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• Introduction to Memory Principles – common myth
• Benchmarking current memory
• Techniques and strategies for using memory principle
• Intentions of memorising Quran
• Application of powerful memory techniques to Quran
• The keys to effective memorising
• Bad habits and problems
• Comprehension and Recall improvement techniques
• Developing an Action Plan
• Final comprehension and speed benchmarking

•  Apply the journey method to memorising Quran
• Recall easier using Memory techniques
• Memorise the translation as well as the Arabic text
• Apply effective practise of Quran memorisation
• Prove that the techniques work
• Motivate oneself to memorise Quran
• Develop an Action Plan to meet goals and memorise the 99 names of Allah, Surat Yasin and the entire Quran!

    Ahmed Youssef is a foundation member and former President of the Canberra Islamic Centre (CIC) . The CIC is a resource centre for both Muslims and the general public who want to know more about Islam. Ahmed has been a greatly respected member of the Executive Committee since the inception of the Centre and has worked tirelessly as a volunteer Imam running regular Islamic classes, dawah, Islamic marriages and Islamic funerals.
    Ahmed is active in Canberra civic and Islamic community affairs meeting with government officials and overseas visitors. He is highly regarded for his dedication as a Muslim scholar and in promoting harmony and mutual understanding among Muslims and people of different faiths. He is a knowledgeable and humble man and is widely noted for his gracious manners and demeanor.
    Ahmed has put together an extraordinary collection of works which will contribute towards his dream of an Australian National Islamic Library (ANIL). The aim of the ANIL is to become the largest repository of material on Islam and Muslims in the Southern Hemisphere and to be made available internationally, nationally and locally for research into Islam and Muslims.
    Ahmed also attends functions as an Islamic representative. Hehas attended multi-faith pastoral counseling courses and is a member of the Australian Capital Territory Pastoral Care Board. Ahmed also visits prisons regularly to provide chaplaincy services to prisoners. Ahmed provides hours of voluntary telephone translation each week for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

CIC would like to take this opportunity to congratulate ALL winners of the
AUSTRALIAN MUSLIM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (AMAA) for 2009.  

Click here for a complete list of AUSTRALIAN MUSLIM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (AMAA) WINNERS 2009

Radio CIC resumes its weekly program from Wednesday 28 October 2009 on Valley FM 89.5

Between 5.30 pm to 7pm

Radio CIC is Canberra’s first and only weekly Islamic community radio program. Radio CIC reaches out to the valley community with a weekly format that provides listeners with news, music and current affairs from the Muslim world as well as interesting topics on Islam and the latest news of functions and events taking place at the Canberra Islamic Centre.