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Today, a lot of Muslims living in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt,
Afghanistan and many other regions of the world are subjected to
aggression, rape, forced emigration or genocide. And the majority of
those who are forced to migrate perish on the way. We are still haunted

by the images of the small innocent children who drowned in the
Aegean Sea because they had been forced to flee from their homeland.
There is no doubt that a sincere Muslim would ever find that accept-
able or come to terms with such a situation. A true Muslim would not
turn his back on these events as if they are none of his concern. Every
Muslim is responsible for saying 'stop' to these developments. God
informs us in the Qur'an that it is a religious obligation of Muslims to
protect and look out for one another in the first place, and unite together
as quickly as possible against such oppressive methods and situations:

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