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İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي
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"To forgive isn't to vindicate your oppressors. To forgive is to stop being defined by what they did to you." -- Nelson Mandela
That said, you should never forgive - ever - while the boot remains on your neck.
You get up first, stand tall, and look your persecutor in the eyes, and let them know that you can make this hurt. And then - and only then - do you extend your hand out to say: This is what I choose, this is who I am, and this is the future I want.
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Here's a reminder that the findings of investigations depends ultimately upon the level of proof said investigation is expected to use. "Beyond reasonable doubt" = highest level of proof. "Preponderance of the evidence" = a far lower level of proof.
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Here's a topic I haven't really spoken about on this medium but would like to: My (now completed) PTSD recovery, and the growth that came with the recovery. There is indeed life and sunshine on the other side of PTSD, and I'm enjoying basking in the sunlight these days.
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So much cringe in a single clip. So many fallacies in a single clip. So much historical revisionism in a single clip. I've bitten my tongue long enough, this is just disgusting.
I have no power over this, or over those who buy this narrative or repeat it. But let it be known that this believing Muslim finds this disgusting to his very core. This is what I bear witness upon to God.
They will have their work in this life, and we will have ours. They will not be asked to answer about our work, and we will not be asked to answer about theirs. Let each group's work be judged by its end results.
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