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| arabische US-Bürger - unter den Opfern und dennoch Sündenböcke Quelle: Middle East News Online NEW YORK, USA(MENO) - Nissam Hafiz is an Arab-American. Like thousands of American victims, he is buried under the rubble of the towers of the World Trade Center. Hafiz's sister stands somewhere close to the rescue operation in New York holding tight on her brothers' picture, asking people "have you seen this man?" Waleed Iskandar, 34 and Gerges Hashem, 37, both Arab Americans from Lebanon have also been confirmed dead as American Airlines flight 11 crashed in the Tower one of the World Trade Center. Hashem, a 37-year-old resident of Boston, was a product manager at the Teradyne Company. He left Lebanon some three decades ago, but visited the country regularly. He was married to Rita Hashem, and the couple have two children. Waleed Iskandar and his South African fiancée had arranged to travel to the Los Angeles area to meet Iskandar's parents. Iskandar, who resided in London where he worked for the Monitor consulting firm, had been in the Boston area for three days visiting his brother. But the Hafiz, Iskandar and Hashem family's other tragedy, besides the loss of their son, is the fact that they like millions of Muslims and Arabs in the US are being used as scapegoat for the Americans who just want to vend their anger. "I just don't understand this," an Arab American University student told MENO. He added, "we are parts of this tragedy, we are buried under the rubble, we are sharing our blood with the survivors, we are helping in the rescue efforts, we are praying for the victims' families, we raising the American flags over our houses, and shedding tears while watching the horrific scenes on television." "But here we are standing alone, facing the hate of millions who, rather than searching for the real criminals, chasing behind innocent Americans for simply being of a different background or a different faith," he lamented. The Washington Post reported that at least 100 Muslim organization in the United States reported hate crimes and harassment. In the Washington DC area two mosques and a bookstore were vandalized. In New York a man pointed a gun at an Arab man working in a gas station and threatened to shoot. In Texas, a mosque came under attack when assailants opened random fire. Considering the large number of Muslims and Arabs living and working in the New York area, it is expected that dozens of them have lost their lives or are still buried under the rubbles. Muslim groups are expressing their disappointment that the media and the rest of the American people are stripping them from their identity as Americans for simply being of Arab origins or for professing the Islamic faith. Nissam Hafiz's family and dozens of other Muslim and Arab families are too waiting to hear of the fate of their loved ones. However they wonder, how can they be the victims and yet accused of being the victimizer, all at once? No one seems to have an answer.. |
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