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Australia stands with Kashmir
A moment of prayer for football icons
Sonny Bill Williams (left) with Ofa Tu’ungafasi (right). Tahir Nawaz
Zia Ahmad Australia wide rallies were held on Sunday 27 October in major cities in support of Kashmiris held under lockdown for the last three months by the Indian military. The rallies were in support for the right to
self-determination of the people of Kashmir per UN Resolutions and to ensure the implementation of International Human Rights in Jammu & Kashmir state. Every year 27 October is observed as Kashmir Black Day all around the world. It was on this unfortunate day in 1947 that the Indian army forcibly occupied Jammu &
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A moment of prayer was photographed and shared on social media, where All Blacks Muslim players, Sonny Bill Williams and Ofa Tu’ungafasi have been captured sharing a special moment in prayer after their massive 46-14 win over Ireland. ‘You made us proud,’ many Kiwi Muslims responded after looking at the beautiful photo. Sonny Bill Williams is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, heavyweight boxer and former rugby league player. He converted to Islam in 2009. Ofa Tu’ungafasi is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the All Blacks as a Prop. He converted to Islam in March 2019. The photo gesture shows that our faith is for all humanity, and still can be practised wherever you are, even on the sports ground.
Awakening conference addresses plight of the Muslim Ummah Spoken word performance by Kamal Saleh.
Mehar Ahmad The “Awakening the Islamic Spirit” conference in Sydney attracted more than one thousand young people listening to a number of panellists addressing various issues facing the community such as faith-based support for mental health, recognising and tackling homosexuality, empowerment of Muslim women and suffering of the global Ummah due to oppression. This highly successful event was held on Sunday 20 October at The Highline Venue, Bankstown organised by the Muslim Students’ Associations (MSA’s) based at various universities in NSW. The event was sponsored by Auburn Gallipoli Mosque, Human Appeal, MCCA, MAA and Australian Islamic College of Sydney. The past few decades have seen a growing sense of helplessness around the problems
of the Muslim Ummah abroad. Crisis after crisis, it seems that none of the efforts to help have actually born fruit. There is a growing sense of disempowerment within Muslim societies suffering from violence, internal conflicts, authoritarian oppression and external attacks by hegemonistic world powers. During the event, the first panel titled “The Muslim Ummah bleeds: What can we do from here?” sought to address the plight of the Ummah overseas from right here in Australia. Bringing together experiences across different activist groups, charity organisations and diverse group of scholars, the panellists showed some direction towards helping the bleeding Ummah. This panel was facilitated by Mohammad Wahwah while the panellists included Mufti Yasir Nadeem, Sheikh Hassan Elsetohy, Uthman Badar and Rima Chahrouk.
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