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Kuraby Mosque Friday 12pm
session
Under normal circumstances
the Mosque would have been
filled to capacity with
congregants shoulder to shoulder |
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Many this week were glad to
be able to once again carry
out their daily and Friday (Jumua)
congregational prayers at
their local Mosques after a
three month shut down.
Very strict COVID management
plans were put into place to
accommodate the new
relaxation of restrictions.
Three Friday sessions were
held at the Kuraby Mosque
(12pm, 1pm and 2pm) with
procedures put into place
for social distancing,
queuing for access into the
Mosque and completion of a
form with personal contact
details.
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For many years it has become
common knowledge that the
Mother Mosque is in need of
renovation and expansion.
This was one point
highlighted in the
documentary ‘The Mosque Next
Door’ in relation to the
Women’s Prayer Section.
For many years at AGM’s
members agreed for work to be
carried out and events were
held to raise funds for the
project.
The committee and trustees
are happy to announce that
work has finally commenced
on this major project to
preserve and care for this
historic mosque, in order to
have it utilised for the
Muslim Ummah who regularly
attend prayers and functions
held there.
Advantage was taken during
the lock down period of the
Covid-19 to begin this work.
Haneef Deen began the
excavation of the ground,
digging and preparing a five
metre deep hole so that the
foundations of the new
extension could be laid.
On Friday, 12 July a
ground breaking ceremony was
held with committee members,
trustees and some elderly
members to see off the start
of the work on the
foundations.
Imam Uzair led a dua for
those who were present to
thank Allah for all His
blessings and to pray that
this work can be completed
to benefit his Ummah.
More updates will be
provided to the community
regarding this work in the
next two weeks to ensure all
are informed about the
plans, costings and expected
completion date.
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Ameen and Zaynah at the
protest |
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About 30,000 people attended
a Black Lives Matter rally
in Brisbane's CBD last
Saturday, alongside hundreds
of others at smaller events
across the state.
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Multicultural Social Network
and Hussain Baba prepared
100 lunch boxes of Butter
Chicken and Rice, and
donated them to the
Indonesian students (50
boxes) and South American
and other students (50
boxes) affected by the
pandemic.
The multi-talented Haji
Habib Jamal cooked up the
Butter Chicken
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If you’ve experienced or
witnessed a racist incident
you can let the Human Rights
Commision know about it by
filling out the form
here.
The objective of this is to
understand the issues facing
the community.
You can report it
anonymously if you’d prefer
not to give the HRC your
name.
If you have photos or
screenshots you'd like to
share with the HRC, you can
email your report to
letusknow@qhrc.qld.gov.au.
The information you provide
will be collected and used
to help in the work of the
HRC to 'make Queensland
safer, fairer, and more
inclusive.'
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Mr Mohamed Hassan OAM, the
Founding Director of Minaret
College in Melbourne,
community visionary and
pioneer of Islamic education
in Australia passed away on
Sunday 7 June 2020, may
Allah bless his soul with
mercy.
Born in Alexandria, Egypt in
1931 and after having
studied in Egypt and UK, he
arrived in Australia in 1967
for higher education and
then settled finally in
Melbourne. He is survived by
his wife Soad (Susie),
daughter Inas, son Dr Ahmed
Hassan and many loving
grandchildren.
After studying electrical
engineering at Alexandria
University, he left Egypt in
1964 to undertake a Masters
of textiles engineering in
England. Mohamed joined the
Muslim Students Association
at Leeds University,
organising various events,
including dialogue with
members of Christian student
bodies.
A Professor from the
University of NSW visiting
Leeds invited Mohamed to
study in Australia.
In 1967, Mohamed and his
young family arrived in
Australia to begin PhD
research at UNSW on an
electronic counter for wool
processing. He quickly
became involved in community
life.
He joined the Islamic
student society at UNSW and
then became second ever
President of the Islamic
Society of NSW based at
Surry Hills. He helped
organise Sunday school and
Ramadan dinners for Sydney’s
early Muslim community.
AMUST
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We Can't Breath | Structural Racism and the
Responsibility of the Australian Muslim
Community
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A conversation on structural
racism and the
responsibility of the
Australian Muslim Community.
Shaykha Ieasha Prime (USA),
Eugenia Flynn, Shaykh
Abdinur Weli and Dr Hussein
Mohamud.
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The newly elected members of
the Islamic Council of South
Australia appointed on
Sunday 7 June 2020:
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Mosques in
Turkey were required to hold
Friday prayers outside.
