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Watched Anatomy of the Dragon: Intro to a Political Economy

The New Enlightenment with Ashley 5:07 AM

Viewed URGENT: Brother Marcellus Williams is scheduled to be executed this Tuesday, September 24th despite clear and convinc... Omar Suleiman Personal 5:08 AM

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The Book of Assistance - Imam Al-Haddad Ch. 6 "On Reciting the Quran" - I made a note that the first 12 ayat's in Surah Al Hadid during the optional sunrise prayer is really nice. This little book has great info.

Ch. 7 - "On Acquiring Knowledge"

And this, which is near the end of the book, along with some other things (some of the footnote)

Searched for story of prophet muhammad and the Christian monk

10:51 AM

Didn't watch: Khutbah: Hidden Traits Of The Hypocrities Abu Huraira Center

Didn't watch all: As Saudi Arabia Sells USD For Gold, US Spends Record $1.2 Trillion On Debt Interest Payments Sean Foo

Watched Produce One Chapter Like It - The Challenge Of The Quran Bobby's Perspective

so here is the

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challenge take 10 words in any language

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formulated into three lines or verses

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and add any preposition or linguistic

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particle you see fit produce at least 27

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rethorical devices and literary features

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at the the same time ensure it has a

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unique structure it's timelessly

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meaningful and relates to themes within

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a book that it is part of the size of

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the wi is over 70,000 words make sure

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four of its words are unique and never

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used again in the book ensure each line

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or verse ends with a rhyme created by

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words with the most optimal meanings

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make sure that these words are used only

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only once in the three lines and not

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used anywhere else in the book ensure

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that the three lines concisely and

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eloquently semantically mirror the

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chapter before it and they must

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formulate a profound response to an

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unplanned set of

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circumstances you must use 10 letters in

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each line and 10 letters only once in

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the entire three lines throughout the

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whole piece make sure you produce a

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semantically oriented Rhythm without

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sacrificing any meaning do all of the

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above publicly in one attempt without

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revision or amendment in absence of any

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formal training in eloquence or rhetoric

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impossible as the above may seem this

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exactly what the Quran achieved in its

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shortest chapter alar the abundance and

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it was expressed through prophet

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Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam who

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was not known to have composed any

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poetry

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nor cultivated any special rhetorical

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skills informed by both Islamic and

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Western scholarship this essay aims to

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Showcase to an English-speaking audience

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the quran's miraculous literary and

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linguistic

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inimitability this will be achieved by

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analyzing the smallest chapter and it

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will address key objections although

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this essay will also be appreciated by

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Arabic speakers it will not delve into

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the deep linguistic debates because it

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will be of no significance to those

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unfamiliar with Arabic Linguistics

Searched for backbone DNA reconstruction quran

Searched for rational believer

Didn't watch: Islam is the Truth Jan Ryczkowski

Divine Coding - Math Proves The Existence of God | Nightmare of Atheists Rational Believer

Finishing up watching: How “The Matter With Things” Can Transform the World | book by Iain McGilchrist The New Enlightenment with Ashley

the material world he has a chapter on value where he looks at goodness or

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righteousness uh Beauty meaning truth he has a chapter on purpose that is

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beautiful I won't even try to explain it right here he has a chapter on the son of the Sacred where he talks about left

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hemisphere versus right hemisphere versions of religion of course left hemisphere includes dogma and that

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includes religions such as atheism and uh secular religions secular ways of

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understanding value and meaning in the world one interesting thing in this chapter is that he notes that most

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religions throughout history have had limitations on the use of the word God

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in recognition that the word cannot capture the thing it's really trying to

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capture which is true of basically almost anything we might talk about like can words capture how a person looks and

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like can you say okay they have brown hair and bangs and whatever and no you cannot know how a person looks until you

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actually see them cuz words just don't capture it and one analogy that he uses

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at some point in the book is that um it's like a fishnet where the words are

