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'My son was a casualty of 9/11 -- not because he was a Muslim or because he was from Pakistan, but because he was an American,' Hamdani said. Hamdani, a vehement opponent of the Patriot Act, which provided law enforcement greater powers to fight terrorists, said she believes the administration is wrong to detain thousands of mostly Arab men without charging them with crimes. 'So many families have no knowledge of where their loved ones are," she said. "In the name of democracy, they are arresting innocent people.'
Queen Rania of Jordan, front center, listens to King Abdullah II's speech before Congress yesterday along with Talat Hamdani, far right, whose son died on 9/11.
Talat Hamdani, a Muslim whose son Mohammad Salman Hamdani, a New York emergency medical technician, was killed, supports the proposal. "I'm not fighting for a mosque. I'm fighting for my rights," she said.
At Salman's funeral, the many mourners included Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and our congressman, Gary Ackerman. The Patriot Act, enacted in response to the terror attacks, specifically refers to Salman as a 9/11 hero. Yet, at the 9/11 Memorial, his name is grouped among the miscellaneous victims, not among the first responders who sacrificed their lives, where it belongs.
According to a news-report circulated by Scripps-Howard, Hamdani recalled the thousands of Muslims who were interrogated for alleged connections with terrorist activities and said her son was also investigated by the FBI as a potential suspect after he was reported missing. "As a Muslim-American woman, it was horrific," said the public school teacher in Queens. "I came to realise that Islam and terrorism have become synonymous."
Hamdani recalled the thousands of Muslims who were interrogated for alleged connections with terrorist activities and said her son was also investigated by the FBI as a potential suspect after he was reported missing. 'As a Muslim-American woman, it was horrific,' said Hamdani, a public school teacher in Queens. 'I came to realize that Islam and terrorism have become synonymous.'
By contrast, across America today, we are witnessing the spectacle of politicians crassly exploiting the tragedies of Paris, Beirut and Russia for selfish political gains. Capitalizing on fear and the considerable ignorance about the Muslim faith among many of our citizens, they are in a rush to the bottom, driving a stampede of prejudicial proposals.
And Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota, one of two Muslim members of Congress, was brought to tears during a Congressional hearing in March while describing how the man, a Pakistani-American from Queens, had wrongly been suspected of involvement in the attacks, before he was lionized as a young police cadet who had died trying to save lives.
Queen Rania of Jordan, front center, listens to King Abdullah II's speech before Congress yesterday along with Talat Hamdani, far right, whose son died on 9/11.
Talat Hamdani, Hamdani's mother, thinks her son is being overlooked because of his Muslim faith. Talat Hamdani said when her son, also a trained paramedic, rushed to the scene of the attack, he was viewed as a potential terrorist attacker. His picture was circulated and law enforcement were told to detain him for questioning.
Another sifting of the remains is cruel and inhumane," said Talat Hamdani. Her son, a police cadet, died on Sept. 11. "Sifting the remains will not provide the victims' families closure. On the contrary, it will only cause more pain by reopening their wound and it will inject a feeling of revenge once again in the veins of our nation," she said.
'My son was a casualty of 9/11 -- not because he was a Muslim or because he was from Pakistan, but because he was an American,' Hamdani said. Hamdani, a vehement opponent of the Patriot Act, which provided law enforcement greater powers to fight terrorists, said she believes the administration is wrong to detain thousands of mostly Arab men without charging them with crimes. 'So many families have no knowledge of where their loved ones are," she said. "In the name of democracy, they are arresting innocent people.'
When her EMT son went missing in the days after 9/11, Talat Hamdani traveled to Mecca to pray that he was safe - hoping authorities could have thought him a suspect because of his Muslim background and detained him.
Talat Hamdani, a Muslim whose son Mohammad Salman Hamdani, a New York emergency medical technician, was killed, supports the proposal. "I'm not fighting for a mosque. I'm fighting for my rights," she said.
At Salman's funeral, the many mourners included Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and our congressman, Gary Ackerman. The Patriot Act, enacted in response to the terror attacks, specifically refers to Salman as a 9/11 hero. Yet, at the 9/11 Memorial, his name is grouped among the miscellaneous victims, not among the first responders who sacrificed their lives, where it belongs.
Hamdani recalled the thousands of Muslims who were interrogated for alleged connections with terrorist activities and said her son was also investigated by the FBI as a potential suspect after he was reported missing. 'As a Muslim-American woman, it was horrific,' said Hamdani, a public school teacher in Queens. 'I came to realize that Islam and terrorism have become synonymous.'
According to a news-report circulated by Scripps-Howard, Hamdani recalled the thousands of Muslims who were interrogated for alleged connections with terrorist activities and said her son was also investigated by the FBI as a potential suspect after he was reported missing. "As a Muslim-American woman, it was horrific," said the public school teacher in Queens. "I came to realise that Islam and terrorism have become synonymous."
Another sifting of the remains is cruel and inhumane," said Talat Hamdani. Her son, a police cadet, died on Sept. 11. "Sifting the remains will not provide the victims' families closure. On the contrary, it will only cause more pain by reopening their wound and it will inject a feeling of revenge once again in the veins of our nation," she said.
And Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota, one of two Muslim members of Congress, was brought to tears during a Congressional hearing in March while describing how the man, a Pakistani-American from Queens, had wrongly been suspected of involvement in the attacks, before he was lionized as a young police cadet who had died trying to save lives.
Talat Hamdani, Hamdani's mother, thinks her son is being overlooked because of his Muslim faith. Talat Hamdani said when her son, also a trained paramedic, rushed to the scene of the attack, he was viewed as a potential terrorist attacker. His picture was circulated and law enforcement were told to detain him for questioning.
By contrast, across America today, we are witnessing the spectacle of politicians crassly exploiting the tragedies of Paris, Beirut and Russia for selfish political gains. Capitalizing on fear and the considerable ignorance about the Muslim faith among many of our citizens, they are in a rush to the bottom, driving a stampede of prejudicial proposals.
