voting in the 2009 Council Elections تدعوالبلدبة الجميع لانتخابات 2009

Interviewing Cormack O'Donnell
The strategic manager in the office of Integration in the Dublin City Council

Regadless of your status in Ireland, if you are over 18 years of age by 15th Feb 2009 you are eligible to vote.

لك حق التصويت ايها المواطن او الزائر: لا يهم وضع اقامتك في ايرلندا لك الحق في التصويت البلدي وان تختار ممثلك. ما دم عمرك 18 سنة في يوم 15 فبراير 2009

Harney, Harney, Harney no cuts no cuts

Mary Harney TD Minister for Health and Children ... came under attack by thousands of angry demonstrators on Saturday 11th Oct 2008. They were shouting Harney, Harney, Harney no cuts no cuts. There were speeches at the end by family members whose their loved ones died, according to them, due to back cuts on health. They say that Brian Lenihan TD, Minister of Finance guaranteed all the major banks, while he had no money to improve the health service in the country! Where people don't have beds in the hospital and have to wait more than 1 or 2 days in the hall way to get bed in the ward.

الوف المتظاهرين جابوا شوارع العاصمة الايرلنية دبلن يوم السبت الموافق 11 اكتوبر 2008 وكانوا قد تظاهروا ضد سياسة وزيرة الصحة ماري هارني, في قطعها بعض الاموال على المستشفيات وبعض المرافق الصحية, وضمان البنوك من قبل وزير المالية الايرلندي وعدم ضخ هده الاموال في اصلاح الصحة التي في حالة من التخبط . وابدى المتظاهرون اندهاشهم بقدرة الحكومة على تامين المال الللازم للمصارف التي آلة للخسارة والمحافظة عليها وبسرعة فائقة, في حين ان الصحة تحتاج الى تلك الاموال ولا يمكن تامينها للمستشفيات. وقد انتهت المظاهرة بالسماع لممثلي العائلات اللاتي قد مات احداهن بسبب قلة العناية الصحية كما يزعمون وبسبب قلة المال في القطاع الصحي.

Eid Celebration اجواء العيد بدبلن

Celebrating Eid AlFitre اجواء العيد في دبلن2008

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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Celebrating Eid AlFitre اجواء العيد في دبلن2008

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