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.