Amazing and beautiful reminiscence from Moazzam Begg on one of the Guantanamo captives who has finally been freed:
Seated on the floor of the C130 transport aircraft,
with my hands tied behind my back, my legs shackled and my head hooded; under
the flashes of light from cameras of US soldiers taking trophy pictures and
over the roar of the engines I heard someone next to me say in Arabic:
“Brother, the time for prayer has come – let us perform our prayer.” That was
my first ever act of worship in US custody and it was marked by the fortitude of a man I
will never forget: Abdul Rauf al-Libee. It has been over eight years since
that day but finally, he and the others taste a freedom that has come after an immense test. The the fight for the others goes on…