Sore it, the sun has been condong west. A number of people with the typical Middle Eastern paras began to rush to prepare cuisine. The cuisine consists of the ‘kuskus’ alias of the main food of the Middle East in a large pan, goat sugar, as well as a number of fasting foods such as curma and fresh fruits that have been cut-cut.
“Assalamualaikum sister”, sapaan salam was often raised when the Muslims met at Gold Coast Mosque. The greetings continued by intercepting the left and right cheeks, and then ask for a daily news. Whenever sounds canda and laugh. It was seen when Muslims began a series of worship in the beginning of Ramadan in the Gold Coast Mosque, Queensland, Australia.
Muslims at Gold Coast amounted to about 8000 people from 60 countries, including Indonesia. Of the many Muslims, a number of Indonesians decided to become the volunteer of mosque. The task of the mosque is to assist the management of mosques every Friday in the usual months and every day in the Moon of Ramadan. The volunteers whose nature are voluntary will certainly not be rewarded in the material, but hope to do and understand the goodness of the people is the purpose of the volunteers.
Suasana Gold Coast Mosque when entering Asar Prayer time, at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Hamdi Bahar shows stocks of fruits and foods for preparation iftar during Ramadan.
From 12 people of the mosque in the Gold Coast Mosque, there are a number of Indonesians who are busy during Ramadan. If in the usual months, the mosque volunteers only prepare the Friday market held before and after the Friday Prayer, then during the month of Ramadan, the volunteers have additional tasks that prepare food for iftar or open fasting for all Muslims who come to the Gold Coast Mosque.
Conny Kurniawati (48 years) or often called Bu Wati is one of the most active mosque volunteers. Wati whose status is up to now still WNI also involves both children, namely Putri Aqilla Zafira and Fathina Khairunnisa to help prepare a complimentary opening and free meal for those who come to Gold Coast mosque. Wati has decades of living in Australia and has Australian husband. The last two years Wati decided to settle in Gold Coast and for two consecutive years, he and his two children became a volunteer in the Gold Coast Mosque.
While Hamdi Bahar (70 years), the man from Indonesia is muadzin in Gold Coast Mosque. Since the first time was built, the people of Indonesia were always elected to be muadzin in the mosque. In addition to serving adzan, Hamdi also prepares a variety of things if there is a jenazah of Muslims who will be warned in mosques.
Hamdi Bahar (left) and Conny Kurniawati prepares a number of ingredients to unsatisfactory for Muslims coming to Gold Coast Mosque, Queensland, Australia.
Hamdi Bahar (right) combines with other Muslims before unsatisfactory.
“Yes I am ready to be prepared from the jenazah arrived, mandated, until it was prepared to be led by Imam mosque,” said the man who winded the ripen sawo while showing the jenazah room in the mosque.
In addition to those who are volunteers, Indonesians also often come to the mosque. The mosque was built in 1996 it became one of the silaturahmi places or after the rindu with the tanning of the water land visited Queensland, Australia.
Photo and Text: Rosa Panggabean
Hamdi Bahar relieves azan Magrib
The Muslims who live in Gold Coast showcase themselves to do iftar at Gold Coast Mosque.
Children opens fasting when azan Magrib was sentenced.
The child of Wati, the daughter of Aqilla Zafira, cleans the place of Muslims do iftar.
Hamdi Bahar has lived in Australia for decades.
Wati (second left) and his son Fathina Khairunnisa (left) raised the first Tarawih Prayer with other Muslims in the Moon of Ramadan.
The Prophet of Allah and Prophet Muhammad SAW who is in one of the stalls belonging to the mosque.
The Muslims living in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia are eating together, climbing Tarawih Prayer.
