If you're going to so horribly offend the people who were most directly affected by this, the families of the September 11 victims...then how are you healing?Among the roughly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks, were there not Muslims? If there is a Roman Catholic Church, a Methodist Church, another Chapel and other places of worship within the vicinity of Ground Zero (see the map below), do not Muslims also have the right to worship? What about the sensitivities of Muslim victims of that horrible day on September 11, 2001?
To bring home the point, I have listed below a partial representation of the Muslim victims, to acknowledge their existence. As you read, I want you to remember the story of Mohammad Salman Hamdani, a police cadet who raced to the scene of the attacks and lost his life in trying to save the lives of others.
There should be dialogue so that sensitivities are heard and addressed. Yet, the spirit of openness cannot be predicated on the demeaning of an entire faith, its adherents, and their inherent rights.
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This list is available in its original form @ http://islam.about.com/blvictims.htm; it is compiled from several sources and is only a partial representation of the Muslim Victims of 9/11 (or victims from Muslim families)
Samad Afridi Ashraf Ahmad Shabbir Ahmad (45 years old; Windows on the World; leaves wife and 3 children) Umar Ahmad Azam Ahsan Ahmed Ali Tariq Amanullah (40 years old; Fiduciary Trust Co.; ICNA website team member; leaves wife and 2 children) Touri Bolourchi (69 years old; United Airlines #175; a retired nurse from Tehran) Salauddin Ahmad Chaudhury Abdul K. Chowdhury (30 years old; Cantor Fitzgerald) Mohammad S. Chowdhury (39 years old; Windows on the World; leaves wife and child born 2 days after the attack) Jamal Legesse Desantis Ramzi Attallah Douani (35 years old; Marsh & McLennan) SaleemUllah Farooqi Syed Fatha (54 years old; Pitney Bowes) Osman Gani Mohammad Hamdani (50 years old) Salman Hamdani (NYPD Cadet) Aisha Harris (21 years old; General Telecom) Shakila Hoque (Marsh & McLennan) Nabid Hossain Shahzad Hussain Talat Hussain Mohammad Shah Jahan (Marsh & McLennan) Yasmeen Jamal Mohammed Jawarta (MAS security) Arslan Khan Khakwani Asim Khan Ataullah Khan Ayub Khan Qasim Ali Khan Sarah Khan (32 years old; Cantor Fitzgerald) Taimour Khan (29 years old; Karr Futures) Yasmeen Khan Zahida Khan Badruddin Lakhani Omar Malick Nurul Hoque Miah (36 years old) Mubarak Mohammad (23 years old)Boyie Mohammed (Carr Futures) Raza Mujtaba Omar Namoos Mujeb Qazi Tarranum Rahim Ehtesham U. Raja (28 years old) Ameenia Rasool (33 years old) Naveed Rehman Yusuf Saad Rahma Salie & unborn child (28 years old; American Airlines #11; wife of Michael Theodoridis; 7 months pregnant) Shoman Samad Asad Samir Khalid Shahid (25 years old; Cantor Fitzgerald; engaged to be married in November) Mohammed Shajahan (44 years old; Marsh & McLennan) Naseema Simjee (Franklin Resources Inc.'s Fiduciary Trust) Jamil Swaati Sanober Syed Robert Elias Talhami (40 years old; Cantor Fitzgerald) Michael Theodoridis (32 years old; American Airlines #11; husband of Rahma Salie) W. Wahid |
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