An eventful journey of some
12 years for the Muslim
Ummah of Brisbane reached
another milestone with the
turning of the soil at the
Brisbane Islamic Centre (BIC)
in Underwood Road, Eight
Mile Plains last Sunday
morning (18 October 2020).
The ceremony began with a
special dua for the
commencement of this stage
of the project. and was
attended by several eminent
Imams, President of the
Islamic Council Queensland
and community leaders.
Dr Iqbal Sultan, the vice
president of the BIC, gave a
brief summary of the
progress made thus far.
Mr Faisal Hatia, president
of the BIC, described the
hardships the committee
faced in the commencement
stages of the project and
expressed gratitude to Allah
SWT for bringing the project
this far. He added, “With
Allah SWT’s help, the
project will be a very
successful one.” Mr Hatia
made special mention of Br
Kemal Omar, who was unable
to attend the ceremony, but
was instrumental in this
process from first day.
Ml Abdul Quddous Azhari
prayed for the success of
the project reminding
everyone that it was the
duty of every Muslim to use
his or her skills for the
benefit of Islam, and made
specific mention of how Br
Faisal Hatia was using his
skills to develop a centre
that would benefit the
generations that will come
after.
Habib Jamal, president of
the Islamic Council of
Queensland (ICQ) pledged his
support, as well as that of
ICQ, for the building of the
BIC. Mr Hussin Goss of the
Gold Coast Mosque thanked
brothers for their all their
efforts to get the project
to this stage and reminded
everyone of the need to work
hard to fund the project to
completion.
Ml Yusuf Peer concluded the
proceeding with a humble
plea to Allah SWT to “reward
all those who donate their
time, money and effort to
this noble project.”
The event ended with all the
brothers present turning a
spade of sand symbolising
the start of the next phase
of the project, the
construction of the Centre,
For more details on the
development of the project
and how you can assist
click
here.
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respected brothers and
sisters.
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THE PROJECT
A once in a lifetime
opportunity to completely
transform and renovate the
Mother Mosque 'Holland Park
Mosque'
The new transformed mosque
will feature:
• Additional
basement level • Increased praying capacity
for men • Complete new area for
women doubling the existing
praying capacity • New elevator
• Multi functional rooms • New facilities for
students education • New
toilets & wudhu area
• Modern fittings and
fixtures, facilities, and
security systems
Stay tuned for Academy
Alive’s debut documentary,
There's No Place Like Home.
Be part of the legacies of
the lives that came before
us. Be of those that succeed
and establish great
contributions in our
community, for a brighter
and better future.
Share in the secrets and the
wisdoms of living a
fulfilled life, being the
best of your potential, and
leading impactful and
meaningful contributions.
Travelling from Brisbane to
Mareeba, meeting the
community, speaking to the
elders, the youth, hearing
their stories feeling
concerns. We are excited to
announce the Premiere date
over the coming weeks.
You too can be part of a
documentary celebrating the
success of generations which
have laid the foundations of
Islam in Australia. Follow
this space for weekly
updates!
Be part of a growing
community eager to learn
more about their backyard.
US Based Muslim Advocates
and the Global Project
Against Hate and Extremism
released
Complicit: The Human Cost of
Facebook’s Disregard for
Muslim Life. This
new report documents
Facebook’s instrumental role
in anti-Muslim violence and
threats in nine nations
around the world. Please
review and share this
report.
AMAN continues to do
important work behind the
scenes in regards to
Facebook and Twitter, as
well with the research
sector. We acknowledge the
ongoing assistance of
Birchgrove Legal. We will
endeavour to update you
soon.
Commentary from AMAN on the
sentencing of Stipe Lozina:
AMAN has received a response
from the AFP confirming it
will not prosecute the
individual referred by us
under the federal offence of
using a carriage service to
harass, menace or cause
offence. In light of this
response, we are considering
law reform options (criminal
and civil injunction). This
comes up top of confirmation
that the federal criminal
offence of urging
violence against a racial,
ethnic, or religious
minority has never been
used. The good news is that
there are a growing number
of communities that are
coming together to work on
this issue.
