Hajj is the ultimate journey of loving submission
('ubudiyah) and conscious surrender (riq) to Allah. Its ultimate
destination is your encounter with the House of Allah - the Ka`bah -
with both your physical body and, more importantly, your heart.
They arrogantly dismiss those with whom they
disagree and never see the need to engage differing opinions. Because
they see themselves as bearers of the only truth, they are quick to
denounce others, as they say, "with clarity and conviction.
Across faith traditions, the message is clear: pay
workers their due wages. Yet, wage theft continues to be one of the
most prevalent crimes against workers, and the lack of regulations on
the issuance of paystubs only exacerbates the problem.When we inflict death on distant cultures, at the
sterile remove that modern weapons grant us, we can avoid all but the
most cursory awareness of the consequences of our actions. But when we
do it at home, it's not always so easy.
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