The vision of the Brisbane
Islamic Centre Management is
to provide a place of
worship for Muslims and a
place of learning and
cultural awareness for
Non-Muslims.
Our fervent hope is to
ensure that the teachings
and message of Islam creates
a spirit of understanding
and harmony for the Muslim
community in Brisbane in
particular, but also
Australian society as a
whole.
Our purpose is to work with
other faiths and communities
to inform, educate and bring
about closer co-operation
between different teachings,
cultures and customs.
Our aim is to encourage
integration not separation,
and understanding not
ignorance about Islam &
Muslims.
From the time of the Prophet
Muhammad (Peace be upon him)
— the mosque has been the
central focus of the Muslim
community.
Indeed, the Prophet’s mosque
in Medina was not just a
prayer facility. It was a
multipurpose family-centered
institution that served as a
school, a meeting place, a
venue for sport events and
other celebrations.
Our objective is to build on
this powerful heritage and
help shape the identity of
future generations of proud
Australian Muslims.
THE PROJECT
Brisbane Islamic Centre Ltd
(BIC) was founded in 2007,
primarily to establish and
develop an Islamic Centre at
161 Underwood Road, Eight
Mile Plains, on the
Southside of Brisbane.
The Islamic Centre is in
response to a need for a
comprehensive facility for
the benefit of the Brisbane
community.
The ten acre block on which
the Centre is to be
established is owned by BIC
Ltd, and was donated waqf to
the community. The land is
freehold and unencumbered
financially.
The location of the Centre
promises to be one of the
more exciting developments
on the Southside Brisbane
Landscape.
The development will take
place in two stages.
Stage 1 of the Centre will
include the following:
• Masjid with male and
female facilities
• Parking for 400 cars
• Community hall
• Several serviced
offices, with an
adjoining Board room
• Library
• Auditorium with
seating with audiovisual
facilities
• Islamic Museum
• Coffee shop
• Book shop
• Education services
• Interfaith and cross
cultural dialogue
facilities
• Youth facilities
The Development Approval
application for Stage 1 of
the project was approved by
the Planning and
Environmental Court in
December 2016.
Land clearing and earthworks
on the site has already been
completed.
Construction is expected to
commence in March 2019.
The Masjid block will
consist of 3 levels:
• Underground car park &
a proposed Ghusl
facility,
• Ground floor Masjid
for men, and
• Upper level Masjid for
ladies with easy access
• Madressa classes
The Community Hall will
accommodate about 800 people
and will include a
commercial kitchen.
Round up of the event by
Lester R Drew, President Rotary
Archerfield
Community
Fundraising Dinner 10.11.18
I would like to commence by
congratulating Past
President Ray Deen for
bringing together MCF
(Muslim Charitable
Foundation) ICQ (Islamic
Council of Queensland) MAA
(Muslim Aid Australia) and
Rotary (Rotary Club of
Archerfield) to raise
urgently required funds for
the following recipients and
allocated as follows:
• Rotary District 9630 –
local drought appeal –
50%
• Disaster relief for
devasting floods in
Kerala, India – 25%
• Disaster relief for
earthquake/tsunami in
Indonesia – 25%
Past President Ray Deen has
worked tirelessly for the
past six weeks to ensure the
evening was a success. I
would like to thank Dan
Breaden for his assistance
with artwork for flyers and
promotion of the event,
Graham Perrett MP for his
continued support by
printing in excess of 1000
flyers on short notice,
Riyaad Ally from MAA
assisted greatly in the
organisation of the venue
and collection of funds and
Auctioneer extraordinaire
Farouk Adams who did a
sterling job on the night
assisted by PP Ray.
Past President Zaffar Khan
donated two iPads and
keyboards that were eagerly
snapped up and once again
Drake Trailers gave a
donation along with a
genuine collectable Die Cast
Drake Trailer to scale.
The evening went smoothly
with MC Mustafa Ally and all
of the speeches were
excellent – encouraging all
present to assist in the
appeal to help those less
fortunate.
Rotary District 9630
Governor Jitendra Prasad
addressed the audience by
giving an inspiring speech
in both English and Hindi -
Gary Hardgrave a dear friend
of Archerfield Rotary gave
the closing address thanking
all involved – including
those that I have not
mentioned.
$15,000 in Cash Donations
was received by supporters
listed below who were unable
to attend – their generosity
was greatly appreciated:
1. DOOLAN HEAVY HAULAGE-
MELBOURNE
2. DRAKE TRAILERS
AUSTRALIA.
3. QMW INDUSTRIES ACACIA
RIDGE
4. BI-RITE ELECTRICAL
5. ABDUL OMAR/SUNKIDS
6. Moores Track Parts
7. BRIAN JOHNSTON
8. Rotarian JOHN BURKE
9. MTE MIKE RATTCLIFFE
10. iCARE
There were other amazing
auction items – Mercedes
Benz G65 AMG 12V Ride on 4x4
- along with a BMW i8 Sports
Car 12V Ride on (for
Children).
As a result of the supreme
effort exerted by PP Ray the
evening should see in excess
of $35,000 being distributed
to the various recipients.
ANIC
condemns crime in Melbourne
and outraged by the PM’s
Comments:
Press Release
The Australian National
Imams Council (ANIC)
strongly condemns the
criminal act perpetrated by
a deranged individual on
Friday on Bourke street in
Melbourne. Our prayers and
thoughts are with the
victims and their families.
This incident is a national
tragedy impacting all
Australians of all faiths
and belief systems.
These are the times where
all Australians should be
standing side by side in
solidarity, countering all
forms of extremism and
violence.
The Australian National
Imams Council (ANIC) and the
Muslim community has and
continues to work hard to
teach the true and ethical
teachings of Islam
countering the distortions
and misrepresentations that
might exist and to counter
all forms of extremism,
violence and crime.
The Australian National
Imams Council (ANIC) and the
Muslim community are also
outraged by the recent
comments by the Prime
Minister Scott Morrison
connecting Islam to a
“radical and dangerous
ideology.”
It is extremely
disappointing in such
difficult times and during a
national tragedy, when all
Australians of all faiths
and backgrounds should be
called upon to unite and
stand together against any
form of extremism and
violence, to see our
nation’s leader politicising
this incident and using it
for political gain.
The Australian Muslim
community, its Imams and
leaders, have always been at
the forefront of countering
violent extremism in all its
forms.
