Iraq's Soul on American Land!

BismiAllahi Al-Rahman Al-Raheem

Please make Dua's for this new born girl that inshaAllah she will grow up to be a Mu2mina and a Mu7sina and everything in between inshaAllah.

Less than two months ago, a family of 4 arrived to the United States with hopes and dreams to start new lives from what they called Home in Iraq.

Like many parents, most aspire to raise their children with opportunities they did not have. A mother carried her baby in her womb across the world to do the unthinkable: abandon a home and sacrifice her life to give the little ones what she did not have. A home that was once safe to raise a family and build dreams was bombarded by American missiles to their hearts. The 2003 invasion of Iraq made many families homeless, widows, fatherless, and most with lost dreams and confused souls. For some, the memories are engraved on their bodies to be forever a reminder of what happened to their lost beloved country.

Yesterday, June 4, 2008, little Ayah was a miracle indeed. While her mother was still in pain from the C-section, Ayah gave her mother a sense of peace around her chaotic world, and a reason for all the troubled tears that carried her through what once seemed a never-ending journey.

These 'miracles' come with tears and pain unfortunately. Catholic Ministries, YMCA, Red Cross and other Christian charities are going to places such as Iraq, Somalia, Thailand, and Afghanistan and spreading a "Hope" of a new start at a land where freedom spreads its grounds. A Hope that they will be well taken care of with a home, a job and a sense of security and long lasting peace. However, there came to be missing pieces in this dream puzzle, and these refugees only faced humiliation with un-kept promises.

The so called "HOPE" was faced with reality when 3 weeks after their arrival the Refugees' contact between these missionaries became minimal, and the refugees became desperate with $200 dollars in their pocket a month. The hidden revelation is that after 4 months of this monthly "salary", they will not be longer financially supported by these missionaries. So these families have to somehow find means to pay for lease, food, essentials with having no bases of the language, withOUT a job, No Car, No driver license, No nothing: except the warm hearted people who devoted their lives to fill in these widening holes that these missionaries left wide open. A "hope" that these refugees will bounce back and get used to America's lifestyle in four months is but an unfortunate miscalculation, especially when you have cases such as a widow that is not literate and has trouble walking because of an injury to both knees that is taking care of a child.

As the refugees' stories spread from mosque to mosque, Muslims answered to their duty to help their brothers and sisters from every race, culture, and religion. Khutba's ended with a prayer to give peace and solitude to these soul's hearts and to donate for the cause of Allah Sub7anahu wa Ta3ala in any means we can. There are widows with children, single women, and even families of 6 are trying to live day by day and hope that each day will be better then the next. When All we can do is exhausted (B3id Ashar), all we can do for these lost souls is be there when the tears don't find a solution, when the thirst does not find a quench, and hope that these souls only find Allah's place in their hearts to keep their patience in tact.

By the end of this year, 50,000 Refugees will arrive to America's borders with "Hopes" still ringing in their ears. May Allah save their souls when they will be faced with a reality that this "Hope" will not be given only by Allah and His will, and to whom we will return.

Tomorrow, little Ayah will open her eyes and inshaAllah realize what her parents had to abandon, forget and sacrifice their lives for her to fulfill their Dream: that she may never have to hear the resonance of a bullet in her life.

and Allah Sub7anahou knows best,

~3affaf