Brother Musa even Isrial is doing better than the dam rich muslin OIL RICH STATS: And all of them standby Sudan goverment just because their Arab enticity. What a same. B. Mbye Sey --- "MUSA A.PEMBO" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Muslim Charities > > The generous and immediate response of the > world community to the tsunami disaster that took > more than 150,000 lives and left millions homeless > in a matter of moments was touching. It was a > spectacle of nations and peoples, forgetting all > differences, reaching out to help victims in an > affirmation of our shared humanity. The $350 million > donated by America, Japan's $500 million, Saudi > Arabia's $30 million, and the hefty contributions by > many others represent only governmental efforts. > Public contributions are outstripping those of > governments in many countries. Oxfam, Red Cross, > Save the Children Fund and various UN agencies are > on the ground making a superhuman effort to save > lives. > > But the response from comparatively richer > Muslim Arab nations, barring a few exceptions, has > been poor so far. Muslim charitable organizations, > unlike their Western counterparts, have failed to > come forward. That is inexcusable. Muslim charitable > and religious organizations must increase their > welfare activities. A people whose religion puts > such a heavy stress on charity must not only raise > funds to provide food, clothes and medicine to the > victims, but must also send volunteer teams to > rehabilitate the displaced people in Indonesia, Sri > Lanka, Thailand, Maldives, and Somalia. > > Rich Muslim nations have a bigger > responsibility to raise donations, increase > awareness among the masses for help, encourage > donors and organizations to provide food, shelter, > clothes and medicines for the tsunami sufferers. > > Those like Pakistan, Malaysia, Egypt, Libya > etc., who may not be able to make heavy > contributions in money, can contribute by sending > troops for rescue operations. In addition, rich > Muslim governments, organizations and companies > should send doctors, engineers, and humanitarian > workers to share in the work of rebuilding the > victims' life. > > > M. Ashaq Raza, Asmara, Eritrea, published 6 > January 2005 > > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface > at: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an > e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ===== Let modesty be the rule of observance. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page – Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