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Sep 2022
29m 28s

"Shias are Kafir" (Shia Misconceptions)

After Maghrib
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From worshipping rocks to beating ourselves, co-hosts Sayed Ali Radhawi and Ahmed Abbas discuss some of the most absurd misconceptions facing the Shia community. Listen in as they go over some of their own experiences being Shia Muslims.

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