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EDUCATION
from Issue 180 - November 2020
by AMUST
AMUST UMMAH NEWS 1 - 3 BOOMERANG 4 - 7 COMMUNITY 8 - 11 AUSTRALIA 12 - 13 The beheading in France An act of blasphemy in itself
Dr Aslam Abdullah
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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 peo-
Rabbi Allen Maller cal doctor with an MD who aced the German naturalisation test, but refused to shake hands with the female official handing over his citizenship papers has had his citizenship request rejected by a German court.
The 40-year-old Lebanese doctor, who came to Germany in 2002, said he refuses to shake women’s hands for religious reasons.
The Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg ruled that people who reject a handshake due to a “fundamentalist conception of culture and values” because they see women as “a danger of sexual temptation” are thereby rejecting “integration into German living conditions.”
The doctor studied medicine in Germany and now works as a senior physician in a clinic. He applied for citizenship through naturalisation in 2012, for which he signed a declaration of loyalty to the German constitution and against extremism. He passed the naturalization test with the best possible score.
Nevertheless, he was not granted citizenship because he refused to shake hands with the responsible official when the naturalization certificate was handed over in 2015. The woman therefore withheld the certificate and rejected the application.
The court found that anyone who refuses to shake hands on gender-specific grounds is in breach of the equality enshrined in the German constitution. In addition, the man’s
ple 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 refusal in this case had the effect of lending validity to a “Salafist perspective” on the social ramifications of relations between men and women.
As a Rabbi I would point out that ultra-orthodox Jewish men also do not shake hands with a woman; and I am sure that they have not been rejected for for German citizenship. The situation is similar to other movements in various European states to forbid Islamic and Jewish slaughter rituals.
I believe that a joint Jewish and Muslim appeal to a higher court based on religious rights for minorities would be be a better path than saying, as the doctor did, that it was a promise to his wife. For example, five years ago on 1 October 2015 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe nullified its earlier recommendation that European countries ban ritual circumcision, when it passed (736) a resolution on religious freedom. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe did not reverse its earlier recommendation due to recent scientific discoveries which explained the health benefit of circumcision; but due to the active political pressure of an alliance of Jewish and Muslim organizations. 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 liv-
Farid Ahmed The second lesson for me from Friday 15 March 2019 tragedy is about that Death can come anytime and I should be ready for it.
My wife and I went to Deans Avenue Mosque together. We talked about picking up our daughter from the school soon after the Jumma Salah. We did not want our daughter to wait outside considering her safety. We made our plan without considering about death. But death was waiting for one of us. The death was waiting for many more wonderful brothers and sisters from my devastated community.
People ask me, how could someone kill the worshippers of Allah? Killing action and the death are two different things. Allah has permitted humans freedom of choice in their actions as part of the test.
Allah says, “Surely, We have created man--in order to try him, ---. Verily, We showed him the way: Whether to be thankful or not (freedom of choosing either way).” (Quran 76:2-3)
The killer on Friday 15 March, misused his freedom of choice and has acted wrongly for which he will face the final Judgment in Allah’s Court.
But the death part is not in the killer’s hand. Death is the separation of the Soul from the body, and it can only happen when Allah permits. He has appointed an angel for death to separate the soul exactly when He permits.
That’s why we often see despite attack, people survive because their death is not permitted yet. Therefore, death comes with Allah’s permission. Holy Quran confirms it: “No soul can die except by Allah’s permission, the term (of life) being fixed as in writing.” (Quran 3:145) ing 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 fla-
Muslim doctor denied Lessons from the citizenship for not Christchurch massacre shaking hands Part 2: Death
A high achieving medi-
Allen S. Maller is an ordained Reform Rabbi who retired in 2006 after 39 years as the Rabbi of Temple Akiba in Culver City, California. His website is: www.rabbimaller.com. Rabbi Maller blogs in the Times of Israel. His book ‘Judaism and Islam as Synergistic Monotheisms: A Reform Rabbi’s Reflections on the Profound Connectedness of Islam and Judaism’ (31 articles previously published by Islamic web sites) is for sale ($15) on Amazon.
grant act of blasphemy.
