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Is It Enough to Tie Your Camel and Trust in God?

On self-interrogation.

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Shadi Hamid
May 08, 2023
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I don’t mean to be a broken record but the prophetic hadith “tie your camel and trust in God” has been on my mind quite a lot in recent weeks and months. Last week, a group of us, including five former ambassadors, went live with an open letter to President Biden calling for swift action to reverse Tunisia’s descent into full-blown dictatorship. Wisdom …

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