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the net and they're trying to capture a reality but all you get I think he says is the drippings of the fish net with

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your words you don't get the real reality you have to taste the pineapple no set of words can describe what

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pineapple actually is experienced like and the same of course is true of God

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where um at some point he says people in religious groups often recognize you

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cannot talk about something as deep and profound as this sacred thing you're

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pursuing and yet you have to talk about it and there's this uncomfortable Paradox in that but of course Paradox is

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part of his uh depiction of reality

Yes, and the Sufi's (and possibly others, sure) in Islam talk about this. "You have to taste the pineapple no set of words can describe what pineapple actually is".

the engineer and the gardener come up in

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this chapter where God as engineer who's perfectly controlling everything is

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actually not a good depiction of that which exists which which is co-creating

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reality with us God as Gardener co-creating with beings who have free

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will that's a much better depiction of the reality here and he does not deny

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the existence of evil and yet there's an asymmetry between good and evil in the sense that the good can Encompass the

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evil but the reverse is not true This is the Truth. None can encompass Allah but Allah encompasses all. Truth prevails over falsehood. Ultimate justice and truth rests with Allah alone. Allah is perfect, ever-living and without need while everything else is dependent upon him and will die or come to an end.

now I want to come back to the notion of myth

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and the way he lays this out as a myth because all societies operate on top of

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myths and the question is do those myths point that Society toward the valuable

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the truly inherently valuable The Good the beautiful the the loving the kind

That is

• Allah

Oh, but the people do not know...

"You have to taste the pineapple no set of words can describe what pineapple actually is".

Watched Sami Yusuf - The 99 Names (أسماء الله الحسنى) Sami Yusuf

whatever it is do do those myths point the society in the direction of that of

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Truth or do the society's myths Point them toward a road that puts the left

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hemisphere in charge and let me read you a quote on this it's a fairly long quote but I think it's worth it this is all

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very well someone might say but it is a myth that of course is true but it

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doesn't deliver the hoped for knockout blow just as there is no option to think

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without metaphor there is no such thing as not not having a myth those who think

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they don't have a myth have merely bought into the prevailing myth of the time in our case the myth of the machine

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so thoroughly that they are not even aware of it our only option is to espouse a worse or one hopes a better

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myth I have argued that myths like metaphors are by no means lies that are

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invented but aspects of truth that are discovered and form an inevitable indeed

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crucial part of the search for that truth myths oversee or underwrite what

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we are capable of seeing the nature of the attention that we bring to bear on the world and the values which we bring

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to the encounter change what we find and in some absolutely non-trivial sense

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change what it is this is a story that every person can be called into

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Short: What Was the Madhab of the Salaf? Safina Society

Did God Create Adam in His Image? Safina Society

I don't know about that hadith, I was actually thinking about how it's mentioned in the Holy Qur'an many times how Allah S.W.T. created man from clay - in other words, pointing to an evolutionary kind of theology but that's not to say I don't believe in Adam A.S. and Eve neither but the completion and perfection of man, which would be the completion of the macroevolutionary process resulting in the species - - "homosapien" wherein we also find, that like 99.99% of the human DNA is identical to other humans though we do have different colors and hues as Allah also points out as well in the Holy Qur'an. It's weird and strange that we have other health type of effects as well when we are out in nature (such as the automatic beneficial effects on the nervous system when around trees/in a forest for example) and more connected with nature such as "grounding" ourselves to the ground/land.

I saw some really good documentaries on PBS before as well about evolution back when I was a disbeliever about the similarities of the human embryo at certain stages to that of a fish embryo and then the whole evolutionary kind of uh thing comparing different higher genus animal embryos and that of to humans and the amazing like uh DNA instructions in the human that forms the hand and then the fingers etc. - Is really cool, was really good but anyway...I believe we are connected with all living things on this planet, though it is distantly and I believe all living things have a certain amount of consciousness and can feel pain etc. Is actually more like a scientific fact nowadays actually. And we are suppose to treat other living things etc. well and do good, you can get rewards for that or get punishment for doing the opposite.