A mosque in
Nevşehir held the prayers in
a playground next to the
masjid.
Look at where
the imam stood to deliver
the sermon.
Someone on Reddit commented:
"Does the imam go down the
slide after prayer?"
Photos by:
Behçet Alkan |
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Questioning our morality
‘With a clamour of bells
that set the swallows
soaring, the Festival of
Summer came to the city
Omelas, bright-towered by
the sea.’
 So
begins the short story, ‘The
ones who walk away from the
Omelas’ by Ursula Le Guin,
about a summer festival in a
utopian city of Omelas.
The first half of the story
is joyous, narrating a
parade that moves between
grand gardens and public
buildings. Then in a jarring
twist, the reader is taken
to a dark room. We learn
that their amazing
prosperity depends on the
continued existence of a
very real and avoidable
suffering – the perpetual
misery of a single child.
This child who looks like
they are 6 years old, but
most likely now 11 or 12,
who is deprived of love and
sunlight, fed with a bowl at
the door, living hunched in
a room with rotting old
mops, who lives with sores
and excrement, is described
in searing detail. For the
whole society knows about
the child. From the age of
10 or 11, children are
taught about the existence
of the child in the room.
Some will even go to see it
with their own eyes. For the
vast majority, they will
learn that it is okay to
continue enjoying the
benefits of that society at
the expense of that child.
How many of us have taught
our children the same,
through our actions, our
silence, about the right to
enjoy the benefits of
Australia – at the expense
of truth-telling about First
Nations Peoples treatment?
For what we are
participating in right now,
as voters and taxpayers, and
speakers online, is not a
past colonial project. It is
ongoing. In too many ways
for me to summarise here.
It’s uncomfortable. It’s
not my fault. I’ve just
immigrated. It wasn’t my
family who did it. I wasn’t
taught about it in school.
What do they want? Why don’t
they just move on? Why
should I be accountable for
what white people did?
This week I read this, by a
fellow Muslim online, that a
....little bit of
knowledge makes you
arrogant. A lot of
knowledge makes you
humble. Keep seeking
knowledge sincerely and
implement it in your
life until it goes past
your throats and
penetrates your heart.
Stay away from
refutations and people
who refute and confuse
the masses even more
unless you are fully
qualified to do that
with years of experience
and scholarship, good
manners and foresight.
Even if you think and
know you’re in the
right.
When there is oppression,
grief and suffering, it is
incumbent on us to approach
the matter with full
humility and compassion. Not
to brush it away because
that’s what others are
doing. I say this to my
fellow Muslims but also the
leaders of our national
institutions.
Australia had a moment of
reckoning in the past
fortnight, when in the midst
of seeing the full unveiled
violence of racist policing
in the United States, had a
mirror shone in its face..
We were all caught out. We
were swept up in a narrative
of injustice, that we could
see with full, unbiased,
unblinkered eyes, because it
concerned a society outside
of our own.
In that distanced setting,
we flung our criticism – and
when the jarring light of
that mirror came to
ourselves, suddenly, we
could see so much more and
hear so much more about
Australia’s home truths.
Things that had only been
heard in the periphery
before - kept there by a
learnt prejudice and
privilege. The same learnt
prejudice and privilege that
was taught to the society of
the Omelas.
That story ends with
At times one of the
adolescent girls or boys
who go to see the child
does not go home to weep
or rage, does not, in
fact, go home at all.
Sometimes also a man or
woman much older falls
silent for a day or two,
and then leaves home.
These people go out into
the street, and walk
down the street alone.
They keep walking, and
walk straight out of the
city of Omelas, through
the beautiful gates.
The ending is about choice.
The choice about which
society we are part of. The
society that is content with
not asking questions or
seeking truth, at a very
real and avoidable cost to
humanity. It is not only
‘theirs’ at stake.
CCN Readers may wish to
visit the Change the Record
or From the Heart campaigns
to learn more.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rita Jabri-Markwell
is a Lawyer and
Adviser to the
Australian Muslim
Advocacy Network (AMAN).
She can be
reached at
advocacy@aman.net.au |
The views,
thoughts and opinions
expressed here are the
author’s alone and do not
necessarily reflect or
represent the views and
opinions of Crescents
Community News (CCN).
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Zahra Fielding used to think
the hijab was oppressive. Now,
as a Muslim convert, she proudly
wears the headscarf. (Supplied:
Zahra Fielding)s |
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.....continued from last
week's CCN
'Is it offensive for me to
try on the hijab?
