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Karamat (Miracle) vs Magic

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

I was discussing with a Malaysian brother on the issue of karamat and black magic. He was saying that its hard to distinguish the two… Continue reading →

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