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The Queensland Intercultural Society (QIS) hosted a Friendship and Dialogue Ramadan Iftar Dinner at Parliament House at the Premiers Hall, Queensland Parliament House last Monday. The Hon John Mickel MP, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in the Queensland Parliament (a role he will relinquish after he retires at the next State elections), received the invited guests. The aim of the Iftar Dinner was to enhance and deepen the relationship between Muslims and members of the wider community. Invitations were extended to parliamentarians, journalists, consul generals, senior members of academia and faith and community leaders. Ahmet Ozcelik, principal of the recently established Resha College (Algester) was the Master of Ceremonies for the night. The keynote address was delivered by Prof Greg Barton, professor of Indonesian studies in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, who travelled from Melbourne to attend the function. Prof Barton spoke on the dignity and wisdom that Tariq Jahan showed during the aftermath of his son's death (see Around the Muslim World with CCN below for the full story).

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He also talked about the much maligned traditional, 'old-fashioned' communities, who were, in his opinion, often by nature among the more tolerant of groups of people and that 'terrorism and fundamentalism were modern mid-twentieth century concepts responding to modern anxieties'. Prof Barton concluded his address with an overview of the movement and the role that ordinary people were able to play though individual activism as their contribution to transforming society through education, the building of schools and inter-faith dialogue. The QIS annual 'Building Bridges' award, acknowledging individuals and/or organizations that have contributed their time, energy, leadership, and dedication to the cause of intercultural dialogue, peace, tolerance, community service and understanding, was presented to Mr. David Forde, independent candidate for the seat of Stretton, and Ms Galila Abdelsam, director of the Islamic Women's Association of Queensland for their tireless and committed efforts in engaging and interacting with the different communities and in serving the needs of the Muslim community respectively. The evening concluded with presentations of certificates of appreciation by Minster for Transport, Ms Annastacia Palaszczuk, to the many sponsors of the dinner. The CCN Photo Gallery. The Islamic Council of Queensland Inc (ICQ) will start a series of workshops starting on September 14 aimed at countering the radicalisation of Muslim youth.

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An introductory workshop geared towards community leaders will be held at the Islamic College of Brisbane, 45 Acacia Rd, Karawatha, on September 14, from 6.30pm. These workshops will be jointly funded by the ICQ and the Attorney-General’s Community Resilience Building Program. All interested parties are welcome to register their interest in the dinner-included event which has been organised to introduce the rationale behind the workshops to different cultural community leaders.

ICQ believes that Islamic militants and radicals hide amongst the Muslim community. While open debate has raged in the media about Islamic militancy, the Islamic community has generally shunned this debate. It is time the community had this debate and openly. Community leaders have been cautious in openly condemning militancy and extremism of any sort in Islam for fear of personal reprisals. While the wider Muslim community has erroneously hoped that the problem of radicalisation would die a natural death by not directly confronting it as an issue directly involving the Muslim community, terrorist elements have made serious inroads into the youth via web based media.

YEAR hopes to change the passive resistance of the Muslim communities to one of proactive involvement and empowerment of the youth to be able to say no to radicalisation without fear of repercussions knowing that the State and the community is behind them in fighting religious intolerance and radicalisation. While Queensland has been relatively untouched by the same levels of radicalisation seen in NSW and Victoria, ICQ sincerely believes that prevention is better than cure. ICQ encourages leaders of all different Islamic cultural groups to participate in the inaugural event on September 14. Anyone wishing to attend is requested to contact ICQ before September 12 to allow for catering. The co-ordinator for the series of workshops, ICQ President, Mohammed Yusuf, said the workshops would encourage Muslims to be able to live as constructive and peaceful Australian citizens as is expected by the ethos of Islam.

“The Prophet of Islam was a mercy to mankind. His entire life was dedicated to bringing about peace amongst warring communities for the greater good,” Mr Yusuf said “The key message ICQ wants to get out to our community, specially the youth, is that they will be fully supported in their endeavors to resist the approaches of radical groups and gangs.