But the more Zahra learned
about Islam, the greater
affinity she felt with the
faith.
"This has been a journey for
me, I didn't just come out
and say, 'Hey guys, I'm
going to become a Muslim,'"
she points out.
"It started with asking Kim
one day, 'Is it offensive
for me to try on the hijab?
I'd really like to wear it
and see what that feels
like.'"
After a while, Zahra started
covering her hair on
weekends, then at work by
donning a head turban.
"Initially no-one said
anything. Then after a
couple of days, some of the
team were curious. They were
like, 'Hey did you get a bad
haircut, are you starting a
new trend?'" she says,
laughing.
"It became an organic
conversation. 'Well, I'm
actually learning more about
Islam and I'm not sure if I
want to wear hijab or not,
so I'm finding out.'"
Marriage and moving to
Malaysia
Earlier this year, Zahra
began attending Kuraby
Mosque in Brisbane and made
her Shahada, the Islamic
profession of faith.
She's one of thousands of
Westerners who convert to
the faith annually, though
Zahra prefers the term
"revert" because she says in
Islam, everyone is born
Muslim.
And her journey is still
unfolding — both online and
in real life.
"I let the sister who did my
Shahada know that I would be
interested in looking into
an arranged marriage,
because I'm tired of being
heartbroken and I'd like a
husband," Zahra explains.
"She said she'd put together
my profile, then I jumped
onto this Muslim marriage
app."
Just as Zahra formed an
unexpected international
friendship with Kim on a
mobile phone game, she's now
met her fiance online, too.
"He does digital editing for
a [Muslim] revert
organisation in Kuala
Lumpur, so he was really
fascinated with my story and
wanted to know about how I
found Islam," she says.
"After a couple of days [of
chatting], I'm like, 'OK, I
need to try and keep the
relationship halal, how do
we do that when he lives in
Malaysia, I live in
Australia?'"
A "halal relationship" is
one that's permissible under
Islamic law. Generally the
couple's families must meet
early on, to ensure the
relationship isn't hidden.
In Zahra's case,
geographical distance didn't
stop this ritual. She and
her fiancé introduced their
mums via video chat and, she
says, "the rest has been
history".
As soon as travel
restrictions lift, she's
moving to Malaysia to get
married.
Kim says she'll be there for
the wedding — "Inshallah" —
ready to meet her gamer
friend for the first time,
outside of the Ottoman
Empire.
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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,
when the finalists
are announced for
the [15] coveted
Awards for
Excellence.
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PLESE
NOTE:
Due
to the
unprecedented
uncertainty
regarding
the
coronavirus
pandemic,
The
Muslim
News has
postponed
its
prestigious
annual
awards
ceremony
until
late UK
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The
East London Mosque
is the first British
Muslim institution
to have established
a strong room to
store securely a
substantial
collection of paper
records dating back
to 1910.
Formally opened in
2017 by Mayor Sadiq
Khan, the East
London Mosque
Archives Project is
an important step
for documenting the
longstanding
involvement of
Muslims in British
society.
The archives include
financial records
which detail
fundraising efforts
for mosque
development and
international
disaster relief in
both Muslim and
non-Muslim parts of
the world.
The archive also
contains written
correspondence with
important figures in
the history of
Muslims in Britain
such as Muhammad
Marmaduke Pickthall,
Abdullah Yusuf Ali,
A. J. Arberry, and
Muhammad Hamidullah.
Records of early
interfaith
initiatives and
wartime accounts
also feature in the
archive.
The project has
received substantial
support from The
National Archives
and has a reading
room service run by
volunteers.
The archive project
seeks to provide
British Muslims with
a sense of
rootedness and to
challenge the view
that British Muslim
history began with
post-World War II
immigration.
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in next week's CCN.
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Moez Masoud
Preacher
and Televangelist
Moez Masoud is an Egyptian
preacher, television and
radio presenter, and
activist who focuses on the
fields of contemporary
spirituality, interfaith
dialogue, and Islam in the
modern world.
Influence
Religious and academic
work: Founder of Al-Tareeq
Al-Sahh (The Right Way)
Institute, Masoud is trained
in the Islamic sciences and
is currently a research
affiliate at the University
of Cambridge. His writings
are primarily centred around
religious identity and
spiritual quest, as well as
religious radicalization. He
has spoken at such key
global events as the World
Economic Forum’s Annual
Meeting in Davos.
