Epigraph:
O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Verily, the most honorable among you, in the sight of Allah, is he who is the most righteous among you. Surely, Allah is All-knowing, All-Aware. (Al Quran 49:14)
We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — it shall be as if he had killed all mankind; and whoso gave life to one, it shall be as if he had given life to all mankind. And Our Messengers came to them with clear Signs, yet even after that, many of them commit excesses in the land. (Al Quran 5:33)
Travon Martin: Killed at age 17 in Florida, USA
The recent killing and subsequent trial has become the focal point of race relations, human rights and Universal brotherhood in USA.
President Barack Obama
Source: BBC
President Barack Obama has said that “Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago”, in his first comments on the case since last week’s verdict.
The unarmed black 17-year-old was shot and killed in Florida in February 2012.
George Zimmerman, 29, said he opened fire on the teenager in self-defence and was acquitted of murder by a Florida court last week.
In an unexpected press call, Mr Obama said very few black men in the US had not experienced racial profiling.
Mr Obama said the pain that African-Americans felt around the case came from the fact that they viewed it through “a set of experiences and a history that doesn’t go away”.
He said African Americans were also keenly aware of racial disparities in the application of criminal laws.
“That all contributes to a sense that if a white male teen was involved in the same kind of scenario, both the outcome and the aftermath might have been different,” Mr Obama said.
He shared his experiences of being racially profiled in the past, such as being followed while out shopping.
“There are very few African-American men who haven’t had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars.
Categories: Americas, Human Rights, Human values, Universal Brotherhood
Very courageous of Obama to speak his mind on
the problem that still plagues US despite Abraham Lincoln and Kennedys. I hope it will calm and re-assure the Afro-Americans.
indeed he is very brave,may Allah protect him from his own”protecters”
He is very brave indeed, may Allah protect him from his “own protecters”Amen
Maybe, now he can appreciate the profiling of other minorities in his country. But, does he have the ‘eyes’ to see?
Thavon
Here is a case where a gang of white young men in Suffolk County LI. came to a black man’s home to attack his teenage son, the father Mr. John J White brought out his gun to protect his home, his son and himself, one of the mob went after him for the gun in the struggle the gun went off hitting the attacker in the face causing his death… Mr. White was tried and convicted. Compare this with Trayvon Martin. Check link….
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/nyregion/23trial.html?_r=4
What seems to have happen it this; after OJ beat their system, there is a vengeance in the justice system against black people. Of course the US Justice system was always twisted to favor whites against all others.