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.
The latest threat by U.S. President Donald Trump @POTUS to launch military action in Nigeria, allegedly to protect Christians, may sound appealing to some. Still, history has shown this to be perilous.
Whether you are Christian, Muslim, animist, or non-religious, no one should celebrate such rhetoric. The United States and its allies have a long record of military interventions that leave nations more unstable than before. They failed to secure peace in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, or Syria, and they won’t bring salvation to Nigeria through bombs or boots on the ground.
What Nigeria truly needs is not a foreign savior, but legitimate, accountable leadership, one that protects all citizens, upholds justice, and ends the cycles of corruption and violence that have left the nation broken.
@realDonaldTrump does not care about Nigerians not Christians, Muslims, or anyone else. Our deliverance will never come from abroad; it must come from within, through real leadership (not the Tinubus of this world) and national renewal. #RevolutionNow
Sowore Warns: "Donald Trump Doesn't Care About Nigerian Christians, Muslims; Our Deliverance Must Come From Within” | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/luryNJOTqm
I now clocked this
So VP Shetima went to UN n gave his speech defending the state of PALESTINE n condemning ISRAELI GENOCIDE in GAZA
Suddenly, U.S n Israeli rolled out propaganda campaign targeting Nig 🇳🇬CHRISTIANS to spark religious hate against MUSLIMS😂
Fckn ZIONIST LOSERS
This is where my mom was born. It’s not called Tel Aviv. It’s called yaffa. My grandfather had a coffee shop, a home, land and a bakery. All taken by settlers.
@7signxx “And sufficient is Allah as a witness, and sufficient is Allah as a helper, and sufficient is Allah as a protector, and sufficient is Allah as a guardian, and sufficient is Allah as a trustee. There is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Great.”
BREAKING: 48 athletes have appealed for the exclusion of Israel from all international competitions.
Paul Pogba is among the signatories of the petition.
This is what keeps me up at night. How do you sleep at night @MarkJCarney knowing your government is still sending weapons to Israel to commit genocide in Gaza?