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Nov 2023
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3 Reasons Why "Spiritual Jihad" Is Great...

Mamoon Yusaf
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In today's "Daily Spiritual Download" we really do go 'spiritual'. I share the 3 reasons given to me by a Moroccan spiritual master of the Islamic tradition, for why the spiritual 'jihad' or 'struggle' against the ego is of much greater importance and value than even legitimate physical combative 'jihad'.

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