Our current administration may not believe and practice Justice, but our Civil society does. Monday, October 22, 2007 will go down in the history as one of the most important milestones in the history of American system of Justice.
The New York times reports that “The case, involving the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development and five of its backers, is the government’s largest and most complex legal effort to shut down what it contends is American financing for terrorist organizations in the Middle East.”
Dallas Morning News, “After 14 years of investigation, two months of trial, 19 days of deliberations and four more of waiting, the Holy Land case is essentially back where it started. The judge declared a mistrial on nearly all the charges, and prosecutors can retry everyone.”
CAIR also said the absence of a single guilty verdict on 197 charges brought by the prosecution in the terror financing trial will help reinforce the Muslim community's faith in America's system of justice.
Although a few in our government machinery attempted to bulldoze this through, our system of democracy stood like a rock. Even though the integrity of the media is questionable in this case, the court system remained intact.
Justice is the most critical aspect of human life, when it is not met in this life, we are assured, through our faith traditions, that it will be served, that is how the spiritual equilibrium is achieved. One set of faiths believe in life after death, where one is accountable for the deeds in the world and receives grace and blessings or punishment depending on how he or she lived the life. The other set of faiths believe that life is cyclical; one is born continuously through re-incarnation and birthing in lower forms of life as a payment for living the wrong life or will complete the life cycle and get the salvation for living the life of goodness. Either belief set has the same essence - behavior modification in this life and justice at the end.
The whole Muslim world was looking forward to this case with intensity. It was a question of faith in American Justice System. Thanks God for our exemplary system, thanks CAIR for the immense faith they have restored in our system, and we thank our founding fathers for creating a nation where Justice prevails.
This decision is a catalyst in influencing the relationship between our nation and the nations that supply our energy needs. They will see us as a people of integrity and I hope and pray that they will discount our administration and believe in us, the Americans.
As Americans we need to speak up against people who sow the seeds of hate and work for Justice from which emantes peace.
I am proud to be an American and request each one of us to take the responsibility for peace, let our actions and words reflect conflict reduction and peace building. You and I can expect peace in the World, only if you and I act and talk peace.
God bless America
Mike Ghouse is a Speaker, Thinker, Writer and a Moderator. He is president of the http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/ and is a frequent guest on talk radio and local television network discussing interfaith, political and civic issues. He is the founding president of the http://www.worldmuslimcongress.com/ with a simple theme: "Good for Muslims and good for the world." His personal Website is http://www.mikeghouse.net/ and his articles can be found on the Websites mentioned above and in his Blogs: http://mikeghouseforamerica.blogspot.com/ and http://mikeghouse.sulekha.com/ . He can be reached at MikeGhouse@gmail.com . Mike is a Dallasite for nearly three decades and Carrollton is his home town