Our objective is to make our participants aware of how they can identify ways through which the radicalization process takes place and what they as individual law abiding Australian citizens and residents can do to say no to such processes” he said. During the workshop ICQ will have prominent Australians, both from the Islamic community and the non-Islamic communities, to speak to participants about a range of issues, including the process of radicalization, the support available to those who may feel disenfranchised, and the need to make Australia truly a home and refuge from the atrocities around the globe. Michael’s Oriental recently won the “Top Gong” in the Australian Culinary Federation Brisbane Salon Culinaire ( Modern Asian Challenge ) cooking competition. For the past 22 years, Michael’s Oriental has won more than 20 Awards including the prestigious Australian Golden Plate Award, presented by the Governor of Australia in Sydney.

“We have one of the best team of chefs, Chef Leo Lou has over 35 years of experience and has been in charge of preparing Traditional 12 courses Wedding Feast for up to 1,000 people in Malaysia & Singapore and all our food are Halal ” Michael Nee (pictured second left) said. Chef Leo Lou and his team have already won 5 times in the cooking competition in Malaysia and Singapore and this is his third award in Australia. “I am very proud and honoured to work in the biggest and Best Asian Restaurant and Function Centre in Brisbane”, said Chef Leo Lou. Michael Nee told CCN, “It doesn’t matter how long we have been operating or how many awards we have won, we are still only as good as our last meal and we still have only one chance of getting it right first time, that is how we survive for over 22 years!”.

In what has been labelled the worst drought in 60 years, the recent drought in the Horn of Africa has led to the emergence of a tragic humanitarian situation. The lack of rain in the region, 80 percent less than in normal situations, has led to the failure of existing agriculture which has thus resulted in severe food and water shortages. The death of about 60 percent of the livestock, which represents the second source of livelihood for people in The Horn of Africa, has also exacerbated the problem. Increasing food prices have led to many farmers and herders not being able to purchase food for their sustenance. The only clouds that these people see are clouds of dust and the only storms that they experience are storms of sand.

The failure of the international community in finding a long lasting solution to the political problems in Somalia has also exuberated an already desperate situation. Al Imdaad Reports. By Nora Amath Local Brisbane Muslim community group, hosted its annual community meal for the disadvantaged and homeless at St Andrew's Anglican Church on Friday evening. Three years ago, a small group of AMARAH volunteers hosted their first “iftar”/community meal for the homeless, mentally ill, and those living in desperate situations, financially and physically. The experience had such a profound impact on the volunteers that it has become a much anticipated annual AMARAH event. Last Friday nught the AMARAH team, including a large group of over 30 eager volunteers (with quite a number of new faces), once again hosted and served the community meal at St Andrew’s Anglican Church to over 70 of the less fortunate members in our community.

It was an enjoyable night for all- those who came hungry and tired left with full bellies and smiles. Indeed, quite a number of people told the AMARAH volunteers that the meal served that night was one of the best meals they have had in a long time. Thanks to the generosity of a number of donors, there was a bit of food left over, allowing some to take it back with them to share with others who could not make it to the Church that night.

Volunteers were also encouraged to sit down and share a meal with those in attendance; this is an important part of the community meal where conversations are exchanged, stories shared and new connections are formed. Even children of the volunteers made new friends. For the AMARAH team and their volunteers, it was a once again a very humbling experience- those who participated were thankful for the opportunity to make a little bit of difference to some people’s lives. This simple act of sharing a meal and exchanging stories with those less fortunate in our community truly exemplified the compassionate spirit of this blessed month. AMARAH would like to thank the generous donors, the cooks, the serving and cleaning team for making this night happen. And a big thanks to.Dave Andrews and his friends at St Andrew’s Anglican Church for allowing us the space and opportunity to host this dinner once again. AMARAH is hoping to make this a regular event.

For notification of the event, join us on facebook (AMARAH) or send an email to. Dave Andrews is a close friend of AMARAH and is a devout Christian. Dave normally fasts every Ramadhan in solidarity with his Muslim friends. (Photos supplied by Junaid Ally). Volunteers are urgently required to make Baby Quilts, Baby Sheets, Cover Alls, Rugs. Knit Toys, Baby Socks, Scarves, Beanies, etc. All for 'The Royal Children's Hospital', 'The Women's Hospital Premature Ward' and 'The Children's Cancer Ward'.

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Iftar is one of the religious observances of Ramadan and is often done as a community, with people gathering to break their fast. Australian International Islamic College held its annual Iftar Dinner on Friday, 12 August 2011 in the new Multi-Purpose Hall at the Durack Campus.

