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What if what's happening in Syria isn't as great as it seems? Salaam a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a and al-harmu'u'u'u'a and a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' wake up to completely change our calculations and subhannalah things can happen that not only

alter the trajectory of our lives but seemingly alter the trajectory of our umma as a whole our history

where are we now and if you were to take the most brilliant political analyst a month ago

and tell them that the reality that we are living in now would

be that reality, they would tell you that your forecast is complete nonsense, that you have

no idea what you're talking about.

Here we are now and we have these emotions that are so raw.

And I want to start with this first and foremost the Syrian people deserve this

moment the Syrian people deserve this relief they have been through not just 14

years of oppression under Bashar al-Assad but decades of oppression under the

Asad family it was a continuation of tyranny under Haafz al-Assad. And one of the things,

subhannah, that broke my heart as we're seeing the stories of the people coming from these

dungeons in Syria, are the prisoners who thought Haafed al-Assad is still alive and in charge,

and who had no idea what was happening in the world over the last few decades,

how could you see the level of torture that has happened and not have your heart move and realize that the type of tyranny that the Syrian people have been under for years

is unlike probably any tyranny that exists in the world,

that the dungeons of al-Assad are perhaps the most evil dungeons

that we have ever seen in terms of torture.

In fact, the joy that these tormentors seem to feel

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