AMAN's website was
experiencing some technical
issues with its contact
form. If you know anyone who
has contacted us this way
and not received a response,
please let them or us know.
With a unique slogan that
advocates for access,
representation and good
governance, Mehak Sheikh
hopes to #SheikhThingsUp! by
asking her local community
to vote for her in the
Wyndham City Council
election in Melbourne on 23
October.
It is rare to meet a young
24 year old with such an
impressive resume in our
community. But Mehak Sheikh
is one of those unique
individuals with plenty of
years of experience under
her belt.
Having worked in the
community for 8 years, Mehak
has facilitated projects for
children, youth, seniors,
cross-cultural events and
small business networks. She
also has experience dealing
with countless advisory
committees across Western
suburbs, state and federal
levels.
Describing herself as a
“lifelong learner” with a
psychology background; Mehak
is a fourth-generation
Kenyan and Punjabi
Pakistani. Having moved to
Australia from the UAE and
Kenya in 2012, she has
experienced a vibrant
cultural upbringing rooted
in sound Islamic values.
“My parents and religious
upbringing always encouraged
philanthropy,” said Mehak.
She is also the youngest
candidate running for
council in her ward. What
inspired her to run for
council was a campaign
titled “Women Leading
Change” which aimed at
targeting youth
participation in local
government.
“I became an advocate for
cultural diversity and
intercultural engagement
(where I facilitate and
support)…spaces where
…(community can) bridge the
gaps between cultures for
meaningful integration.”
Eager to contribute to her
community, Mehak has worked
with various groups to
support young people and
newly arrived migrants to
develop life skills and
civic participation skills,
thereby enhancing well-being
through the social
enterprise, U-Learn.
Last year, the city of
Wyndham experienced the
largest and fastest
population growth in
Victoria and was the second
largest and fastest
expanding in Australia. To
cater to these increasing
needs, she hopes to see a
collaborative and
progressive council which
considers innovation and
sustainable development
practices on social and
environmental issues.
“My vision is to see local
jobs and opportunities, a
safe community inside and
outside our homes, a
transformed waste management
system and sustainable
infrastructure that bring
value for rates,” expressed
Mehak.
She is also a highly
accomplished candidate with
a long list of achievements.
In 2018, Mehak was an
esteemed guest invited to
Government House in
Melbourne to meet with
Meghan Markle and Prince
Harry.
This year’s Nobel Prize in
physics was awarded to Roger
Penrose, Andrea Ghez and
Reinhard Genzel for their
research on black holes. Dr.
Penrose, a mathematician,
proved the existence of
black holes from Einstein’s
theory of relativity; Dr.
Ghez and Dr. Genzel spent
decades gathering evidence
of a black hole in our own
galaxy.
Dr. Penrose also discovered
“non-periodic tiling” in
1974, known as Penrose
tiling.
The tiling stood as a unique
mathematical breakthrough –
until 2005, when Harvard
graduate student Peter Lu
discovered variations of the
same non-periodic tiling
patterns on a 17th-century
madrassah in Uzbekistan.
With his keen mathematical
eye, Dr. Lu was able to
distinguish between this
unique non-periodic tiling,
and the equally breathtaking
periodic tiling patterns
found in Islamic
architecture and artwork
throughout history. In the
latter, simple circles and
squares were transformed
into stars and overlapping
lattices to form intricate
symmetric patterns. The 13th
century Alhambra Palace in
Granada, Spain, provides
many beautiful examples of
these geometric lattices.
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.
PLEASE
NOTE:
Due
to the
unprecedented
uncertainty
regarding
the
coronavirus
pandemic,
The
Muslim
News has
postponed
its
prestigious
annual
awards
ceremony
until
late UK
summer.
Arqam
Al-Hadeed
has been recognised
nationally for his
tireless efforts to
unite all races,
religions and
cultures.
In 2018, he received
the Leeds Young
Person’s Award for
his work in uniting
the city’s
communities.
