Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
RCSU Eid Dinner4th Oct Saturday at 6pm in Exam Hall
RCSU Eid Dinner4th Oct Saturday at 6pm in Exam Hall,
Ticket entry is 4 euro to getin.Organised by RCSU,RCSI isoc, PMCA and Fosis Ireland Chapter.
From the Vatican to Al Azhar tour, 17th October-26th October 2008
Speaker: Idris Tawfiq (Ex-Roman Catholic Priest, Now a Muslim Speaker.His full biography is below after events list)
17 Oct 08Meeting with Primate of Ireland, the Most Rev Dr John Neill, AnglicanArchbishop of Dublin2.30 pm
Talk: From the Vatican to Al Azhar : My journey to IslamLaunch of FOSIS BookshopAstra Hall, University College Dublin7.00pm hosted by University College Dublin Islamic Society18 Oct 08Dawah Training Workshop (by invitation only)
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland10 amhosted by Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Islamic Society19 Oct 08
Visit to Muslim Youth Ireland (MY-Ireland) Islamic Information Tableie The Dawaah Stall (in front of GPO, O Connell St. Dublin)
Radio Interview : 'Islam in Focus'NearFM 4.30pm at Near 90.3 Fm hosted by Br Abdul HaseebTalk in Dublin Mosque after Maghrib prayershosted by Islamic Foundation Ireland20 Oct 08Meeting with Lord Mayor of Dublin1030am Mansion House, DublinTalk: Who wants to be Muslim these days?
Boole 2University College Cork7.00pm hosted by Muslim Cultural Society University College Cork 21 Oct 08Meeting with Lord Mayor of Cork2.00pm Cork
Talk: On Erin's Green Valleys: The future of Islam in Irelandhosted by Cork Mosque22 Oct 08 Meeting with Mayor of Limerick4.00 pmLimerick23 Oct 08
Talk: Muslims, Christians and the Real JesusLarge Lecture Theater Clinical Science (CSI)National University of Ireland Galway7.00pm hosted by Muslim Youth Society National University of Ireland Galway24 Oct 08
Talk: Is Religion Relevant today? Closing CeremonyRobert Emmet Theater, Trinity College Dublin7.00pmhosted by Muslim Students Association Trinity College Dublin Idris Tawfiq has a degree in English language and Literature from theUniversity of Manchester and a degree in Sacred Theology from thePontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. For many yearshe was Head of Religious Studies in different schools in England andWales and has much experience of teaching, both in the UK and Egypt.Before embracing Islam, Idris was a Roman Catholic priest.As a writer, Idris Tawfiq has written for newspapers and periodicalsin the United Kingdom and is now a regular contributor and Consultantto http://www.islamonline.net/ and http://www.readingislam.com/. He writes a weeklyarticle in Egyptian Mail, Egypt's oldest English-language newspaper,and Sawt Al-Azhar, the newspaper of Al-Azhar University. He is theauthor of Gardens of Delight: a simple introduction to Islam (2005).Travelling all over the globe, Idris speaks about Islam both to groupsand on television and radio.He has appeared in an article by Mary Fitzgerald of Irish Times(11/08/2006)http://www.ireland.com/focus/gageby/underthecrescent/tawfiq.htmFor further details please visit http://www.fosisirelandchapter.com/?p=79-- This is a responsible information based e-mail. If you DO NOT wish toreceive further emails, simply contact http://ie.mc281.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=eireislamicevents@gmail.com and you willbe removed from the list immediately.Please NOTE Éire Islamic Events does NOT take responsibility for any of theevents, notices or comments, presented in this e-mail bulletin, other than its own. Those who are interested in taking part inany event or enquiring about a particular notice, should contact the appropriate organisations or individuals. This e-mail is offered as a community service, and is compiled on a best endeavours basis.If you wish to put up an announcement please email Éire Islamic Events on eireislamicevents@gmail.com
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Ticket entry is 4 euro to getin.Organised by RCSU,RCSI isoc, PMCA and Fosis Ireland Chapter.
