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AUSTRALASIAN MUSLIM TIMES
www.amust.com.au ISSUE # 153
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Multicultural News & Views
AUGUST 2018; DHUL QADAH 1439
Dangers of the Developing Social Imbalance
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Susan Carland to host SBS TV’s Child Genius
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MEFF 2018 Highlights Rights Violations
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Mobinah Ahmad Susan Carland: scholar, author, feminist, and now quiz show host! Carland has been announced as the host of Child Genius, a quiz show on SBS TV which will air later in the year. “Presided over by quizmaster, Dr Susan Carland, this brand new six-part series to find Australia’s brightest child in a unique competition documentary format, follows the lives of some of Australia’s brightest children and their families,” an SBS statement said. “These gifted children all have very high IQs and showcase phenomenal cognitive abilities in maths, general knowledge, memory and language. Susan Carland told her 36,000 Instagram followers that she was so thrilled to finally be able to share the wonderful news. “So thrilled to finally be able to tell you I’m hosting a new tv show on @sbs_australia! No, I’m not taking over from Lee Lin Chin - I’m hosting Child Genius, a show about really smart kids! These kids will astound you....and make you feel pretty dopey. I did. Repeatedly. Airs in November!” she said. Carland has appeared on a number of other TV shows including Salam Cafe, The Project and Home Delivery.
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Richard Di Natale on Greens and Muslims
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Australian Islamic Wills Part 1
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Imran Khan for a new Pakistan
Zia Ahmad
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The former cricket star and now the prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan has vowed to create a ‘New Pakistan’ eradicating poverty, corruption and violence and promoting education, social welfare and rule of law aiming to create a modern Islamic welfare state. Running on a populist, anticorruption platform, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice) PTI party led by Imran won the general elections for the 15th National Assembly held on Wednesday 25 July 2018. Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi, 66 is the Chairman of PTI having founded the political party in 1996 after his retirement from cricket. He was the member of National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007 and again 2013-2018. Born in a Pashtun family in Lahore, Imran started playing cricket at the age of 13. He was educated at Keble College, Oxford, UK where he played county cricket and joined the Pakistan national cricket team at the age of 18. He led Pakistan to victory at the 1992 Cricket World Cup in Australia. After his retirement from cricket in 1992 as one of Pakistan’s most successful players, Imran became a philanthropist, concentrating on education and health, raising tens of millions of dollars to establish cancer research centres and hospitals and educational institutions in Pakistan. He served as the chancellor of Bradford University between 2005 and 2014 and was the recipient of an honorary fellowship by the Royal College of Physicians in 2012. During the elections held on Wednesday
25 July 2018, PTI has won 115 seats, 22 short of an absolute majority and is in negotiation with smaller parties and independents to form the government. The ruling party, the PML (N) won a total of 64 seats, while the PPP won 43 seats, with 34 seats being won by smaller parties and 13 by Independents. The National Assembly consists of 342 members, of which 272 are directly elected while 70 seats are reserved for women and minorities which will be allocated proportionally. The PTI has not only won the national elections but will also be able to form government in two provinces namely Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab while Sindh will be ruled by Pakistan People’s Party PPP and Balochistan Awami Party will form a coalition government in Balochistan. PTI ruled the province of Khyber Pakh-
tunkhwa in coalition with other parties since the last elections in 2013 and established a relatively sound track record in good governance. The government was credited with improving law and order, health and education over the past five years and hence has won comprehensively in the 25 July elections to form the provincial government in its own right. Continued on page 2
Gallipoli Home: First intake of residents Zia Ahmad The first facility in Sydney dedicated for serving the needs of elderly from Muslim and culturally diverse background commenced its first intake from Monday 2 July 2018. Gallipoli Home is an upmarket 102-bed residential complex located next to the iconic Gallipoli Mosque on 11 Gelibolu Parade, close to Auburn train station. The uniquely designed purpose built 3-level building incorporates state of the art facilities, alongside a beautiful aesthetic fusing of modern architecture with traditional Turkish, Arabic, Indigenous, Australian, and Islamic elements. The first residents were welcomed to their
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new home on Monday 2 July 2018. The facility will aim to accommodate resident admissions during the coming year. Interested residents and their families are encouraged to come in for a tour of the facilities and discuss options with the team. The formal opening of the facility has been planned for the middle of October this year. The Editor-in-Chief of AMUST, Zia Ahmad was given an exclusive guided tour of the complex by Dr Abdurrahman Asaroglu, The Executive Director of Gallipoli Home on Tuesday 3 July. He also had an opportunity to meet Dr Yusuf Bulbulia, another Board Member, Ms Andi Richardson, General Manager and Mr Hasan Alca, Finance Manager. Continued on page 4
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