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Australian lawyers call on
Facebook to crackdown on
anti-Muslim comments
A team of Australian lawyers
are calling on Facebook to
urgently fix their
moderation policy after they
found dozens of violent
anti-Muslim comments were
not removed.
The findings of the
investigation by lawyers
from the Australian
Muslim Advocacy Network(AMAN) and
Sydney-based firm Birchgrove
Legal were detailed in a
letter sent to Facebook on
Wednesday, days before the
world marks one year since
the Christchurch mosque
attacks.
Rita Jabri-Markwell, a
lawyer with the advocacy
network, told SBS News that
the group reported 71
comments posted on pages of
known alt-right groups
containing broad anti-Muslim
statements but only 14 were
removed.
Of the remaining comments,
45 were deemed to comply
with Facebook’s community
standards and another 14
received no response, she
said.
One comment described
Muslims as “parasites” and
called for them to be
“culled” received no
response from Facebook when
reported. Other comments
using similar language had
been removed.
Another comment that invoked
the need for a second “final
solution”, a term referring
to the mass murder of Jewish
people during the Holocaust,
was found not to contravene
Facebook’s community
standards.
“We feel that there’s a
gap and we want to work
with them [Facebook],
because this stuff can’t
be in the mainstream, it
can’t be normal,” Ms
Jabri-Markwell said.
“We are very aware of
the hate incidents that
are happening in public
places, particularly
affecting women in
hijabs, and this all
starts online.”
In the aftermath of the
Christchurch terror attacks,
which saw the murder of 51
Muslim worshippers
live-streamed on social
media, Facebook signed on to
the Christchurch Call - a
multinational pledge to
address the proliferation of
extremist content online.
As a result, the company
announced it would ramp up
its rules against hateful
content to enable the
removal of posts supporting
white nationalism and
separatism.
Since the 15 March attack,
Facebook has also banned a
number of high-profile
far-right commentators
including US white
nationalist Paul Nehlen,
Milo Yiannopoulos and
conspiracy theorist Alex
Jones.
In a statement to SBS News,
a Facebook company
spokesperson said they had
tripled their safety and
security team to more than
35,000 people, invested in
technology to identify hate
speech before it is reported
and banned over 200 white
supremacist organisations.
"We also prohibit anyone
from posting hateful content
that targets people using
violent or dehumanising
speech, statements of
inferiority, or calls for
exclusion or segregation,"
the spokesperson said.
But Ms Jabri-Markwell said
they haven’t seen any
observable reduction in the
number of pages and hate
groups on the platform.
“These online
communities are just
becoming more and more
emboldened in their hate
all the time,” she said.
The group wants to
“understand what they’re
currently doing” and “why
the processes aren’t picking
up this stuff” so they can
work with Facebook to
improve their moderation, Ms
Jabri-Markwell added.
A number of the comments
included in the
investigation did not
specifically use the word
“Muslims”, instead
responding to external links
about Islam with comments
like “cull them” or “kill
this filth” which may mean
they are not picked up by
Facebook’s algorithm.
The group’s push for
stronger comment moderation
practices followed Melbourne
University research that
studied more than 41,000
social media posts to
determine what narratives
were being used by far-right
groups in Victoria.
Completed in November 2018 -
approximately five months
before the Christchurch
attacks - the research found
that supporters of the
anti-Islam movement within
the far-right were the most
prolific posters online.
The social media giant's
guidelines define hate
speech as a “direct attack”
on people based on
“protected characteristics”
that include religious
affiliation, ethnicity,
national origin and race.
“We define attack as violent
or dehumanising speech,
statements of inferiority,
or calls for exclusion or
segregation,” the policy
states.
A Facebook spokesperson said
they are continuing to work
on their strategy to adapt
to the far-right's methods.
"We know that some people
will find new ways to
communicate and spread harm
both online and offline and
we’re absolutely committed
to doing everything we can
to advance our work and
share our progress.”
SBS News
AMAN's
letter to FACEBOOK
the letter
Facebook has failed to fix
"extreme" Islamophobia after
the Christchurch attack, a
Muslim group claims, calling
for the social media giant
to work more closely with
community groups to stamp
out hate.
It comes as the social media
giant says it has learned
from its mistakes over the
mosque massacre one year
ago, and other calls for
tech companies to do more,
lest the internet is used
for "extreme hate" again.
"I don't think Facebook has
done enough. They have
changed their policies but
the implementation of those
policies seems very
inconsistent and
unreliable," Rita Jabri-Maxwell,
a lawyer with the Australian
Muslim Advocacy Network (AMAN),
told 10 daily.
"Facebook’s hate speech
policy is not picking up
some of the main far-right
narratives."
It's nearly 12 months on
from the New Zealand
attacks, where
Australian-born alleged
terrorist Brenton Tarrant is
accused of gunning down 51
people in two separate
shootings, live-streaming
his rampage on Facebook. The
platform promised change --
but the AMAN says the social
media network has fallen
short of promises to stamp
out extreme hatred online.
The AMAN has written a
letter to Facebook
Australia, shared with 10
daily, in which they claim
the platform's reporting
standards allow vile
anti-Islam slurs and violent
threats to slip through --
claiming that sends "a
signal that such endangering
speech is socially
acceptable."
"The ambiguity of Facebook’s
community standards is
contributing to a climate of
real insecurity for
Australian Muslims," the
letter said.
"There is evidence that
Facebook is allowing extreme
and bigotry-based views to
be normalised... and
emboldening ordinary people
to commit public acts of
hatred against Australian
Muslims."
10 daily reported last week
Instagram, owned by
Facebook, was a new
battleground for racist and
far-right content.
The AMAN wants to work with
Facebook, and hopes to meet
and discuss how best to
address hate and racism
online.
Jabri-Maxwell -- who also
works with the Islamophobia
Register, logging reports of
anti-Muslim hate -- said
AMAN's research had found
posts referring to Muslims
as "bloody germs of
humanity" or "parasites"
were ruled by reporting
tools to not breach Facebook
standards.
"I haven't seen any changes
[since Christchurch]. People
are still posting outrageous
violent things, we still
have incident reports coming
into the Islamophobia
Register from innocent
people going about their
lives," she said.
