Bulletin on Islam and Muslims (No. 2 Jan Jun 2024) (original) (raw)

2024, Bulletin on Islam and Muslims

Assalāmu ‘alaykum wrb, warm greetings and kia ora! Welcome to our second issue of the Bulletin on Islam and Muslims brought to you by Ulul Albāb Islamic Institute New Zealand. In my focus article “KHAIR Leadership: Learning to Become Responsible Leaders,” I am sharing UAIINZ’s latest Professional Learning Development (PLD) program. KHAIR leadership is based on the concept of Khilāfah (stewardship), Amanah (Trust), Iqra’ (Knowledge) and Rahmatan lil’-’Alamīn (Mercy for the World). These four cardinal principles of leadership with the relevant hadith and commentarial notes were published by International Islamic University Press with the title Forty Hadith on Leading the Way. Shaykh Hafiz Tajammul’s article “Ulul Albāb Learning Community Hub: Muslim Parents” is informing the readers about Ulul Albab engagement as a registered Learning Community Hub under the Ministry of Education New Zealand. The role of this Hub is to assist Muslim parents from various ethnicities to understand the New Zealand education system, and empower them to become effective partners with teachers and schools in the educational journey of their children. Shaykhah Amina Sadika is introducing a new UAIINZ service entitled “Ulul Albāb Women, Children and Family Development.” As the coordinator of this service, she looks into contemporary challenges of women, children and family with solutions in the light of Qur’an and Sunnah. For women to women Islamic consultation, Shaykhah Amina can be contacted through telephone, email and in face to face sessions. Islamic scholars (‘ālimah) Sumaiyah Razak, Asma Razak and Saleha Razak are publishing their Problem Based Learning (PBL) assignment: “Application of Hibah in Management and Distribution of the Estate (al-Mawruth),” which was a partial requirement of the Advanced Certificate in Islamic Jurisprudence: The Five Legal Maxims offered earlier this year by UAIINZ. In “Challenges of Consuming Halal Meat Birds Posed by Industrial Revolution and Commercial Demands: Friday Sermon Series by Dr Mohammed Farid Ali al-Fijawi” Shaykh Hafiz Tajammul is presenting the summary of the four Friday Sermons Dr Farid delivered on lawful and unlawful meat in the Qur’an, cross-contamination of meat, animals fed with impure food (jallālah) and Muslim consumer behavior. Mouaz bin Maulana Abed Ali Hafeji and Dr Farid al-Fijawi as the corresponding author in “Islamic Ruling of Consuming Meat-Birds that Go through the Contemporary Scalding and EviscerationProcess” discussed the issue of scalding (immersing in hot water to ease plucking) before evisceration (gutting). Scientific-Industrial practices and parameters are evaluated against the Islamic ruling (hukm) and its cause (‘illah) in Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh). A special reference to Fathul-Qadīr of Hanafi Jurist Ibn Humam (d.861AH) is made. The last article, “Journey to Learn the Craft of Writing and Issuing Fatwa,” shares the journey and experience of Ustadhah Amina Sadika and Ustadhah Saleha Razak. After the articles, we present the reports of events and programs UAIINZ accomplished from January to June 2024, Ulul Albab Fardul-’Ayn Madrasah Mid-year report, followed by the works accomplished, works in progress, presentations, research and publications of UAIINZ academics.