by the prolific Gerard of
Cremona. This is one of the most
influential medical books ever written,
says Nic Dhonnchadha. So the fact that
it was being studied in Ireland in the
15th century was certainly a link to the
Islamic world.
.....
This is an example of
learning in its purest form, it
transcends all boundaries, it transcends
cultures and religions, it unites us all
in a way that other things divide us, Σ
Machαin says. Thats very personally
important to me because I think learning
is without borders and that this is
maybe an opportunity to express that and
make people understand it.
.
For the first
time, Muslims are faced with
a worldwide positivism which
is working to use knowledge,
the sciences and their
discoveries and achievements
in a manner which severs the
relationship between the
Creator, the created
universe and man, thereby
disregarding the world of
the unseen and driving a
wedge between science and
values.
Lacking even
the most modest store of
vital Islamic doctrine on
the intellectual level,
university students and
researchers in the Islamic
world are confronted with
doctrines and philosophies
which are presented to them
together with a flimsy,
miserable defence of Islam.
There is not
a single academic
institution in the Islamic
world in which Islamic
thought is taught and in
which the Islamic vision is
given a deep-rooted
foundation with the same
force and persuasiveness
with which Western ideas and
the Western vision are
taught to students in the
West, in a coherent,
comprehensive manner
accompanied by seriousness
and commitment on the part
of all.
The book
argues that this approach is
diametrically opposed to the
Islamic perspective and that
we must disengage human
scientific achievement from
positivistic philosophical
premises and reemploy these
sciences within a systematic
epistemological framework
based on divine revelation,
conferring honour upon all
forms of knowledge, as
having been bestowed upon
man by their Creator.
Welcome to my weekly
column on
Self-Care and
Clarity of Mind.
If youre 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:
Its Never Too Late
And Youre Never Too
Old
Last two and half
years I have been
studying Bachelor of
Clinical Nutrition
and Dietetic
Medicine fulltime
and busy with
community service
and looking after my
home and family. I
was supposed to
study this degree
back in 1997. It
wasnt until
February 2017 when I
opened a box filled
with my old
textbooks that I was
overcome with the
realisation: If not
now, then when? If
not me, then who?
Twenty years is a
long time to catch
up with. But so
what? Time will pass
whether I like it or
not. Time, after
all, is abstract.
The only moment is
NOW. The only future
is how we accumulate
moments of NOW. And
the only past is how
we waste our moments
of NOW on thoughts
that stagnate us
rather than fill our
hearts with love,
light, peace and
joy.
So, I ask you today
to take a moment and
reflect on what you
have been putting
off all these years.
What is that one
thing you have been
yearning to do? What
is stopping you from
doing it? Because
guess what? Its
never too late and
youre never too
old. Because really,
how old is too old?
And how late is too
late?
ALMIGHTY ALLAH has
blessed you with an
energetic body and
great wisdom. If
anything, the more
years you have
lived, the better
experienced you are
to tackle life. All
you really need to
do is keep your body
healthy and your
mind alive, curious
and creative. Above
all else, invest in
your spiritual
enlightenment.
Recite something
daily from the Holy
Quran and truly
practise it
mindfully.
Even back in our
Prophets (SAW)
time, it took
twenty-three long
years for the Holy
Quran to be
revealed. Every
surah was mindfully
practised, imbibed
and implemented into
the daily lives of
the sahabas before
the next one was
revealed. So why are
we in such a hurry?
Strategies To
Fulfil Your Dreams,
Age No Bar
Write down at
least five things
you have always
wanted to do but
havent
Write down why you
havent done them
Pick ONE of these
five dreams and
place it on the top
of another fresh
page
Under this new
heading, write down
how your life will
be different if you
achieved this dream
Write down what
you can do RIGHT NOW
to at least start
the steps towards
realising this dream
Write down what
you will do for the
next 11 days to move
forward in realising
this dream
(repeating something
eleven times wires
the brain to form a
habit. So even
thinking about
realising this one
dream, every day for
11 days will form a
positive habit)
If you wish to know
about a specific
topic with regards
to Self-Care and
Clarity of Mind,
please text or email
me. If you wish to
have a FREE one hour
Finding Clarity
telephone session,
contact me on
0451977786
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Reflections - my
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poetry and
affirmations
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For Muslimahs
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from Muslimah
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YouTube Channel.
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self-awareness
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KB says:
Mushrooms are considered superfoods, have a lot
of nutritional value with few calories and
little fat. They also contain two types of
dietary fibres, beta-glucans and chitin, which
increase satiety and reduce appetite thus helps
in weight loss.
Stuffed Mushrooms
INGREDIENTS & METHOD
Ingredients
12 medium sized white button mushrooms
Ό cup breadcrumbs
2 eggs
2 tab shredded cheddar cheese
A dash of olive oil
½ tsp ground green chillies
½ tsp garlic flakes
½ tsp dried oregano
Salt and pepper to taste
Method
1. With a wet cloth wipe the
mushrooms.
