Worship must be devoted sincerely to Allah alone. This is the straight path that leads to His pleasure.
“Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is the straight path.”
Fajr Prayers by Sheikh Yasir Ad Dawsary in Masjid Al Haram today
The #UAE is pursuing “port imperialism” across Africa, the foreign minister of #Eritrea told Middle East Eye in an exclusive interview from Asmara.
“The UAE has port facilities everywhere in the region, and African countries have to ask why,” Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh told MEE. “Is it just for economics? No.”
Every September, Americans flood the internet with the phrase “Never forget.”And we say: we will never forget your destruction and bombing of Baghdad. We will never forget the millions of innocent people you killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Yemen. We will never forget Israel’s destruction of Gaza with your weapons. We will never forget the arrests, the night raids, and the terrorizing of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan You talk about two towers. We talk about entire countries that were wiped out, erased, and destroyed and millions of people killed or left homeless.
“Never forget.”
This is Omar Abdulkadir Artan. Once a little boy from Somalia who fell in love with the beautiful game. A boy who dared to dream of something so big that most people thought was impossible. But he kept going. Year after year. Match after match and sacrifice after sacrifice. That dream led him to become the FIRST Somali referee ever selected for a FIFA World Cup. Think about that. Out of millions of people. Out of entire countries.
He earned a place on the biggest stage this sport has to offer. Imagine finally getting there. Imagine calling your family. Imagine knowing that every sacrifice was worth it especially when you questioned it. Imagine not just the pride of your own country but countries celebrating you.
Then imagine being told you can’t be there. Football doesn't care where you're from, what language you speak or what flag is on your passport. It doesn’t care about politics. It cares about sacrifice. It cares about the years nobody saw. The early mornings, missed holidays, time away from your family and the moments you can never get back. It cares about what you’ve earned and a place at a World Cup should be decided by what you've given to the game and not where you were born.
The World Cup is supposed to bring the world together and not remind us of the lines that divide us because football is and always will be, for everyone.
Dans une interview accordée au « New York Times », Omar Artan, l'arbitre somalien refoulé à la frontière, a expliqué avoir été interrogé pendant 11 heures à son arrivée sur le sol américain en vue de la Coupe du monde.
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