Friday Night Live: Keysar Trad, Muslims and the Media

This episode is part of my Muslims and the Media series, where I explore the relationship between representation of Muslims in the media, and the actors and REactors who contribute positively or negatively towards it.

My guest this episode is Keysar Trad, Ex President of the Lebanese Muslims Association. Current President of the Islamic Friendship Association, writer, translator, and very hard working member of the Muslim Community in Australia. We had a frank, open discussion about the Media, the Muslim Community and related global issues.

I would have to say this was one of my most enjoyable interviews. Keysar is well versed man who strong opinions and a drive to do the right thing. I know you're going to enjoy it as well.

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Podcast: Fatawa, 27/11/11 with English Interpreting

There is a lot of work to do for the new mufti. Parties, organizations and their leaders, Muslims and non Muslims all want to see what this shiny new position holder can do. Is he like the old ones ?  will he make a difference ?

One way Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammad is trying to reach out to his community is by holding these programs called Fatawa (plural of Fatwa), and so far I can see, he's holding out his hand to whoever wants to benefit the community, no exclusive alliances, no old generation vs new generation politics etc..

We are trying to make Dr Ibrahim's knowledge available to as many Muslims in Australia as possible, hence this new push for Islamic Q&A sessions with English Interpretation.
We started out with 1 session a month in English, but Alhumdulillah since today we couldn't get through all the questions. We may increase that to twice a month, maybe even more if the need arises. Allahu A3lam.

Please provide your feedback, or questions, or contributions. Let us know what you think and what you would like.

A special thanks to Brother Ahmad Killani of Muslim Village for contributing an important question and for offering his skills and assistance to the Mufti.





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I would like to thank the brothers and sisters who have contributed, and apologize to those whose answers we were not able to answer. Inshallah next session we will leave an extra half hour as buffer to be able to answer all questions.

As always, there are a number of ways to submit a question to the mufti.

1- Comment here with your question
2- email the mufti dribrahim@muftiofaustralia.com.au
3- post on the fb group  
4- Call in on the day 02 9724 3355
5- you can also tweet me or message me on my fb account

Friday Night Live: Islamic Education in Australia

Tonight's episode (Friday 18th November 2011) is going to cover the first Islamically driven accredited tertiary level Islamic Studied Course. ISRA (Islamic Science and Research Academy of Australia) is holding an information evening on the second year of its Islamic Studies program. Date: Sunday 27 November 2011 Time: 6 pm - 8 pm Venue: ISRA Academy, Level 3, 128-136 South Parade Auburn I met with sister Makiz Ansari (apologies if it's spelled wrong) and brother Ahmad Hasan. We discussed the importance of islamic education and especially in Australia.

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My first video "bit"

So I have a $3000 camera with HD video which I wasn't using.

So I decided to use it.

Hence this video: