An Open Letter to Barrack Obama

As Salaamu‘alaykum and peace to all,

To:

Barrack Hussein Obama Jr.,
The President of United States of America,
The White House,
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20500,

Dear Mr. President,

First of all, I want to congratulate you for being the first ever African American President .I did not watch full of your inauguration, because that time it was midnight in Malaysia and I felt very sleepy. But, I know many people all around the world were watched the ceremony because your presidency has become an icon for most of the people. Other than American people who watched your ceremony in the Capitol Building, there were thousand of Millions who watched through the television and internet. They want to be a part of the historical moment in the history of United States. Despite your country facing worst economic downturn since the great depression, your inauguration has come with a hefty price tag estimated at more than $ 170 million. This cost was many times higher than the inauguration of others President such as George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. These show your inauguration is the greatest in the history of United States of America.

Since the night you have been announced as the new US President last year by defeated John McCain, all the people over the world cheer and happy with the new Uncle Sam country’s leadership. From China to Mexico, from Antarctica to Arctic, and from Malaysia to Nigeria, they hope the change that you always speak out during the campaign will bring a new situation to the world, the world with peace and harmony contrary with the President bush’s administration that always try to spread bloodshed and make unilateral decisions.

Your historical backgrounds always make Muslims wonder. They always question whether your are Muslim or not. Even though, you had declared that you were never practicing Islam before, most of the Muslim, based on the fact that you were live in Indonesia during your childhood and descendant of Muslim family, they believe that at least you know more about Islam compared with the other US Presidents. Thus, you should be more concern about the Muslim world.

Recently, there was an attack on Gaza by Israel Regime. This is not the first time ever the Palestinian were oppressed, killed and injured by Israel armies. It has been normal for Israel to killed people and also normal for the world’s society to watch the same thing goes again and again on television, internet and newspapers. As a former lawyer and lecturer of laws, I do believe that you have deep understanding on the Palestinian-Israel conflict that has been going for more than fifty years. Unfortunately, after more than 1300 Palestinians has been killed and thousands more were injured, you did not released any statement regarding this matter. Your attitude to just silence on this issue slightly show your support to Israel ‘Holocoust’ on Palestinians. Only after you officially become the US President, you did show a little pity to the Palestinian’s suffered.

In the book about you that I read, you mention that you got inspiration from your mother. Even though your mother was Christian, she did not fully follow the teaching. She teach you about patience, discipline and to defend what is right without told you it’s relation to religion. For your mother, religion only the expression of the human cultures and can be used to control human behaviors. So,the only way to know what is right and what is wrong is solely by using rational minds. If that the principle that believe in, why when it come to the Palestine issue and Israel interest, you seem to be like an ignorant leader, just keep quit and let hundreds of innocent Palestinians to died. Most of them are childrens, women and eldest, even babies who perhaps just being life for few days before Israel bomb strike their house and died. Where are the humanity values that your mother teaches you? Where the entire spiritual words about liberty, opportunity, freedom and democracy that you always mention the campaign? Where the change that you always promote in your slogan “Change, We Need, Change, We can Believe”.?

It seems to me that your life's principles are only working if the matters are not related to Israel.

If that true that you really want to bring change to the world, it should be done in all aspects. The hope of the people on you as A Black Kennedy should be reality. I hope that you will make change especially regarding the US policies in the Middle East. If I do not see any changes in year of your presidency especially in solving the Palestinians-Israel conflict, I will throw away all my full support that I give to you since the day I know you as the Democrat’s candidate until now as the 44 President of United States and I urge Muslims and all people who love peace, security, liberty, democracy and freedom to so. I end my letter with the quote from your Inaugural Address;

The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness

Thank you.

From:
A Muslim Youth; who loves peace,
Engineering Student,
International Islamic University Malaysia.


::Written by Faisal
::11:32 p.m
::Saturday,January 24, 2009