I candidly do not know what the primary driver of the silence from Imams in the West is. — Hanover
Secularism does rock, though. You gotta admit. — Tate
I'm supposed to believe that this is what grandfather fought for? — baker
... he longed in himself for something to come to him from God which would draw him close to them [Meccan pagans]. With his love for his people and his eagerness for them, it would glad en him if some of the hard things he had found in dealing with them could be alleviated. He pondered this in himself, longed for it, and desired it. ...
'We never sent any apostle or prophet before you but that, when he longed, Satan cast into his longing.' [Surat Al-Ĥaj:52]
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