Halal Food Bank

Invest in Your Community's Wellbeing

This Ramadhan, Al-Ghazzali Centre is launching the Ansaar Project Halal Food Bank, ensuring food reaches those families in our community who need it most. The food bank will be non-discriminatory and provide such help to anyone needing it regardless of culture or religion. Invest in your community's wellbeing, by volunteering or donating to this project.

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Donate food

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Register as a volunteer

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Why is it important to have a Food Bank in Australia?

Sadly, there are a number of Muslims with a shortage of food in Australia. Many of these Muslims regularly seek assistance in searching for food from various groups and organisations in the community. These individuals and families are from many different countries, the majority being former refugees. They have trouble accessing enough government assistance, and feel isolated from others in the Muslim community.

We have encountered a few of these indivuals over the 8 years of running the Ansaar Project's "Feeding the Homeless" program. However, we have realised there are many more whom are reluctant to approach us and other organisations. Local organisations we have partnered with in our feeding the homeless programs and blanket drives, have reported regular visits by Muslims. These organisations have remarked that the Muslims have requested halal food for themselves and their families.

The Halal Food Bank will help to improve the wellbeing of these indiviuals and their families. You can help make this possible by participating in this food drive and donating to the bank.

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Qur'an Reading for Beginners - Level 2

Qur'an Reading for Beginners - Level 2

A 12-week Course for studnets who have basic ability to read the Qur'an and need more practice with a teacher.

When: Sundays, commencing 11th September, 2011

Time: 4.00pm - 6.00pm

Where: Al-Ghazzali Centre Academy

1021A Canterbury Road (Cnr. Willeroo Street), Lakemba.

Entry via Willeroo Street

Cost: FREE, by donation (excluding costs for purchasing book if required).

This course is part of the Knowledge Without Barriers initiative.

Enquiries: Tel: (02) 9708 1539

Email: academydirector@alghazzali.org

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This course is designed for beginners who have the ability to read in the Qur'an but slowly and who need to practice their reading with a teacher to improve their ability to read. The course covers reading from the 30th part of the Qur'an. It also covers some of the more advanced topics to related to reading including:

- The definite article and how it is pronounced when it precedes the moon letters and the sun letters

- The pronunciation of Lafdhatul Jallalah (Allah)

- Introduction to the rulings of lengthening (madd) and shortening (qasr)

- The discreet letters that come at the beginning of some of the chapters in the Qur'an

- Introduction to rulings related to pausing durin recitation

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Qur'an Reading for Beginners - Level 1

A 12-week course that takes students from learning the Arabic Alphabet to the ability to read short verses in the Qur'an

When: Sundays, commencing 11th September, 2011

Time: 10.00am - 12.00pm

Where: Al-Ghazzali Centre Academy

1021A Canterbury Road (Cnr. Willeroo Street), Lakemba.

Entry via Willeroo Street

Cost: FREE, by donation (excluding costs for purchasing book if required).

This course is part of the Knowledge Without Barriers initiative.

Enquiries: Tel: (02) 9708 1539

Email: academydirector@alghazzali.org

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

This course is designed for beginners with no ability in reading the Qur'an. By the end of the course, students will be able to read short verses in the Qur'an.

The course will teach students to:

- Learn to read and write the Arabic letters in the different shapes.

- Get basic understanding of the articulation points of letters to be able to pronounce them more correctly

- Be able to read, write and pronounce words that contain the five Arabic diacritics (Fatha, Kasra, Dhamma, Sukun, Shadda), long vowels, nunnation (tanween) and elided letters

- Be able to read Arabic words and short verses from the Qur'an

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Seekers Guidance & Al Ghazzali Centre Partnership

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and imam Afroz Ali tell us more about the partnership

May a lot of good come out of it, for the pleasure of Allah!

Review - "The Camel’s Gratitude” by imam Afroz Ali

THEM CAMELS GOT IT ALL

It was an Arabic class I was in when imam Afroz let us in on the secret that much of Arabic is hidden in the camel. Lol ok he didn’t say it in those words but you get the point.
If you don’t then you will get it after you read “The Camel’s Gratitude” article by imam Afroz Ali.

The piece was written on gratitude (shukr and hamd) as one of the highest virtues, however half of it talks about some camel. There is of course a connection to it.

When I read the first third of the article I was amazed at the camel’s … amazing-ness if I may call it that. This got me thinking how little I know about so much and how little I know simply about milk. Cows milk in this case because I ain’t drinking no camel’s milk… because I don’t own one ofcourse. FYI I don’t own a cow either…ANYWHO moving on

The rest of the article talks about the difference between shukr and hamd… tying it in with the camel =)
I knew that thanking Allah couldn’t simply be a tongue service by saying 'alhamdulillah' and not showing it in our deeds. However the article shed more light on the depth of gratitude.

What I took out of it is someone who is grateful is totally, absolutely humbled by the Magnificence of his Creator and sees Him as the one who TRULY knows it all. Like, He just knows EVERYTHING better than you and I; therefore knows what He’s doing.
When one understands this nothing else matters. One is in complete submission, by dealing with what’s in front of him in ways most pleasing to his Creator.

“In hamd one recognises the gifter regardless of when, how and what was given!” – Now THIS is what you call love. May Allah bless us all with it!!

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