The Australian National
Imams Council (ANIC) calls
upon the PM, his government
and all political leaders to
be more responsible in their
rhetoric in order not to
cast aspersions on a segment
of the community based on
the actions of one deranged
individual and to act in the
best interests of the
Australian people, by
calling for unity and
solidarity, rather than
alienating any group of
Australians.
Sheik
Mohammed Omran: ‘blame
police … not us’
Sheik Mohammed
Omran outside the Hume Islamic
Youth Centre in Melbourne’s
Coolaroo.
The spiritual leader
of the Islamic youth centre
where Bourke Street
terrorist Hassan Khalif
Shire Ali -attended prayer
sessions has accused Scott
Morrison of making the
Muslim community a scapegoat
to distract from the failure
of police and intelligence
services to prevent Friday’s
attack.
Mohammed Omran, the emir of
the Hume Islamic Youth
Centre close to Shire Ali’s
Meadow Heights home,
dismissed the “bloody Prime
Minister’s’’ call for imams
to do more to stop Islamic
extremists, saying the
greatest power he had was to
dial triple-0 when
confronted with a threat.
Scott Morrison has hit back
this morning, saying Muslims
must ‘stop wolves coming
among the sheep’.
The HIYC, a sprawling
mosque, cafe, gym and
bookstore in the Melbourne
suburb of Coolaroo, has seen
a procession of jihadists
and would-be terrorists
through its doors, including
domestic terror plotters and
suicide bombers who killed
themselves in Iraq.
Sheik Omran — the most
senior Australian figure in
the Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah
movement, which adheres to a
strict, salafist
interpretation of Islam —
said the “Prime Minister’’
needed to be -accountable
for the failure of
government agencies before
he blamed Islamic leaders.
“This person was on the
watch list,’’ the sheik told
The Australian. “So what did
they do? Nothing.
“After he jumped in the
street and started waving
his knife to them —
sometimes they are running
after him and sometimes they
are running after them, and
even the public interfered
to take his attention
because the police, they
couldn’t handle him.
“First, we want to be really
truthful with each other.
This bloody Prime Minister,
instead of turning the heat
on somebody else, he should
answer us about what he did.
“He has spent billions of
dollars — billions — on
security service. And what
is the end result? We have
crazy people in the
street.’’
Mr Morrison has urged imams
to identify “infiltrators’’
in their mosques and to be
more alert for and proactive
towards any signs of
radicalisation.
The Australian
This political
dog-whistling needs to stop:
OnePath
Network
The Bourke
Street tragedy was horrific,
but blaming the Muslim
community is irresponsible
Last Friday, Melbourne’s
Bourke Street saw another
unspeakable tragedy, this
time at the hands of a young
man whose family and
religious teacher have
confirmed was afflicted with
mental illness. Hassan
Khalif Shire Ali stabbed
three people, killing the
beloved Melbourne community
figure Sisto Malaspina
before being shot dead by
police.
As the nation came to grips
with the tragedy, some
Australian media outlets and
politicians took the
opportunity to score some
cheap political points. The
Home Affairs minister wasted
no time in announcing
potential changes to
immigration laws, and our
Prime Minister, Scott
Morrison went as far as to
“call out” what he said was
the “real problem”, which
was “radical, violent,
extremist Islam that opposes
our very way of life.”
This reaction bears
comparison with a similar
incident that occurred on
the same street in 2017,
when James Gargasoulas drove
his car into a crowd of
people, killing 6 and
wounding 30. Since the
incident, Gargasoulas has
had continuous coverage
about the impact of mental
illness on his crime, none
of which was declared a
“lame excuse” by Scott
Morrison, as he said on
Monday in response to a
statement by Shire Ali’s
family.
The responses by the Prime
Minister, the Home Affairs
Minister, and the numerous
media outlets who took the
opportunity to dog-whistle
about the Muslim community
has been roundly criticised
by Muslim leaders, with the
Australian National Imams
Council and the Islamic
Council of Victoria both
releasing statements
expressing their condolences
to the family of the victim,
and condemning both the
horrific attack, and the
irresponsible response.
In their statement, the ICV
said,
“the
religion of Islam had
nothing to do with the
attacks last Friday. To
insinuate otherwise is
absurd.”
The big problem with Scott
Morrison’s attack on the
Muslim community after
Bourke St terror
In the
wake of the Bourke Street
terror attack, the PM has
pointed the finger at
Muslims for not doing enough
to stop extremists. Is that
fair?
Shannon
Molloy
n the wake of the Bourke
Street terror attack in
Melbourne last Friday, which
left one person dead and two
injured, Scott Morrison has
pointed the finger of blame
at Muslim leaders.
The Prime Minister claims
they’re not doing enough to
stop extremism, criticising
the community for “making
excuses”, looking the other
way and ignoring potential
risks.
“I won’t cop the excuses,”
Mr Morrison said on Tuesday,
doubling down on his attack.
“For those who want to stick
their head in the sand, for
those who want to make
excuses for those who stick
their head in the sand, you
are not making Australia
safer.”
But experts said there’s
just one issue with his
strong criticisms — the
Muslim community appeared to
be doing all it could to
stamp out extremism.
Greg Barton is the chair of
Global Islamic Politics at
the Alfred Deakin Institute
for Citizenship and
Globalisation and said an
objective view of the
situation was required.
“One of the problems
with suggesting that
Muslim leaders need to
‘do more’ is that it
implies they have
information they are not
sharing, or that they’re
failing to take action
when they see a
problem,” Mr Barton
wrote in analysis for
The Conversation.
“The reality is that
Islamic leaders
generally have little to
do with the troubled
young people most likely
to be involved in
lone-actor attacks like
the one in Melbourne.”
Despite
perceptions, it was not
usually the “actively
religious” members of the
community that posed the
biggest risk. Instead,
individuals who are
alienated or angry, and who
turn their back on the
Muslim community and its
leaders, are the real
concern, he said.
He described Mr Morrison’s
remarks as “politically
charged” and took a swipe at
the timing of his pointed
remarks, in the lead up to
the Victorian Election.
The focus would be better
placed on detecting and
preventing the types of
attacks that police are
increasingly concerned about
before they happen, Mr
Barton said.
“Friday’s attack was the
sort of terrorist attack
that police have identified
as being their primary
concern. When one or two
people decide to launch an
attack with little planning
and no communications across
a larger terrorist network,
the methods of intelligence
that are so successful in
preventing large-scale
attacks have little
utility.”
