{"id":1121,"date":"2012-12-28T15:01:24","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T20:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/myislamiclife\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2012-12-28T15:01:24","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T20:01:24","slug":"khutba-notes-12282012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/myislamiclife\/2012\/12\/28\/khutba-notes-12282012\/","title":{"rendered":"Khutba Notes 12\/28\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><blockquote><p>There are 365 Days in a year.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how nice you are to your mother, you\u2019ll never repay her for giving you life.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone in America gathered together to help the people who died during the hurricanes and when the little kids got shot two weeks ago\u2026even the President was crying. \u00a0But kids get killed like that every day in Syria and no one pays attention.<\/p>\n<p>Guns aren\u2019t stupid, people are stupid.<\/p>\n<p>Smart Phones and iPods and iPads and TV make people stupid.<\/p>\n<p>Kids should hang out with adults and interact with them in conversation.<\/p>\n<p>James Bond is the only person with a smart gun. \u00a0It only works when it is in his hand.<\/p>\n<p>The 3 P\u2019s are Prayer, Parents and\u00a0Paradise. \u00a0Prayer + Parents = Paradise.<\/p>\n<p>When you do something bad, do something good to make up for it.<\/p>\n<p>The shootings at Sandy Hook were an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then, after the prayer was finished. \u00a0We witnessed a woman take Shahada. \u00a0First, she said the words in Arabic, repeating after the Imam. \u00a0Then she repeated the words in English.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1122\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/myislamiclife\/2012\/12\/28\/khutba-notes-12282012\/shahada_by_vet_elianoor\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1122\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1122\" alt=\"Shahada_by_vet_elianoor\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/734\/2012\/12\/shahada_by_vet_elianoor.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vet-elianoor.deviantart.com\/art\/Shahada-135385442\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">found at Deviant Art <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 365 Days in a year. 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