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After his salutations to Allah, he offered the khutba, which is the “spiritual message,” exclusively in the Arabic language.
Midnight Sister Souljah 2008
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Like many others, she is enraged by the "khutba" (Friday sermon) of the Ayatollah Khamenei which will now open the doors for a Tiananmen in Tehran.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Friday June 19) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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I said in my "khutba" today that you should resist without any violence, they should resist with peace and justice.
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Like many others, she is enraged by the "khutba" Friday sermon of the Ayatollah Khamenei which will now open the doors for a Tiananmen in Tehran.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Friday June 19) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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While the interview text below was compiled before the sermon, a later communication tells me this: Like many others, she is enraged by the "khutba" (Friday sermon) of the Ayatollah Khamenei which will now open the doors for a Tiananmen in Tehran.
Parvez Sharma: There Will Be Blood -- Exclusive Interview With an Iranian Journalist in Tehran 2009
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The sermon, which we Muslims call a khutba, was a story from their Holy Bible, Luke Chapter 15, about a son who makes wrong choices in his life despite his father’s advice and teachings.
Midnight Sister Souljah 2008
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Like many others, she is enraged by the "khutba" (Friday sermon) of the Ayatollah Khamenei which will now open the doors for a Tiananmen in Tehran.
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He was contemplating erasing his name from the center of the seal, divesting himself of the imperial turban, having the khutba —the official proclamation of sovereignty—read out in the name of one of his sons instead.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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There were three bastions of sovereignty in Mughal India—the khutba, the ability to issue imperial farmans, and the minting of coins in the name of the Emperor.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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The first month after he had had the khutba read in his name, he had written to her and begged her to come and be with him.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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