In 2019, he was the
youngest recipient
of the British
Muslim Award.
He has been elected
to represent his
city as a youth
member of the UK
Parliament and is
one of the top five
champions of Make
Your Mark, the UK’s
largest consultation
of young people.
Arqam has worked to
establish the Grand
Muslim Youth
Council, an
organization
operating in Leeds,
led by young people
and for young
people.
Within one month of
the organization’s
launch, it convened
the Kashmir
Solidarity Youth
Conference, the
largest of its kind
ever to have been
held in the UK.
The conference was
attended by MPs,
MEPs, and
councillors from
Manchester, Leeds,
and Bradford and was
concluded with
remarks from the
President of
Kashmir.
This conference was
aired
internationally and
watched by millions.
The Grand Muslim
Youth Council has
raised over £3,000
for homeless people
in Leeds and £12,000
for other good
causes.
The beheading in
France: An act
of blasphemy in
itself
by Dr Aslam
Abdullah
The beheading of
the French
teacher by a
young man
because he
disapproved of
showing a
cartoon of
Prophet Muhammad
(s) was not only
a crime in
French law but
also a crime as
well as a sin in
Islam. Life is
sacred, and no
one can deprive
fellow human
beings of their
right to live.
The gruesome
murder was more
than an
emotional act.
It has its roots
in the rulings
by several
medieval Muslim
scholars who
have defined
insults to God
and Prophet
Muhammad (s) as
blasphemy
subject to
punishment.
Qadhi Iyad ibn
Musa
(1083–1149), a
judge in the
Emirate of
Granada,
summarised
scholars’
consensus in the
following words.
“Certainly, a
blasphemer
against Allah,
Exalted be He,
from among
Muslims shall be
deemed a
disbeliever, and
killing him
shall be
declared
lawful.”
The Quran, the
divine book,
Muslims consider
their major
source of
guidance, speaks
contrary to what
many scholars
have argued. It
tells the
believers: “But
do not revile
those [beings]
whom they invoke
instead of God,
lest they revile
God out of
spite, and in
ignorance: for,
goodly indeed
have We made
their doings
appear unto
every community
In time,
[however,] unto
their Sustainer
people must
return: and then
He will make
them [truly]
understand all
that they were
doing.” (8: 106)
There is no
punishment
suggested
against those
who ridicule or
revile God or
His messenger.
People may
control their
emotions, but
when a
questionable
theology incites
them to defend
their faith and
justifies
violence, not
many care for a
due process for
getting their
grievances
redressed.
They act on
their self,
approving their
action to defend
God and his
messengers.
Muslims are not
the only people
in this violent
reaction.
Christians,
Jews, Hindus,
Buddhists, and
even atheists
have often
resorted to
individual
violence to
defend their
beliefs and
practices.
The mob that
lynches an
unarmed Muslim
or Christian
under the
suspicion of
slaughtering a
cow is no
different than
the French
Muslim beheading
a French man
insulting the
Prophet.
The Jewish
settler shooting
a native living
in his home
while defending
it is no
different from
Muslims putting
a bounty on
Salman Rushdie’s
head to write an
insulting book
about Prophet
Muhammad (s).
People often use
religious
interpretation
to defend their
nefarious acts
against the
basic creed of
their faith.
God is not
sectarian,
ethnic-centred,
or racist. Every
faith defines
him as universal
embarrassing
everything that
exists, and does
not need humans
killing humans
or other
creations to
please him.
He did not
appoint some
humans his
deputy on earth.
He is powerful
to defend
himself. He does
not take revenge
from his
creation for
their deviation
because he
understands
their
limitation.
The argument
that believers
in God must
avenge every act
against Him has
no connection
with his
divinity.
Criminals and
Mafias indulge
in such acts.
Glorifying
violence and
murder goes
against the
essence of God
in almost all
religions.
The Muslim
theology has to
clean itself
from the
violence that
scholars have
tried to justify
and promote in
the name of God.
Muslim scholars
of the 21st
century must
challenge the
theology of
blasphemy and
ensure that
violence is not
a solution to
any problem.
