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Thank you. Thank you very much.

Assalamu alaikum alaikum.

We begin as all religious people should begin by praising God who alone deserves our ultimate praise

and as we have gathered here today on this beautiful Sunday in the city of Harrisburg

and even though it is my utmost pleasure and I'm humble to be here at the same time, I must confess

that there's a side of me that is somewhat tired. Why? Because I have to stand here to talk to you

about something that frankly I don't want to talk about because I don't find any relationship

and any reason to talk about this particular group or trend except for the fact that others

have assumed that somehow I too am a part of it. I am frankly somewhat tired to always have

to stand up and tell people that I have nothing to do with murdering and bloodshed and terrorism

that just because they have a similar skin color as me or maybe even profess the same God as I do

that I have grown up my entire life as a Muslim and I've studied at one of the most prestigious

seminaries and that version of Islam is as alien and as foreign to me as it is to you

and yet if for some of us the calling involves the healing of the sick for others the protection

of those that need protection perhaps my calling is to educate and to explain to others what

my faith really is about so no matter how tired I am I have to always thank God that I have the

opportunity to serve no matter how much I have to travel yesterday I was one city the day before

another tomorrow yet another city no matter how much I have to travel I eternally remain grateful

that there is the opportunity that God is using me to educate others about the reality of my faith

so no matter how tired I am I will indeed talk to you about the subject that I am supposed to and

that is this this version of Islam this this radical modern interpretation that we now call

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