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We begin by praising Allah,

and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him.

And we bear witness that Muhammad,

Sallulah, aenehu is his final messenger.

We ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him,

the prophets and messengers that came before him,

his family and companions that served alongside him, and those that messengers that came before him, his family and companions that served

alongside him, and those that follow in his blessed path until the day of judgment. We ask

Allah to make us amongst them. Allah, ameem. Dear brothers and sisters, over the last 48 hours,

the amount of times I have typed up something to say and then left it in my draft folder and deleted it, I can't tell you.

I've probably written about three books in the last 48 hours and decided to delete, delete, delete, delete.

And I basically came down to two simple sentences in the wake of political assassination that has been on the screens

of every American, that the algorithm mysteriously seems to be boosting rather than censoring,

that I don't condone his killing, I won't participate in his mourning. I tried to think of the shortest

way to express what I think the Prophet sallulah a aene was a lot of taught us in regards to how we

deal with certain types of deaths. In the wake of that, obviously there is a lot of badgering from Islamophobes, which is to be expected,

but there is also a lot of questioning that comes from Muslims. Aren't we supposed to be merciful?

Aren't we supposed to show the moral high ground? Aren't we supposed to be different?

And the answer to all of those questions is, of course.

However, sometimes the misapplication of the Sira of the Prophet,

sallah, a.m., not only misrepresents him,

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