CELEBRATING RAMADAN, AMID PANDEMIC!!

Mayor Jacob Frey announced in a news release., allowing the call of the prayer Adhan for Cedar-Riverside Residence during Ramadan. ” The Muslim call to prayer will be broadcast the traditional five times a day in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, beginning with the start of Ramadan this week and continuing through the end of the religious holiday in May.” Reported Startribune.  RAMADAN, in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, offers more than  the call to parayer, Adhan  during Ramadan. As Mayor Frey eloquently explained. “At a time when physical distancing requires we pray apart, it’s incumbent on leaders to create a sense of togetherness where we can”. “Adhan provides solidarity and comfort, both of which are essential during a time of crisis,” he added. In the time of pandemic and confusion, “Our collective behavior will be the primary determinant of whether we can keep this virus in check,” explained in the Times, David A. Kessler, a medical doctor.

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TRUMP’S FATWA ON ILHAN’S HEAD

 

When a head of state issues a fatwa against an individual for speaking out, you have no chance. According to the dictionary a fatwa is “a legal opinion or decree handed down by an Islamic religious leader.” This is not just a religious or a Muslim thing and only in so called third world countries however, Obama issued lots of secular Fatwas against suspected terrorists, in the “kill list“, a list of people they need to be killed without any evidences or due process, just send the drones. Then we have now, Trump’s twitter video is another form of a secular fatwa – to end someone’s life either politically or literally.

We all remember thirty years ago, February 14, 1989, a fatwa was issued against Indian British writer, Salman Rushdie for writing a book, The Satanic Verses, as according to the Ayatollah it desecrated the Prophet and the Quran, and according to the fictional novel, some people (devil) said something (verses) to the Prophet other than Archangel Gabriel. The fatwa was issued by supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini.

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My conversation with Jamal Abdulahi, MN 5th congressional district Candidate

 

Meet Jamal Abdulahi
At a time when immigrants and the very values that make America great are under attack, Jamal Abdulahi is an only-in-America success story. Jamal and his wife Sahra Ali are raising four daughters and continue to serve the community just as Jamal has done his entire adult life. Now, Jamal is ready to take his advocacy to Washington. He will be a leader in resisting Donald Trump’s divisive and discriminatory policies. No challenge is too big for Jamal Abdulahi. He will successfully represent Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District with your help!

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