Rather than attack and
potentially alienate the
Muslim community, Mr Barton
said engaging with them for
the purpose of targeted
outreach could deliver far
better results.
“Simply finding the
resources to employ a
hundred properly trained
and equipped youth
workers to engage with
at-risk youths would
likely yield
considerable dividends.
“In comparison with the
many tens of millions of
dollars spent at the
hard end of countering
terrorism, the resources
provided to youth
workers and community
intervention programs
remain pitifully small.”
Keiran Hardy,
a criminology researcher at
Griffith University, said
programs countering violent
extremism were critical
components of successful
counter-terror strategies.
“Australia’s
counter-terrorism strategy
remains focused on
prosecuting individuals for
offences like being a member
of a terrorist organisation
or conspiring to plan a
terrorist act,” Mr Hardy
said. “Prosecution is a
necessary response to
terrorism, but it remains a
short-term solution.”
Since the creation of the
Home Affairs Department,
funding for initiatives to
counter violent extremism
all but disappeared, he
said.
“Community-based programs
are not a silver bullet, nor
are they a replacement for
law enforcement and
intelligence gathering,” Mr
Hardy said.
“But even a small amount of
money for (countering
violent extremism) programs
… would signal a commitment
to this strategy and allow
for new pilot initiatives to
be developed.”
In addition to investment in
cutting-edge
counter-terrorism
initiatives, Australia
should aim to be “a world
leader in developing
innovative, community based
approaches”, he said.
Mr Morrison’s comments have
caused upset and worry in
the Muslim community, with
Australia’s Grand Mufti,
Ibrahim Abu Mohamed telling
SBS Arabic that they
constituted “serious
discrimination”.
The group Muslims Australia
also wrote to the prime
minister to request that he
apologise for inflaming
tensions.
And on Tuesday, Mr Morrison
came under fire from Sheik
Mohammed Omran, the
spiritual leader of the
youth centre where Ali
attended prayer sessions.
“This person was on the
watch list. So what did they
do? Nothing,” Sheik Omran
told The Australian.
“We want to be really
truthful with each other.
This bloody Prime Minister,
instead of turning the heat
on somebody else, he should
answer us about what he did.
“He has spent billions of
dollars — billions — on
security services. And what
is the end result? We have
crazy people in the
streets.”
News.com
The link between
terrorism and mental illness
is complicated, and
vilifying communities
doesn’t help
Following
another act of fatal
violence in Melbourne’s CBD
last Friday, Prime Minister
Scott Morrison dismissed
claims the perpetrator,
Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, had
a mental illness. He said
this was a “lame excuse”,
saying he wanted imams and
the Muslim community to pay
greater attention to people
at risk of radicalisation.
Media
reports have stated Ali
suffered delusions and
substance abuse problems in
the lead-up to his attack
and believed he was being
chased by “unseen people
with spears”. Ali’s family
and religious teacher have
also attested to him being
mentally ill.
To be sure, most Australians
will find it hard to forget
the horror of this incident
where three people were
stabbed. Regardless of our
cultural and religious
backgrounds, we stand united
in grieving for restaurant
owner Sisto Malaspina, who
was killed in the attack.
But we must also try to make
sense of it by analysing the
perpetrator’s actions and
developing ways to prevent
further acts of violence.
It is difficult to ignore
similarities with an
incident that occurred on
the same street in 2017,
when James Gargasoulas drove
his car into a crowd of
people, killing six and
wounding 30. He too was said
to be suffering delusions,
though, interestingly this
was not labelled as an
excuse.
If we blame Muslim
communities or cultural
minorities as responsible
for acts of terrorism, we
are likely to continue to
alienate at-risk individuals
and the communities that
support them. This can, in
itself, lead to mental
health problems. While this
doesn’t mean the result will
be violence, it can increase
the chances of young people
dropping out of the social
support system, which can
lead to criminality,
anti-social behaviour,
self-harm or suicide.
The
Conversation
Senator Richard Di
Natale
Bourke Street
I spoke in the Senate today
about the Bourke Street
tragedy. How we respond to
this crime is a test for all
of us.
It's a test of our decency
and of our humanity. It's a
test of whether we are
prepared to come together as
a community to prevent
further violent crime or
whether we are going to seek
to use this as a political
opportunity.
Australia's Grand
Mufti slams Morrison, Dutton
over Bourke Street attack
reactions
Australia's Grand Mufti has
rejected government calls
that Muslim leaders needed
to do more to combat
radicalism in the community
following the Bourke Street
attack.
Australia's Grand Mufti has
rejected government calls
that Muslim leaders needed
to do more to combat
radicalism in the community
following the Bourke Street
attack.
Mr Dutton on Sunday said
police and other government
agencies could not stop
spontaneous acts of terror
without tip-offs or alerts
from the public.
Mr Dutton on Monday stressed
that the Muslim community
was key in alerting
authorities, a call rejected
by Dr Mohamed who pointed
the finger of blame for the
attack at security agencies
for "failing to evaluate the
threat level".
"We do
not need Dutton’s plea to
remember our duties. I’d
like to remind him that
security agencies failed to
do their job; the offender’s
passport had been cancelled
and he was being monitored,"
Mr Mohamed said.
"I demand Dutton open an
investigation in his
department to find out why
the crime happened, it isn’t
because he’s [Shire Ali]
Muslim or mentally ill, it’s
because the threat hadn't
been properly evaluated."
Dr Mohamed said the Muslim
community was "experiencing
a difficult time" following
the attack, and that such
comments did more to "plant
seeds of extremism" rather
than deter it.
"Linking crime to religion
is what frustrates us the
most and the duty of
politicians is to defuse
conflicts rather than
inflame them," he said.
"We should not use the word
‘terror’ to intimidate
people the way other
dictatorships do to oppress
their own people, it should
not be used in politics.
"We condemned the crime in
an official statement while
I was overseas. However, we
have a take on those who
link Islam to crime and
those who blame the Islamic
community for not fulfilling
its duties."
Dr Mohamed said maintaining
the security of Australia
was part of the culture of
the Muslim community and
that it was a top priority.
The Grand Mufti said he'd
like to remind politicians
that himself and other
prominent Muslims were also
considered targets by
extremist organisations.
On Saturday, Mr Morrison
strongly condemned the
attack, saying that "we
would be kidding ourselves
if we did not call out the
fact that the greatest
threat of religious
extremism in this country is
the radical and dangerous
ideology of extremist
Islam".
