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A young Muslim man went to school and sat in his seat while his teacher watched. He broke into a classroom and found four rings, but was hit by a bully. He eventually broke into the classroom and went to school, where he saw his parents and a woman. He threatened to leave the school but refused to do anything until he was removed from it. He uses bullies and threatened to leave, but the woman encourages people to stand up for justice and not let the bully do what they want to do.

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			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa
barakato. swilled Alhamdulillah wa
		
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			salatu salam ala Rasulillah.
		
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			In the light of what's happening
to our brothers and sisters and
		
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			Philistine the atrocities that are
taking place, I wanted to share a
		
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			story for young brothers and
sisters around the world, our
		
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			youth who want to understand
exactly what is happening out
		
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			there. Want to give you a short
story of a Muslim boy,
		
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			Muslim boy went to the school for
the second semester, the year he
		
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			walked into the class, he goes to
his seat. His seat was in the
		
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			corner, far into the class right
next to the window, overseeing the
		
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			garden that's outside. And
everyone loved looking outside of
		
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			that window, which his seat was
right next to him.
		
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			He sat in his seat and he always
enjoyed the birds chirping right
		
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			next to the window he sat next to.
		
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			He looked outside as a teacher was
explaining he smelled the fresh
		
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			air when the window was open.
Everyone in class enjoyed looking
		
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			out that window that was next to
his desk.
		
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			His teacher liked him was a smart
kid.
		
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			His classmates respected him as
well. And he had a good
		
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			relationship with them as well.
		
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			But one day, boy comes in
		
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			is slightly bigger than him
larger, you know, blue and buff
		
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			tells me I want you to get off
that seat right there. I liked
		
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			that desk. It's putting me in.
This is my desk.
		
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			I've been sitting here since the
beginning of the year, and I was
		
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			assigned this desk
		
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			here but I like it
		
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			is what the bully said.
		
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			I want to
		
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			say I had a little scuffle with
him. He grabbed the Muslim boy who
		
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			was a little bit smaller and build
didn't have that much muscle. He
		
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			tried to defend himself. But then
the bully shoved them off the desk
		
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			and he sat on the desk.
		
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			The young Muslim boy looked at the
teacher looked at the classmates.
		
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			He tried to resist. He saw that
the teacher didn't say anything to
		
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			him.
		
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			He tried to complain but the
teacher told them okay, just have
		
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			a seat in this other desk.
		
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			He didn't know what to do. He just
sat another desk and waited.
		
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			The teacher said all sorted out
later. We'll take care of it.
		
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			Don't worry about it.
		
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			But that never happened.
		
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			Lunchtime came couple days later.
		
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			This bully didn't bring any lunch
with him. So he went up to this
		
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			young Muslim boy. And he told him
give me your lunch. I'm hungry.
		
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			It's like wait, this is my lunch.
		
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			I can give it I can just give it
to you.
		
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			The bully said I want it. I want
it. I'm hungry. Give it to me
		
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			* the lunch off the desk. The
Muslim tried to defend it. tried
		
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			to take his lunch back. The bully
shoved them. He fell down. And he
		
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			just spent that day without lunch.
That's very sad.
		
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			One day actually in the locker
room. He was changing for a gym as
		
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			he came to school with slippers.
So as he was putting his sneakers
		
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			on, he had some brand new Jordans
that his grandma got him a couple
		
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			of weeks back.
		
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			He was putting his new Jordans on
the bully saw him putting them on.
		
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			He's like, hey,
		
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			I want those Jordans. I like them.
They look nice. They care but
		
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			they're mine. He shoved them. He
took his Jordans.
		
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			And
		
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			he couldn't do anything about it.
tried to resist he tried to fight
		
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			back. But this kid was too strong.
		
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			All his classmates were staring.
		
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			Sometimes some of them would would
show some resentment. Say hey, you
		
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			know, I don't like what's being
done to you. Some of them would
		
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			tell none of them would tell the
bully to stop.
		
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			But unfortunately, this kept
happening.
		
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			Once his allowance and his
sneakers as lunch again, that beat
		
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			up in the playground. And it just
kept happening over and over
		
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			again.
		