When I informed the heart-breaking news to my daughter about her mother, I could not use the word “Dead”. Instead I said, “You mother is with Allah.” I did not dare to use the word “Dead” for one of the Shuhadaa because Allah has forbidden to call them dead in the Holy Quran, “Do not call them dead who are killed in the sake of Allah. No! They are living, even though you do not perceive it.” (Quran 2:154)
Yes, I did not die on Friday 15 March like many worshippers, but I got the sharp reminder that death will embrace me one day sooner or later without giving any notice. It reminded me to follow the Islamic teachings as following: 1. Prophet Mohammad (s) said: “Remember the death much which bring distaste (Aversion to sins) in the (excessive wrong) enjoyment in this life.” (Tirmidi,
Nasaee, Ibn Maajah) 2. Prophet Mohammad (s) said: “Live in this world like a traveller (without forgetting your final destination in next life).” (Bukhari) 3. Allah says, “O you who believe! Fear Allah (His fair Judgment) and let every soul look to what (Good deeds, not bad deeds) it has put forward for the future (next life for paradise).” (Quran 59:18] 4. Regular supplication to Allah for noble death, “(Allah) Take my soul (at death) as
Muslim and join me with the righteous.” (Quran 12:101)
LIFESTYLE 14 - 15 UMMAH 16 - 18 EDUCATION 19 BUSINESS 20 - 21 SOCIAL 22 - 23 EDUCATION AMUST Islamic College of Brisbane
a quarter century of sustained growth
Dr Daud Batchelor
The Almighty blessed efforts of the early pioneers and subsequent contributors in development of the first Muslim school in Queensland, The Islamic College of Brisbane. It opened in 1995 and now has 1267 students.
It was part of the growing movement in Australia to develop Islamic schools for the burgeoning Muslim community. Great benefits include providing Islamic teachings, strengthening Islamic identity and inter-ethnic relations, and Muslim employment.
The School is an initiative of Brisbane-based Muslims.
A committee formed at a meeting of founding members at West End Mosque in 1993 under the wing of Islamic Council of Queensland (ICQ) Chairman, Haji Mohammed Tomoum, agreed to investigate project viability.
While it was conceived as a Community project, the main concern was funding. Queensland representative of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC), Dr Bavadeen Habibullah, received AFIC commitment for project support.
Together with Dr Daud Batchelor, they visited AFIC and were briefed by Amjad Mehboob on the approach setting-up an Islamic school based on AFIC’s Malik Fahad School success.
AFIC President, Omar Lum, was a great well-wisher. Yusuf Hussein, Dr Mohamed Deriche and Dr Shahid Khan also participated.
Mothers at the School Opening with their children, the first student cohort. Umar Khan With the current climate of independent learning, self-discipline and timetabling have never been more important.
Timetabling is an essential skill for any student to develop, however, in the final two years of schooling it becomes of paramount importance to organise your time so that it can be used effectively.
The demands on students and their level of intensity in their studies vary quite dramatically over a schooling year - particularly for Year 12 students.
Stress and workload often increase before examinations and assessments, before students often dip into semi-hibernation in school holidays. Before trial exams and the final HSC/IB exams, students stress and workload levels rise dramatically.
Opening of the Islamic School of Brisbane by Imam Abdul-Raheem Rane on January 30, 1995. Seated (left to right): Suliman Sabdia, Dr Daud Batchelor, Haji Mohammed Tomoum, Imam Ibrahim and Mohammed Ally.
Good support was gained at a Community forum at University of Queensland with encouragement from King Khalid School, Melbourne.
Advice from Queensland Education was that a site should be sought on the southern outskirts of Brisbane. A great blessing was in discovering that the best land we identified was Government-owned, ear-marked for school development.
The Interim Committee worked hard and succeeded in justifying the school to QLD Education, obtaining Independent Schools Association of QLD membership for Block Grant Funding, and status of a Non-State School in Receipt of Funding.
This resulted in governments covering two-thirds of operating expenses. The school opened with the lowest tuition fees
If we were draw a graph of the levels of workload in a typical student’s year, it would look like the image on the right.
However, this rollercoaster does not have to be your Year 12 or indeed schooling journey. Rather than applying yourself for a limited amount of time with great intensity, you would be able to work more efficiently if you applied yourself consistently over a greater and longer period of time. It is important to try and flatten the drastic rises and falls, and work steadily towards the final HSC/IB exams.
