Monash
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Time
May every sunrise and sunset that we are blessed with, bring us closer to
Allah s.w.t., the Creator
Contents
Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Religious Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Student Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Counselling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Student Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Women’s Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Social Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Islamic Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Halal Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Halal Butchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Islamic Websites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Islamic Bookshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Islamic Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Islamic Celebrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Message
Religious facilities
Clayton campus
Centrally located on the Clayton campus, the Religious Centre comprises a large worship
and meeting area for the use of all religious groups. The Religious Centre (Building 9) has
prayer rooms for both brothers and sisters (brothers in G06a and sisters in G07) which are
open for daily prayers and equipped with Wudu facilities.
A mosque is located at 16 Beddoe Avenue, which is adjacent to the university. It has
separate washing facilities for men and women. Jum’ah starts at 1.15 pm and finishes just
before 1.50 pm.
In Clayton the mosque is administered by the Mosque Management Committee, contact
person is Mohamed Mohideen 9905 5512.
Clayton campus is one of the few Australian university campuses with a freestanding
Religious Centre. Situated in the heart of the campus, the centre comprises a large central
worship/meeting place for the use of all religious groups on campus. There is also an Islamic
Room in the centre open for daily prayers equipped with ablution facilities, prayer mats and
slippers.
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