Media and Social Media:
His engagement in media has
been significant since 2007
when his first Arabic TV
show debuted, and by now his
programs and appearances
have acquired millions of
viewers across the Arab
world. His Ramadan
broadcast, “Khutuwat Al-Shaytan;”
was widely viewed across the
Arab world.
In 2017, Masoud
produced the Egyptian film
“Clash” which has been
hailed as “one of the most
telling depictions of modern
Egypt yet filmed” and the
film was selected to
represent Egypt in the
Oscars’ 2017 Best Foreign
Language Film category.
Masoud
is active in various social
media sites, including
YouTube videos (over 10
million views), Facebook (8
million likes) and Twitter
(3.7 million followers. Masoud
participated in the brief
post Tahrir “Egyptian
National Dialogue” and has
continued that dialogue on
socio-political issues in
Egypt from within the
perspective of traditional
Islam.
In 2019 he announced
production of a film about
the Christchurch mosque
shootings, in which 51
people died. It will be
entitled ‘Hello, Brother’,
the words spoken by one of
the victims.
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 Towards
Demystifying Islamophobia:
A Muslim’s Perspective
by Zouhir Gabsi, Deakin
University
ABSTRACT
Islamophobia has been a
recurrent socio-political
narrative for some time now,
and it has been exacerbated
since the aftermath of 9/11.
Despite the plethora of
studies on the subject,
little is known about Muslim
scholars’ perception of this
phenomenon. This is due
primarily to the language
barrier since the Arabic
language is the code for
their discourse.
It is essential to consider
both Islamic and Western
perspectives to understand
the problem thoroughly and
suggest solutions, as
relying on one approach is
both biased and
uncompromising. Accordingly,
the purpose of this paper is
threefold:
First, it explains how
Islamophobia should be
defined contextually. It
frames its arguments within
three contexts: a historical
setting (Meccan and Madinah
period), Islam in the Arab
world, and Islam in the
West.
Second, the paper
demonstrates how a Muslim’s
perspective contrasts with
the Western narrative. It
critically challenges some
of the arguments put forward
in social sciences and
intellectual discourses and
adopts an unapologetic and
non-defensive approach in
the treatment of
Islamophobia.
Third, the paper discusses
the variables that affect
Islamophobia, such as
Western media and terrorism
(including state terrorism).
Finally, the paper proposes
some approaches to
mitigating the situation.
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
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PERSPECTIVE
...continued from last
week's CCN
As for Najm, an advisor
to the Grand Mufti of
Egypt, most of his
writings and talks
encourage religious
leaders in the East and
West to dispel
misconceptions about
Islam.
He clarifies this by
stating we cannot
rectify the image of
Islam in the media, but
we must employ
strategies to combat the
spread of negative
images of Islam and
Muslims.
Najm also challenges
those engaged in
modernising Islamic
discourse to rectify
misconceptions so Islam
becomes more open to the
world.
In response to the
Muslims’ rage over the
cartoons mocking Prophet
Muhammed (pbuh), Najm,
speaking in English,
encourages Muslims to
move away from being
reactionary.
He asserts:
we should stay away
from this vicious
circle of action and
reaction and we
should make a plan,
an organized plan to
make initiatives,
long term
initiatives of
engagement of
clarifications of
explanations of what
true Islam is about
…
Najm, in a lecture at
New York University,
emphasised that Islam
encourages stability and
denounces terrorism.
He also stressed that
differences in opinion
or stance should not be
a reason for conflict,
but should be a starting
point to spread mutual
understanding, harmony
and cooperation.
What is noteworthy in
his speech is his call
for integrating Muslims
in their communities and
respecting the country’s
laws to rectify the
image of Islam in the
West.
Najm emphasises, in
English, that:
I am more concerned
about lay people who
do not know much
about Islam, of
course, there are
many people who are
well-educated but
they know very
little … and I found
out that even though
we are living in the
information
technology age, but
this information
technology age has
made us ignorant of
each other. We are
at the mercy of now
the computers, and
the iPads and
laptops. We often
take these tools as
our window to the
world, we [have]
lost the engagement.
That’s why, I think
what is at risk now
is that we have
failed to engage the
people, especially
non-Muslims at large
…
To curb the spread of
Islamophobia, there are
three strategies.