Now to do this, students need to timetable so that they can make the most of their time. Timetabling allows you to keep track of time, plan your day to use it to its fullest potential and reduce your daily stress of trying to keep on track of your homework, study and other commitments.
An effective timetable will help you accomplish more in a shorter period of time, reduce of any Queensland private school.
The Inaugural Board directors when the school started as the Islamic School of Brisbane (ISBL) were Mohammed Tomoum (Chairman), Dr B Habibullah (Deputy Chairman), Suliman Sabdia (Treasurer), Dr Daud Batchelor (Secretary), Yusuf Hussein and Manzur Ul-Haq.
The school was opened on 30 January 1995 by respected Imam Abdul-Raheem Rane. Stephen Robertson MLA also attended.
Dr Habibullah approached Bosnian Islamic Society who generously provided their facilities as classrooms until the move later that year to demountable buildings on the permanent site.
The Board appointed Mohammed Ally as Principal. His wife Mairoon Nisa, as well as your procrastination and help you focus on the tasks at hand. Faten Idriss (Arabic) and Miss Elder were appointed teachers. Imam Hamadullah Bhutto taught Islamic subjects.
Twenty-six students, including my daughter, commenced at Grade 1 and 2 levels.
With strong approaches by Board members and Stephen Robertson to Education Minister, David Hamill, the Queensland Government approved sale of the beautiful 15-acre Karawatha site in June 1995. AFIC purchased and leased it to ISBL.
Funds were raised, especially by P&C school fetes. The Brisbane Muslim community and leading families - the Deens, Raines and Goss’s - backed the school.
The school’s first large donation, $50,000, was made by Malaysia, delivered personally by Deputy High Commissioner, Puan Halimah in 1997.
During 1998 AFIC took-over full control of the school. Importance of local management was however, vindicated by events in 2015-2017 when the school came under ICQ control.
This writer retains the beautiful image just prior to purchasing the school land of happily frolicking cows in what was then a cow paddock. They seemed to perceive the blessed nature of the land that would soon become the major communal institution for the Queensland Muslim community.
We thank Allah Almighty for His blessings and guidance for those who contributed
Dr Daud Batchelor, holds an MA in Islamic and Other Civilisations and a Diploma in Islamic Studies from the International Islamic University Malaysia, PhD from University of Malaya, MSc from the University of London.
Queensland Muslim community and AFIC leaders discussing school development at Holland Park Mosque, with Imam Abdul Quddoos Azhari.
Study Tip 4: The importance of timetabling
sincere efforts for success of the school. attending Macquarie University and is based in Sydney, Australia. You can check out his blog at https://katutoring.com/blog/.
The COVID-19 Induced Recession of 2020 The Worst Economic Downturn on Record
FINANCE Dr Abul Jalaluddin
Australian economy is officially in recession as two consecutive quarters of March 2020 and June 2020 were in negative GDP growth. This is a Coronavirus induced recession in almost 3 decades, after the recession “we had to have” in 1990-91, mainly caused by restrictive monetary policy in response to high inflation.
The quarter ended 31 March 2020 had a negative growth of 0.3% and the quarter ended 30 June 2020 experienced a negative growth of 7%, the previous largest fall in GDP growth was 2% in 1974 during the 1970s recession due to economic stagnation. In comparison with 1990s recession, the quarter ended 31 March 1991 produced a fall in GDP growth of 1.3% while the negative growth in the quarter ended 30 June 1991 was only 0.1%.
Different sectors of the Australian economy were affected at different levels as activities in them varied widely. Aviation and Tourism had virtually no economic activities while retail sector had some sales to satisfy basic needs. In the quarter of June 2020, the largest hit in growth was experienced by accommodation & food sector with a negative growth of 39%, followed by arts & recreation (-23%), transport (-22%), other business services (-19%), wholesale & retail trade (-14%), manufacturing (-10%),
Gulhan Eryegit Yoldas A recent research paper by Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University has revealed that Muslim residents in Australia are different from any other religious minority groups and are one of the most deprived socioeconomic groups in Australia.