Tables and chairs were laid out to cater for about 600 people. A short program was held with a welcome by the college principal, Dr Ray Barrett, followed by Quranic Recitations, Talks and the Dua by the College Imams. A variety of savouries and fruit was laid out for Iftar. Dinner was served after Maghrib Salah. With the reading of Taraweeh Prayers on everyone's mind, the meals were served timeously with the help of teachers and volunteers. The event was well attended by parents, students, teachers and members of the community.

The atmosphere of togetherness, sharing and generosity was clearly evident. Thank you to each and every person who was responsible for such a successful evening. May Allah (SWT) reward you all for your efforts. Fed up: Randa Abdel-Fattah is a lawyer, author and human rights activist. Source: The Daily Telegraph THE recent case of the Muslim men accused of lashing another Muslim in his home is still to be decided by the courts but early reports suggest that Islam was once again hijacked and used as justification for criminal behaviour.

As lawyers and as Muslims, we find it reprehensible when Islamic jurisprudence is appropriated by backyard thugs whose actions show an utter contempt and arrogant disdain for the ethical, moral and reasonable principles that underlie Islamic theology. The majority of Muslims are fed up with a minority who are content to manufacture ugly interpretations of Islam, which are far removed from the compassionate and just jurisprudential legacy we have inherited. Unfortunately, we live in a society where very few people make a distinction between the teachings of a faith and the myriad interpretations and distortions such teachings can produce. We are also fed up with the media highlighting every criminal or stupid act by somebody who happens to be Muslim. There are more than 300,000 Muslims in Australia and while the vast majority are law-abiding, they stand accused alongside every Muslim who has a run-in with the law.

The media attention is disproportionate, leaving the grossly unfair impression that the majority of Muslims are on the wrong side of the law. Mariam Veiszadeh is a lawyer and Muslim community advocate. The Muslim community is as diverse and eclectic as any community which broadly falls under a religious category and individual actions should not be extrapolated to a judgment about an entire faith community. For every outrageous false claim made by a Muslim in the name of Islam, whether to justify misogyny, brutality or ideological divisions, there are countless Muslims - lay people, scholars, academics, community workers, activists, professionals, students - countering such ugliness.

We are not here to defend badly behaved Muslims. To such Muslims we say you should be held to account if necessary. As Muslim women, as lawyers, as Australians, we have this message: there is no fundamental or intrinsic incompatibility between Islam and democracy. We also say this: fears about the criminal code of sharia having a place in Australia are generated by sensationalist scaremongering.

The criminal code is barely implemented in Muslim majority countries so any such debate is a moot point. That some might seek to justify their behaviour on the basis of sharia does not mean their actions are a true reflection of sharia law or that sharia law is coming to Australia. To be a good Muslim and a good Australian are one and the same thing.

A life devoted to Islam's ethical and moral principles means a person will strive to have integrity, be law-abiding and embrace civic responsibilities. Let us name criminal behaviour for what it is and not grace it with any religious labels. Randa Abdel-Fattah and Mariam Veiszadeh are both lawyers working in Sydney and devout Muslims Source. Ms Faiza El-Higzi, manager of the Romero Centre is seeking Expressions of Interest from members of the community who want to volunteer their time to assist in accompanying families and groups from immigration detention on excursions and outings.

In a move to improve the welfare of people in immigration detention, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, has agreed to run a 3 month pilot program with the Romero Centre called the Directed Persons Program (DPP). The program will aim to engage volunteers to take people who are currently in the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA) detention centre in Pinkenbah – Brisbane - on excursions. Excursions are likely to be to libraries, shopping centres and such places to give the people an idea about Australian life and for them to engage in social activities and community events The Romero Centre is looking for people who can make a minimum commitment of one day (morning or afternoon) per month and maximum of six days over that same period either over a weekday or a weekend for a three month period depending on your availability.

The following people are being sought:. communicate cross culturally confidently. follow direction and procedures accurately. be reliable with time management.

sign a confidentiality agreement and enact appropriately. submit to a police check If you have what it takes to be part of this important pilot that is run in collaboration with Department of Immigration and Citizenship then please, and send it either by email or post. Mark your application DPP. If you need more information or wish to discuss call Kerrie Manning on 07. PROPERTY expert Terry Ryder is known for rubbing people up the wrong way with his no-holds barred view of the market. But the report he released late last week fired off a few shots at some new targets on the Gold Coast. In the chapter titled 'misconceptions', Mr Ryder wrote a page bagging residents in Worongary who opposed construction of a Muslim mosque.