Violence against
fellow human
beings is, in
reality,
violence against
God and a
flagrant act of
blasphemy.
Terror time
bomb: the race
to defuse
Australia's
far-right threat
by Mostafa
Rachwani
The
Christchurch
attack only
emboldened
Australia’s
white supremacy
movement, and
experts warn the
government’s
refusal to take
extremists
seriously may
have deadly
consequences
Australia
watched in
horror as an
avowed white
supremacist
mowed down
innocent
worshippers at a
Christchurch
mosque in March
2019. That shock
only heightened
when it was
discovered the
terrorist was
Australian,
pointing to a
previously
unacknowledged
potential for
violent
far-right
extremism in the
country.
Suddenly, the
threats were no
longer empty.
The toxicity of
white
supremacist and
far-right groups
that festered on
social platforms
had spilled out
into violence.
It was a moment
that should have
snapped
authorities out
of any delusions
that white
supremacists
don’t pose a
threat. Instead,
Christchurch has
only emboldened
the movement,
and some
observers say
Australian
government
agencies have
been too slow to
take steps that
might prevent
future violence.
Matthew Quinn is
the founder and
chief executive
of the far-right
disengagement
group Exit
Australia.
“I think they’re
still stuck on
the idea that
extremism is an
Islamic
problem,” he
says. “I think
they’re going to
be up for a
surprise.
“They seem to
think white guys
are just
hooligans, they
don’t feel like
white guys are
out there
planning
attacks.”
Quinn’s
organisation
works to walk
potential
far-right
extremists back
from the steps
of violence,
providing
support to
individuals who
have become
submerged in
white
supremacist
groups and are
looking for a
way out. It’s
one of the very
few
organisations in
Australia
offering any
kind of
preventive or
community-based
intervention
programs. .
Right-wing
extremism now
constitutes up
to 40% of Asio’s
counter-terrorism
caseload.
Warnings have
also come from
the Australian
federal police,
with
commissioner
Reece Kershaw
warning in July
of the growing
threat.
In June, an Asio
threat
assessment sent
to security
professionals
said far-right
groups were
capitalising on
the pandemic to
bolster
recruitment and
spread their
beliefs.
In September,
Labor’s shadow
home affairs
minister,
Kristina
Keneally, warned
that Australia
has not had a
“serious
national
conversation”
about far-right
violence, and
called for some
far-right groups
to be proscribed
as terrorist
organisations.
Australia is
still the only
member of the
Five Eyes
intelligence
network – which
also comprises
the US, UK,
Canada and New
Zealand – yet to
add far-right
groups to its
terrorism
watchlist.
But for all the
talk of
increased
threats and
necessary
conversations,
little has
changed for
those working on
the ground, with
few efforts to
deradicalise
young men who
have veered
towards
violence.
“I think it’s
unconscious
bias, where they
don’t think it
can come from
one of them, and
I think the
federal
government just
doesn’t see it
as a problem,”
Quinn says.
Exit, which
Quinn helped
establish in
2015, claims on
its website that
it has
“prevented more
attacks than
years involved
across
Australia”.
At times, Quinn
feels like a
lone battler in
the fight
against
extremism in
Australia,
telling the
Guardian he
holds little
confidence in
law
enforcement’s
ability to
understand and
deal with the
problem.
“It’s a bit
concerning that
people in those
positions are
actually
catching up,
that they are
that far back.
Law enforcement
looked at it
[Christchurch]
and thought it
was just one nut
job. They don’t
realise that one
nutjob was
radicalised by
some extreme
people.”
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Man denied German citizenship for refusing
to shake woman's hand at naturalisation
ceremony
Lebanese doctor says he promised wife
he would avoid greeting with opposite
sex.
GERMANY: A man who aced his German
naturalisation test has been refused
citizenship after he refused to shake
hands with the female official
responsible for handing over his award.
The 40-year-old doctor, who left Lebanon
for Germany in 2002, said he had
promised his wife he would not shake
another woman’s hand, and that he was
prevented from doing so for religious
reasons.
