Mr. Terrorist... Don't Be Doin That

Mr. Terrorist,

Don't be Doing That

Recently, al Qaeda's No. 2 man, Ayman al- Zawahi, felt the need to distinguish President Elect Barack Obama from Malcom X, concluding that the new President is not representative of the militant black community, and thus not in solidarity with their, [al Qaeda's] disjointed missions and goals.

Well I'm sorry I'm going to have to get a bit slang here, Mr. Terrorist al Zawahi, "Don't be doing that.!"

As an African American, I feel it is my duty to inform Mr. Number 2, that we, African Americans, want no parts of his comparisons. Furthermore, we take umbrage at the besmirching of our duty elected leader, in one of the most historic events in our Nation's history. While I do not speak for everyone, I feel confident in saying that those, Black Americans, who, and whose ancestors, sweat and died for an equal place in an American society we helped to construct, don't want to be cited by some thug terrorist organization as an example.

Moreover, it appears, Mr. al Zawahi conveniently forgot that Malcom X evolved during his lifetime and was a man of peace by the end of his life. So here's the deal Mr. Terrorist Number 2, while Malcom X initially thought violence was a means to achieving racial equality, he later embraced peace, something your organization has not seen fit to do thus far. Moreover, he took as a mentor one of your own region's men of peace, Ghandi of India, who inspired him in the belief that non-violence is the only way to achieve equity and justice. So why don't you try taking a cue from one of your own past great leaders of the Muslim world, Mahatma Ghandi, and try using peaceful means to resolve conflict. Killing innocent people gives you no credibility in the world and your cause is not authentic. I dare say the cause of Malcom X and all of the African American Civil Rights leaders and workers, by contrast was authentic. Therefore there is no comparison.

African Americans have never committed terrorist acts such as yours in the U.S. (or anywhere for that matter), and that is after 400 years of slavery and countless years of Jim Crow actions; and today we have inspired the whole world by electing a Black president.. The world has rejoiced with us African Americans, and the peace, stability and sanity this Administration promises to bring after 8 years of complete madness, caused largely in part by your terrorist organization.

So I demand Mr. al Zawahi, to never again sully the name of great African American leaders. Your references to the visages of slavery are not appreciated. If you are going to study our culture and our heritage, then learn the lessons of survival, struggle, and of hope, personified in our new President elect Barack Obama. Make no mistake, we African Americans are proud of our leader. We are even more proud that our Black leader will make murderous terrorist organizations irrelevant, and their terrorist threats merely whimpering ferret cries. So like I said, Mr. al Zahwari, and presumptively speaking on behalf of Black America. "Don't be doing that!"

Comments

[Michale32086]

I doubt your pleadings will have any effect on "Mr Number 2"

He IS a terrorist after all...

Michale.....

[Nommo]

"...while Malcom X initially thought violence was a means to achieving racial equality...
-Paula B. Mays

Not exactly. Malcolm never advocated violence. What he advocated for was self-defense in the face of the violence that was regularly perpetrated against Black people. There are enough of his speeches and writings available that this kind of mistake is easily avoided.

Ghandi was a Hindu.

[Paula B. Mays - Huffpost Blogger]

Mea Culpa for not making myself clear. What I meant was that Mr. al Zahwari was obviously pulling out the "By any means necessary" language of that time.

Also you are right that I did not make clear that Ghandi was Hindu, which is what I intended by saying a man of peace in your "region," again probably should have made that clearer, but I still think I made the point about using incidents and peoples of Peace as an example to address greivances, rather that violence and the slaughter of innocents as a means of redress.

Furthermore, the use of the African American struggle, acheived mainly be peaceful means as a justification for rogue thug terroism is not acceptable.

Thank you for pointing this out.

[Carlos60001]

Who said that Ghandi was muslim? Paula did not...

He dedicated his life to fight colonial rule AND to finding understanding between India's Muslim / Hindu communities.

He managed to keep India whole. It was not until after his death that Pakistan and Bangladesh were created.

So I think the referral to Ghandi is totally justified.

That aside, the whole point of publicising Alqueda's videos is to incite internal debate. We would be paying ourselves little favour if we just listen to what our enemies have to say.

Malcom X discovered what many of us know, that you have to stand up and fight for your rights. Europe has been born out of all kinds of conflict, between nations and within nations. The freedoms we enjoy have never been handed down freely.

Lets turn Al Zawahi to our favour, lets use his propaganda to create debate and learn about ourselves.