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Our Sister Needs Help

by iMuslim

Abdur-Raheem Green posted an open letter from Muddassar Arani, a Muslim lawyer who has represented several high profile Muslim clients, including terror suspects. In it, she calls on the Muslim community for support, as she has been victim of a merciless smear campaign by the media and her colleagues in the legal profession, only because she is a Muslim defending other Muslims:

The fact that non-Muslim terrorist solicitors have not been similarly targeted suggests a clear underlying Islamaphobic motivation behind this campaign to oust me from the legal profession. This only serves to undermine due process in the criminal justice system. It also gives out one message that if you are a Muslim lawyer you are not able to defend Muslim terrorist clients otherwise if you are a Muslim in outwards appearance you will also be subjected to slander, humiliation, Islamaphobic and singled out and targeted by the media, the police, the judiciary and other lawyers…

I am being targeted merely because I happen to be a Muslim, a woman who wears the headscarf. I need the assistance from the Muslim community to stand by me as I feel isolated and let down by the community whom I have always defended and who have turned to me in their hour of need; and now I am being persecuted because I have stood up and defended those who do not have a voice or who have been ostracised by the Muslim community themselves because of fear of being targeted with the same brush of extremism.

Let’s not ignore her call. I urge any bloggers reading to highlight this case on their blogs and speak out against the injustice; show her that she is not alone. We have little control over mainstream media, but we do have a voice - let’s use it to defend our sister who has dedicated her life to defending us. May Allah reward you for your kindness.

You see the believers as regards their being merciful among themselves and showing love among themselves and being kind, resembling one body, so that, if any part of the body is not well then the whole body shares the sleeplessness (insomnia) and fever with it. [Muslim & Bukhari]

Abu Hurairah reported Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as saying: He who alleviates the suffering of a brother out of the sufferings of the world, Allah would alleviate his suffering from the sufferings of the Day of Resurrection, and he who finds relief for one who is hard pressed, Allah would make things easy for him in the Hereafter, and he who conceals (the faults) of a Muslim, Allah would conceal his faults in the world and in the Hereafter. Allah is at the back of a servant so long as the servant is at the back of his brother… [Tirmidhi]

P.S., if you do write something, please ping this entry, or leave the link in the comments section - jazakallah.

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16 comments

1 Humairah { 09.02.07 at 12:15 pm }

Jazakallah khair for posting this.

2 iMuslim { 09.02.07 at 2:13 pm }

Barakallahu fiki sis. Let us know if you write about it… even just a link to the letter is better than nothing. :)

3 Homayra { 09.02.07 at 3:55 pm }

Jazaki Allah for the post, I think I really needed this reality check. I’ve written a post and linked the letter as well. Insha Allah may our small efforts bring ease to Sister Muddassar.

4 A ‘Terrorist’ Defending a ‘Terrorist’ aka Muddassar Arani « Reflections { 09.04.07 at 8:10 am }

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