Jamaat al-Muslimeen International Press Release
If Imam Jamil al-Amin is Harmed, what will be our duty ?
"One who sees great wrong being done should stop it with his hand.
If he cannot, he should speak out against it.
And if he cannot even do that, then he should hate it in his heart,
and that is the weakest of faith."
Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him)
(ref: Sahih Muslim)
According to CNN, a NATIONWIDE MANHUNT has been launched to arrest Imam Jamil al-Amin. (Notice the words "manhunt" used by CNN, as if this man of God is an animal whom these dogs are hunting.) Indications are that the Imam's life is in great danger.
Another report claimed that a person in the Muslim store was also hurt in the exchange of fire. Who he was has not been clarified.
It is time for Muslims and other friends of oppressed humanity to wake up, stand up and be counted.
Remember, Imam Jamil al-Amin has lived in peace in Atlanta since 1976. He has not hurt anyone. He has in fact changed the lives of thousands of young people and has cleared several areas of drug selling and prostitution.
This is a man who fears God, lives a clean life, worships Allah daily, keeps his fasts, gives zakat and performs pilgrimage.
He is a writer, a speaker, a teacher, a guide, a role model.
The police had no right to disturb him or his community. The privacy of homes and businesses is protected even by the oppressors' own Constitution and Law.
BEFORE THE BROTHER IS HURT OR HUNTED OR IMPRISONED BY THE POLICE, the Muslim ummah must speak out.
We urge each community to hold a press conference in its city to inform the media that the Muslim and African communities will not take lightly any oppressive act against Imam Jamil al-Amin. Any action against the imam will be challenged by believers around the world.
IF ONE MUSLIM IS HURT, EVERY MUSLIM IS HURT.
We already have an offer from New York to start this process of mobilization.
ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT's PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER:
The number is (404) 817-6874. This is a woman named Marilyn Lee. Call her but ....
Do not speak as an individual but as part of a community. (For instance:"I am calling from among the Muslims of Brooklyn.")
The FBI's number in Atlanta is : 404-679-9000 (remember, this is an agency of anti-Black and anti-Muslim oppressors. Do not cooperate with them or give them information about yourself. Just say where you are calling from and that you are against any moves aimed at Imam Jamil al-Amin.)
Allah has uncovered the traitors: CAIR and AMC now stand naked in front of the Muslim ummah. It is time for them to apologize to the ummah, do taubah, explain their sources of income, salaries, air tickets, links with FBI etc., and join the ranks of Islam as Muslims, and not propagandists for the White House. In fact as they themselves showed earlier, they are so friendly with the FBI, they should now beg the FBI to call off its dogs, otherwise CAIR, AMC will become pariahs in the Muslim ummah.
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O Allah! help us to live and die as mu'minun, not as servants of America's power structure. O Allah unite the Muslims against oppression.
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Our call: HANDS OFF IMAM JAMIL AL-AMIN!
Free Shaikh Omar 'Abdel Rahman.
Free Ahmad Ajaj
Free Leonard Peltier
Free Mumia
Free Jihad Abdul Mumit
Free Victor Alvarez
FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS
2000-03-28 Tue 00:47ct