Jabri-Maxwell said social
media companies had talked a
big game, but needed to do
more to actually enforce
rules.
"We want a safer country for
everyone. we have to defend
our community bonds because
that's what keeps us safe.
Social media companies need
to uphold Australian values
of tolerance, compassion and
the fair go," she said.
"People can and should
debate religion,
immigration, globalisation,
all these topics without
spreading extremist
narratives that incite
hatred."
SBS News
Australian Muslims have
written to tech giant
Facebook, warning that one
year on from the
Christchurch massacre, the
platform is failing to
remove extreme anti-Muslim
hate-speech.
Facebook says it has tripled
its safety and security
team, and that it removes
praise and support for
violence.
But after trying to use
Facebook's own tools to have
extreme content flagged and
removed, lawyers say the
company needs to strengthen
and better enforce its own
rules.
Featured:
Moustafa Kheir, principal
solicitor, Birchgrove Legal
Ahmed El-jaam, law clerk,
Birchgrove Legal
Dr Andre Oboler, chief
executive, Online Hate
Prevention Institute
Over a thousand Muslims,
including many travelling
Australians, have gathered
for a combined prayer
service in Christchurch to
mark a year since New
Zealand's largest mass
shooting.
On March 15 last year, 51
worshippers from the Al Noor
and Linwood Islamic Centre
mosques were killed in a
targetted attack.
Tony Green, a worshipper
from the Al Noor mosque,
said the gathering was
spiritual but not emotional.
"We accept life and we
accept death. So there was a
calmness, but a profound
calmness," he said.
Farid Ahmad, a survivor who
lost his wife in the attack,
said it was only after the
service that the attendees
became emotional.
"Our prayers are peaceful.
We were trying to connect
with God and so it was very
peaceful," he said.
"When we came outside it was
emotional because everyone
was showing their sympathy."
Prime Minister Jacinda
Ardern was among those in
attendance, her head covered
with a scarf.
She met with female
worshippers before observing
the service from a
hospitality suite.
Al Noor Imam Gamal Fouda
addressed the combined
congregations on Friday with
a message of the importance
of charity.
"We must strive to be a
blessing," Mr Green said of
Imam Fouda's central
message.
"Every person has an
obligation to do charity.
"Charity is not just
dispersement of wealth from
wealthy people, but
supporting the blind.
Offering good words. Helping
the weak.
"He called on us to practise
goodness and follow a path
of healing.
"The people who died last
year have to have died for a
purpose. And that's an
invitation to everybody."
The occasion drew plenty of
outsiders from around New
Zealand and Australia, with
journalist Waleed Aly among
those in attendance.
Another was Sydneysider
Shazil Rehman, who travelled
as part of Muslim Aid
Australia, to offer support
to survivors and their
families.
"A considerable amount of
Aussies have come down, not
just today but last year
when the event happened," Mr
Rehman said.
He said Imam Fouda's message
of charity and understanding
was powerful.
"Whatever it takes to bring
people together, to get an
understanding out there, we
need to do it," he said.
"That's what caused this
tragedy in the first place.
A lack of understanding, of
awareness.
"Together we can make the
world a better place, like
Michael Jackson said."
Muslim
Crescent Scouts was
celebrated on ABC News on 8
March 2020.
The Queensland's first
Muslim Scout Group is
proving particularly popular
with girls, who are keen to
show they can do anything
the boys can do.
The Muslim Crescent Scouts
in Logan Central, south of
Brisbane, is one of the
state's newest groups within
the scouting movement, which
has been grappling with a
decline in membership across
Australia.
It formed late last year as
a way to provide a program
for Muslim youth in the
greater Brisbane region.
Group founder Farah Scott
said the community had been
seeking a program to help
kids stay active and be
social, and scouting
provided the best framework.
"People were saying, 'Let's
do something like Scouts'
and I thought why do
something like Scouts —
let's do Scouts," she said.
"Everyone in the community
was very excited when we
started because there's no
outside programs at the
mosque.
"There was nothing for kids
to be sociable, to get
outdoors, to get off the
devices, and meet other kids
and have fun."
The group has more than 20
members, spanning Joey
Scouts (five to
seven-year-olds), Cub Scouts
(eight to 10), Scouts (11 to
14), Venturer Scouts (15 to
17) and adult scouting
leaders who help run
activities in each age
group.
Ms Scott said the Muslim
Crescent Scouts program was
not dramatically altered
from traditional Scouts and
was open for anyone to join.
"We still do the basic Scout
program, but it's more
Muslim-friendly in the sense
that the girls feel
comfortable wearing their
scarves because majority of
the participants are
Muslim," she said.
"They know the food will be
halal, they'll stop for
prayer times and Islamic
festivals will be observed
and celebrated.
"Their parents feel
comfortable letting them go
out and to be with the other
kids, and they know that
they are going to be looked
after and have fun."
The group meets each Sunday
during the school term to
learn a range of skills
including knot tying, tent
building, bushwalking,
bushcraft and survival first
aid.
Good to
get outdoors
More than 50 million people
participate in scouting
worldwide, with about 15,000
people involved in
Queensland.
Abdullah Gemicioglu, 17,
said he joined Muslim
Crescent Scouts to get
outdoors and gain practical
life skills.
"I decided to join the
Scouts because I felt like
as a male, and in religion,
usually the male assumes
more work," he said.
"I've been able to use the
skills in real life so
learning how to tie knots,
lifting other things using
rope configurations, so it's
been quiet useful.
"I found that most kids
nowadays are usually inside
too much … they don't
develop any type of skills
like back in the days, so I
feel it's a really good
activity to do."
Scouting
empowers young women In Muslim tradition, men and
women don't shake hands with
the opposite sex, so the
Muslim Crescent Scouts have
been able to adapt the
parade so participants only
shake hands with the same
gender.
Chammie Kamara, 23, is an
assistant Scout leader for
the group and said scouting
is new for the Muslim
community.
"I've encouraged some of my
friends with younger kids to
come," she said.
She said she hoped other
women in the community would
join the group or be
inspired to take up a new
activity.
"It will give those who want
to do something more
confidence to come out and
try something new."
