Thanks Jabou
I have passed this alert on to Cair and brother Saalah Khan who is in Baltimore
presently attending the ICAN convention.
Habib
Jabou Joh wrote:
> Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah
> In the Name of Allaah, The Most Gracious, The Most Kind
>
> Hijri date: Saturday 28 Raby` al-awal 1421 A.H.
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 00:38:17 -0400
>
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> Jamaat al-Muslimeen Press Release
> Our Sister-in-Islam, surrounded by Enemies
> Calls out for Help to the Ummah
> Sis. Khalidah can take a lot of pressure because her faith in
> Allah
> is strong. Abondoned by her family, ignored by her community, she is in a
> detention center in Atlanta, awaiting a court date. She has no attorney and
> her rights as a Muslim and a human being are being violated.
> She was arrested on a frivolous charge of "cruelty to children." Her
> son, who was diagnosed for Attention Deficiency Disorder and related
> problems, singed his arms on the kitchen stove when she momentarily took her
> eyes off him.
> There was no serious injury but the authorities claim that she did
> it!
> Her Christian mother has been trying for a long time to bring the children
> out of Islam. This was her opportunity. The children are now in the
> Christian family's control.
> HER BOND AMOUNT WAS SET AT $55,000 which is more than that for
> hardened criminals. Her mother quietly removed the bond she had posted,
> claiming that Khalidah might run away to her "Muslim friends overseas."
> (Bigotry in the Bible belt runs deep.)
> Earlier Sis. Khalidah tried to formulate her future as a Muslim,
> married a Muslim man. The marriage did not work out after 4 children and our
> reports indicate that he mistreated her and then divorced her.
> So, she was up against: her family and then her no-good husband.
> Finally we come to the treatment in prison. Here are quotes from her
> letter. Notice that she writes well. She is a clear-thinking person who used
> her skills in creating web sites to make a living. Her life-style is clean.
> Her daily life is Islamic and she was bringing up her children as Muslims:
> "When I initially was brought to the jail, I was harrased and
> physically threatened because I did not want to remove my khimar. As several
> male and female guards started closing in around me, I asked them the
> purpose
> of my having to remove my headcovering. I stated to them several times the
> purpose of the covering, and that it was mandatory that I wear it. I was
> told
> it was (to be removed) because I could have a weapon hid under it. I told
> them another female guard could search me (which she did in front of two
> men)."
> "I then asked if I could just remove it for the necessary picture
> taking and then have it back. I was told 'NO! and told to 'TAKE THE DAMN RAG
> OFF YOUR HEAD!!'"
> "When I began to cry, the male guards laughed and said some words to
> the female guards who began to laugh as well. When I told them that 'Allah
> hears all the evil and sees all the evil that is being done here,' the
> guards
> all looked at each other and laughed even harder. Then they said if I
> believed that, then I wouldn't have burned my son. I then told them that I
> didn't burn him and if they would stop laughing and check, they would see
> their mistake. They said I was full of sh-t."
> "Afterwards I was put in an observation cell for an an hour. When I
> still hadn't removed it, a Black female guard was sent in who PULLED MY
> SCARVES OFF ME and told me if I 'started anymore trouble' I was going to be
> pe
> pper sprayed and put in a restraining chair."
> Sister Khalidah has twice offered to take a polygraph test and has
> been refused. When she asked one of the guards if they believed in God, he
> said "there is no God in jail."
> Our African-American sister is being tormented by people who are
> Black. As Imam Musa pointed out in the Jamaat's International Symposium, the
> system has successfully coopted many Black people to use them against their
> own community.
> HOW YOU CAN HELP:
> 1. We need a Muslim attorney to take her case pro bono.
> 2. We need letters of support to be sent to her.
> 3. We have advised her to file a complaint in writing about the
> violation of her rights to her captors. Once this is done, the community
> should flood the prison in Atlanta with letters of protest.
> We can say with confidence that this sister stands up for Allah's
> deen.
> We must ask Allah's forgiveness for having neglected her. Let's show the
> Atlanta bigots that they will regret having done what they did.
> (REMEMBER! THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE HOLDING IMAM JAMIL AL-AMIN.)
> EMAIL US IF YOU WANT TO HELP. If you want to call: 410-638-5965
>
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> O Allah help us to awaken the Ummah which is neglecting the rights of our
> sisters.
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