But a court in the southwestern state of
Baden-Wurttemberg ruled that rejecting
handshakes with women due to a
“fundamentalist conception of culture
and values” was a rejection of
“integration into German living
conditions”, German newspaper Deutsche
Welle (DW) reported.
The doctor, a practicing senior
physician, applied for citizenship in
2012, signing a declaration denouncing
extremism and expressing loyalty to the
German constitution.
He passed the naturalisation exam with a
perfect score, according to DW.
But when in 2015 he refused to shake
hands with the official at the
naturalisation ceremony, she withheld
his certificate and rejected his
application.
The doctor’s initial appeal against the
ruling was rejected by the Stuttgart
Administrative Court, before the
Administrative Court of
Baden-Württemberg did the same. However
the judge said he could still appeal in
federal court due to the significance of
the case.
In its ruling, the court said anyone who
refuses a handshake on grounds of gender
is in breach of the country’s
constitution and that handshakes,
“deeply rooted in social, cultural and
legal life”, symbolised the conclusion
of a contract.
It made no difference, the judge said,
that the doctor had since announced he
would also refuse to shake hands with
men.
The ruling ironically came amid warnings
from health officials for citizens to
avoid shaking hands during the
coronavirus pandemic. The judge,
however, said he was convinced the
practice would continue once the crisis
was over.
The case comes two years after a Muslim
couple were denied Swiss citizenship for
refusing to shake hands with members of
the opposite sex. Switzerland also in
2016 rejected citizenship requests from
two Muslim girls who refused to take
part in swimming lessons with boys at
school.
Heart Therapy:
Forty Hadiths in Tazkiyah and Soul Purification
by
Ali Albarghouthi
REVIEW
Depression, anxiety and
loneliness are common
problems today.
Envy, greed and materialism
invade our hearts and poison
our relationships and lives.
Racism, warfare and economic
deprivation the symptoms of
a greater spiritual weakness
are destroying our world.
What is the solution to all
of these problems? We need a
spiritual awakening, a
healing of the hearts that
can heal the world.
We need to rediscover our
iman.
This book attempts to revive
authentic Islamic
spirituality based on the
Quran and Sunnah by
collecting and explaining
forty hadiths of the
diseases of the heart and
the purification of the
soul.
It is a book of tazkiyah, a
self-help book, and a
project of changing your
life and increasing your
iman. In it, you will find
practical advice on how to
cleanse your heart and bring
change into your life. If we
fix our hearts, we can fix
the rest of our lives.
By the time of the Conquest
of Mecca, Muhammad was about
sixty years old, an old man
by the standards of his
time.
Through his sayings and the
continuing revelations of
the Quran, the tenets of
Islam had been formalized,
covering everything from
articles of belief, to
instructions for worship, to
guidelines for Islamic
governance.
A new social order had been
inaugurated, one that left
behind tribalism and
nationalism in favor of
Islamic unity under divine
laws.
Muhammad codified this in
his last sermon, where he
declared that “You all
descended from Adam and Adam
was created from dirt.
The most noble in the sight
of God is the most pious.
No Arab is superior to a
non-Arab except by their
God-consciousness.”
His religious and social
message was intertwined with
a political one that forged
a united Muslim empire that
spanned the entire Arabian
Peninsula, the first time in
history that all the Arabs
had been united.
He even managed to make some
inroads among the tribes
living on the southern edges
of the Byzantine and Persian
Empires, an accomplishment
that would not go unnoticed
by those two great empires,
who would soon take the
rapid spread of Islam very
seriously.
After his conquest of Mecca,
Muhammad returned to his
adopted hometown of Medina.
He had, after all, promised
to lead the Muslim Umma from
that oasis eight years
earlier when Aws and Khazraj
invited him.
Here, he began to make
preparations for a Muslim
community that would
continue long after his
death.
He spoke increasingly about
the obligations of a true
believer, the preservation
of the Quran and his
example.
In early 632, he journeyed
to Mecca for a final
pilgrimage, the hajj.