Samira Iesa, 15, said she
was happy the group had
attracted a strong
contingent of girls.
"A lot of girls don't really
get into these sort of
outdoor sporty activities,"
she said.
"I
feel happy that we've
encouraged more girls, and
show that girls can equally
do stuff guys can do.
"It doesn't have to be just
Muslim people because it's
nice to socialise with
people who are not from our
religion so you get to learn
about a different religion,
their culture, what they do.
"I would prefer that we have
different nationalities and
religions all mixed together
so we can all learn about
each other."
Diversity for the future
Data from a Scouts Australia
youth program review showed
there was 114,500 youth
members in Australian
scouting in 1979, but by
2018 that had fallen to
55,730.
The youth program has been
recently overhauled and
allows Scouts to be rewarded
in specialist areas,
including adventure and
sport, arts and literature,
environment, growth and
development, and STEM and
innovation.
BRISBANE what an amazing
achievement in such a short
period of time! MarshaAllah
MarshaAllah!
With all your generous
financial donations, the
Islamic Society of Algester
and friends packed over 600
backpacks on Friday 28
February, exceeding our 500
goal.
Add to this the sensational
support from other community
groups, schools, individuals
and businesses, another 600
backpacks and shoeboxes were
collected making it a total
of 1218.
The gifts were shipped to
Sydney on the weekend and
are already on a container
headed for Turkey. From
there they will make way to
Syria to bring a smile to a
child's face.
Thank you so much to
everyone who made completed
backpacks, donated
financially, helped at pack
day, sort and pack transport
bags, helped promote the
campaign, be drop off points
and everything in between!
Without your encouragement
and support, Shoebox4Syria
would not be success!
May the Almighty bless
everyone for their
intention, time and
motivation! May the gifts
arrive safely, intact and in
time for Eid al-Fitra 2020!
May Allah bless everyone on
the ground in Syria and
Turkey by keeping them safe
and continuing to help bring
the smiles to the children's
faces even if for a moment.
A shoutout to some amazing
ladies who helped me
personally and they know who
they are. Without you, it
would've been a very
difficult journey but with
your encouragement, it was
easy to continue and not be
hungry!
Special mention also to the
following:
Compton Road MediClinic
Gifteidau
Hadara boutique
Hurricane Stars Club
Islamic Society of
Algester
Sharon Edwards
Wisdom College
Wonderful ladies and
families who were drop
off points and donors
Please like and follow our
Facebook page -
Shoebox4Syria Australia -
for updated status of the
transport of the container.
The 1st National Conference
entitled 'Environmental
Crisis and Our Obligations
to Act: Teachings from Islam
and Abrahamic Faith
Traditions' took place
at the Multi-Faith Centre at
Griffith University
yesterday (Saturday).
Ma Rita Markwell MC'ed the
day-long event and one of
the keynote speakers was
Ibrahim Abdul-Matin author
of 'Green Deen: What
Islam teaches about
protecting the planet'.
In his presentation, Mr
Abdul-Matin looked at
evidences of imbalance that
would illustrate the gravity
of the moment and advanced a
series of questions: How do
we solve the most basic and
persistent human problems?
How have we solved these
problems in the past,
present, and how will we
solve them in the future?
Using examples from his
own climate resilience
practice advising the City
of New York and using the
Seerah as a guide my goal he
provided the audience with
some recommendations for
what our response can and
should be.
Prof. Odeh R. Al-Jayyousi,
Head of Innovation and
Technology Management at the
Arabian Gulf University,
Bahrain attempted to answer
the question "Does Islam
contribute to address the
global environmental
crisis?". He shed light on
the notion of sustainability
from
an Islamic perspective and
framed his debate around the
nature of development, the
role of humanity, and the
definition of the good life
(Hayat Tayebah).
The conference organizers
were Dr Daud Batchelor and
MH Hayat.
Muslim Aid Australia
appointed Shaykh Abdel Moez
Nafti as its Executive
Director for Islamic
Affairs.
His role with MAA will focus
on:
• Ensuring that all MAA
projects are executed
and delivered in a
Shariah-compliant
manner.
• Building effective
relationships locally
and internationally so
MAA can better serve its
donors, beneficiaries
and the community at
large.
• Raising community
awareness about
objective positions of
the Shariah, supported
by evidence, for all MAA
programmes including
General Sadaqa, Zakat,
Qurban, Orphan Aid,
Water wells and more.
The
unprecedented spread of the
Corona virus has been the
“talk of the planet” causing
chaos and confusion amongst
the general population,
leaving more questions and
concerns than answers.
Imams Corner,
hosted by Sheikh Uzair,
gives deep insight and
advice into the protections
for the believer and the
mindset and the approach to
take to overcome an illness.
Australia’s first Islamic &
multi-faith climate crisis
conference
On her uncle’s island,
she finds a far-reaching
corner where the ocean, sand
and her speak alone. Spirits
move between the mangroves,
the reeds, between the
thistles and bushes, in the
wind, in the gentle
breathing of mother nature’s
breast. Little ecosystems
flourish in each rockpool,
where barely four fingers
fit. The majesty of
creation. The inseparable
nature of good and bad, life
and death. This is the
beginning of her
understanding.
Some of my greatest
childhood memories were
forged on an island, where
my uncle was the lighthouse
keeper. For decades on a few
different islands, he raised
a family of five kids with
his wife in a paradise of
white sand, savage cyclones
and wondrous underwater
universes. SubhanAllah. It
was during those holidays
whereas a kid I would hide
away and write my first
poems. It was a healing and
highly spiritual experience.
In circles we go in life,
and as the demands of a
material world push on us,
our channels with the divine
can become rarer and more
transactional.
However, even now, if we
need to recharge, it is off
to nature we go as a family.
Not as long as I would like,
but a remembrance, a deep
breath.
This whole world is our
masjid. And walking in
nature can be like reading
the Ayats of the Qur’an.
These were some of the
messages of Ibrahim Abdul-Matin,
the author of Green Deen and
keynote speaker at today’s
first national climate
crisis conference instigated
by the Muslim community,
held at the MultiFaith
Centre at Griffith
University. Called
Environmental Crisis and Our
Obligations to Act, the
conference brought together
Islamic teachings with those
of other Abrahamic faiths.
