{"article":{"id":15390,"heading":"Muslim Liberation Movement  Statement","author":"MLM","created":"2002-03-08 18:24:06","modified":"2005-08-15 00:54:38","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:54:38","article":"<p>Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem <br><br>  <br><br>  <br><br> Declaration of Cooperation Between American Muslims, <br>  <br> the African-American Community, Latin America, and <br>  <br> Activist Community in the USA; <br><br>  <br><br>  <br><br>  <br><br>  <br><br>  <br><br>  <br><br>  <br><br>  <br>  <br> America is a nation that was born of fraud deceit and <br>  <br> theft. A nation that has been built on the backs of <br>  <br> imported slave labor, African-Americans, and exploited <br>  <br> labor, white workers, Latinos and others. Today, as we <br>  <br> live in a Global Village, where events all around the <br>  <br> world have local impact, we must draw the line and <br>  <br> stand against the modern day plantation owners, <br>  <br> exploiters, oppressors and thieves. <br><br> As a Muslim, I openly and freely bear witness that <br>  <br> there in No God but Allah, and that Muhammad Ibn <br>  <br> Abdullah is the messenger of Allah. Just as this <br>  <br> declaration of faith inspired the earliest generations <br>  <br> of Muslims to fight against oppression, and give their <br>  <br> lives to that cause, we as Muslims must today stand up <br>  <br> for truth and justice. We must not be silenced by the <br>  <br> strong arm tactics of Attorney General John Ashcroft <br>  <br> are any other force; we must stand as a community <br>  <br> united against injustice. <br><br> The Muslim ummah (global Muslim community) is today <br>  <br> full of tragedy. Our nations are ruled by tyrants, who <br>  <br> are little more that puppets of America and the west, <br>  <br> save a few. Palestine remains under brutal occupation <br>  <br> and every day is being drenched in more blood. Iraqi <br>  <br> children are dying from disease and forced to live in <br>  <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n","contact":"ubenivan@yahoo.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"This is the staement of solidarity of the MLM with the African-American community, Latino community and the activist community.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2002\/03\/muslim_lib.txt","filesize":"7.2 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2002\/03\/15390.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}