Eid Mubarak to all the brothers and sisters of the Ummah.  On this festive day, may we strive to bring joy to all those around us.  However, let us also remember and pray for all those pilgrims who were martyred in the tragic stampede during the Hajj.  May Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) bless …

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words             As-salaam alaikum.  By now, millions of people around the world have seen the photo of three-year old Aylan Kurdi lying lifeless on a beach in Turkey, the latest victim (along with his mother and older brother) of the Syrian civil war and the spiraling refugee crisis in …

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