The PM doubled down on
Monday, affirming that there
was "a very positive level
of cooperation" from
community leaders, but there
needed to be a "heightened
sense" because security
services can't "watch
everybody".
The Australian International
Islamic College held its
annual Year 12 graduation
ceremony at the SunPac
Events Centre on 15
November.
Invited
guests, staff, alumni,
students and their families
were present to see the
students reach a major
milestone in their lives.
Founder of
the College, Imam Abdul
Quddoos Azhari,
congratulated the staff and
students on their hard
work, successes, sacrifices
and dedication to the
school.
He noted that
AIIC had been selected by
the Education Department as
the most improved school in
Australia as well as being
listed in the top 10 most
improved secondary colleges.
He also
pointed out the progress the
school was making toward the
construction of the STEM
building.
The Islamic College of
Brisbane held its graduation
ceremony this week.
Pictured are Mr David Forde,
representing Multicultural
Affairs Queensland, School
Dux, Sumaiya Bharadia, her
proud father, and College
Principal, Dr Ray Barrett
OAM who is retiring after 60
years service and dedication
to education.
A Captain from the
Australian Army presented
the Long Tan Youth and
Leadership Awards to
students, and the school
captains received awards
from Sunnybank RSL.
The team has been blown away
by the number of cricket grounds
in Sydney.
Just a few months ago Maaz
Khan was playing cricket on
the war-torn streets of
northern Pakistan.
Today the 18-year-old leg
spinner is one of the
country's rising stars.
"My life has completely
changed," Khan said.
"I was wandering the streets
or working as a labourer
[before] coming here.
"I never imagined travelling
to Australia."
Today, Khan is a member of
the Lahore Qalandars — a
Pakistani domestic T20 Super
League team that was last
season captained by New
Zealand star Brendon
McCullum.
The team is touring Sydney
this week taking on some
opponents from the domestic
Big Bash League.
But Khan's journey to
Australia, along with a
number of his teammates, is
an extraordinary tale of
talent, luck and coming
together.
Khan was one of a handful
selected from 500,000 boys
and young men who have
trialled for selection for
the team over the past three
years.
They come from disadvantaged
areas such as Punjab,
Kashmir and Gilgit.
A chance in the bigtime,
even if you don't have shoes
Farzan Raja, 21, is another
lucky one.
"I thought let's give it a
chance," he told the ABC at
a suburban ground in Sydney
this week.
"This is the moment I've
been waiting for, this trial
has turned my life into
something that I always
wanted to be."
The initiative is the
brainchild of Aaqib Javed, a
former Pakistani
international who was part
of the country's golden era
during the early 1990s.
The 46-year-old former fast
bowler turned Qalandars head
coach was part of Pakistan's
winning 1992 World Cup team
and played 22 tests and 163
One Day Internationals for
his country.
Yet, he said his biggest
achievement in his cricket
life has been his
involvement with the
Qalanders program to give
disadvantaged youngsters a
chance in the bigtime.
"This is different, bringing
opportunity to all of the
people, everyone, whoever is
interested in this game," he
said.
"Even if you don't have
shoes, if you don't have
pads, or a bat, you don't
have to bring anything [to
the trial]."
Brilliant fast bowling with
a tennis ball
The initiative is unearthing
some promising prodigies for
the team.
Haris Rauf unleashes the
ball down the pitch at 150
kilometres per hour, the
type of speed recorded by
Pakistan fast-bowling legend
Shoaib Akhtar.
Before he was discovered by
the Qalandars last year Rauf
had only played with a soft
tennis ball.
In July's T20 against
Australia, Qalandar teenage
quick Shaheen Afridi claimed
three Australian scalps,
including captain Aaron
Finch.
He was discovered along the
war-torn Afghan border.
"The trouble areas, the hate
zone of terrorism, we went
there and the people wanted
to play," Javed said.
"They wanted to impress, but
there's no opportunities."
The comments were circulated
on video that surfaced nine days
before the Victorian election
Disendorsed Victorian Liberal
candidate Meralyn Klein
The Victorian state
opposition has disendorsed a
Liberal party candidate who
appeared in a video that
called for a ban on Muslim
immigration.
Meralyn Klein, who has been
disendorsed nine days out
from the election, was
running for the party in the
marginal seat of Yan Yean,
which takes in Melbourne
northern-fringe suburbs and
towns. Labor MP Danielle
Green holds the seat on a
margin of 3.7%.
In the video, Klein told Avi
Yemini, of the Australian
Liberty Alliance, about her
experience being attacked by
two teenage boys who “were
not so happy with two blond
women running their own
restaurant”.
“Unfortunately, they were of
a culture that didn’t accept
white Australian women,” she
said in the video.
“There are people in this
country who are not coming
here to get the best out of
the country and give the
best that they can. I’d like
to see us look at
immigration,” Klein said in
the video before the clip
ended with #MUSLIMBAN.
Klein denied being
anti-Muslim and said her
comments were taken out of
context.
“They cut it, they sliced it
and they put it up as their
own claiming it was an
anti-Muslim video,” she told
ABC radio on Thursday.
“Nowhere in anything I said
was anti-Muslim.”
Yemini is standing in the
Victorian election for the
Australian Liberty Alliance.
He has previously appeared
in videos with the English
far-right activist Tommy
Robinson, who co-founded the
English Defence League.
Yemini told the Herald Sun
that the video was shot on
Wednesday, and that he
edited it to include the
fact that her alleged
attackers were Muslim,
because it was vital to his
party’s cause.
“She just didn’t want to say
it herself, because she told
me that story numerous times
for months. That is why I
went out and did the video
with her,” he said.
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It’s now too late for the
electoral commission to take
Klein off ballot papers as
the Liberal candidate for
Yan Yean.
Liberal opposition Leader
Matthew Guy said the party
asked for Klein’s
resignation “within an hour”
of finding out.
“Meralyn made a video with
some of the material, which
was grossly inappropriate
and [for] which her
resignation was sought,” he
told reporters.
The Second International
Conference on Organ
Transplantation in Islam
will be held at the Western
Sydney University on 22 and
23 November.
This conference explores a
rare topic in Islamic
theological and social
scientific discussions; how
Islam deals with organ
transplantation.
Existing studies on organ
transplantation, rare as
they are, either look at the
argument in support of organ
transplantation and
donation, or the argument
that considers organ
transplantation and donation
to be prohibited in Islam.
