Armadale Masjid and Islamic Centre

IPDC is a registered not for profit community organisation. Like many other community organisations, the beginning of IPDC was also from week end family get together. It was late nineties. Few likeminded families and friends used to get together in some one’s house with a common question; how could they practice and celebrate their religion Islam properly in their newly adopted home Australia. There was also an element of concern; the Islam they had been familiar with and practising seemed not represented in the main stream Medias and social narratives. They found themselves in front of a big challenge: how to explain Islam to their children in Australian context? While they were thinking and sharing their ideas and eating all the delicious Deshi foods, the number of families and friends in the gathering kept slowly growing obliging them to go out door. At the same time, they started to feel the need to develop some sort of mutual support mechanisms for themselves. Back in their country of origin, they had extended families to help, here they had none but themselves. In 2001, IPDC made its formal start by its registration to NSW Fair Trading, which allowed them to operate only in NSW. Soon, the fear and hope of the new socio-cultural environments and the desire to do something spilled over across the border of NSW. In order to work across Australia, IPDC did its second registration with Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). At present, IPDC is operating full-fledged chapters in NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and Australian Capital Territories. IPDC volunteers has been working tirelessly to create an environments and support networks enabling Muslims can live and practice their faiths in complete harmony with the wider communities. IPDC has successfully established (of its own or in collaboration with others) Masjids and Multi-cultural Islamic centres in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. IPDC has already taken initiatives to establish new centres in ACT and South Australia.

To IPDC volunteers, all these achievements are an enormously humbling experience of the divine blessings from Allah Subhanahu Taa’la, The One God. Nevertheless, if you ask IPDC parents; are they happy now? They will tell you about their new challenges; next generation (NextG) does not speak their language, speaks only English and has very different tests of foods and friends from their parents. Most importantly, Muslim youths in general are significantly lagging behind in Australia in terms of income and employments. Now, IPDC speaks in English instead of their community language. Instead of the initial fear of identity crisis, IPDC wants to talk about the hope of cultural harmony. The new journey is create an environment and support network which will help build the next generation as pious, professionals, confidents and having a positive sense of entrepreneurship and ownership. If you share all these hopes and/or concerns, whatever your language, gender, race and religious believes, IPDC volunteers want to work with you. Let’s work together for an ethical, moral, multicultural Advance Australia Fair.

  1. Teaching and learning: Conduct regular teaching and learning sessions for all level of IPDC volunteers and local communities about Islam as complete code of human life, other faiths, common goods, and Australian cultures and values.
  2. Social caring and sharing: Enable community support network by promoting social visits, patient visits, helping each other for child caring, shopping, and community get together.
  3. New migrant support: Provide support network for new migrant to help them settle in the community; help them find initial lodgements upon their arrival, house to rent, enrolments of their children in the school etc
  4. IPDC women empowerment program: Ensure equal access for women to all IPDC organisational levels (from executive boards to the local units) and all IPDC work programs. Support and rehabilitate the victims of domestic violence and run general awareness campaign about women rights in Islam and in Australia in general.
  5. IPDC next generation program: Organise youth camping, sports and other activities to assist Muslim youths (boys and girls) to integrate smoothly with the wider Australian community whilst still maintaining their values and cultural identity.
  6. Education and outreach program: Organise educational seminars and conferences about Islamic belief systems and Western values with two primary objectives; enabling Muslims to understand Islam in Australian/Western context at the same time informing the wider communities about the universal messages of Islam.
  7. Social welfare program: Create a social welfare fund through collections of obligatory Islamic alms such as Zakat and Fitra and voluntary donations in order to support the needy and disadvantage groups of the communities.
  8. Social awareness program: Organise periodic informative sessions in the local communities about health promotion, occupational health and safety, anti-smoking and harm prevention.
  9. Community language program: Organise language classes for the community including Bengali, Arabic and English languages so that members can learn and maintain their culture and identity
  10. Community services: Provide counselling, information and referral services to the community members particularly on the recent arrival of refugees or humanitarian entrants
  11. Citizen awareness program: Organise informative sessions for the communities to help them fulfil their citizen duties such voting in the general elections and take part in Australian Census.
  12. Environment awareness program: Create better understanding of environmental impacts of all of our actions especially use of water and waste managements with more recycling efforts through awareness campaigns and participating in clean up Australia day events.
  13. Festival and ceremonies: Organise, promote, facilitate, manage and run Islamic ceremonies and festivals.
  14. Collaboration and communications: Maintain cooperative and working relationship with Government and non-Government associations and agencies operating in Australia for a two way effective communications for better access to the common goods.