Focusing in on their claim about how the Islamic Worship Centre would 'slash property prices', Mr Ryder said he had failed to find any evidence to back that up. The figures that exist suggest the opposite,' he said. 'Lakemba in Sydney, for example, has healthy capital growth rates despite having the massive Ali Bin Abi Taleb Mosque (pictured) in its midst.' Mr Ryder said agents frequently used the mosque as a selling point. Source: Gold Coast Bulletin, Monday 15/8/2011. Muslim civilisation stretched from southern Spain as far as China.

From the 7th century onwards, scholars of many faiths built on the ancient knowledge of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, making breakthroughs that paved the way for the Renaissance. Muslim scientists and scholars have contributed immensely to human knowledge especially in the period between 8th and 14th century CE. The discoveries made by men and women in Muslim civilisation have left their mark on the way we live today. But their contributions have been largely ignored, forgotten or have gone un-acknowledged. CCN attempts to uncover those men and women who have had a huge but hidden impact on the modern world. This is an account of one of the many talented Muslim scholars in history whose contributions have left lasting marks in the annals of science, astronomy, medicine, surgery, engineering and philosophy. This week's Muslim scholar, philosopher and/or thinker is: Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (973-1048 C.E.).

An imaginary rendition of Al Biruni on a 1973 Afghan post stamp Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī born Kath, Khwarezm and known as Alberonius in Latin and Al-Biruni in English, was an ethnic Iranian-Chorasmian Muslim scholar and polymath of the 11th century. He is considered as one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic era and was well versed in mathematics, astronomy, physical and natural sciences, and also distinguished himself as a geographer, historian, chronologist and linguist. He was a scientist and physicist, an anthropologist and comparative sociologist, an astronomer and chemist, a critic of alchemy and astrology, an encyclopedist and historian, a geographer and traveler, a geodesist and geologist, a mathematician, a pharmacist and psychologist, an Islamic philosopher and theologian, scholar and teacher. An illustration from al-Biruni's astronomical works, explains the different phases of the moon. He was the first Muslim scholar to study India and the Brahminical tradition, and has been described as the founder of Indology, the father of geodesy, and 'the first anthropologist'.He is also considered as impartial writer on custom and creeds of various nations and was given the title al-Ustdadh ('The Master'). According to Francis Robinson, Al-Biruni earned the 'founder of Indology' and 'first anthropologist' titles for his remarkable description of early 11th-century India. Most of the works of Al-Biruni are in Arabic although he wrote one of his masterpieces, the Kitab al-Tafhim apparently in both Persian and Arabic, showing his mastery over both languages.

A statue of Biruni adorns the southwest entrance of Laleh Park in Tehran, Iran His extant works include The critical study of what India says, whether accepted by reason or refused also known as the Indica - a compendium of India's religion and philosophy and The Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology (Kitab al-tafhim li-awa’il sina‘at al-tanjim). The crater Al-Biruni on the Moon is named after him.

Tashkent Technical University (formerly Tashkent Polytechnic Institute) is also named after Abu Rayhan al-Biruni and a university in Kapisa, Afghanistan is also named after him. Wikipedia Source.

Legacy of a society that believes in nothing UK: Raw with grief, in a voice steady but tight with emotion, his appeal for calm on Wednesday was a beacon of hope amid the tumult and carnage of a horribly dark week for Britain. Faith: Tariq Jahan is embraced by members of his community after Friday prayers at the Dudley Road mosque in Birmingham Hours before he spoke, Tariq Jahan had lost his 21-year-old son Haroon, murdered in the Winson Green area of Birmingham by thugs who drove at him in their car in what appears to have been a racist attack.

No one could be more aware of the simmering racial tensions between Asians in his neighbourhood and those of Caribbean ancestry. Yet Mr Jahan had the dignity, the compassion and the common sense to demand an end to the violence that had shattered his life. ‘Blacks, Asians, whites — we all live in the same community,’ he said. ‘Why do we have to kill one another? Why are we doing this? Step forward if you want to lose your sons.

Otherwise, calm down and go home — please.’ There was no mention of feral rats or of the sickness in our society. There were no calls for revenge. If he had screamed for retribution, if he had chosen the emotional occasion of his son’s death to denounce whole swathes of the community, there could easily have been an unspeakable outbreak of racial violence. Instead, Mr Jahan made an open and straightforward declaration of his faith. ‘I’m a Muslim. I believe in divine fate and destiny, and it was his destiny and his fate, and now he’s gone,’ he said.

