The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Imam Husham Al-Husainy, a spiritual leader of Detroit area Muslims, embraced Friday and vowed to work together to bring American hostages home from Iraq. In an âOpen Letter for Hostages Releaseâ he read alongside Al-Husainy, Jackson said religious leaders have an ecumenical and moral obligation to press for the release because they can transcend political authorities and factions in Iraq. Al-Husainy and other Iraqi-Americans are essential because they are links to powerful religious leaders in Iraq, Jackson said. Detroit and its suburbs have the highest concentration of Arabs in the United States, and in Dearborn, Arab-Americans make up about a third of the population...
Iâm Jesse you see, and its up to me, to make the hostages free. |