What is missing is a clear
and authoritative response
to the question of organ
transplantation and donation
in Islam.
Whether organ
transplantation and donation
is permissible or not in
Islam, robust theological
and social scientific
discussions are necessary
for individuals to make an
informed determination
Each week CCN presents the
abstract and biography of
one of the speakers at the
conference:
There are approximately 1.84
billion Muslims in the world
today, making up 24.38% of
the world’s population, or
just under one-quarter of
mankind. As well as being
citizens of their respective
countries, they also have a
sense of belonging to the
‘ummah’, the worldwide
Muslim community.
The Muslim500 publication
sets out to ascertain the
influence some Muslims have
on this community, or on
behalf of the community.
Influence is: any person who
has the power (be it
cultural, ideological,
financial, political or
otherwise) to make a change
that will have a significant
impact on the Muslim world.
Note that the impact can be
either positive or negative,
depending on one’s point of
view of course.
Halimah Yacob became
Singapore’s eighth, and
first female, President in
September 2017 when she was
elected unopposed.
Election: A former
speaker of Parliament she
gave up her parliamentary
seat and position with the
ruling People’s Action Party
to run for President. The
government’s criteria for
the current President,
including that the President
must be an ethnic Malay,
meant that Yacob was
unopposed and became
President unelected, a
process which has drawn some
criticism. She is the first
ethnic Malay President for
47 years.
Background: Halimah
Yacob came from humble
beginnings, being raised by
her Malay mother after her
Indian father passed away
when she 8 years old. She
qualified as a lawyer before
moving to work at the
National Trades Union
Congress, and then becoming
Director of the Singapore
Institute of Labour Studies
She entered politics in 2001
and a decade later was
appointed Minister of
Community Development, Youth
and Sports and later on
Minister of Social and
Family Development.
ANOTHER FROM THE TOP 50
INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS IN NEXT
WEEK'S CCN
By Khaled M.
Abou El Fadl,
Professor in law
at the
University of
California, Los
Angeles
In
the
aftermath
of the
Jamal
Khashoggi
murder,
the
kingdom
has
exploited
the
podium
of the
Grand
Mosque
in Mecca
by using
its
imams to
praise,
sanctify
and
defend
the
rulers
and
their
actions.
The rulers of
Saudi Arabia
derive much of
their legitimacy
and prestige in
the Muslim world
from their
control and
upkeep of the
Grand Mosque and
the Kaaba in
Mecca and the
mosque of
Prophet Muhammad
in Medina. King
Salman, like the
rulers before
him, wears the
title of the
“Khadim al-Ḥaramayn
as-Sarifayn,”
which is
translated as
the “Custodian
of the Two Holy
Mosques” or,
more precisely,
“The Servant of
the Two Noble
Sanctuaries.”
Despite the
humility of the
royal title, the
Saudi monarchy
has a long
history of
exploiting the
podium of the
Grand Mosque in
Mecca by using
its imams to
praise, sanctify
and defend the
rulers and their
actions.
In the aftermath
of the murder of
the journalist
Jamal Khashoggi,
as the world’s
accusatory gaze
was transfixed
on Prince
Mohammed bin
Salman, the
Saudi monarchy
has again used
the Grand Mosque
to defend and
deify the crown
prince in a
manner that
makes its
legitimacy and
control of Mecca
and Medina
morally
troubling like
never before.
On Oct. 19,
Sheikh
Abdulrahman al-Sudais,
the officially
appointed imam
of the Grand
Mosque and the
highest
religious
authority in the
kingdom,
delivered his
Friday sermon
from a written
script. Friday
sermons at the
Grand Mosque are
broadcast live
on cable
networks and
social media
sites, watched
with great
reverence by
millions of
Muslims and
carry a great
deal of moral
and religious
authority.
Imam Sudais
delivered a
troubling
sermon,
violating the
sanctity of the
sacred space he
occupied. He
referenced a
saying
attributed to
Prophet Muhammad
that once every
century, God
sends a mujtahid,
a great reformer
to reclaim or
reinvigorate the
faith. He
explained that
the mujtahid is
needed to
address the
unique
challenges of
each age.
He proceeded to
extol Prince
Mohammed bin
Salman as a
divine gift to
Muslims and
implied that the
crown prince was
the mujtahid
sent by God to
revive the
Islamic faith in
our age. “The
path of reform
and
modernization in
this blessed
land … through
the care and
attention from
its young,
ambitious,
divinely
inspired
reformer crown
prince,
continues to
blaze forward
guided by his
vision of
innovation and
insightful
modernism,
despite all the
failed pressures
and threats,”
the imam
declared, from
the podium where
Prophet Muhammad
delivered his
last sermon.
Invoking the
debate following
the Khashoggi
murder, Imam
Sudais warned
Muslims against
believing
ill-intended
media rumors and
innuendos that
sought to cast
doubt on the
great Muslim
leader. He
described the
conspiracies
against the
crown prince as
intended to
destroy Islam
and Muslims,
warning that
“all threats
against his
modernizing
reforms are
bound not only
to fail, but
will threaten
international
security, peace
and stability.”
He cautioned
that the attacks
against “these
blessed lands”
are a
provocation and
offense to more
than a billion
Muslims. Imam
Sudais used the
word “muhaddath,”
or “uniquely and
singularly
gifted” to
describe Prince
Mohammed.
“Muhaddath” was
the title given
by Prophet
Muhammad to Umar
Ibn al-Khattab,
his companion
and the second
caliph of Islam.
The imam
implicitly
compared the
crown prince to
Caliph Umar.
Imam Sudais
prayed for God
to protect
Prince Mohammed
against the
international
conspiracies
being woven
against him by
the enemies of
Islam, the
malingerers and
hypocrites, and
concluded that
it was the
solemn duty of
all Muslims to
support and obey
the king and the
faithful crown
prince, the
protectors and
guardians of the
holy sites and
Islam.
Saudi clerics
had never
weaponized the
podium of the
prophet at the
Grand Mosque so
brazenly to
serve the
monarchy. No
imam of the
Grand Mosque had
ever anointed a
Saudi ruler as
the mujtahid of
the age or dared
to imply as
much.
The sermons in
Mecca and Medina
are read from a
script, which is
approved
beforehand by
Saudi security
forces. While
the king
appoints a
leading imam for
the Grand Mosque
and the
Prophet’s Mosque
in Medina, each
imam has a
number of
officially
appointed
deputies who
rotate in
leading prayers
and delivering
sermons.