‘And may Allah forgive him and bless him.’ It was a solemn, peaceful message that will make everyone who stereotypes Muslims as terrorists and fanatics feel ashamed of themselves. Tariq Jahan is a deeply impressive man, and like the great majority of Muslims in this country, he is hard-working, clean-living, guided in his conduct by religious belief, and unshakeable in his devotion to the ideal of family life. Father: Tariq Jahan holds a picture of his son Haroon as a schoolboy In London at the height of the riots, we saw another clear expression of faith when more than 700 Sikhs lined up to defend their temples from potential arsonists in the suburb of Southall to the west of the capital. The Sikhs have a proud tradition of valuing each human being, male and female, as equal in God’s eyes.

Theirs is a religion in which family is paramount. We do not know the size of the bank balance of those Sikhs, any more than we know how wealthy are the Muslims of Winson Green. From looking at the streets and houses where they live, and the shops where they buy their food, it is safe to assume that they are not rich. It is probable, too, that their teenagers would like to have large-screen televisions and fashionable trainers and BlackBerries. But you can pretty well guarantee they would not have been among the looters. Instilled into them would have been the importance of working hard for money to buy these things, rather than hurling a brick through a shop window to help themselves.

Paramount among their moral values would be concern for others, a sense of altruism that could not be more different from the sense of self-entitlement that been so grotesquely on display this week. The reason for this is that they are from religious families. All the main religions are unshakeable when it comes to self-evident truths about right and wrong; about stealing, harming others, coveting goods, instant gratification and so on. ‘Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more seriously reflection concentrates upon them: the starry heaven above me and the moral law within me’. So wrote the greatest philosopher of the 18th-century, Immanuel Kant, in 1788 in his work of moral philosophy, the Critique of Practical Reason. It was in 1991 — and the memory is still vivid — that I interviewed Immanuel Jakobovits on his retirement as Chief Rabbi in Britain, and he told me that it was on the basis of Kant’s quotation that his father had named him Immanuel.

During that interview, Rabbi Jakobovits — who died in Israel in 1999 and was said to have been Margaret Thatcher’s favourite clergyman — stressed the absolute centrality of family life to our learning the paths of virtue. His parting message as he retired, not only to the Jewish community but also to the British people, was that marriage and family life need to be learned; that if necessary we should have classes for young people, teaching them the importance of family life, of how to bring up children, how to discipline them kindly but firmly, and how to instil the sense of that moral law within. Without that sense, human life falls into absolute chaos, anarchy, and unpleasantness. Yet in our secular age — an age in which, tragically, the Church of England appears to do little more than wring its hands as congregation numbers plummet — this moral bedrock is being steadily eroded. Today, we live in a society where religion is something for which apologies must be made.

A Christian woman working for British Airways who wears a cross round her neck is asked to remove it for fear of offending other people. A nurse who prays with a patient in hospital is committing an almost criminal act. Catholic adoption agencies which disapprove of gay adoptive parents on religious grounds have their licences taken away. And all the while, our governing classes and academics and teachers chip away at the fundamental truths of the great religions — truths that have stood the test of time for thousands of years — in their arrogant certainty that there are no moral absolutes and that the human race can make up the rules as it goes along. At the nuttier fringes of the chattering classes there are those, like the geneticist Richard Dawkins and the journalist Christopher Hitchens, who actually believe that religion is a mental poison responsible for all the evils in the world. The misguided and vacuous thinking of these so-called intellectuals is compounded by a sordid celebrity-culture which holds up role models who should be despised rather than admired. Amy Winehouse, a pathetic drug-infused alcoholic girl of very modest talent, is held up as great diva; and when she died, her house was surrounded by fans, laying empty vodka bottles as a ‘tribute’.

Jade Goody, the foul-mouthed, racist daughter of a pimp and drug-pusher who died of a heroin overdose in the lavatory of a Kentucky Fried Chicken, appears on Big Brother and becomes a heroine despite — or because of — her ignorance and tendency to strip off in front of the cameras. Fornicating footballers, who swagger through public lives dripping with gold and jewellery, parading the vulgar acquisitions of their vast wealth — whether it is fleets of fast cars or call girls, are venerated by generations who have never so much as heard of the very real heroes of history. In the absence of a moral law, we see a decline in standards in all walks of life.

