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National recognition for Muslim high achievers from year 12 Dr Zachariah Matthews Human Appeal International Australia last month hosted its 9th Annual Year 12 Muslim Achievement Awards in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Students who achieved an ATAR score of 90 or above in 2015 were encouraged to register for the awards earlier during the year. A total of one hundred and thirty-five students, twenty-nine more than last year, were honoured for their hard work and rewarded with a certificate of recognition, a tablet-notebook and various other prizes. In addition to the students, their parents and other family members, various respected members of the community, leaders, politicians and business leaders attended ceremonies in the three cities, acknowledging the amazing efforts of these high achieving students. The ceremony in Sydney held on Friday 18 March acknowledged a total of sixty-seven students, with Omar Al-Jamal as the master of ceremonies on the night. Attendees included NSW Shadow Minister for Education Jihad Dib MP, Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism Sophie Cotsis MLC, Deputy Mayor of Canterbury Councillor Khodr Saleh, and other distinguished guests. The Grand Mufti of Australia, Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammed and NSW Minister for Education, Adrian Piccoli MP both extended their apologies. The night opened with a Quranic recita-
Muslim high achievers from year 12 at the Melbourne award event hosted by Human Appeal International Australia. Photo by Ahmad Sabra. tion by award recipient, Riad Naanai, fol- tor, Bashar Al-Jamal welcomed guests and ability and growth of communities. lowed by the translation read out by another explained why investing in education is an recipient Aishah Ali. Human Appeal’s direc- important strategy in enhancing the sustaincontinues on page 7
Indiscriminate attacks on civilians by ISIL goes global Zia Ahmad Although Brussels bombing have captured much of the headlines, there have been intensive terrorist attacks worldwide during the past fortnight resulting in the loss of a great number of innocent lives. These indiscriminate attacks carried out by extremists have largely been claimed by ISIL and its affiliates who have killed overwhelmingly innocent Muslims. On 13 March bombing in Ankara, Turkey carried out by an ISIL member claimed the lives of more than 37 people with over 100 seriously injured. An ISIL suicide bomber killed at least 27 people in Anbar, Iraq and injuring many more on 20 March. The coordinated double suicide bombing
at Brussels Airport and another one at Brussels Metro in Belgium has resulted in 34 deaths and 340 wounded. On 25 March three ISIL bombers killed 26 people and injured many more in the Yemeni city of Aden Again on 25 March 30 people were killed and 95 injured after an ISIL suicide bomber blew himself up at a football stadium in Iskandariya, south of Baghdad. On 27 March a suicide bomb blast claimed by an ISIL affiliated group supposedly targeting Christians in Lahore killed 70 people, a great number of them Muslim women and children and injuring more than 300. It remains to be seen if this surge in attacks on soft targets by ISIL is as a result of losing its ground in its heartland areas of Iraq and Syria or it can sustain such attacks by further recruiting members on a global scale.
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