For decades, the
sermons
delivered in
Mecca and Medina
have been
pietistic,
dogmatic and
predictable.
They have always
concluded with a
prayer for the
Saudi royals,
but the imams
would not
attribute sacred
qualities to the
monarchy and
insisted that
the rulers
should be obeyed
only to the
extent that they
obey God.
A lot has
changed since
Prince
Mohammed’s rise
to power. The
crown prince has
imprisoned
hundreds of
prominent Saudi
imams who have
shown even a
modicum of
resistance —
including very
prominent and
influential
jurists such as
Sheikh Saleh al-Talib
and Sheikh
Bandar Bin Aziz
Bilila, former
imams of the
Grand Mosque.
Saudi
prosecutors have
sought the death
penalty for
Salman al-Awdah,
a prominent,
reformist cleric
who was arrested
last September.
Some reports
claim that
another
prominent
cleric, Sheikh
Suleiman Daweesh,
who was arrested
in April 2016,
has died in a
Saudi prison
after being
tortured.
The only imams
who seem to be
allowed to lead
prayers and give
sermons at the
Grand Mosque in
Mecca and the
Prophet’s Mosque
in Medina are
those who have
agreed to go
along with
whatever the
crown prince
wants. Some
influential
Saudi scholars
such as Sheikh
Abd al-Aziz Al
Rayes went as
far as saying in
a lecture that
even if the
Saudi ruler
“fornicates in
public on
television for
half an hour
each day, you
are still
required to
bring people
together around
the ruler, not
to aggravate
people against
him.”
Imam Sudais’s
recent sermon
put Muslims at
an axial turning
point: Accept
the crown prince
as the divinely
inspired
reformer of
Islam and
believe and
accept his words
and deeds or you
are an enemy of
Islam. Muslim
scholars reacted
to the sermon
primarily on
social media
with disdain and
outrage.
Numerous Arabic
language comedy
shows and talk
shows on YouTube
reacted with
mockery and
condemnation.
When an imam of
the Grand Mosque
calls upon
Muslims to
obediently
accept Prince
Mohammed’s
incredulous
narrative about
the murder of
Mr. Khashoggi;
to accept his
abduction,
jailing and
torture of
dissenters,
including
imprisonment of
several revered
Islamic
scholars; to
ignore his
pitiless and
cruel war in
Yemen, his
undermining the
democratic
dreams in the
Arab world, his
support for the
oppressive
dictatorship in
Egypt, it makes
it impossible to
accept the
imam’s
categorization
of the crown
prince as a
divinely
inspired
reformer. The
sanctified
podium of the
prophet in Mecca
is being
desecrated and
defiled.
The control of
Mecca and Medina
has enabled the
clerical
establishment
and the monarchy
flush with oil
money to extend
their literalist
and rigid
interpretations
of Islam beyond
the borders of
the kingdom.
Most Muslims
will always
prefer a
tolerant and
ethically
conscientious
Islam to the
variant
championed by
the crown prince
and the
acquiescent
Saudi clergy.
By using the
Grand Mosque to
whitewash acts
of despotism and
oppression,
Prince Mohammed
has placed the
very legitimacy
of the Saudi
control and
guardianship of
the holy places
of Mecca and
Medina in
question.
Forgotten Muslim soldiers of World
War One 'silence' far right
A hundred years since
the end of World War One, historians
think recognising the contribution of
Muslims can help tackle contemporary
issues such as Islamophobia.
"Muslim soldiers have been forgotten
about over time," Hayyan Bhabha, from
the Muslim Experience, says.
"The core far-right narrative is that
Muslims have never done anything for us.
"Well, actually, with facts that are
over 100 years old, we can say Muslims
fought and died for the history and
security of Europe."
It is estimated that 1.5 million Indian
troops fought to defend Britain. Of
those, 400,000 were Muslim soldiers.
The Muslim Experience is working to
highlight the global contribution of
Muslim soldiers to World War One and
says raising awareness could silence
anti-Muslim rhetoric by far-right groups
in Britain today.
Mr Bhabha says his team is now opening
up documents and discovering new
information about their role in the War.
"Accessing archives from 19 countries,
we have discovered that more than four
million Muslims either fought or served
as labourers during the War, from around
the world," he says.
Muslim graves in French
military cemetery Notre Dame de
Lorette.
One of those was Sepoy Khudadad Khan, an
Indian soldier who fought alongside
British troops.
He was the sole survivor of a team
assigned to defend vital ports in France
and Belgium from German forces.
According to accounts, Khan managed to
hold off the enemy advance long enough
for British reinforcements to arrive.
On 31 October 1914, Khan, of the 129th
Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis
Regiment, became the first South Asian
to receive the Victoria Cross, Britain's
highest military honour.
'Feel more British'
Groups such as the Muslim Experience
want stories of soldiers to be heard.
They also want more British Muslims to
find out if they have a personal
connection to World War One.
Just as a local GP in Nottingham, Dr
Irfan Malik, did after he had a chance
conversation with a patient that led him
to discover two of his
great-grandfathers had fought for
Britain.
It is estimated that millions
of Muslims fought for the Allied
forces globally
Dr Malik's great-grandparents, Capt
Ghulam Mohammad and Subedar Mohammad
Khan, were two of 460 soldiers from a
tiny village called Dulmial, in
modern-day Pakistan, sent to fight in
the 1914-18 conflict.
"One of my patients is a researcher of
Commonwealth contribution to World War
One and I told him about a village in
modern-day Pakistan where I'm from that
has a cannon commemorating the Great
War," he says.
"From that point four years ago, my
journey began and I found out my two
great-grandparents fought for Britain.
"I'm very fortunate to have images from
100 years ago. It means a huge amount to
me. It's made me feel more British as we
have this shared history in common and I
believe it helps community cohesion."
Dr Irfan Malik has collected
pictures of his
great-grandfather Subedar
Mohammed Khan
But how connected do British Muslims
feel to the War and how aware is the
community itself of its links to British
military history?
Mr Bhabha thinks some young Muslims in
particular are not engaged with British
military history.
"Most Muslims are not engaged with
military history because they can't
relate to it," he says. "The way it is
taught currently is very
European-centric.
"The history that is taught doesn't show
the true diversity of everyone that took
part in the First World War."
A study by think tank British Future
found just 22% of people in Britain knew
Muslims had fought in the Great War.