From the Vatican to Al Azhar tour, 17th October-26th October 2008
Speaker: Idris Tawfiq (Ex-Roman Catholic Priest, Now a Muslim Speaker.His full biography is below after events list)
17 Oct 08Meeting with Primate of Ireland, the Most Rev Dr John Neill, AnglicanArchbishop of Dublin2.30 pm
Talk: From the Vatican to Al Azhar : My journey to IslamLaunch of FOSIS BookshopAstra Hall, University College Dublin7.00pm hosted by University College Dublin Islamic Society18 Oct 08Dawah Training Workshop (by invitation only)
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland10 amhosted by Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Islamic Society19 Oct 08
Visit to Muslim Youth Ireland (MY-Ireland) Islamic Information Tableie The Dawaah Stall (in front of GPO, O Connell St. Dublin)
Radio Interview : 'Islam in Focus'NearFM 4.30pm at Near 90.3 Fm hosted by Br Abdul HaseebTalk in Dublin Mosque after Maghrib prayershosted by Islamic Foundation Ireland20 Oct 08Meeting with Lord Mayor of Dublin1030am Mansion House, DublinTalk: Who wants to be Muslim these days?
Boole 2University College Cork7.00pm hosted by Muslim Cultural Society University College Cork 21 Oct 08Meeting with Lord Mayor of Cork2.00pm Cork
Talk: On Erin's Green Valleys: The future of Islam in Irelandhosted by Cork Mosque22 Oct 08 Meeting with Mayor of Limerick4.00 pmLimerick23 Oct 08
Talk: Muslims, Christians and the Real JesusLarge Lecture Theater Clinical Science (CSI)National University of Ireland Galway7.00pm hosted by Muslim Youth Society National University of Ireland Galway24 Oct 08
Talk: Is Religion Relevant today? Closing CeremonyRobert Emmet Theater, Trinity College Dublin7.00pmhosted by Muslim Students Association Trinity College Dublin Idris Tawfiq has a degree in English language and Literature from theUniversity of Manchester and a degree in Sacred Theology from thePontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. For many yearshe was Head of Religious Studies in different schools in England andWales and has much experience of teaching, both in the UK and Egypt.Before embracing Islam, Idris was a Roman Catholic priest.As a writer, Idris Tawfiq has written for newspapers and periodicalsin the United Kingdom and is now a regular contributor and Consultantto http://www.islamonline.net/ and http://www.readingislam.com/. He writes a weeklyarticle in Egyptian Mail, Egypt's oldest English-language newspaper,and Sawt Al-Azhar, the newspaper of Al-Azhar University. He is theauthor of Gardens of Delight: a simple introduction to Islam (2005).Travelling all over the globe, Idris speaks about Islam both to groupsand on television and radio.He has appeared in an article by Mary Fitzgerald of Irish Times(11/08/2006)http://www.ireland.com/focus/gageby/underthecrescent/tawfiq.htmFor further details please visit http://www.fosisirelandchapter.com/?p=79-- This is a responsible information based e-mail. If you DO NOT wish toreceive further emails, simply contact http://ie.mc281.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=eireislamicevents@gmail.com and you willbe removed from the list immediately.Please NOTE Éire Islamic Events does NOT take responsibility for any of theevents, notices or comments, presented in this e-mail bulletin, other than its own. Those who are interested in taking part inany event or enquiring about a particular notice, should contact the appropriate organisations or individuals. This e-mail is offered as a community service, and is compiled on a best endeavours basis.If you wish to put up an announcement please email Éire Islamic Events on eireislamicevents@gmail.com
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Eid will be on Wednesday
كل عام وانتم بخير اعاده الله علينا وعليكم باليمن والخير والبركة
يوم الاربعاء 1.10.2008هو اول ايام العيد
It is announced by all the mosques in Ireland , Eid will be on Wednesday 1st Oct 2008.
The Muslim Community Lobby congratulates the Muslim community in Ireland and the world for the coming of the Eid
Wish you the best of the Eid
The Eid
Imagination running wild
The Eid is opening its arms wide
Embracing everyone with a happy chime
On its doors children singing rhymes
As if flying to a happy hide
In its hours glamour and bright
In its moments expectation of the ride
The day full of happiness with a cheering guide
Its ceiling full of, planets and twinkling stars
Let the imagination run wild
The Eid comes walking with pride
Spreads joyfulness and pleasure worldwide
Presents and gifts saying surprise, surprise
Wiping the tearful eyes
Gives the poor awaited right
Boys and girls travel citywide
Meeting each other in the Mosques courtside
Embracing, greetings, chatting in confide
Children as if flowers blossoming wide
The Eid feeling loaded with delight
Carrying an endless loving smile
Its enjoyment beyond describe
In its day manners and polite
In its song melodious musical sound
Poem by Bashir
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Irish Hijab Campaigns press release
Salam Alaykum,
This is the Irish Hijab Campaigns press release,
The Irish Hijab Campaign welcomes the recommendations in that they acknowledge the importance of recognising the needs of minority groups as well as seeking their consultation on issues such as uniform. We would have liked to have seen more explicit legislation, that would have seen the hijab protected, but are hopeful that the suggestion for more inclusion will put a stop to the disparity in practice across the country.
