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[silence} [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [applause] [silence] [silence] all praise is due to the lord of all the worlds. Please be seated, ladies and gentlemen. In accordance with muslim tradition and consistent with the wishes of muhammad ali may god have mercy on him. We begin this program with a brief recitation from the koran, the scripture of the muslim, a young emom from a midtown mosque in memphis tennessee for spear heading a neighborhood renewal effort in one of the most blighted areas in memphis. It is centered around a mosque and one of the few graduates of the university will share a few verses from the koran. [applause] laj, Hamsa Abdullah malik. Ladies and gentlemen. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [sin ....
Muhammad loved to laugh and he loved to play practical jokes on just about everybody. He was sure footed in hisself awareness, secure in his faith and he did not fear death. Yet his timing is once again poignant. His passing and its meaning for our time should not be overlooked. As we face uncertainty in a world of divisions at home as to who we are as a people, muhammads life provides useful guidance. Muhammad was not one to give up on the power of understanding, the boundless possibilities of love and the strength of our diversity. He counted among his friends people of all political persuasions, saw truth in all faiths and the nobility of all races as witnessed here today. Muhammad may have challenged his government but he never ran from it or from america. applause . He loved this country and understood the hard choices that are borne of freedom. I think he saw a nations soul measured by the soul of his people. For his part he saw the good soul in everyone. And if you were one of t ....