Issue 201 - August 2022

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AMUST

AUSTRALASIAN MUSLIM TIMES www.amust.com.au

Multicultural News & Views

ISSUE # 201

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AUGUST 2022; MUHARRAM 1444

Islamic Well-Being Index 2022

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How to harmonise your married life LIFESTYLE PAGE 14

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My husband was sentenced to 25 years UMMAH PAGE 17

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Leadership and Quranic stories of bird soldiers EDUCATION PAGE 20

Islamic Bank Multicultural Youth Australia: Employment & Careers of Ethical & Shariah Expo in Auburn compliant banking Ms Lisa Lake, Mayor of Cumberland City Council (right) with Shukri Omar. Photo: Luis Veniegra - Sharpfocus Photography.

Zia Ahmad Jan Koum, Whatsapp founder. Mohamed Ainullah Recent research by Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) has concluded that Australian politicians are taking significantly more privately-sponsored trips to Israel than any other country translating into pro-Israel government policies over a number of years. Similarly, it has been reported that Pro-Israel lobby groups have poured millions of dollars into recent Democratic primaries in a number of states in USA managing to beat candidates critical of Israeli treatment of Palestinians. One significant donor is WhatsApp founder, Jan Koum donating $2 million to American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the most powerful lobbying group in America advocating pro-Israel policies to the legislative and executive branches of the US government. Information gathered by the APAN from the parliamentary register of interests shows 18 percent of all sponsored trips between June 2018 and April 2022 were to Israel, with the next closest destinations being Taiwan (12%), and the USA (11%). continued on page 2

Zia Ahmad The Somali Australian Community Association of NSW (SACA) held a well attended Multicultural Youth Employment & Careers Expo in Sydney on Saturday 30 July 2022 from 10 am to 2 pm at Auburn Town Hall. The Somali Australian Community Association of NSW (SACA) based in Lidcombe is a not-for-profit Somali community organisation that strives to be an umbrella body for the Somali organisations in NSW. SACA NSW provides support for the activities of member organisations, youth, women and coordinates much needed projects within the Somali community residing in NSW with the support of Local, State and Federal Governments as well as working with various businesses and organisations to empower the Somali community in NSW. Invited guests at the event included the

Mayor of Cumberland City Council Ms Lisa Lake, Councillor Glen Elmore, Councillor Diane Coleman, Councillor Sabrin Farooqui, Mr Zia Ahmad, Editor-in-Chief, AMUST, Mrs Mehar Ahmad President, Seena Incorporated, Ms Thida Yang from Multicultural NSW, Ms Julia Finn MP (State Member for Granville) and Dr Ahmed Deria, school educator and former school principal. With the help of experts from a wide range of professions/industries several workshops were conducted including resume writing, mock job interviews, financial literacy training participated by a large number of young people from the multicultural community. The formal program was MC’ed by Ayan Gurey and Zuhair Mohamed where a number of speakers addressed the attendees including Cumberland City Council Mayor Ms Lisa Lakes, Dr Ahmed Deria, Mr Zia Ahmad and spokesperson from Auburn Police. continued on page 3

In a media release dated Tuesday 5 July 2022, the IBA group announced that finally Australia’s first-ever Islamic Bank has now been licensed, creating the Islamic Bank Australia, the first Australian bank to offer a full suite of retail and business banking services, all without interest and fully Shariah-compliant for the first time in Australia. IBA Group Pty Ltd, now Islamic Bank Australia, has obtained a Restricted Authorised Deposit-taking Institution (Restricted ADI) authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) allowing it to build systems, implement processes and test with a small number of customers in 2023. IBA Group was originally founded by thirteen passionate Muslims who wanted to bring Islamic banking to Australia for the first time. Together with the original founders, IBA Group is owned by Abreco Group, a large UAE-based company. Islamic Bank Australia is not open for business as yet. Initially it will be operating as an Authorised Deposit-taking institution with a “Restricted ADI” licence which allows IBA to build systems and test products before 5 July 2024 and then obtain Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) approval to launch publicly. continued on page 3

Meet & Greet for doctors and healthcare professionals Saleha Khan The Australian Islamic Medical Association (AIMA) and the Islamic Medical Association of Queensland (IMAQ) held a joint event named the “Meet & Greet for Junior Doctors and healthcare professionals” on Saturday 30 July in Gold Coast at the Australian International Islamic College Cararra. The event was open to students and newly graduated practitioners from all health care fields – medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health. The attendees listened to a diverse group of guest speakers featuring Keynote Speakers Senator Fatima Payman, the newly elect-

ed Senator for Western Australia and the country’s first Afghan-Australian Federal Parliamentarian. Other speakers included Dr Muhammad Kahloon, President of Australian Islamic Medical Association (AIMA), Dr Fatima Ashrafi, President of the Islamic Medical Association of Queensland (IMAQ) and Dr Omer Shareef, Vice-President of IMAQ. The event was also addressed by upcoming young doctors including Saleha Khan, a final year medical student from Bond University and the current National GPSN Chair of Australia and Mustafa Hamimi, a final year Griffith University medical Student. continued on page 3

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