We are however concerned with the less than favourable statement regarding niqab as it is not currently an issue in state schools and can only further objectify an already marginalised group. We are mindful of the attacks Muslim women endured following Jack Straw’s irresponsible comments on the niqab and would have hoped the Irish government might have considered more carefully how such views shape the treatment of Muslim women in the wider community.
Wasalam Sis Lorraine
This is the Irish Hijab Campaigns press release,
The Irish Hijab Campaign welcomes the recommendations in that they acknowledge the importance of recognising the needs of minority groups as well as seeking their consultation on issues such as uniform. We would have liked to have seen more explicit legislation, that would have seen the hijab protected, but are hopeful that the suggestion for more inclusion will put a stop to the disparity in practice across the country.
We are however concerned with the less than favourable statement regarding niqab as it is not currently an issue in state schools and can only further objectify an already marginalised group. We are mindful of the attacks Muslim women endured following Jack Straw’s irresponsible comments on the niqab and would have hoped the Irish government might have considered more carefully how such views shape the treatment of Muslim women in the wider community.
Wasalam Sis Lorraine
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Today's Press Release from Minister's O'Keefe and Lenihan بيان صحفي يشترك فيه الوزيران اوكييف وكونر لنهان عن الحجاب
The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD
The Minister for Integration Policy, Conor Lenihan TD
The Muslim Community Lobby Ireland thanks both Ministers for their kind attention and their clarifying statement and we hope it will be welcomed by the Muslim community as well as by the schools as a remedy to the Hijab scare. The following is a response to an earlier e amil sent by the MCL:
Thank you for your email,
Please see below, today's Press Release from Minister's O'Keeff and Lenihan.
For immediate release: 23 September, 2008 هذا البيان للنشر مباشرة
Ministers agree recommendations on school uniform policy The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeff TD, and the Minister for Integration Policy, Conor Lenihan TD,
today jointly agreed recommendations on school uniform policy. Minister O’Keeff said that ‘the recommendations were drawn up following an extensive consultation process by Minister Lenihan with schools, management bodies, parents’ associations and other key stakeholders’. Both Ministers thanked all parties for their contributions to this process. Minister Lenihan said that ‘the feedback received from all parties was reasoned and pragmatic’.
The recommendations were formulated on the basis of this feedback and take account of the legal position in Ireland.
اتفق الوزيران على انه بعد التشاور مع المدارس في البلد والاداراة المختصة ومن له معرفة بهذا الامر. وبعد دراسة وافية بتعقل لما وصل من بريد بالنسبة للحجاب في المدارس .
انه 1. تم الاتفاق على ان المدراس لها حق اتخاذ القرار في لبس الملابس المدرسية
وانه 2. لا يجب ان تكون اللبسة المدرسية حائلا لمن يريد ان يلتحق بالمدرسة من اي توجه ديني . ولا يعني هذا القرار بانه يمكن ان يلبس النقاب, او اي حائلا بين الوجه والمدرس لاخفاء الوجه, حيث ان هذا يخلق حائلا غير مقبول بين المدرس والتلميذة. اي انه نعم لغطاء الراس, لا للنقاب, او غطاء الوجه.
و 3. انه لمن الواجب من ان تستشير المدرسة حين وضع لائحة اللبس المدرسي من له الاتصال بالمجتمع المحيط بها .
و4. وانه وجب على المدارس بان تاخذ بعين الاعتبار اللائحة التعليمية الصادرة في
Education Act, 1998
والتي تنص على
Thank you for your email,
Please see below, today's Press Release from Minister's O'Keeff and Lenihan.
For immediate release: 23 September, 2008 هذا البيان للنشر مباشرة
Ministers agree recommendations on school uniform policy The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeff TD, and the Minister for Integration Policy, Conor Lenihan TD,
today jointly agreed recommendations on school uniform policy. Minister O’Keeff said that ‘the recommendations were drawn up following an extensive consultation process by Minister Lenihan with schools, management bodies, parents’ associations and other key stakeholders’. Both Ministers thanked all parties for their contributions to this process. Minister Lenihan said that ‘the feedback received from all parties was reasoned and pragmatic’.
