They are brothers, share the same faith with mine, we prostrate
to the same God each single days, play the role as a slave.
But there is one significant difference, I come to Perth to
further my studies, pursue my career and dream. They come to Perth not for
study, but to earn a life, to survive. Travel from thousand miles away with a
speed boat, my logic would tell that they are totally absurd! Why would they travel by sea when nowadays it’s
a norm to board a flight especially for traveller like them went all the way
from middle east to down under country like Australia? Did you know how risky
and life threatening it is to go over the sea with the storm and heavy tides which
would occur anytime?
And I am thinking of that spontaneously making a stereotype:
asylum seeker!
Yeah in fact it is who they are.
The journey took them away from home country, transit in Malaysia,
Indonesia, and finally to where they are belong now, living with a foster
family who are willing to share bits of happiness with them. The harsh journey
put them detained by the authorities, in and out of jail, freedom by ransom.
The leftover pocket money is the only hope for them to start a new life in
Perth, away from those fire, rockets, bombs, terrorists, army, guns, tanks,
which is a normal atmosphere every single day therein.
'Brother how old are you?"
"45, In Afghan, we dont have any birth
certificate"
"So how could you remember your age when you can't even
have any document to prove your date of birth?'
“ I ask my mom, and she said ,"You are 2 years younger
than your older brothers, so I calculated mine from my brother's age"
"Ouh just like that?" Then I started to ponder on
what if her mother lies, ouch it can't be!
"Yeah, in Islam we always refer events like 10 years
before Hijri or 10 years after Hijri"
That makes sense to me.
I don’t know why and how but
just by looking at them, there is an emotional feeling and humanity within me keep saying how sad it is for the hometown
where they were brought up since kids were destroyed in a never ending war. The
full conspiracy war in the name of anti-terrorism. In fact it is more than
humanity, as we are brothers in Islam; the bonding between us is much more than
that.
The day goes by since then.
One day I read a headline on
an online portal:
“Australia offers
migrants cash to go home. Authorities offer payments of up to AU$10,000 for
asylum seekers to drop their bids for refugee status”.
That reminds me of the two brothers I knew before. How lucky
are they to escape such Australia Government policy and earn a living here. Yeah
indeed Allah is the best planner towards His slave’s fate and destiny. May Allah has mercy on them
on this pursuit of happiness, and go
back to where they come from peacefully.