2. Snap off mushroom stems and chop these roughly.
3. Combine all ingredients together and spoon into the
mushroom caps, pressing down well to fit the whole cap and
then moulding extra filling into neat mounds.
4. Bake at 200c for approx 20mins or until cheese is nicely
browned
5. Serve hot as an entrιe.
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readers?
Send in your favourite recipe to me at
admin@ccnonline.com.au and be my "guest chef" for the week.
Q:
Dear
Kareema,
how often do you think training shoes should be
replaced? Its a great time to be buying and was
just wondering what your thoughts were?
A:
My rule is that I mix up my workout footwear.
I find that if I rotate between runners, not
only do they tend to last longer, they seem more
comfortable with each wear.
Studies also show that rotating between
different pairs of running/workout shoes can
lower the risk of injury.
So buying more than one pair can actually be
good for you!
The
Believers are but a single
Brotherhood: so make peace
and reconciliation between
your two [contending]
brothers; and fear Allah,
that they may receive Mercy.
"After years of reading
Islamic sources on theology
and jurisprudence, I have
become convinced that the
puritan end of the spectrum
empties Islam of its moral
and ethical content. And I
have become convinced that a
non-humanistic Islam is a
false Islam - that Islam is
a message of compassion,
mercy, love and beauty and
that these values represent
the core of the faith."
Over 50,000 Muslim performs itikaf (staying in a
mosque solely for the purpose of worship and meditation) each
year in the Grand Mosque, MASJID-AL-HARAM, Makkah during the
last 10 days of Ramadan!
During this period these worshipers would not go out from the
mosque for worldly purposes, except for essential needs, and
devote their whole time for reading the Holy Quran and engage
in prayers seeking forgiveness and blessings of Allah, a
religious expert said.
Some people start itikaf even early to get suitable places
inside the mosque before the big rush. There are people like
Ahmed Saleem (Syrian) who is doing Itkaf for last 25 years in
the Grand Mosque.
QLD based agency, Fajr Travels have announced an Itikaf program
in 2020. It is a 2-night stay in Madinah and a 12-night stay in
Makkah.
Their CEO Dr. Zakaria said Itikaf in
Masjid-Al-Haram during last ten nights of Ramadan is very common
in Sub-continent, South Africa and around the world. We feel
honour to start the culture in Australia.
Know of
any Muslim
counselling
service
providers?
Who can
our youth
approach for
mentoring
and advice?
Are you
aware of
safe shelter
spaces for
Muslims?
Do you
know who to
approach
when you
need respite
care?
Where can
you send
your
children for
Islamic
classes?
Yes? So have we.
Many times.
The Qld Muslim
community is
diverse and
there are many
services being
provided within
the Muslim
community and to
broader society.
But the range of
services is not
widely known or
understood
across the
state.
ICQ is hosting
the "Playing Our
Part" workshop
to bring all Qld
Muslim
organisations
together. We
will:
Share
information
about
services
being
offered by
all
organisations
Discuss
our
community's
strengths
Identify
areas where
organisations
are
duplicating
efforts and
seek ways to
make this
more
efficient
Work out
how to fill
gaps in our
community
services.
All registered
Muslim
organisations
are requested to
attend (2 people
per
organisation).
Alhamdulillah, only for Brisbane
residents are we so fortunate to have the ability to
access Islamic Education on a variety of different
platforms.
With registrations CLOSING SOON there are limited spots
remaining until classes are at full capacity 2020 with
both Full Time and Part Time close to capacity.
The Quran Alive course is the culmination of over 14
years of research and development. Our Academy Alive
scholars have tailored, refined and systemised our
unique curriculum, producing world class standards of
education to suit all learning styles."
View some of our success stories of our students of
2019. 2020 could be your year!
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Dialogue
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8AM
23 March
(tentative)
Monday
LAILATU
MI'RAAJ
(Ascension
night)
27th Rajab
1441
10 April(tentative)
Friday
NISF SHA'BAAN
(Lailatul
Bahrat)
15th Sha'baan
1441
25 April(tentative)
Saturday
RAMADAAN
(Start of the
month of fasting)
1st Ramadaan
1441
21 May(tentative)
Thursday
LAILATUL-QADR
(Night of
Power)
27th Ramadaan
1441
25 May(tentative)
Monday
EID-UL-FITR
(End of the
month of fasting)
1st Shawal
1441
31 July(tentative)
Friday
YAWMUL ARAFAH
(Day of
Arafah)
9th Zil-Hijjah
1441
1 August (tentative)
Saturday
EID-UL-ADHA
10th Zil-Hijja
1441
21 August(tentative)
Friday
RAʼS AL-SANAH
AL-HIJRĪYAH
(Islamic New
Year)
1st Muharram
1442
30 August (tentative)
Sunday
DAY OF ASHURA
10th Muharram
1442
30 October
(tentative)
Friday
MILAD UN NABI
(Birth of
Prophet Mohammed (pbuh)
12th
Rabi-ul-Awwal 1442
PLEASE NOTE
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.
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