Abdul-Matin who had flown in
from New York, said that the
coronavirus panic that was
gripping the states emanated
from a sudden realisation
that we are not in control.
We are yet to experience
that feeling of lost control
the moment our earth
temperatures start rising at
an unstoppable pace, where
biodiversity and whole
ecosystems collapse, when
the food and water crises
begin for the developed
world. We have had a sense
of extreme weather events
here in Australia, but not
yet sustained enough, to
lose that sense of control.
A refusal to act now, at an
individual and collective
level, is something we may
have to account for before
Allah. Sister Nadia Saeed,
youth engagement officer
from the Islamic Council of
Queensland, spoke about the
sadness and embarrassment
she feels when thinking
about this moment – thinking
about how the earth will be
presented to Allah. This is
what we’ve done.
Abdul-Matin told us to pray
in the natural world,
amongst the grass and the
sand, not to connect with
what Allah created, but to
remember that we are part of
what Allah created. As Imam
Yusuf Peer says, we utter
Subhaana Rabbiyal A'alaa
when our foreheads are
pressed to the ground in
prayer, because we recognise
that Allah is the highest,
but also to recognise we are
but sand.
It is the misplaced idea
that somehow, we are
superior and entitled to
extricate whatever we want
from the environment, from
others around us – that is
the spiritual poison that
leads to narcissism, family
violence and excessive
consumption. We need to move
from extrication to
regeneration – regeneration
of our natural environment,
of our communities, of our
own imaan.
He said we don’t need to
subscribe to capitalist or
socialist notions that
describe humans as mere
units of production. Our
faith liberates us from that
false dichotomy. We do more
than produce for an economy
– we are human.
This flowed beautifully from
the acknowledgement of
country from Aunty Betty
McGrady, who spoke with a
full heart about Aboriginal
spirituality and its
connection to country.
She implored the audience to
learn about Aboriginal land
management. “We also believe
in a spirit world” she said,
and “we believe we are here
to care for this land.”
Youth leaders Nadia Saeed
and Adeel Qureshi spoke
about limitations witnessed
in our community, schools
and masjids – for example
the absence of proper
recycling, the sea of
plastic bottles used every
Ramadaan. (I agree those
donations of bottled water
have to be refused). There
would be enormous benefit
for more space to be created
for younger people to be
involved in decision making
in those institutions.
Abdul-Matin also highlighted
innovations in water
engineering and off the grid
construction projects in
urban areas, challenging the
Australian Muslim community
to think of eco-design when
building new masjids,
schools and centres and
offering to connect us with
experts. Peter Rooks from
Climate Reality, in a
gripping presentation,
outlined a number of
solutions that if embraced
at the national and
international level, could
guide our planet back into a
safe zone. Rooks is
mentoring others who want to
lead in this movement and
offered to do the
presentation elsewhere.
Alhamdulillah, the
conference was an important
start. May Allah accept the
efforts of Dr Daud Batchelor
and the organising team, as
well as their supporting
institutions: the Australian
Federation of Islamic
Councils, Islamic Council of
QLD, Council of Imams QLD,
The Climate Reality Project
– Australia and the Pacific,
Australian Religious
Response to Climate Change
www.arrcc.org.au and the
Centre for Interfaith and
Cultural Dialogue.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rita Jabri-Markwell
is a Lawyer and
Adviser to the
Australian Muslim
Advocacy Network (AMAN).
In this show Imam Mohamed
Ali (Imam of the Gold Coast
Mosque and graduate from the
renowned Al Azhar university
in Egypt) will address
questions that you wish
answered.
UK's
Muslim News readers
nominated
illustrious men,
women, children and
initiatives deemed
worthy of
short-listing for a
Muslim News Award
for Excellence. The
nominees were
short-listed by an
independent panel of
judges who reviewed,
deliberated and
mused over the list.
Over
the next weeks, CCN
presents a
shortlisted
candidate who will
be treated to a gala
evening in the
presence of their
peers and other
renowned guests in
March, when the
finalists are
announced for the
[15] coveted Awards
for Excellence.
Shams Un Nisa’s
contribution to art
takes the form of
hand-embroidered
Islamic calligraphy.
Her breath-taking
interpretations of
classical Islamic
calligraphy have
been exhibited in
over eight countries
and, in their
splendour, can be
appreciated by
people of all faiths
and none.
Shams, from Surrey,
uses gold, silver,
and coloured threads
along with beads,
sequins, pearls,
semi-precious
stones, and appliqué
work.
Her work is framed
and mounted on
attractive
backgrounds, some
striking a
traditional tone and
other pieces more
contemporary.
She has over 1,500
pieces of
hand-embroidered
artwork that include
Qur’anic designs and
has worked on
dresses for the
British royal
family.
Quotes “We don’t want to waste
our lives in this whirlpool
that we were in the past 30
years. We want to end this
epoch now. We want , as the
Saudi people, to enjoy the
coming days and concentrate
on developing our society
and developing ourselves as
individuals and families,
(while) retaining our
religion and customs.”
“The biggest danger of this
terrorism and extremism is
the tarnishing of the
reputation of our beloved
religion. We will not allow
this to happen.”
Statistics
$295 billion spent on
defence in 2019
334 square kilometres – is
the size of the Kingdom’s
largest cultural, sports and
entertainment city in Al
Qiddiya
Muhammad bin Salman bin
Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud
Crown
Prince of Saudi Arabia
HRH Crown Prince Muhammad
bin Salman AlSaud is the
Crown Prince of Saudi
Arabia, Chief of the Royal
Court, Minister of State,
First Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of Defence, all
at the tender age of 34,
making him the youngest
Minister of Defence in the
world.
Influence Rapid Appointments:
At the beginning of 2015,
Prince Muhammad bin Salman
was largely unknown in
political and diplomatic
circles. Since his father’s
accession to the throne in
January 2015, Prince
Muhammad has been swiftly
appointed to a number of
powerful positions. He was
first appointed Minister of
Defence, and also named
Secretary General of the
Royal Court. Then Prince
Muhammad was named the chair
of the Council for Economic
and Development Affairs, and
was given control over Saudi
Aramco by royal decree. In
June 2017, he was appointed
as Crown Prince of the
Kingdom following his
father’s decision to remove
Prince Muhammad bin Nayef
from all positions.
