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[Dear All:
The witch hunt against Dr.Elmasry has not ended.
B'nai Brith and numerous other Zionist organizations are continuing their
pressure on the University of Watwrloo, to re-open the case against Dr. Elmasry.
Please write letters of support to the university. Below is the letter I
sent. Even a couple of lines from each of you will go a long
way.
You may send your letters to:
Dean George Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: President David Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dean Adel Sedra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, FAUW President Roydon Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Professor Mohamed Elmasry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] ----- Original Message -----
From: Engr. Meer Sahib
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 10:09 PM
Subject: Exoneration of Dr.Elmasry - Guarantees Academic
Freedom Dear Dean Dixon
I am writing to thank you, President David
Johnston, Dean Adel Sedra, FAUW President Roydon Fraser and other
members of your institution on your wise decision to drop the case against Dr.
Elmasry, a great Canadian who has done us proud not only by his immense
contributions to technology and the sciences but also to world peace and
justice.
Dr. Elmasry has been a strong critic of the
media's biased, unprofessional, unethical, and irresponsible handling
of news pertaining to the Middle East in general, and Islam and Muslims in
particular. Such media practice is quite harmful to the Canadian mosaic
and to the harmonious coexistence of Canadians of all walks of life,
faith and ethnicity. Thus, I was not surprised that the media and the various
Jewish organizations (because of Dr. Elmasry's criticism of Israel's
atrocities), grabbed the opportunity to get their pound of flesh from Dr.
Elmasry. I am quite sure he has been considerably traumatized.The University of
Waterloo's stand is laudable and I am quite proud of your institution for its
prudent decision.
Unfortunately, the pressures brought upon
Dr.Elmasry by the media, the B'nai B'rith and other Jewish organizations
has been quite extreme and relentless. Instead, these organizations would serve
humanity and the cause of justice if they would use their enormous power and
influence to stop Israel from terroririzing civilian populations, shooting
months old infants, crushing peace activists like Rachel Corrie under mammoth
bulldozers, or as they did recently, machine gunning a fear stricken 13 year old
Palestinian girl in cold blood. The media and the Jewish organizations seem
to turn a blind eye to these kind of systemic and stomach churning crimes,
but are quick to rain fire and brimstones on a gentle soul like Prof.
Elmasry.
I am not a student of your university, but a
concerned Canadian and a social justice activist myself. While I thank you
again, I am leaving you with the news report of the murder of the 13 year old
Palestinian child (pls. see below). I beseech you to read this and see if such
cruelty is acceptable to our Canadian values, and if your hearts are moved by
this kind of repeating tragedies on both sides, then please join
Dr.Elmasry's journey for peace and justice.
Meer Sahib, London, Tel:
Israeli officer: I was right to shoot 13-year-old
child
Radio exchange contradicts army version of Gaza killing Chris McGreal in Jerusalem Wednesday November 24, 2004 The Guardian An Israeli army officer who repeatedly shot a 13-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza dismissed a warning from another soldier that she was a child by saying he would have killed her even if she was three years old. The officer, identified by the army only as Captain R, was charged this week with illegal use of his weapon, conduct unbecoming an officer and other relatively minor infractions after emptying all 10 bullets from his gun's magazine into Iman al-Hams when she walked into a "security area" on the edge of Rafah refugee camp last month. A tape recording of radio exchanges between soldiers involved in the incident, played on Israeli television, contradicts the army's account of the events and appears to show that the captain shot the girl in cold blood. The official account claimed that Iman was shot as she walked towards an army post with her schoolbag because soldiers feared she was carrying a bomb. But the tape recording of the radio conversation between soldiers at the scene reveals that, from the beginning, she was identified as a child and at no point was a bomb spoken about nor was she described as a threat. Iman was also at least 100 yards from any soldier. Instead, the tape shows that the soldiers swiftly identified her as a "girl of about 10" who was "scared to death". The tape also reveals that the soldiers said Iman was headed eastwards, away from the army post and back into the refugee camp, when she was shot. At that point, Captain R took the unusual decision to leave the post in pursuit of the girl. He shot her dead and then "confirmed the kill" by emptying his magazine into her body. The tape recording is of a three-way conversation between the army watchtower, the army post's operations room and the captain, who was a company commander. The soldier in the watchtower radioed his colleagues after he saw Iman: "It's a little girl. She's running defensively eastward." Operations room: "Are we talking about a girl under the age of 10?" Watchtower: "A girl of about 10, she's behind the embankment, scared to death." A few minutes later, Iman is shot in the leg from one of the army posts. The watchtower: "I think that one of the positions took her out." The company commander then moves in as Iman lies wounded and helpless. Captain R: "I and another soldier ... are going in a little nearer, forward, to confirm the kill ... Receive a situation report. We fired and killed her ... I also confirmed the kill. Over." Witnesses described how the captain shot Iman twice in the head, walked away, turned back and fired a stream of bullets into her body. Doctors at Rafah's hospital said she had been shot at least 17 times. On the tape, the company commander then "clarifies" why he killed Iman: "This is commander. Anything that's mobile, that moves in the zone, even if it's a three-year-old, needs to be killed. Over." The army's original account of the killing said that the soldiers only identified Iman as a child after she was first shot. But the tape shows that they were aware just how young the small, slight girl was before any shots were fired. The case came to light after soldiers under the command of Captain R went to an Israeli newspaper to accuse the army of covering up the circumstances of the killing. A subsequent investigation by the officer responsible for the Gaza strip, Major General Dan Harel, concluded that the captain had "not acted unethically". However, the military police launched an investigation, which resulted in charges against the unit commander. Iman's parents have accused the army of whitewashing the affair by filing minor charges against Captain R. They want him prosecuted for murder. Record of a shooting Watchtower 'It's a little girl. She's running defensively eastward' Operations room 'Are we talking about a girl under the age of 10?' Watchtower 'A girl of about 10, she's behind the embankment, scared to death' Captain R (after killing the girl) 'Anything moving in the zone, even a three-year-old, needs to be killed' *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest".
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