Watched UNITING the Ummah Starts with This One Thing!

Safina Society

Really good: Introduction of Al Hizb al Azam | Dr. Mufti Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera & Mawlana Abdur Raheem ZamZamAcademy

BREAKING! PENTAGON SENDING US FORCES TO MID-EAST AS ISRAEL POUNDS LEBANON | Redacted News Redacted

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Viewed Just like that. Almost 500 human beings. Israel is a rogue terrorist state. Praying for our brothers and sisters ... Omar Suleiman Personal

Watched half: Divine Wrath is Collective and without Discrimination? The Muhammadan Way Sufi Realities

Watched Dhikrs from the Book, Sunna, and Pious - Imam Al-Ghazali's Manners in Deen

Dar Al-Rahma

Didn't watch: The Monumental Tafsir As Sa'di | Surah Al Hadid | Sh. Moutasem Al- Hameedy | Part 58 Abu Huraira Center

Short: Spiritual Rewards of Celebrating Eid Milad an Nabi ﷺ The Muhammadan Way Sufi Realities

Short: A Real Man Sacrifices Everything #shorts #islamicreminder #quran #abuhurairacenter #toronto Abu Huraira Center

Short: Watched Sirat al Mustaqim OSMANLI DERGAH

Good vid, I love Osmanli Dergah: Serving Allah by Serving Humanity: The Path of True Worship OSMANLI DERGAH

Living with Purpose: Aligning Our Actions with the Mission of Islam OSMANLI DERGAH

US Troops in Ukraine. Rus condemns Israel. China stands with Lebanon. US sends more troops Mid East. Emil Cosman

US Just Gave Israel Permission to Bomb Lebanon Useful Idiots

"Countless pundits on social media likened it gleefully to a Hollywood movie. They’re right. But it’s not the 'spycra... Middle East Eye

"Gaza is GONE:" Prof. Norman Finkelstein on Israel's Destruction Glenn Greenwald

These Global Message videos I take pretty seriously, there pretty big, though still, do, "think for yourself".

The Saved Sect | Shaykh Ali al-Timimi Global Message

To make things more clear, I do believe this, but we individually will also be held responsible for all that we do - of course (as the Shiekh points out) - And Allah (S.W.T.) is The Knowing, The Wise - aqeedah, the 4 creeds of Ahlu Sunnah, the saved sect and more. sheikh Mohammed Al Hasan Al Dedew MUSLIMS CORNER

I have a Islam Favorites video playlist here, hopefully this is the right link, its full of good videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA7T-RndkIE&list=PLyayQwkmfwmDjtmg1p3zaprMY7PF8OQ5p&index=55

Hadith Al-Ghuraba | Shaykh Ali al-Timimi Global Message

Didn't watch: "Celebrating our Prophet (peace be upon him)." The Black Imam's Roundtable. Masjid Muhammad of Atlantic City, Inc.

Didn't watch:Jaranjaradii lagu gaarayay Cilmiga Usuulka ( Tawxiidka) Sh. Abdiwali Harbi. 3 Masjid Ibnu Taymiyah

Ali at-Tamimi seems like a good Shiekh, has a good voice. Definitely controversial a bit, he's not for the beginner: Hijrah & Jihad - 'Ali at-Tamimi Islamic Lectures.us

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Why is Israel attacking Lebanon? What is Hezbollah really? Explaining the colonial war Geopolitical Economy Report 126,942 views Sep 25, 2024

Israel is bombing Lebanon, with staunch US support. An Israeli minister vowed that "Lebanon will be annihilated". Ben Norton analyzes the colonial war, explains the origins of Hezbollah, and provides historical context.