Military Challenges:
As Minister of Defence the
young prince has to deal
with many key military
issues which Saudi Arabia is
currently involved in. He is
perhaps most personally
identified with the air
campaigns against Houthi
strongholds in Yemen. Saudi
Arabia is also supporting
the monarchy in Bahrain, and
arming the anti-Assad forces
in Syria. His ascension to
the role of Crown Prince
coincided with geopolitical
tensions among members of
the Gulf Cooperation Council
and the cutting of
diplomatic ties with Qatar,
which has subsequently
turned into a full blockade.
Catalyst of Change:
The Crown Prince has been
linked to major changes
taking place in the Kingdom:
allowing women to drive,
hold their own passports and
move independently, the (re)opening
of cinemas and holding of
pop concerts, a crackdown on
corruption (including the
arrest of princes and
prominent businessmen), and
the proposal to float Saudi
Aramco to mention a few.
Vision 2030: As
Chairman of the Council of
Economic and Development
Affairs, Crown Prince
Muhammad bin Salman launched
“Vision 2030”, a
comprehensive, multi-year
plan for the future of Saudi
Arabia. The ambitious plan
seeks to revitalize the
Saudi economy by bolstering
the Kingdom as a global
investments powerhouse, and
moving away from
oil-dependency as the
largest source of national
income. It also seeks to
strengthen government
efficiency and the promotion
of a “tolerant, thriving,
and stable Saudi Arabia that
provides opportunity for
all.”
The Khashoggi
Assassination: Jamal
Ahmad Khashoggi was a
prominent journalist and
Saudi Arabian dissident who
was assassinated at the
Saudi consulate in Istanbul
on 2 October 2018. Forced
into exile from Saudi Arabia
in 2017 because of his
criticisms of authoritarian
rule and foreign policy,
Khashoggi had many enemies
in high places. Although the
Saudi government denied any
knowledge of the murder,
they were later forced to
admit that their officials
had been involved, but
didn’t go as far as the CIA
who concluded that Crown
Prince Mohammad bin Salman
had ordered Khashoggi’s
assassination. The murder of
Khashoggi within an
internationally recognised
place of sanctuary adds
further to the horror of the
crime.
.
SAYYID
İBRAHIM DELLAL: AN ANALYSIS
OF UNTOLD STORIES OF A
‘LIVING HISTORY
by Salih Yucel
Abstract: İbrahim
Dellal (1932-2018) was a
community activist and
played a pioneering role in
establishing religious and
educational institutions
after his arrival in
Melbourne in early 1950.
As the grandson of a late
Ottoman mufti, being
educated at the American
Academy, a Baptist
missionary school in Cyprus,
clashed at times with his
traditional upbringing based
on Islam, service and
Ottoman patriotism.
İbrahim’s parents,
especially his mother,
raised their son to be
Osmanli Efendisi, an Ottoman
gentleman.
He was raised to be loyal to
his faith and dedicated to
his community. I met him in
the late 80s in Sydney and
discovered he was an
important community leader,
a ‘living history’, perhaps
the most important figure in
the Australian Muslim
community
since the mid-20th century.
He was also one of the
founders of Carlton and
Preston mosques, which were
the first places of worship
in Victoria. I wrote his
biography and published it
in 2010. However, later I
found he had more stories
related to Australian Muslim
heritage.
First, this article will
analyse İbrahim’s untold
stories from his unrevealed
archives that I collected.
Second, İbrahim’s
traditional upbringing,
which was a combination of
Western education and
Ottoman Efendisi, will be
critically evaluated. He
successfully amalgamated
Eurocentric education and
Islamic way of life.
Finally, his poetry, which
reflects his thoughts, will
be discussed.
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
İBRAHIM AS A POET
....continued
from last week's CCN
He imagines an idealistic
society in his poems. He
says “Hepimiz
asigiz,Aydinlik yariniz,
Ulkumuz dogruluk, bu bizin
farkimiz” – “We are lovers,
tomorrow will be bright,
righteousness is our ideal,
which differentiates us from
others.” For Dellal, the way
of gaining happiness after
attaining faith is to have a
vision, know his mission and
then put the vision and
mission into practice. He
praises heroism in
compassion and it is one of
his goals to achieve through
education in his poems.
One of his poems is
dedicated to Isik College
(now Sirius College), one of
its campuses in Sunshine,
Victoria, is named as
İbrahim Dallal. İbrahim's
poem about Isik College was
provided a musical
accompaniment for the campus
students by the music
teacher Berat Bahure
Anteplioglu.
Sometimes, like a spiritual
traveller, optimism and
pessimism are reflected in
his poems because of the
immorality in secular
society. However, optimism
often overcomes the
pessimism. He says:
HAVE HOPE Have hope
Have faith in Allah
Strive hard
Have patience
Only Allah gives and
Allah takes
There is nothing you
can do
But strive and strive
hard
To do the right.
He thinks nothing can be
done and looks determined,
but then strongly encourages
striving hard. First, it
looks like he is
pessimistic, but then
injects hope to the human
soul in the poem. I observed
optimism is not imaginary in
his poems, but in practice
of his works and daily
activities.
In some of his poems,
İbrahim expresses admiration
of the Ottomans while being
critical of the 1916
Sykes–Picot Treaty. He
viewed the treaty as a
secret agreement between
France and the UK to divide
the Muslim world into many
countries as a result of
“divide and rule.”
İbrahim reflects this
agreement in his poetry as
putting the Muslim world
into a long and deep sleep.
In a few poems, he addresses
Muslims: “Wake up wake
up, Enough is enough. You
have had more than enough
rest.”
He is proud of his Ottoman
lineage. In his poem,
“Kibris’li Turkum, Atam
Osmanli, Yanlisi
alkislayamam, Zalimi sevemem,
Atam Osmanli” – “I am
a Cypriot Turk, My
forefather is Ottoman, I
cannot applaud wrong, I
never like the tyrant, My
forefather is Ottoman.”