First, ‘corrective’
measures where
misconceptions about
Islam are rectified by
responding to anything
disseminated against
Islam by, for instance,
sending letters to
Western media outlets.
Najm mentions the
creation of dār al-ʾiftāʾ
(jurisprudence site) in
eight languages that
aims to provide
information about Islam.
The second measure is
‘pre-emptive’ and
‘preventative,’ seeking
to engage non-Muslims by
increasing and spreading
awareness.
He stresses the need to
break the cycle of
‘talking to ourselves’
and broaden the vision
and talk to the whole
world instead.
Serialized: to be
continued in next week's CCN
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Fattet Makdous from
Damascus!
Lockdown Lab #3
Mohammad Tufael Chowdhury
Lockdown Lab
is a channel for
experimental cooking. This
is cooking with travel
stories. This is an 8-minute
take on a delicious and rare
Middle Eastern / Syrian dish
by a chef who discovered it
in Damascus!
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Life Of A Funeral
Director During Covid-19
instagram
Ibn Turab is
Arabic for 'Son Of The
Soil.'
His job is to
bury the dead at funerals
that most people can't
attend.
That's
because this is New York
City, at the centre of the
Covid-19 pandemic. Over
100,000 have died from the
coronavirus in America.
@dwellersofthegrave
is a funeral director taking
us through a day in his life
during the pandemic. |
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We
Cannot Stay Silent About
George Floyd
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MUSLIM
PRAYER DURING BLACK LIVES
MATTERS
PROTEST
IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK
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Black Lives Matter
Protest
Ottawa Mosque
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NOTE
It is the usual policy of CCN to
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Perpetual
Salaah
Timetable
BRISBANE
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RESUMPTION OF PRAYERS
AT
MOSQUES |
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Garden City Mosque, Toowoomba
The Mosque is now open for daily prayers. But we must strictly maintain physical hygiene, sanitation and social distance all the time.
To ensure safety of the worshippers, please observe the following conditions:
A) Exclusions:
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People over 55 year old, children and women will pray at home until further notice.
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Do not come to the Masjid if you are sick or have fiver or cough or any flu like symptom.
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Jumma prayers is not permitted in the Masjid as yet.
B) Number restriction:
Maximum of 20 worshippers are permitted at any time with at last 1.5m social distance. Please do not enter the Masjid if there is already 20 people inside the prayer hall.
C) For prayers:
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Everybody brings his own prayer mats and facial tissues
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Everyone must use hand sanitizer prior to entry to the prayer hall
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Everyone will come with ablution (wudu) and avoid using toilet in the Masjid
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Only offer Fardh prayers in the Masjid.
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Please leave the Masjid immediately without hanging around too long.
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SLACKSCREEK
MOSQUE
Please
be
advised
that
the
registration
link
for
the
next
jummah
is
now
on
the
Slacks
Creek
Mosque
website.
Registration
is a
must
to
help
us
follow
legal
requirements...
.....and
you
must
bring
your
own
prayer
mat.
Please
inform
all
your
contacts
who
wish
to
pray
with
us
inshaAllah.
And
this
is
the
direct
link
to
the
registration
form:
https://forms.gle/wtPCBVM5yTspwi48A
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Flyer |
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KURABY
MOSQUE
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Flyer |
AL
MUSTAPHA
INSTITUTE
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Flyer |
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GOLD
COAST
MOSQUE
Alhaamdulillah,
with
the
latest
relaxation
by
Qld
Government
to
increase
up
to
100
worshippers
in
place
of
worship,
now
you
can
pray
five
times
daily
salat
in
Gold
Coast
masjid
except
Friday
Jumma
prayer
which
is
for
card
holders
only
(100
cards
already
distributed).
Salaat
times
as
follows:
Fajr
5:45am
Zohur
12:30
Magrib:
Please
see
here.
Asr
4pm
Esha
6:45pm
Entry
into
the
prayer
hall
is
subject
to
following
conditions:
1.
Your
body
temperature
will
be
taken
at
the
entrance.
2.
Use
sanitiser
before
entry.
3.
Keep
a
social
distance
of
1.5meter
between
each
other.
4.
Avoid
physical
contact.
5.
Please
don’t
come
if
you
are
sick,
running
nose,
coughing
etc.
6.
Please
come
earlier
to
each
salaat
as
you
need
to
register
your
name
and
body
temperature
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for
100
musallees
has
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organised
for
this
Friday
at
1.15pm.
Please
collect
your
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colour
Entry
card
from
masjid
during
any
salaats
before
this
Thursday.
