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--- In [email protected], Bukan Pedanda <bukan.pedanda@...> wrote: > > > > Agama Islam itu sinonim kata teror. > > Onar. > > Kerusuhan. > > Perang saudara. > > Kucuran darah manusia. > > Dan masih saja ada orang Islam Indonesia yang dizaman digital ini bersedia > memeluk takhayul hazsil khayalan orang Arab primitif yang ajarannya bukan > saja dungu, tapi juga buas, kejam, keji, zsalim, ganas lagi biadab. > > Mengerikan. > > http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/07/us/us-somalia-family-despair/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 > > > Parents despair for 'most wanted' terrorist son > By Gena Somra, CNN > June 7, 2013 -- Updated 0536 GMT (1336 HKT) > American Jihadi's fate in balance > STORY HIGHLIGHTS > * Parents speak exclusively to CNN about their son who grew up to be a > wanted terrorist > * U.S.-born Omar Hammami became the public face of Al Shabaab but now > appears to be in deadly danger > * His father in coastal Alabama says he has disowned his son but still > tries to find the good on him > * Both parents says their religions have helped them survive the turmoil > Daphne, Alabama (CNN) -- While others enjoy the > approaching summer, barbeques and baseball, one American family scours > the internet looking for clues to whether their son is alive. > U.S authorities also want to find him but not to secure a happy family > reunion. > Their son, Omar Hammami, is a wanted Islamist terrorist fighting -- or barely > surviving -- in Somalia with a $5 million bounty on his head. > Now after an apparent > assassination attempt on their son, the family opens up in an exclusive > CNN interview about how their son grew up to be a terrorist, how their > lives are changed forever and how their joint faith has seen them > survive burdens that could have destroyed other families. > Shafik Hammami opens the > door to his Daphne home wearing a University of Alabama football > t-shirt. He was born in Syria, but after more than 40 years in the > United States, he's as much a homegrown Alabama football fan as any > other local resident. I ask him if he thinks 'Bama' will win the > National Title again this year. He holds up his hands and proudly > smiles: "Roll Tide." > He's not what I had > expected him to be. He's an older man with a mild-mannered nature -- a > stark contrast from what I knew of his son, whose personality had won > him recognition from a young age. But somehow the boy living the > American dream grew up to be a propagandist for al Qaeda-backed > militants looking to wage global jihad. > > Omar Hammami, a U.S.-born Islamist operating in Somalia, holds a sign showing > the date in a propaganda video. > Dad fears for his American jihadist son > Security crucial to Somalia's success > What's the current situation in Somalia? > Born and raised in > Daphne, a quintessential Southern town nestled along Mobile Bay, lined > with strip malls, subdivisions, and churches, Omar now goes by the name > of Abu Monsour Al-Amriki, or The American. Western and Somali > authorities have named him as a leading member of Al Shabaab, a group > known for its ruthlessness in the fight for an Islamic Caliphate in > Somalia. > His mother Debra, a > retired school teacher, had explained earlier by phone earlier how hard > it was for her husband to talk about their son. He has quit talking to > the media, she says, because it hurts too much. > "Darlin', we have been > through hills and valleys," she said in a genteel southern accent. "All I > know is that I ask everyone I meet, 'Do you go to church?' and if they > say yes, I ask them, 'Please put us on your prayer list." > In Daphne, a community > of roughly 22,000, everyone we meet seems to know Omar Hammami. Or if > they don't know him, they know of him as, "that terrorist from here." > Debra Hammami, who comes across as bubbly and friendly, says she knows that > some people judge > the family because of the son's choices. > "But, darlin', I'm lucky to live in a community with such wonderful friends," > she says. > Just the other day, she > says, a friend of hers met someone who said, "Just what kind of parents > could raise a child like that? They must have been terrible parents for > him to turn out that way." > "You hush your mouth," > her friend said in response, Debra Hammami recounts. "I know that > family. And his mother is a good Christian woman, so you be quiet about > something you know nothing about." > She says that even > though she is a Christian and her husband is a Muslim, that throughout > this seemingly never-ending ordeal, it is that individualized faith, and a > shared belief in God that has seen them through the toughest of > moments. > © NAVTEQ 2012 Terms of Use > > After what seems like > hours of pained silence, but is probably merely a matter of several > uncomfortable minutes, Shafik Hammami agrees ever so tentatively to talk > about his son. > "Omar was a very sweet, > intelligent child, very bright and inquisitive about everything," he > says. "He excelled at education, sports, just about everything he > attempted. I always had high hopes for him. I would have loved for him > to be engineer or a doctor but that wasn't in the cards. > "As a parent I would > like for him to follow my instructions. But in life that doesn't always > happen, especially with a strong-willed child. And of course I tried my > best, and so did my wife, to raise him the best we could. He chose the > path he did, and I do not approve of it. But there is nothing I can do > to change it." > "But surely there were clues?" I ask him. > "No, not at all. There > were no alarms or anything that I could see," he recalls. "As a matter > of fact, when he was in college, he was the President of the Muslim > Student Association, and he had several media interviews, and he > condemned the attacks of 9/11 and saw that those actions were > un-Islamic, so there was nothing for me to worry about." > But that would change and soon there would be a lot to worry about. > Despite his gifted > intellect, Omar dropped out of college at the University of South > Alabama and moved to Toronto, Canada, where he met and married a Somali > woman. Soon after, the couple moved to Egypt, where Omar hoped to deepen his > study of Islam. > > Omar Hammami, raised in Alabama, is on the FBI's most wanted list and faces > multiple terrorism charges. > Somalia's women struggle with rape > In the boat patrolling for pirates > Shafik Hammami remembers the last time he saw his son. He and Debra had > traveled to Alexandria, > Egypt, to visit with Omar, his wife, and their new grandchild. > "We went to spend a > couple of weeks with him," Hammami says. "And there was no inkling of > anything