The family is another theme
İbrahim writes and talks
about. İbrahim views family
as a cradle of civilisation
and love is one of the
strongest ties in the
family. He is critical of
secularism in regard to the
erosion of family values,
particularly about children.
In his poem, he says:
“They live with us but they
do not think like us. We
gave them our love, but we
could not give them our
thoughts. They came through
us but not belong to us (to
a different world).”
However, he always reflects
his love for his children
and dreams to be a role
model for them. His poetry
skills are amateur, but the
words are powerful.
2020 Clark
Lecture in English Literature,
instituted by Trinity College,
Cambridge.
....continued
from last week's CCN
The anthem of
this new
uprising, the
slogan that is
reverberating
through towns
and college
campuses and
crossroads
across the
country, is a
variation of the
iconic chant of
the Kashmiri
freedom
struggle, “Hum
kya chahtey?
Azadi!”—What do
we want?
Freedom! That
slogan is the
refrain within a
set of lyrics
that describes
peoples’ anger,
their dream, and
the battle
ahead. This is
not to suggest
that any one
group can claim
ownership of the
Azadi slogan—it
has a long and
varied history.
It was the
slogan of the
Iranian
revolution,
which recently
celebrated its
fortieth
anniversary, and
of a section of
the feminist
movement in our
subcontinent in
the 1970s and
1980s. But over
the last three
decades, it has,
more than
anything else,
become known as
the anthem of
the Kashmiri
street. And now,
while Kashmir’s
streets have
been silenced,
the irony is
that its
people’s
refrain, with
similar lyrics,
rhythm and
cadence, echoes
on the streets
of the country
that most
Kashmiris view
as their
coloniser. What
lies between the
silence of one
street and the
sound of the
other? Is it a
chasm, or could
it become a
bridge?
Let me read you
a short
elucidation of
the Azadi chant
from The
Ministry of
Utmost
Happiness. The
“I” in the text
is Biplab
Dasgupta, known
to his
friends—for
reasons we need
not go into
here—as Garson
Hobart. He is a
suave, even
brilliant,
Indian
intelligence
officer serving
in Kashmir.
Hobart is no
friend of the
Kashmiri
struggle. It’s
1996—one of the
darkest periods
of the armed
uprising that
raged in the
valley through
the 1990s.
Hobart is
trapped with the
governor’s
entourage in a
national park on
the outskirts of
Srinagar. They
are unable to
return home
because the city
has been taken
over by hundreds
of thousands of
mourners
carrying their
most recent
batch of martyrs
to the
graveyard.
Hobart’s
secretary is on
the phone,
advising him not
to return until
the streets are
taken back:
Sitting on
the verandah
of the
Dachigam
Forest Guest
House, over
birdsong and
the sounds
of crickets,
I heard the
reverberating
boom of a
hundred
thousand or
more voices
raised
together
calling for
freedom:
Azadi! Azadi!
Azadi! On
and on and
on. Even on
the phone it
was
unnerving. …
It was as
though the
city was
breathing
through a
single pair
of lungs,
swelling
like a
throat with
that urgent,
keening cry.
I had seen
my share of
demonstrations
by then, and
heard more
than my
share of
slogan-shouting
in other
parts of the
country.
This was
different,
this
Kashmiri
chant. It
was more
than a
political
demand. It
was an
anthem, a
hymn, a
prayer. …
During those
(fortunately
short-lived)
occasions
when it was
in full cry,
it had the
power to cut
through the
edifice of
history and
geography,
of reason
and
politics. It
had the
power to
make even
the most
hardened of
us wonder,
even if
momentarily,
what the
hell we were
doing in
Kashmir,
governing a
people who
hated us so
viscerally.
Raya Ahmed -
a woman that fought to halt
what would have been a
devastating coal plant in
Lamu, Kenya.
The
(US) Muathin cries announcing
that people should pray in
their homes
Omar Suleiman
Learning
About Other Children's
Cultures
Channel 4
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Al Ghazali – One of the great Jurist,
Theologian and Mystic of the 12th Century
City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
historian Tim Moore with a book
about Australia's cameleers.
Abu Hamed Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-Ghazzali
(1058–1111 C.E.) (Persian: ابو حامد محمد
ابن محمد الغزالی), known as Al-Ghazali
or Algazel to the western medieval
world, born and died in Tus, in the
Khorasan province of Persia (modern day
Iran) was a Persian Muslim theologian,
jurist, philosopher, and mystic.
Ghazali has sometimes been referred to
by historians as the single most
influential Muslim after the Islamic
prophet Muhammad. Others have cited his
movement from science to faith as a
detriment to Islamic scientific
progress. Besides his work that
successfully changed the course of
Islamic philosophy—the early Islamic
Neoplatonism developed on the grounds of
Hellenistic philosophy, for example, was
so successfully refuted by Ghazali that
it never recovered—he also brought the
orthodox Islam of his time in close
contact with Sufism. The orthodox
theologians still went their own way,
and so did the mystics, but both
developed a sense of mutual appreciation
which ensured that no sweeping
condemnation could be made by one for
the practices of the other.
Works:
Ghazali wrote more than 70 books on the
sciences, Islamic philosophy and Sufism.
Incoherence of the Philosophers:
His 11th century book titled The
Incoherence of the Philosophers marks a
major turn in Islamic epistemology. The
encounter with skepticism led Ghazali to
embrace a form of theological
occasionalism, or the belief that all
causal events and interactions are not
the product of material conjunctions but
rather the immediate and present will of
God.
The Incoherence also marked a turning
point in Islamic philosophy in its
vehement rejections of Aristotle and
Plato. The book took aim at the falasifa,
a loosely defined group of Islamic
philosophers from the 8th through the
11th centuries (most notable among them
Avicenna and Al-Farabi) who drew
intellectually upon the Ancient Greeks.
Ghazali bitterly denounced Aristotle,
Socrates and other Greek writers as
non-believers and labeled those who
employed their methods and ideas as
corrupters of the Islamic faith.
In the next century, Averroes drafted a
lengthy rebuttal of Ghazali’s
Incoherence entitled the Incoherence of
the Incoherence; however, the
epistemological course of Islamic
thought had already been set.
