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Columbus Wasn't Just After Gold – He Wanted Jerusalem | Focal Point with Imam Tom Facchine

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From Flotillas to Yajuj & Majuj: How Gaza's Siege Will End | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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How to Stop Falling for Fake Mahdis | Snapshots with Imam Tom Facchine

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The First Muslim Cowboys? | Imam Khalil Salaam

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In Defense of the Quiet Muslim | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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How Should We View Gaza’s Celebrity Support? | Snapshots with Imam Tom Facchine

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Usama ibn Zayd (ra): The Prophet ﷺ’s Chosen Grandson | The Firsts

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Better Than 1,000 Worshippers | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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Living Up to the Prophet’s ﷺ Final Speech | Snapshots with Imam Tom Facchine

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Abdullah ibn Amr (ra): The One Who Preserved The Sunnah | The Firsts

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The Final Sermon of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

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Are All Deaths Equal? How the Prophet ﷺ Would've Responded | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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Israel’s Link to U.S. Anti-Terror Policy | Focal Point with Imam Tom Facchine

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Urwa ibn az-Zubayr (ra): The First Muslim Historian | The Firsts

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I’ve Been In Hijab Since I Was 4 Years Old | Sr. Aliya Khabir

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Will Recognition Help Palestine? | Snapshots by Imam Tom Facchine

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Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr (ra): The Defender of Mecca | The Firsts

Columbus Wasn't Just After Gold – He Wanted Jerusalem | Focal Point with Imam Tom Facchine

October 8, 2025 • Tom Facchine

Christopher Columbus has long been praised as a symbol of the American immigrant dream. But how did a mass murderer, a genocider, and a barbarian come to be celebrated in such a manner?

Imam Tom dissects the anti-immigrant sentiment that shaped the future of Columbus’s legacy, highlighting that he was actually much worse than what we’ve been told.

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