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Alhamdulillah. All praise is due to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala

who created us from one pair and made us into nations in diverse tribes.

Not a word that we utter except that it is written down by observant angels and watchful scribes.

Of his signs is that he has created us from Torah, from dust,

and made us into many different skin colors.

And of his mercy is that he has united all of the believers regardless of race as brothers.

May salat and salam be upon the one who taught us that between white and black

there is no superiority for he said that ranks are raised and nobility conferred not by skin

but by piety. Realized by your Muslims that Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala

has reminded us to be conscious of him when he says in the Quran,

as to what follows. We are all painfully aware. We are all witnessing in horror.

The events that have unfolded over the last week and a half after the brutal killing in broad daylight

of yet another person of color at the hands of police.

This came only shortly after a jogger was literally hunted down once again in broad daylight

and shot at the hands of people who videotaped that deed and gloted over his death

even as they used racial slurs. But these incidents are not random. They are not atypical

and the reality that most of us live is very, very disconnected from the reality of these stories.

The sad fact of the matter is that this country has a long history, a well-documented

history of racism and injustice. And while many of us, and in particular those of us who came

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