This long-held argument has been
disputed. Some argue that Al Ghazali was
the first intellectual to champion the
separation between several disciplines
wrongly classified under falsafa (Arabic
word for philosophy but one that used to
include physics, maths and logic). “Al
Ghazali argued that some
fundamentalists, who perceive falsafa to
be incompatible with religion, tend to
categorically reject all views adopted
by ‘philosophers’, including scientific
fact like the lunar and solar eclipse.
And when that person is later persuaded
of a certain view, he tends to blindly
accept all other views held by
philosophers”.
Autobiography:
Last page of Al-Ghazali’s autobiography
in MS Istanbul, Shehid Ali Pasha 1712,
dated A.H. 509 = 1115-1116.
The autobiography Ghazali wrote towards
the end of his life, The Deliverer From
Error (Al-munqidh min al-ḍalāl; several
English translations) is considered a
work of major importance. In it, Ghazali
recounts how, once a crisis of
epistemological skepticism was resolved
by “a light which God Most High cast
into my breast…the key to most
knowledge,” he studied and mastered the
arguments of kalam, Islamic philosophy,
and Ismailism. Though appreciating what
was valid in the first two of these, at
least, he determined that all three
approaches were inadequate and found
ultimate value only in the mystical
experience and insight (the state of
prophecy or nubuwwa) he attained as a
result of following Sufi practices.
William James, in Varieties of Religious
Experience, considered the autobiography
an important document for “the purely
literary student who would like to
become acquainted with the inwardness of
religions other than the Christian”
because of the scarcity of recorded
personal religious confessions and
autobiographical literature from this
period outside the Christian tradition.
At
present,
there
are
STRICTLY
NO
wudhu
facilities
at
the
premises,
so
in
the
interim,
brothers
are
requested
to
perform
their
wudhu
prior
to
coming
through
for
salaah
Four Muslim Schools secure 1ST and other 3
positions in UK’s “Top 10” school’s list
UK: Muslim faith schools
have topped the British government’s
ranking of secondary school performance,
taking the top three positions and
securing a total of four in the top ten.
Top of the pack was Tauheedul Islam
Girls’ High School that was again number
one in the country in the Progress 8
Score measure — with pupils making
‘well above average’ progress.
The Progress 8 measure shows how much
progress pupils made between the end of
primary school and the end of secondary
school compared to pupils across the
country who got similar SATs results in
Year Six.
Also, Bolton Muslim Girls School (5th),
Eden Girls’ School Coventry (6th) and
Tauheedul Islam Boys’ High School (10th)
have the highest value-added Progress 8
(P8) scores in the country.
Genius 3 years old Muslim becomes the
Youngest Member of the largest international
high IQ society “Mensa UK”
UK: A 3-year-old
Malaysian boy living in the UK has
become the youngest member to join Mensa
UK, the largest and oldest international
high IQ society in the world, Mensa
officials said.
The mother of the child, Nur Anira
Asyikin, told that “Muhammad Haryz
Nadzim was invited to join Mensa after
meeting with a psychologist and scoring
142 on the Stanford-Binet IQ test,
placing him in the 99.7th percentile.”
John Stevenage, the chief executive of
British Mensa was very impressed with
the effort of this youngest intelligent
kid. He said in a statement, “Well done
to Haryz on his invitation to join
Mensa. He is obviously a very bright
young man and we are delighted to
welcome him to Mensa.”
The supervised Mensa IQ test is designed
for children and adults above 10 and a
half years old. For children less than
10 years, they have to be assessed by an
educational psychologist to determine
their IQ score.
To become a member of British Mensa, an
individual must “demonstrate an IQ in
the top two percent of the population,”
according to their website.
Haryz mom, an engineer living in Durham,
England, says her family knew that he
was special even before Mensa. At Kumon,
the after school math and reading
program, he was named last September to
the honor roll for advanced students in
both subjects. Although she refers to
him as her “mini brainbox,” the little
genius is a normal kid by all other
standards.
VANUATU: Ayesha Kasso is
the chairperson of the Muslim Aid
Australia International Primary School
in Tanna, Vanuatu.
Ayesha is wife of the leader of her
tribe, and has donated their land for
MAA to build a primary school on. Ayesha
oversees matters at the MAA school and
the community at large.
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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:
The Healing
Experience of
Decluttering
Your home is meant
to be a peaceful
abode where there is
light, love,
laughter, abundance,
and peace. If there
is at least one of
these things
currently not being
experienced in your
home, it is time to
declutter.
Decluttering is a
healing experience
in more ways than
one. Often we hang
on to objects the
same way we hang on
to memories. Just
like not all
memories are
pleasant and need to
be processed and let
go of, objects too
can create clutter
and block the flow
of light in your
living spaces and
need to be let go
of.
Decluttering will
help you in letting
go of old patterns
and detach from
stagnant energy. It
will create spaces
where fresh air will
better flow and
light will begin to
shine upon spaces
that once were
trapped in darkness.
The thought of
decluttering may be
overwhelming. But
you will feel so
much better
afterwards. Start
with small, baby
steps. Maybe one
room, Or one chest
of drawers, Or even
just a single
drawer. Begin
somewhere...anywhere.
Here are some
popular methods to
help you start.
5 Popular
Decluttering
Methods
Method
Watch for
inspiration
KonMari
- Marie
Kondo’s
methodical
approach to
“sparking
joy” in
one’s life
through
keeping only
what brings
or sparks
joy or else
thanking and
discarding
what
doesn’t.
Minimalist
Game -
the number
of things
you
declutter
corresponds
to the day
of the
month. One
item on the
first day,
two items on
the second
day, three
on the
third, and
so on. It’s
fun and
playful for
the whole
family.
Four Box
Method -
Set up four
boxes in a
room and
label them:
Put away,
Give away,
Throw away,
and
Undecided.
Place the
clutter in
the room
into one of
the four
boxes. Then
action each
box
according to
the name.
One
Method -
Get rid of
one thing
every day.
Simple and
builds a
habit of
declutter.
Packing
Party -
Have some
friends over
and pack
everything
you own into
boxes as if
you were
moving.
Throughout
the next few
months, only
take what
you need to
use. After
three
months,
items left
inside the
boxes can be
sold or
donated.
