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What does the council do to open the meeting and give the invocation?

Kelly Burk 0:39

Mm-hmm.

Kelly Burk 1:58

Yeah. Uh I would like to call to order tonight's uh November twenty eighth, twenty twenty three town council meeting. Uh if anyone in the room needs hearing assistance, please see the clerk. Um council member Semino Johnson was uh set to give the invocation, but he has invited Rabbi Tao and Iman Julou. to uh give it tonight and it will be followed by Councilmember Nacy's uh salute to the flag. Um Gentlemen, would you mind coming forward at this point?

Kelly Burk 2:42

Yes, right here. And if you would stand in front of the mic, it would be yes.

Unknown 2:51

We gather here today to bless the work of the Mayor and Leesburg Town Council and for the well being of everyone who lives, works and visits Leesburg. May God bless our leaders with strength and moral clarity to govern here with empathy and vision. May we stand united against the debilitating forces of fanaticism and authoritarianism across the world, and may conflicts abroad not create conflicts here. Always keep us from calling each other names and using inflammatory phrases which only serve to denigrate and never illuminate. In person or social media. May we always stand firm against Jew hatred in all its forms, Islamophobia, racism, xenophobia and hate in general. Bless us with renewed appreciation for our religious liberty here and the right to protect it through democratic means.

Unknown 3:44

While we join together here for the good of our community, we continue to keep innocent people all around the world who are suffering in our prayers. Yahira tsun shathi shreshina al Maasayya Denu. May God bless this council and all of us in the work of uniting and strengthening Leesburg. Amen.

Imam Sulaiman Jallo 4:05

Thank you. Good evening. Distinguished um administrators and um respected attendees, I am Imam Sulaiman Jallo. I'm from Laudon Islamic Centre. And this is my first time being here. And I do ask of you a few moments to make a few remarks before I offer my prayers. My name Solomon, Sulaiman, is Arabic for Solomon. And although I am not great or wise, it's a name that I cherish. I would like to start by saying that it is amazing how Both Jews and Muslims invoke on the same God. Whether by the name Elohim or Allah Humah, or Eli or Elahi. Further We both regard Prophet Moses as one of the greatest of God's messengers and we all hold the Holy Land quite dearly to our hearts. Moreover Muslims and Christians share a unique love for Jesus Christ, the Messiah.

Imam Sulaiman Jallo 5:09

And we both regard his conception and birth as miracle. So with that I would like to call upon all of us to use our common faith to invoke on that higher power, to bring our hearts to harmony and to spread peace and security for all. I would like to start by saying In my prayer. To the almighty creator and sustainer and cherisher of the heavens and the earth. God of Adam. Noah. Мозис, Абрагам. Jesus Muhammad and the messengers. To him belongs all praise befitting his majestic nature and his greatness. He deserves all gratitude and all servitude. And to him all our affairs return. We beseech him this day, because we acknowledge and recognize that no single human authority or agency has all the power to change everything that is wrong in society.

Imam Sulaiman Jallo 6:11

So with that we call upon God Almighty the following way. We ask him to restore the love. The trust and the compassion between the children of Adam. Because hatred Animosity. is dividing us and consuming our souls. We ask God Almighty to bring peace. between us and our neighbors, our colleagues, and our law enforcement. Because hatred and violence and malice is dictating how we deal with each other. We ask God to heal the scars of the past that continue to bleed. Because vengeance precludes forgiveness. And also makes us vindictive indeed. We ask him to protect our houses of worship, our schools and our public areas. But they have become The target for xenophobes and hate mongers. We ask him to save us from diseases and ailments and afflictions.

Imam Sulaiman Jallo 7:10

That harm humanity and continue to decimate us. We ask him to preserve the environment and purify it from all harmful things. So that we can live a better world for our posterity.