Jamaat al-Muslimeen International Press Release
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Spiritual Leader of International Jihad: Spirit Unbowed, Body broken
Shaikh Omar's Leg may have to be Amputated: Physicians Take Heed
"By Him in whose power is my life! I wish I could fight in Allah's way
and be
killed, and then be brought back to life and killed again in His way,
be
brought back again and give my life again." (Prophet Muhammad, pbuh,
narrated
by Abu Huraira, ra, collected by Bukhari in his Sahih.)
One of America's leading attorneys, Ms. Lynne Stewart, has just
returned
from a visit with Dr. Omar 'Abdel Rahman in his cell (solitary
confinement)
in Rochester, Minnesota. What she saw is so shameful that it needs to
be
reported although it might cost her any more visits. (She did this pro
bono
and with a translator.)
First the positive. The Shaikh is in as exalted Islamic attitude
to life
as he ever was. His TAWAKKUL (reliance) on the Creator is unbroken. His
spirit of defiance to the oppressors has not changed. His spirituality,
bathed in Allah's light, shines bright as ever. His love for the
worldwide
struggle of the Muslim nations is comprehensive as ever.
But his body is broken.
The Shaikh (Ph.D from the world's oldest university, al-Azhar) was
alert
and aware. He sent his greetings to Minister Louis Farrakhan, the
honorable
leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI), the only leader who has dared to
show
concern for the Shaikh and to question the government's ban on visits
to him.
May Allah bless Min. Farrakhan that he broke the silence which the
racist
government of this great country has imposed on the Shaikh and on the
way he
is being treated.
The Shaikh also sent greetings to Dr. Kaukab Siddique, Convenor of
the
Committee to Free Shaikh Omar 'Abdel Rahman, who has put together a
countrywide effort to defend the Shaikh's human rights. (Sis. Nadrat
Siddique
is the Founder of the Committe to Free SOAR.)
The Shaikh's greetings go out also to the entire international
community and all individuals who care for the rights of the
downtrodden (
mustadafeen) and who stand against the oppressors (zalimeen). {These
terms
are from the Qur'an, the Book of worldwide revolution.}
OUR CALL TO 30,000 plus Muslim physicians in USA: Ms. Lynne
Stewart has
reported that the Shaikh's right leg has become black. This is probably
owing
to the effect of improperly treated or untreated diabetes. The Shaikh
looked
extremely weak physically and just about broken in his physical being.
His
physical helplessness is tripled because he is blind and does not know
English. Doctors should speak out on humanitarian grounds and call for
the
Shaikh's proper medical treatment.
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Department
of "Justice", 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Rm.4400, Washington, DC
20530-0001.
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2001-07-28 Sat 14:44ct