First
come
First
serve
basis.
No
Card.
No
Entry
You
will
need
to
produce
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blue
colour
entry
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at
the
entrance
or
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security
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allow
you
in.
Preferable
you
make
Wudhu
before
coming
to
the
Masjid.
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Avoid
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nose,
coughing
etc.
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Princess R. Lakshman
is a writer, poet,
life coach, and
spiritual
counsellor. She
lives in Brisbane,
Australia. Her
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Raising Daughters
She is unique
She has unlimited
potential
She can change the
world
She is your
daughter.
Raising daughters
can be quite a
challenge. I have a
teenage daughter and
I write this column
today with the
utmost respect for
all parents raising
daughters.
It is vital that we
respect and
understand them
first before we
expect them to
respect and
understand us. As
parents, we may have
the benefit of age,
experience and
sometimes
vocabulary, however,
we too are children
at our core of being
and we have the
ability to relate to
most or all of the
emotional ups and
downs that our
daughters experience
daily.
We expect our
daughters to respect
us. The real
question is: Do we
respect our
daughters? Are we
constantly expecting
them to toughen up,
or soften down, or
do as we say?
What strategies do
you use to cope with
your daughter’s mood
swings, tantrums,
demands and
emotional meltdowns?
Our daughters are
future leaders of
this world. We need
to put our ego aside
and raise them with
sensitivity,
compassion, empathy,
respect and
understanding.
There is no doubt
that you love your
daughter
unconditionally.
However, the
following
strategies, when
implemented
appropriately, may
strengthen your
relationship with
her. Do try them.
Strategies to
Strengthen Your
Relationship With
Your Daughter
1. Talk to her. Put
away your gadgets,
look her in the eye
and connect with her
verbally. A great
way to start is to
ask an open-ended
question which
invites an elaborate
answer. For example,
“What things that
you did or that
happened today made
it a wonderful day
for you?”
2. Listen when she
replies. LISTEN. Do
not formulate a
response while she
is speaking. Do not
cut her off while
she is speaking.
Become fully
engaged. Observe her
body language. A lot
is communicated
through body
language.
3. Always compliment
good behaviour. If
the behaviour has
been negative, look
for moments when she
is silent and
compliment on her
efforts to refrain
from the negative
behaviour. For
example, “I am very
pleased with you
that you are trying
your best to respect
our agreement on
phone/screen time.”
4. Speak well about
those she loves. For
example, you may not
be close to your
in-laws but that
does not mean your
daughter has to
inherit your
opinions about them.
Respect her love for
them. Speak well
about those she
loves.
5. Respect her fears
and sentiments. Fear
is very real to the
person experiencing
it. You do not have
to encourage it but
you need to show the
sensitivity that it
is real to her. For
example, “I know it
makes you fearful
when you think about
your exams. I used
to be the same. I
understand that
feeling. I am so
pleased that you are
trying your very
best. That is all
that matters. Allah
rewards efforts, not
results. Keep doing
your best.”
6. Do not bring up
past behavioural
issues when
addressing a new
issue. Telling her
you can no longer
trust her because
she lied to you last
year about a fake
Facebook account is
NOT going to resolve
anything. Instead,
have a respectful
discussion about
having boundaries
around internet
usage.
7. Show good manners
so that she can
emulate good
manners. Saying
“Please”, “Thank
you”, “I’m sorry” to
your daughter does
not mean you are
weak. In fact, it
displays good
manners and your
daughter will learn
to treat you and
others with the same
manners.
8. NEVER laugh at
her mistakes, NEVER
belittle her and
NEVER insult her.
Never comment on her
body, instead
discuss health and
nutrition if you
feel concerned for
her body. Negative
comments about her
body will hurt her
and scar her for
life. You only have
to access your own
unhealed childhood
pain to realise that
somewhere
deep inside you is a
memory of an adult
who may have laughed
at your mistakes or
insulted or
belittled you.
9. “I am big, you’re
small…I’m right,
you’re wrong” –
NEVER imply or say
this. Your daughter
is human being
created by ALLAH and
deserve the same
respect and joy as
you or any other
human being on this
earth.
10. Explain yourself
clearly when you set
boundaries. If you
need to prohibit
something, get her
to sit and discuss
the best strategies
that will benefit
the entire family.
Show her that you
treat her with
fairness and that it
is a home with love
and understanding,
not a house with a
“dictator”.
