AMUST
AUSTRALASIAN MUSLIM TIMES
www.amust.com.au ISSUE # 155
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Multicultural News & Views
OCTOBER 2018; MUHARRAM 1440
People power win in Maldives
NEWS PAGE 2
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Reasserting the role of women in the Ummah
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Interview with Tony Burke
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Drought Relief: Muslims helping farmers
Photo courtesy of Dr Tarek Sari. Zia Ahmad Almost $100,000 was raised for helping Australian farmers for drought relief by “Sydney Muslim Cyclists’ and their sponsors where more than 100 men and women in 3 groups cycled from Belmore Sports Ground to Brighton Le Sands and back. The effort was part of an all day Human Appeal Farmers Drought Family Day Fund-
raiser on Sunday 23 September at Belmore Sports Grounds, the home of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, that also included a sausage sizzle and family fun activities such as jumping castles, face painting, zoo petting, pony rides and much more. A major Muslim aid organisation Human Appeal Australia (HAA) as part of the generous Australian community initiated an urgent drought relief campaign to keep the Australian farmers standing and working on their farms.
Conference calls for leaving your legacy Muhtab Khan The 6th annual Twins of Faith Conference was held in Sydney on Sunday 23 September exploring the theme ‘Legacy: Will You Be Missed?’ The scrupulously well-organised daynight event attracted more than 300 attendees from diverse backgrounds at the Bryan Brown Theatre, Bankstown. The conference sought to not only educate the community on leaving a legacy, but also on providing them with the necessary tools to engineer the change in their lives. Mercy Mission, the umbrella organisation responsible for the event, have routinely been offering charity services and educational programs for over a decade.
The funds raised will be used to give away food hampers, deliver water and bales of hay for livestock as well as provide cash support to farmers for financial relief. With NSW recording its driest year since 1965 and Australian farmers in the eastern part of the country suffering from extreme drought conditions affecting their crops and animals, Muslims have come to rescue in innovative ways from praying for rain, supplying farmers with feed for livestock and raising funds for food hampers and cash re-
lief for drought-affected farmers. Towards the middle of September, another major Muslim charity, Muslim Aid Australia (MAA) in partnership with other Muslim aid organisations in NSW and Queensland delivered 30,000 kg of hay bales to farmers hard hit by the ongoing drought. Three trucks rolled into Goondiwindi in the NSW-Queensland border, where the aid was delivered to dozens of farmers struggling with the current drought. continued on page 4.
Sheikh Daood Butt, Keynote Speaker from Canada at the 6th Twins of Faith conference.
Through Mercy Mission’s various products, of which one is the Twins of Faith Conferences, efforts are made to unite the community with sponsors and speakers to encourage dialogue on particular topics focused on inspiring positive change. Mr Tahir Usman, National Manager of Mercy Mission Australia articulated the aims of his organisation saying, “It’s about the simple basic stuff like remembering Allah every minute we can. It’s talking to people here about Allah and the Prophet (s). It’s through conversations and dialogues that we can remind ourselves and others. The more we remind people, the more the angels and Allah’s creations will make dua for us. That’s exactly what we try to achieve at these events”. continued on page 9.
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