that we could see, feel, anything that had changed. > "But shortly after we > left we got a call from his wife, and she told us she thinks he is in > Somalia, and that's when I realized that things are not normal." > "I was furious," he adds. "And I tried to contact him to find out what was > going on." > Omar's wife said he had > gone to Somalia to visit her relatives. But when Hammami finally reached his > son, Omar told him someone had stolen his passport, and that he > couldn't leave the country. > At the time, 2006, Somalia was in the grips of an Islamic insurgency. > Frantic and shocked by > his son's news, Hammami says he urged his son to go to the police, an > embassy, anyone who could help him. Thinking that Omar was stranded in a > dangerous place, and desperate to help their son, the Hammamis > contacted the FBI, their local congressman, and the U.S. State > Department, hoping to get Omar a new passport, and a way out of the > war-ravaged country. > But Hammami says he was told there was absolutely nothing they could do. > Soon after, Ethiopian > troops entered Somalia and the country fell deeper into chaos. The > Hammamis say they lost all contact with their son and were living a > parent's nightmare. > The next time Hammami saw his son was almost a year later -- on television as > an Islamist propagandist. > His message partly blamed the U.S. for Somalia's desperate situation and he > said America should pay attention to Somalia. > > The terror threat facing the U.S. > > He no longer called himself Omar Hammami, but Abu Monsour Al-Amriki, or "the > American." > The effect was complete and utter heartbreak. > "When I first saw the > interview on TV, I knew that was the end of life as we knew it. I knew > we would never be the same again. It's devastating for both of us. He is our > only son. We only have one son. And now, we have none," Shafik > Hammami says. > "It hurts me very much. It hurts to hear your son called a terrorist," he > adds, his voice breaking with emotion. > Hammami, a retired civil engineer, says he now spends his days scouring the > internet for news of his son. These days what he finds is more troubling than > ever. > Omar is on the FBI's > most wanted list facing multiple counts of supporting terrorism, and the > possibility of multiple life sentences if he ever returns home. > > FBI puts Omar Hammami one of its most wanted list > > Hammami says there also > appears to be internal fighting among Al Shabaab and the split has put > Omar in the firing line of other jihadists. > Hammami, who calls Al > Shabaab "a bunch of thugs," says the hostilities have put his son at > odds with Al Shabaab's top leadership. > Hammami says he learns > this from Omar's Twitter posts. Some of the most recent are ominous. > Omar has posted pictures of himself, blood oozing from his neck, after > what he says was a failed assassination attempt. > While he does not agree > with his son's choices, Hammami, like any parent, still tries to see the best > in his son, despite the worst of circumstances. > He says the thugs are > after his son because his son objects to their decision to take money > from the poor to support a lavish lifestyle, target innocent civilians > in their fight, and conduct suicide bombings as part of their mission. > Hammami, his voice with > the slightest hint of hope, says: "Omar is against these things. He told the > Shabaab leader that these actions are against the Islamic ideals > and he told him to correct his ways. And that is why the leader is > trying to kill him." > Others are not so > optimistic in their assessment of Omar's split with the leadership. In > jihadist online forums, some say his need for attention and self-seeking > actions are the reasons for the infighting. > > Read how Somalia's president defied Al Shabaab > > A 127-page > autobiography, reportedly penned by Omar and circulating online in > jihadi forums, could be pointed to as evidence supporting that claim. In the > document, Omar meticulously describes his path from a child who > dreamed of becoming a doctor to an American jihadi and alludes to his > desire to stand out: > "I just came to the > conclusion that helping the Ummah (Muslim World) is not simply a matter > of adding another doctor to the list. I figured we had enough doctors," > the autobiography reads. "One charismatic leader could theoretically > 'make' more money for the Ummah in a few charity drives than one doctor > could ever make in a lifetime." > The U.S. government > offers a more damning assessment that goes beyond mere narcissism, > saying it has classified evidence that Omar himself is responsible for > masterminding at least one suicide attack in Somalia that killed > innocent civilians. > And in that same autobiography, Omar offers his own opinion about why > Americans are afraid of him: > "The real fear that the > Americans feel when they see an American in Somalia talking about Jihad, is > not how skillful he is at sneaking back across the borders with > nuclear weapons. The Americans fear that their cultural barrier has been > broken and now Jihad has become a normal career choice for any youthful > American Muslim. Trying to show them how serious I am about > slaughtering Disbelievers is the side of me they would like to > capitalize on to estrange the Muslims from our cause," it reads. > It's these kinds of > inflammatory statements from their son, that leave the Hammami's > struggling to find reason for events unfolding halfway around the globe. > "When you see those pictures, and read those reports, how do you cope?" I ask. > For Hammami, like his wife, the answer is simple. Faith. > "I accept God's ordain > for him and for me," Hammami explains. "If I don't accept it as a matter of > faith, I cannot endure it. It is the only thing that keeps me from > going crazy." > He pauses for a moment and continues: "If God chose for him to die anywhere > on earth, that's God's decision, and I accept it." > He adds: "I wish he > could [turn his life around] but he has no good options left. He has no > way of tracking back, even if he wants to." > It has been more than six years since the Hammamis first learned that Omar > had fled to Somalia to wage jihad. > The Hammamis are now resigned to the fact that they may never see their son > again. > But I ask Hammami what he would say to him, if he had a chance to talk to his > son once more. > "Even if I can't see > him, I just wish he stays safe. And I wish... " Hammami's voice begins > to break, tears welling up in his eyes. "I wish he will know.... that I > will love him until I die." > Nima Elbagir contributed to this story > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! 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