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In the Communist period, the revolutionaries, the leaders were almost always - Che Guevara, people like that - they were always from the middle class and the educated. And empathy is a very powerful emotion.
Hamza Yusuf
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Hamza Yusuf
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 1
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I don't have any control over what other people do, and they don't represent me or my faith.
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When paying charity, one should smile and be humble, allowing the hand of the indigent to be above the giver's hand.
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Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else.
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Intelligent people surround themselves with people who challenge them, not yes people.
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