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Jan 2024
1h 21m

Musk's Take, Columbia's Skunk Surprise, ...

YAQEEN INSTITUTE
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Join us this week on Imam Tom Live with special guest Rawda Fawaz from Cair/Columbia University. We will discuss Elon's despicable Gaza stance, the skunk attacks on Columbia University's campus by IDF soldiers, Islam's unity in the face of oppression and the Islamophobic events in India with the Ram Temple. We will also continue our book conversations from last week!

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