Dear President Obama:
As the leader of the free world, it is not only you duty but moral obligation to your Lord to not deny the pursuit of Life, Liberty and Justice to any single human being.In one of your speeches, you expressed to do unto others as you want done unto you. Wouldn't you like to defend yourself if caught in such a situation? Worse, if Malia or Sasha were in such a predicament, what would you want for them?As President of US, please use the executive order privilege not to detain people indefinitely.On the contrary, it will do justice to America if the executive order is issued to allow every single detainee a day in court to defend themselves and not indefinite detention.The means have to justify the end and not vice versa. How can you expect to deliver justice if you take the right to defend oneself?God Almighty has given you a chance to deliver this nation and humanity at large from oppression, incarceration and injustice.As MLK siad: The arc of moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.I pray you are the person chosen to deliver justice to the world.In peace and justice.
Talat G. HamdaniMother ofMohammad Salman HamdaniNYPD Cadet, WTC II
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Indefinite Detention of America's Values
How can a nation justify indefinite detention? Isn't that why democratic nations condemn dictators? Yet America has done just that, along with other nations complicit to this injustice, and The United Nations has just stood on the side lines as a spectator.
Why the need to detain people indefinitely without due process, without disclosing the identity of these persons and without notification of the same to the detainees' families? Americans should give it very intense thought, because today,the law is applicable to "others." Tomorrow, it will be applicable to all of you. This is the doing of the Patriot Act, which expires end of the year.
America needs to wake up from her deep slumber and have a debate on this issue before it is too late. It is not the dentention of persons; it is the detention of American Values: Liberty, Justice.
Why the need to detain people indefinitely without due process, without disclosing the identity of these persons and without notification of the same to the detainees' families? Americans should give it very intense thought, because today,the law is applicable to "others." Tomorrow, it will be applicable to all of you. This is the doing of the Patriot Act, which expires end of the year.
America needs to wake up from her deep slumber and have a debate on this issue before it is too late. It is not the dentention of persons; it is the detention of American Values: Liberty, Justice.
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