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Ramadan 1419H, 1999M in Syria and Lebanon
with Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani

Imam Warith Deen Muhammad meets with the Grand Mufti of Syria, Shaykh Ahmad Kuftaro an-Naqshbandi and Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani an-Naqshbandi in Damascus during early Ramadan.

W.D. Mohammed at the Mosque of Abou Nour, Damascus Syria:
"alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah wa ashadu anna Muhammadan Rasulullah salla Allahu `alayhi sallam, amma ba`d. Dear Muslim brothers ...it is a great honor to be here in this great city of Damascus and with this great leader of Islam, ash-Shaykh Kabir Ahmad Kuftaro, my imam [leader]. I met him in the US and heard his words and his thinking was so clear to me, that I decided I should be his follower...

I go back now to what I told you earlier... the rest of the story you can hear from my imam, my leader, the Grand Mufti of Syria, the big Shaykh Kuftaro. He knows very well our history and our difficulties there trying to find the way. And I am here really to get  help for our work in America and i have been promised help porgram that we will soon have a program that we will work together and the work of Islam will be much bigger and much better in America soon. Thank you and we pray to Allah for mercy and guidance always, insha-Allah. " [click here to listen to Realaudio]

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wdakbik.jpg (191521 bytes)asf.gif (173 bytes) Stream the audio. Suhba by Shaykh Kuftaro - in Arabic about the Athiest Arabs, how the message of Islam turned them from unlearnt to leaders, scholars, and writers.
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asf.gif (173 bytes) Stream the audio. Introduction by Shaykh Kuftaro and speech by W.D. Muhammad (leader of African American Blacks in America)  [English with Arabic translation] real audio format of introduction + Imam Warith Speech and comments afterward by Shaykh Kuftaro
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asf.gif (173 bytes) Stream the audio. Shaykh Kuftaro comments after the speech of Warith Deen Muhammad, and promise to help the Blacks in America by sending more Da`is, and talks about the birth of Christ, Christmas day, since it coincided in the days of Ramadan.[Arabic]
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asf.gif (173 bytes) Stream the audio. Shaykh Kuftaro introduces Shaykh Nazim [ real audio format] who speaks about Arabs should follow the sunnah of the Prophet(s) since they are more than any other responsible to uphold it, and will be counted upon it on judgment day.[Arabic]  Sh. Nazim Suhba in real audio
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