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17 February 2013 By
El-Hajj Mauri' Saalakhan
Assalaamu Alaikum
(Greetings of Peace):
This is coming to our
readers from Raleigh, NC, where I shared a few
thoughts with brothers and sisters who were in
attendance at the Islamic
Association of Raleigh (IAR) last
night.
We have now entered the
second month of the special three month drive for our
sister, Dr.
Aafia Siddiqui - an initiative
that will culminate in demonstrations (on the home
front) in New York City and Fort Worth, Texas. There
will also, no doubt, be demonstrations in
other parts the world on
or around March 30, 2013.
This past Friday Masjid
At-Taqwa in
Brooklyn, NY, joined the list of masajid which have
thus far opened their doors - on
the Day of Jumuah - to
this special three month mobilization. The others are
the Islamic
Center of Long Island (ICLI) in Westbury,
NY; Darul
Islah in
Teaneck, NJ; MCMC in
Piscataway, NJ; and Masjid
Bilal in Richmond, VA. We thank them ALL for
their warm support of this humble and very
important effort, and we look forward to the
fraternal support that will come from others as this
mobilization continues to build up steam!
Before leaving the New
York area last weekend, I had the pleasure of seeing
the New York premier of "Long
Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia
Abu-Jamal." I
will have more to say on this later, insha'Allah. For
now,
let me say this is a MUST SEE production -
which underscores both the power
of one (the
enormous power and influence that one sincerely
committed individual can wield), and the power of sustained and
deeply committed grass-roots
activism!
The list of cities where
the film is now scheduled to appear is provided below.
I have no doubt that given the strength of the early
communal response (the theater was sold out for both
New York City showings on Friday) other cities will be
added.
On a final note: I am
deeply grateful that the special forum on "Terrorism
and Our Youth," which
was unveiled at the Prince
Georges Muslim Association in
Lanham, MD, this past Saturday, came off as well as it
did. The sizeable attendance of Muslim (male) youth - the
targeted group for preemptive prosecutions -
was especially encouraging.
We are planning to do a
larger follow-up at one of the Washington area
universities in the near future, and we are also
planning to take this initiative on the road as the
opportunity avails itself, insha'Allah. Applied
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