Friday, November 9, 2012
Jibril's 25th Birthday Marks the first INTERNATIONAL LYNCHING AWARENESS DAY!
Bismillah, Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim (With the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
Today would have been Jibril's 25th Birthday. No one can bring my beloved son back to us but the evil that destroyed his life can be eradicated forever from the face of the Earth. That evil is racially motivated LYNCHING! IT HAS NEVER STOPPED. It won't stop if we ignore it. Mainly young Black men have lost their lives due to this evil which many think ended in the mid-20th century. In the year 2000 there were two lynchings in the US. One in West Virginia and another in Mississippi. Also their were two lynchings in the UK of a man then his nephew six months later inside his home. His nephew was investigating his murder. All of the incidents were attributed to suicides by the so-called authorities who either did not do a through investigation or as in the case of my son and maybe a few others no investigation at all. Insha'Allah (God-willing) I can provide the names of all the victims I have become aware of on a future post.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
A Case Worse Than Tayvon Martin
Bismillah, Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim (In The Name Of Allah, The B
The tragedy continues. Another young Black man loses his life to racist violence. The unjust killing of Tayvon Martin of Sanford, FL and the lack of concern of the so-called justice dept of the locality to arrest his killer,is the on-going example of typical white racist behavior toward our community. My heart goes out to his parents who have lost a son whom they spent 17 years to raise just to see him profiled and gun down by a racist nut who should not have been armed anyway! George Zimmerman half white and latino is his killer. Please do not get me wrong but Tayvon parents are fortunate. They are fortunate because they know who killed their son and the circumstances surrounding his death. Their united effort made their son name a household word and the case global. In my case, concerning the lost of my son is much worse. I could cry for Tayvon as every decent human being should, but I am still anguishing over Jibril. There was no media coverage of my son's death. We do not know who killed him and why. The police as in all the cases similar to my son's, did not investigate. The evidence as in the crime seen as since been contaminated and lost. Only by the miracle of Allah, will Jibril receive justice on earth! Jibril was a much loved individual who graduated from high school and was looked up to and admired by all who knew him. He was enterprising and had big plans. Jibril Mustafa, unlike Tayvon Martin, is not known outside his family, his friends and anyone else who have visited this blog. I had told his mother when she was adamant about divorcing me some 7-8 years before our son's death, that "divorce will make things complicated". During counseling with a well learned Shaikh, she said in response to advice to consider that we have children between us was, "I am only thinking about myself". The Shaikh responded, "You are egotistical and selfish". When I arrived back in Maryland the day of my son's death, she had decided to let her current husband handle all of the arrangements. He did an investigation at that time but a remark he made to me as we were making the funeral arrangements was insulting and unforgiving. I never knew of the results of his investigation because we did not speak to each other for over six months after my son's passing. I ended up taking over the funeral arrangements, making sure my son had a proper Islamic burial. Allah basically ended up dropping it into my lap. My tax refund came in in time to buy the headstone plaque after being vilified by my ex, her husband and a sister unknown to me who left a nasty message on my voicemail.
Allah had raised me to my intention of giving my son a proper janazah. I do not believe that my ex or her husband ever visited Jibril grave site. Every time I travel to Baltimore I make time to visit my son's grave. I am sorry I digressed. The point I am making is that my ex stop me from writing an article to a local Muslim newspaper, in an attempt to publicize my son death. My email to a local radio host never was replied to. I had suffered severe depression, weight loss, loss of appetite and went into therapy over my son's mysterious death. I have vow to pray for my son's soul after every salah (formal prayer 5 times a day)until the day I die! My son's death was not publicized because my ex and I were no longer together and we were not united. Now that Tayvon Martin is a household name, I feel that the ball have been dropped concerning Jibril who can no longer be enjoyed in the company of his love ones as his case lays dormant with no apparent hope of justice in this life. This is a case worse than Tayvon's.
The tragedy continues. Another young Black man loses his life to racist violence. The unjust killing of Tayvon Martin of Sanford, FL and the lack of concern of the so-called justice dept of the locality to arrest his killer,is the on-going example of typical white racist behavior toward our community. My heart goes out to his parents who have lost a son whom they spent 17 years to raise just to see him profiled and gun down by a racist nut who should not have been armed anyway! George Zimmerman half white and latino is his killer. Please do not get me wrong but Tayvon parents are fortunate. They are fortunate because they know who killed their son and the circumstances surrounding his death. Their united effort made their son name a household word and the case global. In my case, concerning the lost of my son is much worse. I could cry for Tayvon as every decent human being should, but I am still anguishing over Jibril. There was no media coverage of my son's death. We do not know who killed him and why. The police as in all the cases similar to my son's, did not investigate. The evidence as in the crime seen as since been contaminated and lost. Only by the miracle of Allah, will Jibril receive justice on earth! Jibril was a much loved individual who graduated from high school and was looked up to and admired by all who knew him. He was enterprising and had big plans. Jibril Mustafa, unlike Tayvon Martin, is not known outside his family, his friends and anyone else who have visited this blog. I had told his mother when she was adamant about divorcing me some 7-8 years before our son's death, that "divorce will make things complicated". During counseling with a well learned Shaikh, she said in response to advice to consider that we have children between us was, "I am only thinking about myself". The Shaikh responded, "You are egotistical and selfish". When I arrived back in Maryland the day of my son's death, she had decided to let her current husband handle all of the arrangements. He did an investigation at that time but a remark he made to me as we were making the funeral arrangements was insulting and unforgiving. I never knew of the results of his investigation because we did not speak to each other for over six months after my son's passing. I ended up taking over the funeral arrangements, making sure my son had a proper Islamic burial. Allah basically ended up dropping it into my lap. My tax refund came in in time to buy the headstone plaque after being vilified by my ex, her husband and a sister unknown to me who left a nasty message on my voicemail.
Allah had raised me to my intention of giving my son a proper janazah. I do not believe that my ex or her husband ever visited Jibril grave site. Every time I travel to Baltimore I make time to visit my son's grave. I am sorry I digressed. The point I am making is that my ex stop me from writing an article to a local Muslim newspaper, in an attempt to publicize my son death. My email to a local radio host never was replied to. I had suffered severe depression, weight loss, loss of appetite and went into therapy over my son's mysterious death. I have vow to pray for my son's soul after every salah (formal prayer 5 times a day)until the day I die! My son's death was not publicized because my ex and I were no longer together and we were not united. Now that Tayvon Martin is a household name, I feel that the ball have been dropped concerning Jibril who can no longer be enjoyed in the company of his love ones as his case lays dormant with no apparent hope of justice in this life. This is a case worse than Tayvon's.
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