Jerusalem in the
Qur'an made its debut at a
crucial time when the morale of
the Muslims was not only at its
lowest... but is continually
sinking...
The blatant
incessant Israeli incursions in
the Holy Land go unabated, and
Muslims are echoing the very
words that their fellow brethren
called out unto their Lord when
they were being persecuted at
the hands of the kuffar of
Makkah: "When will the help of
Allah come?''
Shaikh Imran's
insight into the events that are
unfolding in the world today is
a source of inspiration for
Muslims for he convincingly
argues from his scholarly
interpretations of the Divine
Writ (i.e., the Holy Qur'an) and
the Ahadith of the Prophet
Muhammad (sallalahu 'alaihi wa
sallam) that the help of Allah (subhanahu
wa ta'alah) is at hand, that the
Holy Land will be liberated, and
that Islam will re-emerge as the
'Ruling State' in the world.
The reader will
be enthralled by the author's
grasp on world politics.
Jerusalem in the Qur'an comes as
a ray of sunshine for Muslims
and is an eye-opener for the
so-called 'People of the Book'.
Though Jerusalem
in the Qur'an is a meticulously
written thesis combining
religious and historical
documents with recent political
events and penetrating
interpretations from the Qur'an
and Hadith, it runs like a
story.
Once you begin
reading it, it is hard to stop
... It is a reference that one
needs to keep and re-read
whenever the subject is to be
researched.
The book gives a
detailed beautifully written
exposition of these episodes
with brilliant interpretations
from the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah.
No one would fail
to appreciate his penetrative
thought and his spiritual depth.
KB says:
This apple cinnamon bread will make your house
smell amazing, it is moist and can keep for days
but best served warm.
Apple Cinnamon Bread
INGREDIENTS & METHOD
Ingredients
• ⅓ cup brown sugar (not packed)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ²/³ cup white sugar
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1¾ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ cup milk
• 1 apple, peeled and chopped
Method
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x
5-inch loaf pan. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a
bowl and set aside.
2. Beat white sugar and butter together in a bowl using an
electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a
time, until incorporated; add vanilla extract.
3. Combine flour and baking powder together in another bowl;
stir into creamed butter mixture.
4. Mix milk into batter until smooth. Pour half the batter
into the prepared loaf pan. Next add half the apples and
half the brown sugar cinnamon mixture. Lightly fold apple
mixture into batter.
5. Pour the remaining batter over apple layer; top with
remaining apples and add more brown sugar/cinnamon mixture.
Lightly pat apples into batter; swirl brown sugar mixture
through apples using a knife or spoon.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in
the centre of the loaf comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.
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Those who devour usury will
not stand except as stands
one whom the Evil One by his
touch has driven to madness.
That is because they say:
"Trade is like usury," but
Allah has permitted trade
and forbidden usury......
In
celebration and recognition
of Black History Month in
the United States, here is
one of the greatest and most
influential quotes by Black
Muslims who have made
history and continue to make
history in our world today.
"How can educated
men allow their wives,
daughters and female
dependents to remain
prisoners of ignorance,
while they themselves
share their knowledge with
students every day?”
The Islamic
Council Of
Queensland (ICQ)
confirms that
due to worsening
COVID 19
situation, we
have decided to
postpone the
2020
Christchurch
Remembrance day
which was to
take place this
Sunday the 15th
of March.
It was a very
difficult
decision after
all the hard
work,
preparation and
community
support behind
the event. But
considering the
current risks
with public
gatherings, the
unknown nature
of the virus and
how quickly it
spreads; we
believe this is
the morally
right thing to
do.
Thank you all
for your support
and
understanding.
Stay blessed and
Safe
Islamic Council
of Queensland
POSTPONED
Assalamu alaikum
warahmatullah.
I am sorry to
let you know
that due to
worsening corona
virus situation,
we have decided
to postpone the
7th Toowoomba
International
Food Festival
and Mosque Open
Day scheduled on
Sunday, 22
March.
Event sponsor,
Multicultural
Affairs
Queensland has
agreed that we
reschedule the
event in
July/August if
situation
improves by
then.
It was a
difficult
decision after
all the hard
work and
preparation, but
we don’t want to
take any risk
with the health
of the
community, and
end up with an
unsuccessful
event.
Our invitation
is extended to
all our Muslim
brothers and
sisters from the
surrounding area
to join our
Society members
for the program
and to socialise
afterwards over
dinner.
The March Mawlid
program will
also include a
very special dua,
Esale Sawaab Dua dedicated
to three
brothers who
recently passed
away. These
brothers were
closely attached
to the Society
in one way or
another for a
long time. So
the Society
decided to
dedicate this
Esale Sawaab Dua
to late Br.
Mohammad Hakim,
Br.Saheed Fazil
(Toto) &
Br.Muzakir Sharif
at the
March14th Mawlid
program.
This month's
Mawlid program
will feature
Maulana Aslam
Qadri whose
keynote address
during the
program will
focus of the
Month of Rajab
and the month of
Shahban. Insha
Allah.
The Islamic Council
of Queensland (ICQ) would like to invite you to
support the upcoming EID DOWN UNDER festival
taking place on Saturday the 6th of June at the
Australian International Islamic College. Eid as
you know is a time for celebration for Muslims
and more than 15,000 people are expected to
attend the social event for hours of fun, food,
rides, entertainment, competitions, cultural
performances and much more, the Brisbane City
Council considers this a major event in
Brisbane. It also provides a chance for the
Muslim community to connect with other groups
and communities in Queensland, promoting an
inclusive and harmonious Australian society.
Insha Allah this year the festival will be
bigger than previous years.
The event provides a platform for businesses to
promote their activities and the opportunity is
huge as the event brings together people from
all walks of life, and many different
communities from across Queensland. Over the
years, the event has seen major sponsorships
from well-established leading Muslim businesses
and Insha Allah this year we hope to see your
kind support. In doing so, you’ll not only be
promoting your business but also be supporting
social cohesion, mutual respect and
understanding within our society, which is a key
focus for ICQ and cornerstones of our Muslim
identity.
Starting at only $1000.00, we have tailored
sponsorship packages to suit all types of
businesses, we humbly request you to consider
being a sponsor of this year's event.
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!
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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