The poet
Babar Ahmad was extradited to New York following an appeal against extradition
that had all the hallmarks of a prearranged deal. It takes time to arrange
flights to the United States and seems extremely unlikely that the flights that
took 5 Muslims to face US injustice were not already scheduled by Theresa May
in her 'War on Islam'. On board these flights were the poet Talha Ahsan who I
mentioned in a post a few days ago. I have already written about how Babar was beaten by police, awarded £60,000
damages by the Metropolitan Police, but when a criminal case was brought
against these policemen, the judge, who was just about to retire, exonerated
them. This poem was published on the internet last Friday, the holy day of
Islam on which Babar lost his appeal.
Friday
One day...
The sun will shine again.
The flowers will blossom again.
The birds will sing again.
One day...
The rain will fall again.
The rivers will flow again.
The gardens will be green again.
One day...
The lips will smile.
The tears will dry.
The prayers will be answered.
One day...
The shackles will break.
The darkness will end.
The doors...
This is powerful
poetry. It is not Oscar Wilde, whose Ballad of Reading Gaol was
beautifully read yesterday by Alex Jennings on Poetry Please! Wilde had a
unique voice, and like Babar, experienced unjust penal incarceration. How
fittingly the following lines can be applied to all whose liberty has been
removed.
I know not whether
Laws be right,
Or whether Laws be wrong;
All that we know who lie in gaol
Is that the wall is strong;
And that each day is like a year,
A year whose days are long.
Or whether Laws be wrong;
All that we know who lie in gaol
Is that the wall is strong;
And that each day is like a year,
A year whose days are long.
Talha
Ahsan is also a poet. He suffers from Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism. He has
however written for Ceasefire Magazine and published a volume of his poetry entitled This Be The Answer. While Talha still had hope in July 2011 he wrote a great poem Extradition. He was
realistic enough to know the nasty nature of Theresa May, 'a feeble servant' to
her masters in the US.
Theresa May, a minister at home
though feeble servant to her masters there;
a solitary torture chamber cell,
To put me in, she’ll simply say, ‘Away!’
So let me while I can devote my time
to work for my own justice over here.
(C) Talha Ahsan, HMP Long Lartin, 19 July 2011
And so it proved, Theresa May was that 'feeble
servant' of the United States of America. The time has come for righteous
people to speak out and get our British citizens back on British soil. Writers,
poets artists, these are our brothers. Speak out for them!
Please join this group and get
your friends to join too.
Well said. However, I am afraid that a majority of Britons are too racist to be concerned about Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan. Contrast this how Britons were campaigning for British nanny and baby-killer Louise Woodward to be returned to England from America in 1997. Britons seem to be convinced about the innocence of the guilty and the guilt of the innocent.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment of support Junis. I missed it at the time.
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