The recommendations were formulated on the basis of this feedback and take account of the legal position in Ireland.
اتفق الوزيران على انه بعد التشاور مع المدارس في البلد والاداراة المختصة ومن له معرفة بهذا الامر. وبعد دراسة وافية بتعقل لما وصل من بريد بالنسبة للحجاب في المدارس .
انه 1. تم الاتفاق على ان المدراس لها حق اتخاذ القرار في لبس الملابس المدرسية
وانه 2. لا يجب ان تكون اللبسة المدرسية حائلا لمن يريد ان يلتحق بالمدرسة من اي توجه ديني . ولا يعني هذا القرار بانه يمكن ان يلبس النقاب, او اي حائلا بين الوجه والمدرس لاخفاء الوجه, حيث ان هذا يخلق حائلا غير مقبول بين المدرس والتلميذة. اي انه نعم لغطاء الراس, لا للنقاب, او غطاء الوجه.
و 3. انه لمن الواجب من ان تستشير المدرسة حين وضع لائحة اللبس المدرسي من له الاتصال بالمجتمع المحيط بها .
و4. وانه وجب على المدارس بان تاخذ بعين الاعتبار اللائحة التعليمية الصادرة في
Education Act, 1998
والتي تنص على
15(2)(e)
وانه يجب على الادارة بان توازن بين " مبادئ ومطالب المجتمع الديمقراطي يجب ان يبعث على الاحترام ويحترم اختلاف القيم
والمعتقد والعادات واللغات وتعدد طرق الحياة في المجتمع."
Minister O’Keeff said that the recommendations, which will be formally conveyed to schools shortly, are:
1. The current system, whereby schools decide their uniform policy at a local level, is reasonable, works and should be maintained.
2. In this context, no school uniform policy should act in such a way that it, in effect, excludes students of a particular religious background from seeking enrolment or continuing their enrolment in a school. However, this statement does not recommend the wearing of clothing in the classroom which obscures a facial view and creates an artificial barrier between pupil and teacher. Such clothing hinders proper communication.
3. Schools, when drawing up uniform policy, should consult widely in the school community. 4. Schools should take note of the obligations placed on them by the Equal Status Acts before setting down a school uniform policy.
They should also be mindful of the Education Act, 1998. As previously mentioned, this obliges boards of management to take account of ‘the principles and requirements of a democratic society and have respect and promote respect for the diversity of values, beliefs, traditions, languages and ways of life in society’.
Minister O’Keeff and Minister Lenihan acknowledged the practical approach taken by schools in dealing with school uniforms.
Minister O’Keeff said: ‘While 92pc of schools in the country are under the patronage of one religion, it is clear that this fact has not operated to exclude pupils of different religions from these schools or from schools operating under other patronage arrangements. ‘It seems clear that, where schools have permitted the wearing of the hijab in a colour similar to the school uniform, no problems have been encountered. ‘The important consideration here is that all parties involved are clearly aware of the position.’
Minister O’Keeff said that the recommendations, which will be formally conveyed to schools shortly, are:
1. The current system, whereby schools decide their uniform policy at a local level, is reasonable, works and should be maintained.
2. In this context, no school uniform policy should act in such a way that it, in effect, excludes students of a particular religious background from seeking enrolment or continuing their enrolment in a school. However, this statement does not recommend the wearing of clothing in the classroom which obscures a facial view and creates an artificial barrier between pupil and teacher. Such clothing hinders proper communication.
3. Schools, when drawing up uniform policy, should consult widely in the school community. 4. Schools should take note of the obligations placed on them by the Equal Status Acts before setting down a school uniform policy.
They should also be mindful of the Education Act, 1998. As previously mentioned, this obliges boards of management to take account of ‘the principles and requirements of a democratic society and have respect and promote respect for the diversity of values, beliefs, traditions, languages and ways of life in society’.
Minister O’Keeff and Minister Lenihan acknowledged the practical approach taken by schools in dealing with school uniforms.
Minister O’Keeff said: ‘While 92pc of schools in the country are under the patronage of one religion, it is clear that this fact has not operated to exclude pupils of different religions from these schools or from schools operating under other patronage arrangements. ‘It seems clear that, where schools have permitted the wearing of the hijab in a colour similar to the school uniform, no problems have been encountered. ‘The important consideration here is that all parties involved are clearly aware of the position.’
ENDS
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The Minister for Integration Policy, Conor Lenihan TD
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