Say: Our Lord Grant us increase in Knowledge {Taha:114}
Abu Ghraib Prison Attacked In Response To "Fatima's Letter" At
approximately 12:25pm on Saturday, resistance fighters waged an unprecedented
assault on the Abu Ghraib prison camp south of Baghdad. The assault was sparked
by a letter from a female prisoner named Fatima that fueled some Muslim
fighters into action.
Fatima's letter, a hand written document, was recently smuggled out of Abu
Ghraib. Fatima is the sister of one of the celebrated Resistance fighters in
the area. US occupation forces raided his house some time back but failed to
find him, so they took his sister prisoner in an attempt to force him to give
himself up. JUS reported the incident at the time and it was said that this
family is known for their piety and uprightness.
Here is Fatima's letter as originally published in Arabic by Mafkarat al-Islam
and translated to English by Muhammad Abu Nasr of Free Arab Voice
Fatima's Letter
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Mercy-giving. "Say He is God the One; God
the Source [of everything]; Not has He fathered, nor has He been fathered; nor
is anything comparable to Him." [Qur'an, Surat 112 "al-Ikhlas"]
I chose this noble Surah from the Book of God because it has the greatest
impact on me and on all of you and it strikes a particular kind of awe in the
hearts of Believers.
My brother Mujahideen in the path of God! What can I say to you? I say to you:
our wombs have been filled with the children of fornication by those sons of
apes and pigs who raped us. Or I could tell you that they have defaced our
bodies, spit in our faces, and tore up the little copies of the Qur'an that
hung around our necks? God is greatest! Can you not comprehend our situation?
Is it true that you do not know what is happening to us? We are your sisters.
God will be calling you to account [about this] tomorrow.
By God, we have not passed one night since we have been in prison without one
of the apes and pigs jumping down upon us to rip our bodies apart with his
overweening lust. And we are the ones who had guarded our virginity out of fear
of God. Fear God! Kill us along with them! Destroy us along with them! Don't
leave us here to let them get pleasure from raping us! It will be an act to
ennoble the Throne of Almighty God. Fear God regarding us! Leave their tanks
and aircraft outside. Come at us here in the prison of Abu Ghurayb.
I am your sister in God (Fatimah). They raped me on one day more than nine
times. Can you comprehend? Imagine one of your sisters being raped. Why can't
you all imagine it, as I am your sister. With me are 13 girls, all unmarried.
All have been raped before the eyes and ears of everyone.
They won't let us pray. They took our clothes and won't let us get dressed. As
I write this letter one of the girls has committed suicide. She was savagely
raped. A soldier hit her on her chest and thigh after raping her. He subjected
her to unbelievable torture. She beat her head against the wall of the cell
until she died, for she couldn't take any more, even though suicide is
forbidden in Islam. But I excuse that girl. I have hope that God will forgive
her, because He is the Most Merciful of all.
Brothers, I tell you again, fear God! Kill us with them so that we might be at
peace. Help! Help! Help! [Wa Mu'atasima!]
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Subsequently, approximately 100 resistance fighters launched a fierce attack
on the prison, forcing US troops to take cover inside their barracks within the
compound. Fighters pounded the Americans with barrages of 82mm and 120mm mortar
rounds. Large crowds of people gathered outside, fearful that the bombardment
might harm the prisoners but they were assured by the fighters that they knew
the layout of the prison camp very well.
Mafkarat al-Islam's correspondent in Baghdad reported that the fighters
succeeded in destroying part of the walls of the prison camp, blasting a hole
four meters long in the inner and outer fences that encircled the camp.
The fate of Fatima and the other woman with her is unknown.
On a final note, an individual responded to Fatima's letter yesterday on the
Ansar site and wrote:
"Sorry, sister, we are not men. Only true men can answer your cry for help. Men
are in a very short supply these days. Sorry again sister."
It is comments like these that speak to the lack of honor and duty that
characterizes many Muslims today. At JUS, we have insisted that rape has been
going on since the occupiers landed their muddy boots in Iraq, which has for
the most part, fallen on dead ears. We feel great frustration and failure over
the receipt of Fatima's letter because we know there are many more Fatimas
being raped in prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan and many other sisters who are
being violated who are not in captivity. What must we do to make these voices
heard and where are the Muslim men to defend their honor?
In previous times, glory and honor were integrated into the lives of Muslims as
part of the complete system of Islam. For instance, a man tied the end of that
woman's dress to a chair while she was shopping and when she got up, a portion
of her private parts became visible. She screamed "Wa Mu'atasima", calling for
the Khalif himself. The Khalif wrote this letter to the head of the cross
worshipper's state:
"To the dog of Rome, I am coming to you with an army whose front is at your
door and whose rear is right here"
This is honor and glory in action for something much less than rape. This is an
army instead of 100 fighters. Those were the days when Muslim men could be
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http://www.lutonmuslims.co.uk/responsefatima.htm
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