One of the most important findings was that “Muslim residents in Australia often construction (-9%) and healthcare (-8%).
Wages, household expenditure and savings play an important role in the GDP growth of the Australian economy, two of which experienced high falls in the June 2020 quarter. Over all, wages went back by 2.5% and the household expenditure reduced by 12.1%, both of which will have significant adverse impacts on the economic growth in the next quarters or years.
Only good news story of this Covid-19 induced recession is the rate of private savings which had a growth of 20% in the June 2020 quarter. This was a 50-year high in the rate of savings in Australia, where ordinary rate of private savings is around 6%. Australians have higher levels of education than what is needed for their jobs.” The research also indicates that Muslims in Australia have higher unemployment rates than other groups, so they’re overqualified and underpaid. The same is not true with other minority religious or ethnic groups.
In another recent research project, Melbourne University Social Equity Institute in partnership with Women’s Health West, explored the Employment Barriers for Tertiary-educated Muslim Australian Women.
This research also presents similar findings where Muslim women commonly reported taking jobs well below their qual-
saved highly as there was practically no opportunity to spend due to wide-spread lockdowns as well as these are prudent people who tend to behave in accordance with current economic conditions.
Although this recession is the biggest economic plunge on record, it could have been worse in the absence of appropriate health and economic response by the Federal and State/Territory governments. The economic response package that shielded the Australian economy include JobKeeper scheme, JobSeeker scheme, lump-sum payments for welfare recipients and retirees, early release of superannuation, instant asset write-off for taxation, cash-flow boost for employers, ification level. This highlights the discrimination and bias against Muslim women in Australia who are seeking employment relevant to their qualifications.
In this research Muslim residents are once again reported as being higher educated than the general Australian population, but the income levels and employment rates are more greatly impacted.
In another further survey, young Australian Muslims report being discriminated against because of their ‘Muslim-sounding’ names for positions they are overqualified for and have then been forced to pursue lower paying jobs outside their profession.
This reduced income and lack of equal opportunity in employment forces Muslim families to choose more affordable fringe suburbs to settle in, forming a “cluster” of Muslims in some regions. In Victoria this is predominantly in Melbourne’s north, outer north and Melbourne’s western regions.
There are several reasons for this and both research papers argue that greater research is needed. The findings however also offer some possible reasons including Islamophobia in Australian media and its social, economical and political impacts which drive biases and discrimination in the workplace. This makes Kevin Rudd’s petition against the Murdoch empire a significant step forward towards greater social inclusion and equal opportunity in employment.
In Victoria the increase in the Muslim population in Melbourne’s north, outer north and western regions is driven largely by affordability of these suburbs.
With increased population comes the growing need of inclusive and culturally appropriate services to be made available in these high Muslim demographic regions. support for apprentice/trainees, support for regional Australia, low cost credits for small businesses and measured changes in bankruptcy regulations.
In this pandemic in a century, Australian economy has performed much better than comparable economies in the World, due to a good management of health and provision of appropriate economic response. In the quarter ended 30 June 2020, Spain had a negative GDP growth of 22%, United Kingdom (-21%), France (-19%), Italy (-17%), Europe (-15%), United States (-13%) and, comparatively, Australia’s negative performance was 7%.
An economic recession is generally characterised by low aggregate demand, high unemployment, low interest rates and low economic growth. Australian economy currently has all these characteristics.
Many Australians have lost jobs, had to reduce working hours, got pay cuts, had to put mortgage payments on hold and couldn’t afford the level of expenses to maintain their life style.
In the years to come, it will be hard to find a job, there will be a stiff competition in the job market and businesses will not hire widely.
Young people are particularly in a general disadvantaged position. They will have to compete with experienced workers who lost jobs in recent times. For Australians in jobs, generally speaking, there will be no pay rises and wage growth will be very slow in probably years to come.
Dr Abul Jalaluddin is an Islamic Finance expert, taxation advisor and a regular col-
Research shows Australian Muslim workers overqualified
umnist for AMUST. He is based in Sydney.
One project that is taking a holistic approach to community needs is the Quba Mosque Project, positioned in the heart of Melbourne’s north on Hume Highway. It’s an accessible complex built in the tradition of Prophet Muhammed (s).
