I dont know if I can delete his contact from my favorites. I would miss his call sometimes because of my “do not disturb”, so I had to put his prison collect call under favorites. But I can’t delete it.
“Oh Allah grant Aafia to Aafia and Sabrun Jamil to Jamil…”
This was my prayer always. Aafia meaning respite, and Aafia being Aafia Siddiqui. And Sabrun Jamil being beautiful patience, and Jamil being Imam Jamil Al-Amin.
Now Imam Jamil is gone from this world. And I can’t help but feel the weight of failure. I trust Allah is rewarding him in ways we can’t imagine, but I also fear how we let him down. I hate that we waited for him to die for the tributes to pour in. It took a small protest a few years ago in Tucson for the Imam to get just enough attention to get a cataract surgery to restore his vision. I don’t think I’ll ever stop questioning whether we did enough for him to be free. These last few months it felt so close. It was just a matter of paperwork (Kairi his son was told). Then suddenly he’s not eating. And he’s gone. Al hamdulilah he’s free. But what about us?
I’m terrified of Aafia dying in prison and us asking the same question. The same for Ghassan Elashi and Shukri Abubaker. All of them are people that have languished in cells under false charges. And I could care less about how Islamophobes will eat this to slander me with what they slandered them. They’re all innocent.
Just like our new prisoners. Marwan Marouf, Leqaa Kordia, Yakub Ira and more. I know others in there but I won’t share their names. But the stories are many. Are we doing enough? I’m often asked what’s my one advice for Muslims in America. It’s this: Don’t abandon your prisoners. It’s a horrible feeling to be forgotten in a cell by a community you gave everything for.
I’m sorry Kairi, we let you down. I’m sorry Aafia and family were letting you down. I’m sorry Shukri and Ghassan and the HLF families, we’re letting you down. May Allah compensate you all accordingly, and change the condition of our hearts to support you.
He’s a young college kid
Looks older than he is
No PR experience
Thrust into a tough situation in front of cameras
Harassed by people just for praying
The haters of Islam will mock him we can’t control that
But fellow Muslims should stay silent and not mock or berate him
A year ago Donald Trump had seemingly accomplished the impossible. He had pulled off the greatest political comeback in US history and, what was even more impressive and seemingly impossible, he won the culture and the youth. The Democrats were completely discredited after years of lies and destruction.
Donald Trump came into office with record high approval ratings both for him personally and for his agenda. Wokeism and progressivism had been defeated and a new America First coalition seemed unbeatable.
Last night the Democrats had a great night. This comes after weeks of MAGA being in a full political civil war. Trump currently has his lowest approval ratings. He’s about as popular as George W Bush after two disastrous wars and an economic crash. The youth has abandoned him and many of the lefts wokest activists are reasserting their control over the culture, now under the promise of socialism.
How did this all happen? How did this administration blow such an incredible opportunity to roll back the destructive forces that threaten this Nation’s very survival?
Ask yourself honestly, no matter where you come down on the issue: what is this all about. What is the MAGA coalition arguing about? Why have the youth abandoned Trump? Why do cultural giants like Joe Rogan, Theo Von, Andrew Schultz and a bunch of gen z streamers with 10 million followers all speak poorly about Trump today when they were doing that Trump dance last year?
The answer to all of this is Israel. Like it or not, that’s the truth. Instead of America First, we got Israel first instead.
If MAGA is serious about avoiding President AOC, if they actually see that as the threat that I do, then we must embrace Tucker Carlson’s vision that he laid out on my show: be the America First movement.
Or we can follow Mark Levin’s plan of canceling all of the most popular voices and running on the most discredited unpopular neocon wars.
Your choice MAGA
We have a Muslim mayor of New York City.
We may have a Muslim mayor of Minneapolis.
We have the anti-Israel Groypers taking over the American conservative movement.
American politics is changing, boomers are dying out, AIPAC are losing, and the tide has turned against Israel.
Sneako: “Are you voting for Mamdani or Cuomo?”
🤡: “I don't think a Muslim should be mayor of New York City.”
Sneako: “Why shouldn't a Muslim be mayor?”
🤡: “He will go against everything we stand for.”
Sneako: “What do we stand for?”
🤡: “Israel.”