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Good evening. It's wonderful to see so many of you here tonight.

We're very lucky because tonight will be joined by Professor Imam Omar Salaman,

who is here to give an address on the title Islam Attest and also Threat.

So, that further adieu, please welcome Omar.

Thank you very much.

Peace be with you all.

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, the name of God, the most compassionate, the most merciful.

First and foremost, I want to thank the President of the Union, Matt, who is the tallest person

I've ever met in the United Kingdom. So, this is already a very unfamiliar and foreign

environment to me, but it's wonderful to speak to someone at eye level here in the UK.

And of course, all of you for attending and everyone that was a part of organizing this.

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Now, how you heard what I just recited may have caused you a range of emotions.

It may have given you what some social scientists describe as linguistic threat or anxiety,

which can happen when a foreign language is spoken around you.

Or it may have sparked curiosity and interest about what it was that was just recited.

Or maybe you just appreciated how it sounded, or maybe you just don't like my voice.

A complex interplay of psychological factors can influence how we deal with the foreign and the

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