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Honor our service members for protecting our freedoms

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Originally published in Times of Trenton and Asbury Park Press I was born in Pakistan, but immigrated to the United States more than a decade ago. The primary reason I left Pakistan was the persecution that I faced because of my religious beliefs. In fact, an amendment to the Pakistani constitution in 1974 declared my sect, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, β€œnon-Muslim,” thereby opening the door to...

Thanks, veterans, for protecting our freedom

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Originally published in the Macomb Daily, Oakland Press, and the Daily Tribune   As an American, I take many things for granted β€” freedom being the most important. As an Ahmadi Muslim, it is my duty to honor, respect, and be grateful to those veterans that have sacrificed so much so that I may enjoy the freedoms they protect. This is my duty because the Prophet Muhammad teaches Muslims that...

Thanks, veterans, for protecting our freedom

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Originally published in Oakland Daily Press As an American, I take many things for granted β€” freedom being the most important. As an Ahmadi Muslim, it is my duty to honor, respect, and be grateful to those veterans that have sacrificed so much so that I may enjoy the freedoms they protect. This is my duty because the Prophet Muhammad teaches Muslims that, “Love for one’s homeland, is...