So, it has launched a campaign, Remember
Together, to raise awareness in schools.
Steve Ballinger, from British Future,
says: "Finding out that Muslim soldiers
fought and died for Britain to protect
us and to protect the freedoms we enjoy
today, that's an important history for
everyone to know."
Pupils at Eden Girls School
learn about the Muslim
contribution to World War One
It has certainly meant a lot to Daleesha
Naz, 14, of Eden Girls School, in east
London.
"Today I learned that 400,000 Muslims
fought in the British Indian army and it
has made me feel closer and more
connected to British history," she says.
As the 100th anniversary of the end of
World War One is remembered, historians,
campaigners, and descendants of the
soldiers are making sure the
contribution of Muslims is never
forgotten.
Luc Ferrier, who chairs Forgotten Heroes
14-19 - the umbrella group for the
Muslim Experience - says:
"If the world
really wants to reach out to the
international Muslim community, then
they need to know the enormous
contribution these people have made,
fighting a war none of their making.
"Only by recognising and honouring
the global Muslim sacrifices, not
only these of the British colonies,
we are reaching out to them and
saying a genuine thank you".
‘YOU CAN’T LOOK THE OTHER WAY!’ As the leader of our
wonderful nation you too have a ‘duty of care to be
aware of what’s going on’. In the wake of the
horrific Bourke Street terrorist attacks last
Friday, we have done nothing but listen to you
perpetually pointing the finger of blame at Imam’s
for these heinous attacks – claiming that they are
not doing enough and ‘should know who the
infiltrators are’.
It’s quite disturbing to see that in the first
instance of a national threat and terrorist attack
in your term, you have not only single-handedly
placed the nation’s security interest on the
shoulders of religious leaders but are also sticking
your ‘head in the sand’ and ignoring expert
opinions.
Experts such as Professor Greg Barton, Professor and
Chair of Global Islamic Politics in the Alfred
Deakin Institute at Deakin University have stated
that an ‘objective view’ is required.
‘You are not making Australia safer’ Prime Minister.
Instead of providing an ‘objective view’, you are
only adding fuel to the fire by pointing the finger
at Imam’s and further alienating the Muslim
community by using them as a scapegoat.
The job description of a Minister of religion listed
on the Australian Government Job Outlook website, (https://joboutlook.gov.au/occupation.aspx?code=2722)
states that a Minister of Religion performs
“spiritual functions associated with beliefs and
practices of religious faiths, and provide
motivation, guidance and training in religious life
for the people of congregation and the wider
community”. Nowhere does it state in their tasks
that they must identify or ‘know the infiltrators in
their community”, particularly not on their measly
$932.00 weekly pay (also listed as a fun fact on the
same website). Nor does it state in their skillset
and knowledge requirements that they must be trained
in counter terrorism or psychology to identify
mental health conditions of community members. To
suggest otherwise is reckless and irresponsible.
Let's recount a similar Bourke Street terrorist
attack committed by James (Dimitrious) Gargasoulas
in January 2017. Only yesterday was the Supreme
Court Trial concluded finding James (Dimitrious)
Gargasoulas guilty of six counts of murder and 27
counts of reckless conduct endangering life. Should
the Pastor at the local Greek Orthodox Church ‘have
known’ of James Gargasoulas’s intentions?
Perhaps we should leave the counter terrorism to the
experts the Australian Federal Police and the
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).
ASIO who are funded by the Australian Government to:
counter terrorism; counter espionage; protect border
integrity; and protect security. The Australian
Federal Police and ASIO have both confirmed that the
perpetrator Hassan Khalif Shire Ali was known to
them and held radical views. ASIO’s role in
countering terrorism as stated on their website is
‘to predict and anticipate terrorist acts.’ If the
experts whose whole role is focused on ‘knowing who
the infiltrators are’, weren’t able to foresee this
crime how do you expect religious leaders to.
Instead of pointing fingers Prime Minister perhaps
you should use your role as leader to inspire and
unite and build our nation to work together to
defeat terrorism. Good people died in this attack,
let’s mourn them as a nation. Please don’t use this
as an excuse to incite fear and create division in
gaining an advantage in your political agenda to win
votes. Australia is not America nor do we want to
follow in their footsteps. We don’t need slogans to
‘Make Australia Great Again’. Australians are
greater than that.
The northern Indian city of
Allahabad has been renamed
Prayagraj
INDIA: What's in
a name? For
India's cities
and villages,
seemingly
plenty.
More than 100 of
them, including
the most
prominent, have
been renamed
since
Independence -
Bombay to
Mumbai, Calcutta
to Kolkata,
Madras to
Chennai.
Names mangled by
British rulers
have been
corrected, and
colonial names
rejected.
Identity pride,
cultural
assertion,
linguistic
nationalism and
plain whimsy
have all led to
renaming in the
past. And now,
to appease its
Hindu
nationalist
base, Narendra
Modi's ruling
BJP appears to
have embarked on
a new renaming
frenzy.
It began in July
with the
renaming of
Mughalsarai, an
iconic
British-era
railway station
in the BJP-ruled
state of Uttar
Pradesh, after
its ideologue
Deendayal
Upadhyaya.
Last month, the
city of
Allahabad in the
same state was
renamed
Prayagraj,
apparently to
restore the
city's ancient
identity as a
major Hindu
pilgrimage
centre. (The
city is located
at the
confluence of
three holy
rivers.) More
significantly,
BJP leaders were
peeved by the
fact that the
city's
435-year-old
name was given
by a Muslim
ruler.
As if that was
not enough, the
local
government, led
by a
controversial
Hindu religious
leader, has
changed the name
of Faizabad
district to
Ayodhya, best
known as the
birthplace of
the Hindu god
Ram.
It was in
Ayodhya that
hardline Hindu
mobs razed an
ancient mosque
in 1992,
sparking one of
the worst
episodes of
religious
violence in
which nearly
2,000 people
were killed
across the
country.
Now BJP leaders
want to give
more
Hindu-friendly
names to the
city of Agra in
Uttar Pradesh,
home to the
iconic Taj Mahal,
and to Ahmedabad
in the western
state of
Gujarat. Earlier
this year, BJP-ruled
Rajasthan
changed the
"Islamic-sounding
names" of three
villages.
The new names
heap glory on
what the BJP
calls India's
"glorious" Hindu
past, and pour
scorn on its
Islamic
heritage. With
general
elections barely
a year ago, the
renaming is seen
by critics of Mr
Modi as a blow
to India's
fabled
syncretism - the
merging of
different faiths
and cultures.