Bankers continue to fill their boots even after they have brought the country to the brink of bankruptcy; politicians fiddle expenses and see no reason to resign when they have committed wrongdoings; town hall fat cats pay themselves ever greater salaries as Britain slips further into debt. By contrast, every day, Muslim men like Tariq Jahan go to the mosque and fall prostrate before the mystery which Immanuel Kant knew lay at the heart of existence. The Sikhs likewise build temples because they feel awe at the starry heavens above them and the moral laws within their hearts — laws which all men, women and children can recognise when they reflect deeply and in silence. The catalogue of the great men and women in the past hundred or so years — from Leo Tolstoy in Russia, to Mahatma Gandhi in India, from the Lutheran student Sophie Scholl executed by guillotine aged 22 for her part in a resistance movement to Hitler, to Archbishop Tutu presiding over the peaceful Truth and Reconciliation committees in South Africa — has been the same.

All these people have held fast to values which they believed ultimately to be eternal and God-given. Go back 100 years to Winson Green, to Southall, and to Wolverhampton, and to all the other scenes of urban violence scarred by horror in the last week. Soldiers Friends: From left, Haroon Jahan, Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir who died they were mowed down by a car while protecting their community from looters The years before and after World War I were marked, for the people who lived in these places, by very great economic hardship.

The poverty endured by the inhabitants of Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham and the poor parts of London led to great programmes of political and social reform. But the crime rate among the people themselves was much, much lower than it is today. All sorts of reasons have been adduced for this. But there is surely a very simple one that towers over all the others. In each of these places, there were chapels, often Methodist, which kept alive the human capacity for awe at the starry heavens above and the moral law within. Not everyone attended the services, though thousands did.

Nearly everyone, however, in these communities, whether church or chapel, subscribed to the idea that Good and Evil are given things, not human inventions. The Jewish religion of Lord Jakobovits told the story of the Law of God being written in stone on the mountain-side of Sinai, and delivered to Moses. Some people choose to believe this happened literally as an historical event. In a memorable episode of Radio 4’s The Moral Maze, over 20 years ago, historian David Starkey (an atheist) ribbed Rabbi Hugo Gryn about this.

The Rabbi took the teasing in good part of course, but as someone who as a child had been interned in Auschwitz, he knew what a society could be like if it embraced the motto of Milton’s Satan, ‘Evil be thou my Good’. He knew that whatever the historical truth about the Sinai story in the Book of Exodus, there was an absolute truth in the words Thou Shalt Do No Murder, Thou Shall Not Steal, and Honour thy Father and thy Mother. He’d lived in a country ruled over by a satanic Nazi dictator who thought you could disregard moral truth. I suspect that when time passes and we look back on this week, it is the religious sincerity of Tariq Jahan that we shall remember. All of us — Muslims, Sikhs, Jews, Hindus, Christians — have a rich religious inheritance. At the core of this inheritance is a sense of right and wrong. And in all these religions, the school where we learn of right and wrong is the family.

Muslims, Jews, Sikhs and Hindus have all, very noticeably, retained this twin strand of family structure and ethical teaching. Faith in Christianity itself began to unravel long ago, and the majority of those whose forebears were Christian are now completely secular. They would not even recognise simple Bible stories. The events of the past week have shown the enormous value of a living religious faith. Not only was Tariq Jahan more impressive than any of the commentators or politicians who spouted on the airwaves this week. He was more human.

By his religious response to his son’s death, he humanised not only the dreadful and immediate tragedy. He showed us that without a religion we are all less than human. Source: A reader's response to the above article: 'This article has just moved me to tears.

I will never tarnish all Muslims with the same brush again. I feel so ashamed that I have done so in the past. God Bless all those decent, God fearing folk. I am humbled.' - LF, London, 13/8/2011 10:30. Dear CCN Readers We have officially launched our FREE community SMS service, sponsored by the Jamiatul Ulama WA and Al-Imdaad Foundation (Australia).

Many of us live in isolated areas and with the aid and use of technology we hope we will be able to keep our communities informed of various Islamic activities. We also hope to have a weekly hadeeth, jumu'ah message etc This SMS service is Australia wide. So feel free to share with your family and friends Organizations wishing to use this service should contact me. For more information.

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