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Several central Ohio pro-Palestinian groups organized an event to honor the memories of 20,000+ children killed in Gaza by a holding a public prayer and reading the name of children killed aloud, in an effort to humanize the victims. Reading of the names were held between on Saturday September 20, 2025, between 8:00am - 7pm EDT. The prayer was led by Interfaith leaders from local Christian and Muslim communities on 6:30pm EDT *Location*: Bridge Park, Dublin, Ohio. Gaza has become a graveyard for children According to information provided at the event, Gaza has become a graveyard for children.

Some two decades ago, I was invited to be the keynote speaker at a major Islamic conference. Instead of uttering the usual platitudes about Muslim unity, I rebuked the Muslim World for doing nothing to prevent the massacre of Bosnians by Serb forces and the mass rape of Bosnian Muslim women. The only Muslim nations who had done anything to help Bosnia’s terrorized Muslims were Iran and Albania. Then military-ruled Turkey, the second largest power in Europe, did almost nothing to help Bosnia. If Jews were being raped or murdered, Israel’s armed forces would have gone into action to rescue them, I asserted.Not surprisingly I was never invited back to address another Islamic gathering - except for one proud moment last year when I was made a member of Afghanistan’s Pashtun Bangash tribe. A taxi driver refused to take money from me last week and said, ‘you are now an Afghan.’ For me, that is a badge of honor.Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a possibly important accord this week. Possibly, I say, because recent history is replete with empty security agreements between the Saudis and Pakistan.