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			The boy tried to contact as the
school tried to contact the boys
		
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			mom and dad but they were busy
because, you know they were in a
		
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			separated relationship. And you
know they were divorced. Each one
		
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			was in a house and the boy would
live two days here and then two
		
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			days in the other house. And every
time they called his father they
		
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			would say he would say talk to his
mom and every time they would talk
		
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			to his mom they would the mom
would say talk to his dad. I don't
		
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			have time I'm busy.
		
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			So they were supposed to be
responsible for him but
		
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			unfortunately they didn't come
through.
		
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			It was very sad.
		
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			So the we had to fend for himself.
		
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			One day, he got really fed up. And
he said to himself, you know, if I
		
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			don't defend myself against this
bully, if I don't do something to
		
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			him, after all the allowances, all
the lunches, everything he did to
		
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			me, my sneakers, he's sitting in
my desk, which I loved. And I can
		
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			only pay attention in class when
I'm sitting in that desk. I hate
		
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			the place where I'm sitting now,
all the way in the back corner, I
		
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			can't even hear the teacher talk.
		
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			The boy goes home that day, he
looks at his father's drawer, and
		
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			he finds some thick rings,
graduation rings that his father
		
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			had from back in the day, he found
four of them.
		
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			So he thought of a plan he like,
you know, I can take these rings
		
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			to school.
		
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			I'm aware all of it. And when this
bully takes my lunch next time,
		
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			I'm really gonna give it to him.
So he goes one day and the bully
		
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			took his lunch from you sitting
down. And as this bully was eating
		
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			by himself on the table,
		
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			came
		
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			from the side and followed.
		
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			He whacked him with a punch right
on the mouth.
		
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			Breaking the bullies three teeth.
His three front teeth route, God
		
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			fell on the floor, the blood was
gushing people were just everybody
		
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			came all the teachers, and the
students were looking, oh my god,
		
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			I can't believe he did this. All
of a sudden, this young Muslim boy
		
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			was the criminal. All everybody
was looking at him, like, how
		
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			could you do such a thing? Look
what you did to his mouth. Look
		
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			what you did to his teeth. They
took the boy, they rushed. They
		
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			rushed him to an ambulance, took
him to the office. They had to,
		
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			they had to, you know, put put all
types of you know, wash his mouth
		
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			out in the blood and whatnot.
		
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			But the Muslim boy got really in
trouble.
		
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			They took them to the office.
		
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			Turns out this bully is the
principal son. And that's why he
		
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			never got in trouble.
		
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			And he found this out. So when he
went to class, when he went to the
		
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			office,
		
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			he was put in like in the naughty
corner.
		
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			And then the principal yelled and
screamed and stomped and showed
		
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			him showed him how angry she was
over what this young Western boy
		
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			did to her her bully son.
		
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			Her son came back and she told her
son,
		
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			look, I want you to beat up this
little Muslim kid. The same way he
		
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			punched you, I want you to punch
him back. And you can kick them,
		
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			you can slap him, you could pull
his hair and do whatever you want
		
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			him. It's okay. And the teachers,
they won't say anything. It's
		
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			alright. Because I'm their boss,
and I'm in charge of them.
		
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			The teachers, they all want to
class they quietly and as the
		
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			bully is beating this Muslim boy
in office
		
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			for kids passed by the front
office's window, and they see this
		
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			happening inside. But they don't
stay silent. They spoke amongst
		
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			themselves. And they said, Hey, we
can't just let this happen. Let's
		
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			go to class. Let's go to all the
classes in school and tell them
		
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			all to come out and protest in the
middle of the hallway and not go
		
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			into the classroom until this
young Muslim boy gets out of
		
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			trouble and back into his class
and back onto his desk.
		
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			So they went to all the classes
and they told them what was
		
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			happening. And they all marched
into the hallway. And they started
		
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			yelling, and the bell rang. And it
was class time and the teachers
		
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			are telling the kids everyone go
back into class. And the kids are
		
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			all protesting saying no, we will
never go back to class. You have
		
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			to take this young boy out out of
the office. He's being beat
		
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			unjustly and we don't want to stay
patient. We will not go back to
		
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			class until he comes out in the
office.
		
