The American Election

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> I've been fairly exhausted these past few days. Far too much to drive to campus myself. As such, I was picked up by my mother today. As I clambered into the passenger seat, she asked me a question I'd been hoping to avoid all day.
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@@> Do you know who you're going to vote for tomorrow?@@
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I already told you, Mama. I've thought about it, but I haven't changed my mind.
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@@> There's sheikhs saying it's haram to support her. With what she's put the Palestinians and Ummah through. @@
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My goal isn't to support her. It's to ensure that he doesn't come back to kill more of our people. It's about //Salvaging// the little hope and life that is left back home.
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@@> Do you really need to put your name with her? God's going to ask you about that when you die.  @@
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You think I won't feel disgusted with myself for what I'm going to do tomorrow? You think I won't be making dua, begging Allah for his mercy?

 I simply hope he has enough to understand that I'm simply trying to do //something.//
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@@> Haven't you realized? Our blood, our flesh, our people, will continue to be slain, no matter who's in charge.  @@
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At least with her, there's hope.
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//There is a petrified silence.//
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@@> Listen, habeebty. I'm not telling you who to vote for. I'm just giving you my two cents. @@
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Are you going to vote this year? They keep saying it's the most important election in our lives.
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Are //you// going to have an answer for God when he asks you what you tried to do? We, as powerless as we are, have this small //ounce// of ability to do something here. And you're going to throw it away.
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@@> I do not want the blood of my own people on my hands. @@
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Simply by living, existing, being here, there is blood on our hands.
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@@> Perhaps for other races. But for the Palestinians? There isn't a country to go back too. Where I grew up, the Egyptians, the Syrians, the Iraqis- every foreigner I knew got to go back to their country. To the houses and family they had left there. But me? I didn't get that life. @@
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You could've stayed there. You didn't have to come here.
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@@> There was no life for us in Jordan. They want us out. They tried kicking out your grandfather just two months ago! Don't you remember? @@
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And can't you say the same for others? There was no life for them from whence they came?
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I wish we had other choices. I //wish// it wasn't between these two disgusting... I wish-
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@@> Just make sure that, whatever choice you make tomorrow, you can stand in front of God. And when he asks you what you did, and why you did it- you'll have an answer. @@
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//And so. I will vote tomorrow, as I intended too.//

But no matter what happens.

Please, God, please.

Forgive Me.

I tried.
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