To be better Muslims, better Australians

We believe that the universe around us including ourselves is the creation of the One God, and Muhammad (PBUH) was the last prophet to convey and demonstrate the divine will to mankind, and the ultimate purpose of human life is to be God’s representative on earth. In order to fulfil this divine objective, Islamic Practice and Da’wah Circle (IPDC) aims to help Muslims live in accordance with the teachings of Islam by creating a socio-cultural environment, where Muslims can practice their faith in complete harmony with the aboriginal heritage, democratic spirit and multicultural social fabric of Australia.

Through community oriented affirmative work programmes (such as encouraging family values and creating awareness against domestic violence, advancement of education, promotion of better health and ethical uses of resources and environments, enhancing greater understanding between Muslims and non-Muslim communities), IPDC wants to enable Muslims in Australia to contribute, share and promote an all-inclusive Advance Australia Fair.

Australian Muslims demography suggests that the large segments of the community is in the economically productive stage of their life cycle. In terms of employment and average income, Muslim youths are significantly lagging behind. This poses serious public policy challenges. IPDC wants to contribute to overcome this situation, with an especial emphasis in its work program for Muslim Youths.

  1. Da’wah: IPDC shall convey and promote the universal message of Islam for the benefit of all people without discrimination on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, disability, age and political, religious, or other beliefs.
  2. Organisation: IPDC shall mobilise all those who agree to share aims, objectives and programmes of the organisation and make them social activists of civic pride through piety and righteousness.
  3. Teaching and Learning: IPDC shall provide teaching and learning programmes for the spiritual and moral and ethical development of all its volunteers so that they may become better Muslims, as well as responsible and capable members of society in order to improve community cohesion and play a constructive and positive role in society as a whole.
  4. Education and outreach: IPDC shall arrange Islamic and general education for children, youths and adults. It shall also set up educational institutions for the upliftment of the community.
  5. Building Next Generation: IPDC shall work to build the next generation of Muslim as pious, ethical, confident, entrepreneur and fully integrated with multicultural Australian society.
  6. Social Welfare: IPDC shall engage in providing various services to members of the community in need, irrespective of gender, race, colour or creed. Especial focus will be given to new immigrant through support network.
  7. Social Licensing: IPDC shall work to create awareness about the ethical uses of natural resources and environments and promote social businesses, co-operative initiatives and interest free microcredit for young entrepreneurs.
  8. Co-operation and Co-ordination with Other Organisations: IPDC shall maintain liaisons and work with other similar or like-minded organisations. The Organisation shall also work with other statutory and non-statutory bodies and organisations concerned with the promotion of the interests of the Muslim and the wider community at large.
  9. IPDC Centres and Projects: IPDC shall established at least one multi-cultural, multipurpose IPDC centre with worship facilities to bring communities together to celebrate and share their faiths, rituals and cultures. Through these centres, IPDC will run its education and social welfare program for the communities.

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Islam is the 3rd largest religion in Australia. Though Muslim population constitute only 2.2% of total population, Islamic community is the second fastest growing community in Australia. According to current estimation, there will be almost one million more Muslims in Australia by 2050. Among the Australian Muslims, 40% are born Australian and the remaining comes from 183 countries. Muslims constitute the most ethnically and nationally heterogeneous communities in Australia. The Islamic Dawah works, education and outreach have become crucial for the unity and social development of all Muslims in Australia. While Islamic communities in general achieving their objectives still there are enormous tasks to be undertaken to bring the benefits of Islamic work to the broader community.

By the infinite grace of Allah SWT, The One God and with the help of the community, IPDC established its first Masjid complex in St Mary’s, NSW in 2008. Since then, IPDC has successfully established Masjids and Multi-cultural Islamic centres; Melbourne Multicultural Centre and Golden Wattle Masjid in Melbourne and Armadale Masjid and Islamic Centre (AMIC) in Perth. In 2014, along with Iqraa Quran Academy, IPDC has established Australian Unity Centre and Slacks Creek Masjid in Brisbane, QLD.

General Scopes of IPDC Centres:

  • Fulfill the need of prayer facilities in the neighborhood
  • Week end school for children and play group facility
  • Rich Library facilities
  • Foodbank services
  • Multi-faith dialogue sessions
  • Migrant support, youth and children’s activities
  • Periodic multicultural community gathering and open day
  • Periodic learning sessions conducted by renowned scholars
  • Community and social services

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