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			The principal the principal
started to announce and Entercom
		
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			everyone back into class everyone
back into class but no one
		
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			listened. They started to chant
* no, we won't go * no, we
		
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			all go. And everyone was marching
in the hallways. The chief
		
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			teachers tried to put the kids in
the class but they refused. The
		
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			principal came out and stomped in
front of all of them. And she
		
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			yelled
		
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			everyone in the hallway when
		
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			We'll be suspended if you don't go
back to class right now.
		
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			A few of the kids went back to
class because they were scared of
		
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			getting suspended.
		
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			But everyone else stomped and
marched and they stayed in the
		
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			middle of that hallway. And they
said, We will not go until you let
		
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			this young Muslim boy out of the
office.
		
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			And you send them back to his
class, and you put them on his
		
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			desk.
		
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			And you let them be a student, and
treat him fairly, just like
		
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			everyone else.
		
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			And the principal said, No,
		
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			I'm going to suspend all of you.
And then one of the smart kids,
		
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			those four kids that saw him in
the window, he said, Hey, you
		
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			can't suspend all of us, because
then you won't even have a job. If
		
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			you suspend everybody in here,
then what's the point of being a
		
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			principal, you wouldn't even have
to come to work tomorrow. We know
		
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			you can't do that. Just treat the
young Muslim boy fairly, and send
		
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			them back to class and put them on
a desk. And we would all go back
		
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			to class. And guess what
		
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			the principal eventually gave in.
And she said, Okay, he can go back
		
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			to class, and go back on his desk.
		
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			And because of these young was
because of these young boys, and
		
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			girls that saw him being punished,
that saw him being beat in the
		
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			office, and they came up with a
plan. And they protested, and they
		
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			went out and they made sure that
everyone in school knew about
		
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			this, because they all knew
everyone in school saw him being
		
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			bullied old time, so it didn't
take much for them to stand up for
		
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			what is right. Now I want to ask
you guys
		
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			in the story,
		
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			who do you think he wants to be
like?
		
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			If there is a boy being bullied,
would you want to stand up for
		
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			him?
		
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			Of course, every Muslim should
stand up for justice. We all have
		
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			to be like those students that
protested in the hallway, and
		
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			didn't let the bully do what they
want to do and didn't let the
		
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			principal get away with her unjust
treatment.
		
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			The young Muslim boy in the story
is what's happening to our
		
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			brothers and sisters in Palestine.
		
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			In front of our eyes, we can all
see it. The atrocities that take
		
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			place and the bully is a Surah
Eve, funded by its own parent.
		
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			We need to stand up and do
something for our brothers and
		
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			sisters in Palestine.
		
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			See these young boys the four that
went to all the classes and told
		
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			all the students to protest in the
hallway. And they stood up for
		
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			what's just
		
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			what's your plan? To stand up for
what's just and what's what's
		
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			true. And what do what you need to
do for your brothers and sisters
		
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			that are oppressed, that are being
beaten and tortured and murdered
		
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			every single day.
		
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			Children and women are out of
their houses being buried, day in
		
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			day out.
		
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			We need to stand up for it. And we
need to be strong sisters. Now is
		
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			the time just because you're young
doesn't mean you can't know the
		
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			truth. Learn about Palestine and
learn about your brothers and
		
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			sisters and think before you go to
sleep at night how you're going to
		
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			help them in sha Allah God
		
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			with that I'll leave you to it
said I want to come on the market
		
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			in a Muslim me now almost Lima T
one meaning Mina team on et now
		
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			I was flaunting Ponte was saw Dino
Slavia before sharing you know,
		
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			because she
		
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			wasn't for sharing because she is
the one downside the lino downside
		
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			being party was all me now was all
in
		
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			one heavy Lina photo gentlemen Why
don't have field warranty was good
		
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			enough. Guess
		
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			what the good on all on? I don't
		
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			know
		
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			why I leave