What is awaiting with God is far better and everlasting –
for those who believe, and on their Lord alone rely …
and those, indeed, who when afflicted by injustice,
they themselves defend their rights and honor. …
For as to those who choose to defend themselves,
after having been wronged,
there is no cause whatever for blame against them.
—The Quran, 42: 36,39,41
(Washington, D.C., 11/24/2025) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, today extended condolences to the family, loved ones, and community of Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the civil rights leader and Muslim pioneer, who passed away 23 years after his wrongful conviction for a crime he clearly did not commit. Imam Jamil died in federal custody at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina despite the fact the person responsible for the crime had repeatedly confessed.
USCMO Secretary General Oussama Jammal said in a statement:
“For years, we fought to free Imam Jamil. A rigorously fact-based assessment proved beyond doubt that Imam Jamil’s arrest and conviction were unjustified. Although we mourn today and condemn the government for subjecting him to years of injustice, we take comfort in the belief that he is now free and that his legacy will live.
“Imam Jamil’s embrace of Islam in the early 1970s magnified his resonance and perfected him as a quintessential American and Muslim leader.
“Over the next three decades, Imam Jamil emerged as one of the most effective and influential Muslim community leaders and American social organizers in the nation.
“Above all, it was Imam Jamil’s dedicated work for urban peace and justice as a spiritual-social leader among the growing masses of struggling Americans throughout the country, through which he saved thousands of lives, that we remember.
“Imam Jamil’s personal and communal example of spiritual upliftment and the tangible worldly benefits of societal fellowship and unity helped deliver countless families and communities from despair and grievous loss to a shared sense of mutual human responsibility and belonging.
“Just months ago, in May, USCMO sent a letter (as did many other American community leaders) urging Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney to consent to an urgent extraordinary motion for a new trial on behalf of Imam Jamil Al-Amin, which was coming before her.
“If the leadership of this nation had had any sincere sense of the pursuit of fairness and justice for Imam Jamil – this truehearted American social justice leader and tireless mender of mutual community – he would have been free, not fettered, and celebrated, not persecuted.
“For this reason, and God knows, we count our brother Imam Jamil Al-Amin a martyr. He gave his life in the service of suffering Americans struggling for freedom, and he did it for the sake of the true and only God alone.
“Imam Jamil worked for justice and strove spiritually to shepherd economically and socially shackled Americans of every faith and race to lives of human dignity and moral equality.
“In this, the man who chose the name “Jamil Al-Amin” for himself in faith lived up to his name, indeed: Jamil Al-Amin, “The Beautifully Trustworthy.”
“Now Allah has freed this ‘Beautiful’ heart and ‘Trustworthy’ human soul, this American hero of the humble, this righteous brother of ours – Jamil Al-Amin, Allah have mercy on him. O God! Magnify the reward of his family after him and do not deprive us of his legacy.”
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un.
Truly, to Allah we belong and to Him we return.
Original Source USCMO.
USCMO serves as a powerful force, amplifying our collective voice and advocating for our rights. We stand united against discrimination, Islamophobia, and social injustice. Through collaboration, advocacy, and community engagement, we work tirelessly to challenge systemic barriers and create a more inclusive and equitable America.
