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Mar 2020
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Surah Al Imran: Family of Imran - Verse ...

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Why do many people dismiss the Hereafter? Why do many people do not believe in an afterlife? Why is atheism on the rise? Find the answers and much more in this week's English Quran Tafsir update. We also discuss China's one child policy and its direct effects on female abortion. 
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