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We begin by praising Allah sophana,

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

And we bear witness that Muhammad

so Allah alah al-A-I-Wisalam 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 follow in his blessed path until the day of judgment, and we ask Allah to make us

amongst them.

Allah, I mean.

The brothers and atmosphere of

celebration as we start to feel that closeness to Ramadan and we say

Allah mab al-Ligna Ramadan.

O Allah allow us to reach Ramadan.

And we still say that and we say a-meen.

But with that obviously because of what is taking place in the world today

is not one of celebration and I want to remind you that every year typically

the people of Gaza actually braced themselves for Ramadan

because we have become accustomed to these last few years of Israel staging its

incursions on al-Mazid al-AksAksa and on the people of Palestine as a whole, especially

in Ramadan, to try to break the spirit of the Muslims all over the world.

But this year, there's something else. And

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