Sharing the same complex with Quba Mosque is the Islamic Sciences & Research Academy (ISRA), a platform where Muslims can move from being studied to studying themselves, their beliefs, values and history.
With a large dome, currently in construction stage, Quba Mosque offers a space for regular prayer and congregation as well as a 500 plus person community centre feature. Once completed, families will be able to make use of the centre’s funeral services, sports and leisure facilities, childcare facilities and the dedicated Information & Cultural Education Centre, to name a few.
Projects like Quba Mosque project are much needed in high Muslim demographic regions to cater to community needs and to foster a greater sense of belonging. People wanting to contribute to finalising the Quba Mosque project can go to qubamosque.org/
Gulhan Eryegit Yoldas is on the advisory board for ECCV Gambling Harm project, in the advisory group for Whittlesea Interfaith Network and currently works as the Community Engagement Facilitator for Al Siraat College. Gulhan has a robust history of advocacy for gambling industry reform and Interfaith dialogue. She is passionate about developing Muslim youth as spokespeople for their communities.
BUSINESS Do we have financial skills as a community?
Fahd Dameer
Over the past few months, I have come across some common phrases. Both from young and old, male and female.
Things like:
“I don’t really care about money”
“Money doesn’t bother me, it comes, it goes”
“I just want to live my life to the fullest”
Or my favourite - “I have never needed money”.
This got me thinking, as I found this trend to be very worrying and irresponsible.
The more I reflected on this, the more it saddened me as I started to realise the predicament we’re in.
We have blanketed our ignorance behind a false sense of tawwakul (reliance on God alone) and that everything will work out.
The balance comes from the expectation upon us to struggle to better ourselves. -
“Surely God does not change the condition in which people are until they change that
Scenario 1 What does ‘Make your money work for you’ mean?
The rich and successful people put their money to work by investing.
This was a habit my father taught us from a young age and it helped even more when both my father and Fahd’s were experienced in the field of Islamic Banking and investments.
Our fathers told us that the average person, regardless of age, religion or ethnicity, do one of two things when they get paid; 1. They spend it 2. They save it in a savings account
Thinking about this, one day, I asked my father, ‘Why should I bother saving? Shouldn’t I invest all my money?
He said; ‘How can you learn to invest which is in themselves”. (Quran 13:11)
Change starts with switching the lights on
Economic crises arise from individual irresponsibility (knowingly or otherwise), causing a snowball effect, as more individuals are financially irresponsible, it leads to the disappearance of the middle class, which in turn causes community-wide frustration, anger and invariably oppression.
It’s almost 2021, and we still don’t learn financial literacy in school, instead, the focus is on getting good grades, to go to university and get a full-time job, start the grind to the next step up and so on.
Unless you do a course on economics or finance your exposure to financial literacy is almost nil. I did a course and it helped a little, but most of what I learnt, I wish I’d learned earlier.
Regardless of whether you graduate as a lawyer, doctor or an engineer a basic level of understanding when it comes to personal finance goes a long way towards setting up
Scenario 2
over time if you do not have the structure to save money, enough to cover 6 months of expenses. They both go hand in hand.’
He then explained to me, if all you do is save your money every month, your money hardly grows, in fact, your money loses value over time.
‘The trick is to save and invest you money, making it work over long periods, and the earlier you start investing the better’, he said.
He then showed me some scenarios of what could be possible.
I recall them clearly, even today, and more so from being in the process of experiencing it now with Fahd.
Scenario 1 - over 28 years, $400,000 was grown to $486,000 at a rate of 1.3% p.a.
He said; ‘Imagine, you decide, instead of investing $1200 every month, just to put all the money into a savings account, which pays a profit (wakala) rate of 1.3% p.a. (this imaginary islamic bank is being very generous). Let’s say you did that from when you
for one’s future.
This is doubly important for stay at home full-time parents.
So how do we as an ummah and community change this predicament we find ourselves in?
We can start by switching on the lights in the room and seeing our reality for what it really is.
Let’s break this cycle and start the conversation
We start by talking it more openly, the more uncomfortable the conversation is, the more it needs to be had.
