Justice for Aafia Coalition (JFAC)

[Mu'awiya]

asalaam alaikum


if abuz zubair's link doesn't work, use this link for the image; http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...uzzubair-4.jpg

[Scented Blood]

asalaam alaikum


bring one of them loudspeaker things

Walikum Saalam

Im not going to need one...

[Abuz Zubair]

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Can we request EVERYONE to change their avatar to this, at least just for this month to show our solidarity with the sister?

Make sure you'll attend the march!

*bump*

And don't forget to also change your avatar on other forums and social networking sites (facebook, twitter, etc)

wasalam

[abuhannah]

tawfiq inshAllah...

[al-Afghanee]

An email letter received:

Assalamualaikum

I pray this finds you all in the best of health and eemaan inshaAllah.

I apologise for the length of this email in advance but it is necessary. I invite you all to defend the honour of your sister who dedicated her life defending the honour of this Ummah. If interested, please read on. If not or if too busy, spend the time you would have spent reading this, thinking of an excuse that you are sure would protect you on the Day of Judgment. Just remember the warning of the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that, "Whoever is present while a Muslim is humiliated before him, and is able to assist him [and yet does not], Allah will humiliate him before all of creation on the Day of Judgment."

Background

We all should be aware of the plight of our sister Aafia Siddiqui who last month was convicted of the attempted murder of US soldiers in Afghanistan whilst in custody. The hidden side of this story is the fact that Aafia had been missing since 2003 and claims that she was kidnapped with her three children by the Pakistani intelligence services, transferred to US custody and held in a series of secret prisons away from her children for five years during which time she was repeatedly raped, tortured and abused. Two of her children remain missing to this day.

Aafia's trial was also flawed in that there was no evidence of any gun residue from the rifle she is alleged to have shot, no trace of her fingerprints on the rifle, no bullet shells found in the room or bullet holes in the wall. The testimonies of the soldiers conflicted with each other and with their own earlier statements. Despite the prosecution admitting Aafia was not a member of al-Qaeda or linked to any terrorist group, she was for all intents and purposes, tried as such. Her sentencing is on 6 May - she faces spending the rest of her life in an American maximum security prison. Since her conviction, she has been denied access to phone calls, sending or receiving letters, or any visits, in the interests of ‘national security.’

Aafia Siddiqui Day

Sunday 28 March 2010 is the 7th anniversary of the kidnapping of Aafia and her children. To commemorate this and to highlight Aafia's case as symbolic of the brutality of the 'war on terror' with the aim of having her repatriated to Pakistan and launching an investigation into the whereabouts of her missing children, the Justice for Aafia Coalition (JFAC -www.justiceforaafia.org) has been formed, which currently spans four continents. In an international day of protest, we aim to have events, demonstrations, letter-writing campaigns, khutbahs, etc in towns and cities all over the world in solidarity with Aafia on the one day - 28 March.

All it takes is for each person to do the following:

a) Organise an event (or screening) in your locality; rather than asking us to supply speakers, people could spend one hour reading up on her case thoroughly and presenting it to his community. JFAC will aim to provide you with the necessary information pack to deliver a presentation. Get politicians from all parties (election around the corner) down there as well as the local imam, and any other contacts you have. If people educate themselves on the case and do the talk themselves, it is more empowering than just having an external speaker come. If you are interested in organising an event or hosting a related documentary screening, please email events@justiceforaafia.org

b) Submit your event to the website which should be ready within days and get as much media attention as possible (email submissions@justiceforaafia.org)

c) Get 20 people from your community to send a letter to both your local paper and a national paper in the week beginning 22 March. The letters should be short, to the point and mention Aafia Siddiqui Day, the kidnapping and detention, missing children and the event. The individual must collect the letters, buy the postage and envelopes and post the letters. You have 20 days from today to get 19 letters (excluding the one you send yourself).

d) Get 20 people (doesn’t have to be the same 20) to send a letter to Aafia that day, from children would be brilliant masha’Allah. Even though she is currently being denied mail, if the volume is enough, they may just let a few through.

e) There will be insha’Allah a solidarity march from the Pakistani embassy to the US embassy in London on Sunday March 28th, from 2pm. Promote this and for those living outside London, organise coaches to bring people down. It’s a Sunday. Those who cannot make it can attend the local events.

f) There will be an information leaflet and other resources shortly available on the website which will be translated into as many languages as we can - please involve your parents, families, friends to do this so it is truly a global event. The aim is that anyone in the world can then just print off their particular language and distribute, thereby empowering them and decreasing dependency.

g) Approach your local mosque or Islamic Society to dedicate their khutbah on Friday 26 March to the case of Aafia Sddiqui. Insha’Allah there will soon be a khutbah/halaqah template available to download from our website.

There are a number of other ideas in development and events are confirmed for UK, USA, Pakistan, Canada, Ireland, and Australia, but if anyone can think outside the box, or feels they have a particular skill that they’d like to contribute to this campaign, please share your ideas with us.

So far, we have had commitment from the following areas
Birmingham
Manchester
Luton
Stoke
Chingford
Ilford
Luton
Hayes
Hounslow

If you live in one of the above areas and would like to assist with the campaign, please contact us (info@justiceforaafia.org) and we will put you in touch with the relevant person.

Finally, this sister is someone who used to raise awareness and fundraise for her brothers and sisters in Bosnia during the genocide, she used to visit new Muslims in their homes and teach them Quran, teach the disabled, bring musahif and other books to Muslim prisoners in the US and that is just the little we know of her. The full extent of her efforts for this deen, only Allah knows. Let us not continue to abandon this sister who has proven just how weak this Ummah is and how far we are from the time when a captive Muslimah cried, "Ya Mu'tasim".

Jazakum Allahu khayra

[Free the Oppressed]

Dr. Aafia Sentencing Hearing Adjourned until July 21, 2010 at 9:30AM

On April 15, 2010,
Judge Berman set the new time for Dr Aafia's sentencing from May 6th to
July 21st.
The Hearing will be
held in Judge Berman's court at 500 Pearl Street in Manhattan, New York.

Please keep praying for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.

Jazak Allah Khair.