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AUSTRALASIAN MUSLIM TIMES
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ISSUE # 163
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JUNE 2019; SHAWWAL 1440
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NSW Parliamentary Iftar Islamic Bank in celebrates our diversity Australia: Soon a reality
Zia Ahmad
Ahmed Polat presenting Shukur’s jersey to Craig Foster. Burak Alpay Affinity organised its major Ramadan Iftar Dinner at the NSW Parliament on 23 May 2019 attended by more than 300 prominent guests from diverse backgrounds and professions. The event co-hosted by parliamentarians, The Hon John Sidoti MP and Ms Sophie Costis MP marked the Affinity Intercultural Foundation’s 11th annual Friendship and Dialogue Ramadan Iftar Dinner at the historic parliament building.
Hakeem Al-Araibi addressing guests at iftar.
Former Socceroo and broadcaster and a staunch advocate for refugees and human rights, Craig Foster during his keynote address described how he spearheaded a campaign, creating a global movement and leading a coalition of organisations across sport and human rights to free the young soccer player Hakeem al-Araibi from Bangkok prison. With thunderous applause Hakeem al-Araibi came to the stage in order to thank Craig and all his Australian supporters for a successful campaign that resulted in his safe return back to his new homeland.
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Affinity’s annual ’Peace and Solidarity Award’ for 2019 was presented by Bill Dobbie, New Zealand Consul-General to Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, investigative reporter at the ABC and Lucy Carter, researcher at Four Corners, ABC for their work on the Four Corners episode titled, ‘Under the Radar’ following the Christchurch terror attacks on two mosques which claimed the lives of 51 innocent people with more than 50 injured. Continued on Page 10
A fully functional Islamic Bank, the first in Australia, providing the full banking facilities with 100% watertight guarantee on Shari’ah compliance, will soon commence its operation as Islamic Bank Australia under the IBA Group Pty Ltd. After more than seven years of continuous engagement with Australian banking regulatory authorities, together with almost 10 million dollars of expenses, on Monday 8 April 2019, the IBA group received the above confirmation. It means, when offered to the public, the Australian Prudential Relation Authority (APRA), will regulate the IBA products as banking products, leading to a banking license being issued to the IBA Group. Upon this, the IBA will operate as Islamic Bank Australia. The ‘Islamic Bank Australia’ is likely to commence its operations within the next 6 to 12 months... Continued on Page 3
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