Topics

0:00 Israel is waging war on Lebanon

1:19 ICC accuses Israeli officials of crimes against humanity

2:41 USA facilitates Israel's crimes

4:16 Israeli education minister vows "Lebanon as we know it will not exist"

4:35 (Clip) Israeli minister: "Lebanon will be annihilated"

4:52 Israeli media calls for g*noc1de against Palestinians

5:27 Israeli minister boasts of new Nakba in Gaza

6:00 Israeli minister says Lebanon, Syria, Iraq are not sovereign states

8:34 Zionism & Israel: European colonialism in Palestine

10:22 (Clip) Netanyahu applauded in US Congress

10:43 Israel is the aggressor in Lebanon

11:56 Which countries call Hezbollah a "t3rr*rist" group?

13:44 Hezbollah's origins in Israeli occupation of Lebanon

16:29 Hezbollah's alliance with Christians & religious minorities

19:02 ISIS, Al-Qaeda, & Syria War

23:08 Israel, ISIS, & Al-Qaeda

26:02 Lebanon's sovereignty & territorial integrity

27:25 Outro

Western media acknowledged that the

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Lebanese Army was indirectly

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collaborating with Hezbollah in order to

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fight Isis and Al-Qaeda here's a 2017

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report in Reuters Lebanese Army

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Hezbollah announced offensives against

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Islamic State on Syrian border now

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officially the Lebanese Army claimed

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they were not collaborating with

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Hezbollah because the Lebanese Army has

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received support from the US and Western

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governments and they don't want to be

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affiliated with Hezbollah formally but

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we all know that unofficially the

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Lebanese Army was collaborating with

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Hezbollah against Isis and they were

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also unofficially collaborating with the

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Syrian Army against Isis and meanwhile

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while hasola was fighting Isis do you

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know where Isis fascists were getting

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their weapons from

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the United States and its allies here's

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a report from CNN in

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2015 it cites a report done by Amnesty

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International and it is titled amnesty

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report Isis armed with us weapons and

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another report by a uk-based

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organization called conflict Armament

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research disclosed in

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2017 that once again isis's weapons

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largely came from the United States and

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Saudi Arabia and as Al jazer reported Al

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jazer is Kutter State media and actually

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qar was also supporting al-Qaeda in

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Syria which is ironic but as this Al

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jazer report noted arms used by ISIS or

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isil in battle were supplied by the US

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and Saudi Arabia to Syrian opposition

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fighters in 2015 Reuters published an

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article quoting the US military which

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admitted that us trained so-called

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Rebels

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in Syria the so-called moderate Rebels

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gave their Us weapons and military

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equipment to jabatan which was Syria's

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Al-Qaeda affiliate which at that time

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was the world's largest Al-Qaeda

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affiliate so I really need to emphasize

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this point the US military admitted that

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the so-called moderate Rebels that they

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armed in Syria were giving weapons to

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alqaeda so let's summarize what happened

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here Hezbollah and its allies like Iran

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and the Syrian government were forming

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coalitions with Christians and minority

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groups in Lebanon and in Syria to

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protect themselves against Isis and

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Al-Qaeda whereas Isis and Al-Qaeda were

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getting weapons from the US and the gulf

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monarchies as they tried to carry out

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genocide against Shia Muslims and

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Christians and Drews and other religious

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and ethnic minorities so again Hezbollah

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fought against Isis while Isis was

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getting us weapons but we're supposed to

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believe that Hezbollah is a so-called

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terrorist

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organization so now where does Israel

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fit in all of this well in 2019 the

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chief of the Israeli military the IDF

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admitted that for years Israel had been

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providing weapons and support to the

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so-called rebels in Syria that were

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allied with Isis and Al-Qaeda as they

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were figh

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the Syrian government and its allies

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Iran and Hezbollah in fact it gets even

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worse the mainstream Israeli newspaper

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the Jerusalem Post reported in

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2015 I'm I'm this I'm reading the

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headline quote report Israel treating

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Al-Qaeda Fighters wounded in the Syria

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civil war this article admitted that