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"Bust him, Bone!"
A single shot from the 9mm handgun exploded in the night air. Tariq Khamisa, 20-year-old college student and part-time pizza deliverer, lay dead in the front seat of his car. The killer: eighth-grader Tony Hicks.
So began the bardo of Azim Khamisa, Tariq's father. "Bardo" - a Tibetan Buddhist concept Azim came upon shortly after the murder - is a gap between the end of one life state and the onset of another. The loss of his only son ended forever the life Azim had known. He was thrown into a nightmarish bardo through which he had to find his way.
But his strong Islamic “Ismaili” faith and his determination to bring meaning to such a tragedy transformed Azim's bardo into a remarkable journey. That journey is eloquently and lovingly revealed in the book Azim's Bardo: From Murder to Forgiveness - A Father's Journey, a powerful and inspiring story that offers hope for the restoration of lives brutalized by acts of violence and the loss of a loved one.
REVIEWS
From Murder to Forgiveness is a wonderful book by an extraordinary man who is making a difference in children's lives. Azim Khamisa lost his son to senseless violence and, rather than lose himself in grief or turn to vengeance, committed himself to teaching nonviolence to children and communities. We can all learn from this very special man of peace and wisdom.
- MARION WRIGHT EDELMAN, President, The Children's Defense Fund I have known many heroes in my life, men and women who have been acknowledged with the greatest of honors, from the Medal of Honor to the Nobel Prize. None stand taller than you; none have greater courage. You, my friend, are my hero.
- WALTER ANDERSON, Editor, Parade Magazine In a world of a million moving stories, I found their [Azim Khamisa and Ples Felix] alliance against youth violence to be one of the most compelling and deeply touching.
- CHUCK STEVENSON, Producer, 48 Hours (CBS)
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