Financial literacy starts at home, 9 out of every 10 young Muslim adults, say that they get most their financial knowledge from their parents. However, when asking this same group of individuals about how many of their parents talked to them about finances, the answer was a worrying; ‘Not many, we learnt turned 32, until you were 60. After 28 years, this is what your money would look like.’
Scenario 2 - over 28 years, $400,000 was grown to $1,042,000 at a rate of 6% p.a.
‘Now imagine, you chose to put $1200 every month into an ethical fund instead of researching and picking your own companies. The average fund returns is 6% p.a. If you did that till you were 60, this is how your money has worked for you.’
I said ‘That’s not bad at all!’,
‘Patience, my boy, we’re getting somewhere, I have one more scenario for you’, he replied.
Scenario 3 - over 28 years, $400,000 was grown to $2,677,000 at a rate of 11% p.a.
‘Now let’s say you take the amount of $1,200 every month and do something that takes a little bit of learning and work, but it’s what only 5% of people do’ . invest the same amount of money and do what 95% of the population is not doing.’
‘What is that?’, I asked eagerly.
‘You research and study companies that by watching and picking things up’.
The fault is not with our parents though, they more than likely didn’t get taught by our grandparents either. It is a generational issue we find ourselves in.
So, what can we do about it as a community?
I don’t know exactly, but it’s a conversation I want to have with you. What do you think?
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Fahd Dameer is the co-founder along with Moin Zaman, of Tabarruk, a website that teaches halal investing on the ASX share
The essence of making money work for you
Scenario 3
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market in Australia. are halal and have the makings of good investment opportunities. You learn and go through the financials of these companies and invest in the best ones. You can expect an annual return of 11-15% p.a.’
‘Want to see what a 11% growth looks like when your money has worked for you till you’re 60?’
Needless to say, I nodded with excitement.
Goes to show, a little bit of effort consistently will reap the benefits.
This is the core of what we try and teach at Tabarruk, our philosophy of making our money work for us to get the best returns, ethically..
This is not financial advice. Please view our disclaimer at tabarr.uk/disclaimer/
Moin Zaman is the co-founder along with Fahd Dameer, of Tabarruk, a website that teaches halal investing on the ASX share market in Australia.
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We had the honour to visit Liba at her brand new kitchen a day before opening!!
Liba’s Authentic African Cuisine is located in Thornlie Square, a few doors down from Spudshed and across from Woolworths.
If you remember, Liba first featured in our Black lives Matter video, catered our recent Brunching On The Swan event and now is the first supporting business to feature one of our Bottle bins for our “Cents Drive”
Her grand opening is tomorrow!! Come down and support this sister in business.
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Thank you to the team at Punchbowl Family Health Care for hosting a Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser and holding a raffle which will be announced at 1pm. All funds will go to breast cancer research. It is great to see our local businesses come together to support such a good cause. If you are in the area, head on over and support this wonderful cause. If you can’t make it today, they will be happy to accept donations whenever you are around.
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This bigger than life woman celebrated her 40th birthday with many of her swim sisters and loved ones on World Mental Health day.
Az has been a ray of sunshine since she joined the Swim Sisters upon returning back to Australia at the MS24 hour swim last year.
For her, swimming has been integral to her mental health recovery which is something she has been brave in sharing.
In the Guardian piece Swim Sisters was featured (link in bio) this weekend, Az has shared the role swimming has played to improve her mental health.
We are so proud of you Az.
Happy 40th birthday from your swim sisters. We look forward to seeing you accomplish your first ocean swim this year and take on surf life saver training
She has embraced swimming and seeing the value of the group, has been a keen supporter of the group joining the volunteer led organising committee.
We love you Az. Photo: @yas.nrl **If you’re experiencing mental health challenges, you’re not alone. Speak to your GP to set up a mental health plan, reach out for support and assistance.**
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Meet Hanan Dover, Director of Mission of Hope’s Hayat Line. A mindful listener, Hanan helps the Muslim community, and anyone in need, get through tough times with the free crisis line. Hanan told us, “It’s very difficult for people from diverse cultural backgrounds to seek out emotional help… a free and confidential crisis line makes it easier for them to open up to receive the support they need.”
Hanan is the face of our next special edition of Keep Connected, out 28 October.
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