Gaganpreet
Singh, who
teaches at Delhi
University, says
the politics of
renaming in
India is often
"rooted in the
nationalisation
of heritage".
Author Crystal Jordan:
I wrote
a biography of Imam Abdul Aziz Mohammed from
Cairns in 2016 after researching his family
history for some time. He asked me to write the
full story as his health was failing. Sadly he
died in 2017. I am happy that I was able to
write his history before he passed. He learnt a
lot through our journey together especially
about his sister Zainib who died in Pakistan six
weeks after her marriage and also her account of
the journey, that he had never read years ago as
it was written in 1937. He also enjoyed reading
of his father's account of his trip to Mecca
1954. The book touches slightly on the Holland
Park Mosque and George's time in Mt. Gravatt and
Eumundi and his marriage etc.
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If you haven’t already, it’s time to enrol in
the school of wellness.
Try to ensure your home and work environments
are stress-free, and look for ways to engage in
healthy habits that can be incorporated into
your busy schedule.
Centre yourself and tune in to YOU.
What is it that YOU need.
Stay mentally strong and keep challenging
yourself physically.
Writer, Clarity
Coach, Founder and
Facilitator of
Healing Words
Therapy - Writing
for Wellbeing
Muslimah
Mind
Matters
Welcome to my weekly
column on
Self-Care and
Clarity of Mind.
If you’re taking
time out to read
this, pat yourself
on the back because
you have shown
commitment to taking
care of your mind
and body.
Today, In Shaa
ALLAH, we will
explore the topic:
Practise
Understanding and
Give Up the Need to
Be Right All The
Time
Take an honest
account of your life
these past few
weeks...have you in
any way been
operating on a
default program to
feel the “need to be
right all the time”?
By this I mean, have
you stubbornly
persisted with a
certain mindset
about a situation
without practising
any kind of
understanding?
Understanding does
not mean agreeing.
It means to open
your mind to listen
to another person’s
perception about a
particular
situation. It means
to acknowledge that
the other person has
the exact same right
to an opinion about
an issue as you do.
It means to
respectfully listen
to each other’s
viewpoints.
When you fail to
open your mind, you
fail to understand.
When there is no
understanding, there
is an ongoing need
to be right. And
when there is this
addictive need to be
right, there is the
obsessive attachment
to judge others.
For example
Notice the tone of
this conversation
between a father and
his son who has
recently lost his
job and despite all
efforts, remains
unemployed.
Father:
“Shouldn’t you
be looking for a
job? You are
locked up in
your room every
day.”
Son: “Whatever.”
Father: “So,
you’re just
going to give
up? When I was
your age I
supported an
entire family.”
Son: “What’s
your point?”
Father: “My
point is that
you are lazy
because you have
everything given
to you on a
platter.”
Son: “Abba, I’m
trying.”
Father: “Yes,
but you’re not
trying hard
enough. You are
lazy, spoilt and
think that you
are entitled.”
The Son storms
off to his room
and bangs the
door shut.
Father to
Mother: “He is
the laziest boy
on earth.
Shame!”
In the above
scenario, the Father
failed to open his
mind and understand
his son. The moment
he said the words,
“Yes, but you’re not
trying hard enough”
was when he was
operating on his
addictive need to be
right.
Practise
Understanding - Give
Up The Need To Be
Right
Now, let us look at
the following
conversation from an
angle that displays
understanding and
empathy.
Negative
Positive
Father:
“Shouldn’t
you be
looking for
a job? You
are locked
up in your
room every
day.”
Father:
“What was
the most
interesting
job you
applied for
recently?
Son:
“Whatever.”
Son:
“Whatever.”
Father: “So,
you’re just
going to
give up?
When I was
your age I
supported an
entire
family.”
Father:
“Yes, I
know. It is
challenging.
Back in my
day, it was
probably
different,
now times
are
different.”
Son: “What’s
your point?”
Son: “What’s
your point?”
Father: “My
point is
that you are
lazy because
you have
everything
given to you
on a
platter.”
Father: My
point is
that perhaps
we could sit
together one
day and talk
about your
dreams. I’d
like to know
what your
passion is,
what gives
you joy. I
was a young
man once
too. I
understand
how
frustrating
it can be
when you
feel the
weight of
the world on
your
shoulders. I
just want
you to know
that I’m on
your side,
son. I
understand.
Son: “Abba,
I’m trying.”
Son: “Abba,
I’m trying.”
Father:
“Yes, but
you’re not
trying hard
enough. You
are lazy,
spoilt and
think that
you are
entitled.”
Father:
“Alhumdolillah,
son. May
Allah reward
you for your
efforts. I
know you are
trying. Is
there any
way I can
help you in
your
efforts,
son? I’d
really like
to. Like I
said, I
understand.
I’ve been
there.
The Son
storms off
to his room
and bangs
the door
shut.
Father and
son hug it
out.
When you consciously
practise
understanding you
are in fact
detaching from ego.
It is ego that
demands the
addictive need to be
right all the time.
Remember to catch
yourself out every
time you feel the
need to be right.
Detach from that and
embrace an open mind
with which to
practise
understanding.
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On 31 December 2017 the only
Islamic childcare centre in the whole of Brisbane had to
unfortunately close its doors due to the Department of
Transport requiring it for their future expansion. To
date they are still in the process of securing new
premises to continue serving this very important need of
the community and the wait continues….
In the interim the need is
still there. The question most Muslims would be asking
themselves is “Where do I send my child so that he/she
can learn, grow and develop in an Islamic environment,
and establish a sound Islamic foundation?”
Msasa Montessori is a private home based learning centre
for 3-5 year olds. The focus is an Islamic based
learning environment alongside the Montessori method of
teaching. Children will be taught their basic duas,
surahs, tasbeehs, stories of the Prophets will be read
and enacted, and Inshallah their love for Allah and His
Noble Prophet Muhammed S.A.W will develop. Supported by
the Montessori method of teaching they will develop
their independence and will utilise equipment which will
enable them to develop and grow.
Montessori is a method of education based on
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developmental activities designed to meet the needs of
children in five curriculum areas:
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Mathematics, Language and Cultural Studies.
By providing such an
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wellbeing and identity as Muslims and they will become
confident and involved learners with the ability to
communicate effectively and with confidence.
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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,
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