Sila Basil al-Kahlout

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, who, when disaster strikes them, say, 'Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.' Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the rightly guided.) Allah Almighty has spoken the truth. With great pride, I announce to you the martyrdom of my beautiful two-year-old daughter, the core of my heart, my beloved, the one most dear to me. She was killed after our neighbors' home, the home of the Zahed family, was targeted. A little bird in paradise, my baby. God willing, you will be our intercessor on the Day of Judgment.