11. Never, ever
compare her to her
friends, cousins,
siblings or
daughters of your
friends. Your
daughter’s soul was
entrusted to you to
nurture and you must
practise gratitude
to ALLAH for
entrusting you with
her soul. Do not
waste precious time
that could be spent
being grateful in
being ungrateful by
complaining and
focusing on her
flaws. Instead,
nurture her to live
from her highest
potential. If you
find it hard to
nurture her in this
way, get
professional help or
help from a wise
female in your
family or community.
Always remember,
you are not your
experiences. You are
the FORCE that
overcomes them.
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4 tsp lemon & herb spice
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
1 tsp chilli garlic paste
1 tsp ground garlic
½ tsp ground ginger
1 tsp crushed red chillies
1 tsp chilli powder
½ tsp crushed black pepper
½ tsp ground cumin
¼ tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
2 tblsp Portuguese sauce
Marinate chicken in above ingredients
Allow to marinate for few hours
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Heat little butter or ghee and
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Salad
Cucumber finely cubed
Radish finely cubed
Tomato cubed
Parsley finely chopped
Lettuce finely shredded
Pinch sumac (optional)
Little olive oil
Little lemon juice
Salt
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Water
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What do you recommend I do to keep getting
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Keep challenging yourself.
The key is to be consistent with your workouts
but constantly changing it up.
I’d also recommend you do some outdoor sessions.
Dealing with the elements can make the workout a
bit more challenging.
The best thing about working out at home is
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Two men go into a bakery shop.
As soon as they enter the bakery, the one steals 3
pastries and puts them in his pocket.
He says to his mate:
"See how clever I am ...!! The owner didn't even see
anything, and I don't even need to lie ..."
"Oh this is so you, my friend! Dishonest and deceitful."
"I will show you an honest way to get the 3 same
pastries without stealing or lying. Also to prove that
you are not the cleverest person in this world ..."
He goes to the owner: "Give me a pastry and I will show
you a magic trick ..."
The owner gives him a pastry.
He eats it and asks for 2 more pastries.
The owner gives him 2 more and he eats them all.
When the owner is starting to wonder where the magic
trick is, he replies :
"Look in my friend's pocket ..."
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Ramadhan is the [month] in
which was sent down the
Qur'an, as a guide to
mankind, also clear [Signs]
for guidance and judgment
[between right and
wrong].....
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Pre-Islamic Arabia
Arabia’s Neighbours
In spite of being deep in
the deserts of the Arabian
Peninsula, far from more
advanced civilizations, the
Arabs were not completely
isolated from their
neighbours.
The Romans had become a
regional superpower along
the northern borders of the
peninsula in the early
decades CE.
By putting down numerous
Jewish revolts in the
province of Syria Palaestina,
the Romans stamped their
control on the area.
For the Bedouin Arabs, this
meant the presence of a
wealthy and strong trading
partner to the north.
Merchants regularly
traversed the western part
of the peninsula from Yemen
in the south to Syria in the
north, trading goods that
came from places as far away
as India and Italy.
The Romans were content to
remain in the more
hospitable and familiar
lands of the Fertile
Crescent and let the nomadic
Arabs carry on the trade
with more distant lands.
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What the heck is Shariah?
Introduction to its meaning,
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Shariah is perhaps one of
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politics.
Many Muslims also have
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Often, Shariah is depicted
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incompatible with Western
‘laws’ and ‘values.’
How much do you know about
Shariah?
What does it mean? What does
it cover?
What are its major
objectives?
And, to what extent can it
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Alhamdulillah, over many years
I have worked with many non-Muslims who have
always asked me about Muslims & Islam, and I
have shared as much and as best as I could
within my understanding and knowledge.
Alhamdulillah I have watch them develop a
beautiful understanding of our practices, to the
extent I have seen them explain and clarify
misconceptions to others.
Once again during this past Ramadan, much was
discussed over our staff iftar dinner meeting.
So I decided to document some of this basic
Islamic information in a simple to read and
understand website and share with my staff and
colleagues.
It’s intended to be as simple as can be, whilst
still providing a good overview, including some
multi-faith interviews which I found very
valuable even to me as a Muslim.
Feel free to use and share if you feel
appropriate.
I have also shared some of the beautiful Quran
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Muslim Funeral Services guidelines adopted on
dealing with Janazas during this pandemic.
This includes the Covid and non-Covid Janazas, for
burials in South East Queensland.
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