He spoke to thousands of his
followers, all equally
dressed in simple white
robes regardless of their
financial status, reminding
them of the equality of all
people.
He cautioned his followers
to avoid oppression, treat
women with respect and love,
and leave behind the old
tribal rivalries that had
been the bane of Arab
civilization for centuries.
His Farewell Sermon
summarized his prophethood:
it was a complete revolution
in every sense.
In the eyes of his
followers, a new order was
dawning upon the world, one
that would be based upon
God’s law and inspired by
the example of Muhammad.
After the pilgrimage,
Muhammad returned to Medina,
where the foundation was
laid for the continued
expansion of Islam.
Learned men were sent to
distant provinces such as
Yemen and the eastern edge
of Arabia to teach the
recently converted the
basics of Islam.
Medina, the community in
closest contact with the
Prophet, would operate as a
hub of knowledge about
Islam, serving to educate
the rest of the Muslim
world, even after the
Prophet.
A military expedition was
prepared to trek north
against the Byzantines.
The Islamic ethics of war,
which would guide hundreds
of years of Muslim armies,
were reiterated.
Ahmad Totonji’s 35
Principles for Success in
Life and Work
3 Agreement
and Disagreement
continued from last week's CCN.....
We must deal with
differences of opinion in a
civilized manner; we must
come together based upon
what we already agree upon;
and we must develop our
shared qualities and promote
reform within ourselves and
within our societies.
We must forgive each other
whatever we may disagree
upon, for this is the proper
etiquette of disagreement.
Disagreement is natural, and
when we criticize it should
be constructive, not
destructive and hurtful.
We should avoid criticizing
areas of weakness in others’
ideas, or belittling what
they are doing.
There are proper ways of
criticizing that we must
follow, and we must not
cross the line into
disrespecting and demeaning
others.
Since disagreements are a
part of life and natural in
volunteer work, we must find
ways of avoiding the
pitfalls of disagreements
and mitigating their harm.
In this way we can build a
foundation for agreement
based on our shared ideas
and avoid looking for what
tears us apart.
At the same time, we must
achieve understanding and
complementarity between the
volunteers and the voluntary
organizations they work for.
This means continuously
following a methodology that
brings people together,
working on what is shared,
and putting aside disputes
(as long as we are not
dealing with the
fundamentals of faith).
The believer is required to
harness the efforts of all
other believers and build
upon them.
The society of believers
must reflect the notion of
the unified body, meaning a
society full of love and
brotherhood.
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The
Global Muslim Women’s
Conference
is a series of virtual
events focused on showcasing
and celebrating Muslim women
from all walks of life. It
provides an opportunity to
listen and speak to one
another on a local, national
and international level.
The virtual conference
provides a space to connect
and focus on significant
topics affecting the Muslim
woman. Its aim is to create
meaningful dialogue by
sharing unique skills,
knowledge, by unlocking
strengths and talents to
create collective progress.
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
recitations and supplications with English
translation.
DR MOHAMMED IQBAL SULTAN
MFS JANAZA
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.
This is the Southport
Masjid in the heart of
the Gold Coast Australia
where Muslims make up
less than 5%.
Southport
Masjid is the second
masjid on the Gold
Coast. It was
established to
accommodate the growing
Muslim community. It is
situated less than 10
minutes from Cavill
Avenue, Surfers
Paradise, making it a
prime location to also
serve the needs of
Muslim tourists. There
is ample parking and
easy access.
Because of COVID we
cannot fundraise
traditionally putting
the masjid in grave risk
of immediate
foreclosure.
Help us pay for the
masjid before it is
forced to close.
We are in desperate and
urgent need of the
masjid to save our
community.
From protest to piety,
from hate to love, from
loneliness to community,
from ignorance to
guidance, from church to
masjid, from dunya to
akhira.
With your help, our
desperation will turn to
hope. Fight alongside us
to save the masjid!
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
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the knowledge, understanding
and wisdom to lead balanced,
wholesome and beneficial
lives.
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