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| US Moslems Join Inter-Faith Call To Action About Darfur |
| 2004-08-06 |
| From The Council on American Islamic Relations The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that it has joined with more than 70 other faith-based, humanitarian and human rights groups in signing a "Unity Statement and Call to Action" in response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan. .... the statement calls for specific actions that include worldwide efforts to stop population displacement and end crimes against humanity, governmental humanitarian support and access to match the need, support for relief organizations providing aid, the rebuilding of villages and the return of those displaced, and the creation of a UN commission of inquiry. .... CAIR has urged American Muslims to send donations to Islamic relief organizations working in Darfur. .... Other Muslim groups signing the statement include the Islamic Circle of North America, Islamic American Relief Agency, Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, and the American Sufi Muslim Association. .... In addition to the statement, the Save Darfur Coalition is sponsoring a national Interfaith Day of Conscience on Wednesday, August 25, in churches, synagogues, mosques, and community centers nationwide. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #15 There are always bright exceptions. Liberalhawk cares. *You* perhaps care, We have feelings Aris! I care! Smarty Jones failure laid me low for a week. Finding out this am about Service Pack Deuce make me feel bad. I care! But you're right Bosnia. Who cares. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-06 5:55:37 PM |
| #14 "prior to our involvement" I admit I wasn't aware that Rantburg was involved in Bosnia. But if you are referring to NATO involvement, then no I've not heard of any governments acting individually to stop it outside NATO. Whether in Europe, in Asia or in the Americas. And no, I don't know which of the NATO nations argued for involvement and which against it either. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-08-06 5:01:59 PM |
| #13 Perhaps you are right. If there was a governmental power among the 500,000,000 in Europe which not only wanted, but fought to stop the killing, raping, and displacement of Muslims, I imagine I'd have heard of it by now, but I'll bite...Were any governments ACTING to stop it prior to our involvement? |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-08-06 4:34:03 PM |
| #12 Aris, that is a simplistic assessment of Rantburgers. There are always bright exceptions. Liberalhawk cares. *You* perhaps care, I don't remember your own take on this and similar issues. But already we've had two folk above that hastened to provide examples for my argument -- one of them sees black muslim lives important only in the way he feels they can be "turned" to Christianity, the other one freely admits he doesn't care about them at all. My feeling about this is that most Rantburgers resemble the Dcreeper/Lucky spectrum rather than Liberalhawk in their interests to preserve lives of muslims. As for my "own European comrades" there are what, five hundred millions of them, from several dozens of different countries? I confess to finding it much more difficult in making blanket statements about such a large amount of people. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-08-06 3:50:15 PM |
| #11 Aris, that is a simplistic assessment of Rantburgers. It also doesn't take into account the entire spectrum of peoples in the world who have stood by happily as Muslims were killed, raped and displaced. One example would have to include your own European comrades for doing nothing but talk about the Yugoslav problem in their own backyard while Muslims there were killed, raped, and displaced. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-08-06 3:22:27 PM |
| #10 I'm sure they'll bring the same level of professionalism and dedication as their brethren on the UNHRC. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-08-06 2:55:45 PM |
| #9 This isn't muslim on muslim. It's racial cultural cleansing. It's economic rape as well. Those blacks could care less about mecca. They could care less about speaking rote arabic mantras. This is the place to turn islam back upon itself. This is the place to start the destruction of jihad. This is the place for islamic reformation. Those black bastards can be turned! |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-08-06 1:59:50 PM |
| #8 Update: In retrospect, it's because I view as a step in the right direction, taking problems out on each other rather than on some other ethnic group, step towards actually dealing with the issues once all the gunnies killed each other off. |
| Posted by: Dcreeper 2004-08-06 12:32:18 PM |
| #7 I have to admit, hearing about muslims killing/hurting muslims does not bother me even a little. |
| Posted by: Dcreeper 2004-08-06 12:30:04 PM |
| #6 "Arab muslims killing raping other animist, christians, and non-arab muslims" Animists and Christians are in South Sudan. Darfur is only black muslims. "RB'ers have been on this often enough for me to accurately say your snarky little comment is a piece of shit, Aris. F*&k you" Yeah, you've told me that before. But my comment about most Rantburgers stands. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-08-06 11:42:42 AM |
| #5 Arab muslims killing raping other animist, christians, and non-arab muslims. RB'ers have been on this often enough for me to accurately say your snarky little comment is a piece of shit, Aris. F*&k you |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-06 10:56:29 AM |
| #4 "Every dollar donated will go towards killing and displacing christians in Darfur" "isn't the basic problem in Sudan that the arab muslims are killing, raping and displacing the christians?" Darfur is about Muslims killing, raping, and displacing other Muslims -- therefore no reason for most Rantburgers to give a damn either way. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-08-06 10:47:50 AM |
| #3 "to send donations to Islamic relief organizations working in Darfur" wait a second. isn't the basic problem in Sudan that the arab muslims are killing, raping and displacing the christians? So what does CAIR mean by "islamic relief?" Are the rapists getting tired or something? |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-08-06 9:02:03 AM |
| #2 If nobody but the master race is in Darfur, there's no crisis ther, is there? CAIR's the enemy |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-06 12:27:58 AM |
| #1 Every dollar donated will go towards killing and displacing christians in Darfur. "Islamic relief organizations", my ass. There's no such thing. |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-08-06 12:17:04 AM |