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2005-01-09 Arabia

Little Arab wealth for tsunami's Muslim victims

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Posted by Fred 2005-01-09 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Methinks that Muslim charity has much more in common with the "subscriptions" that ordinary Germans paid to help build battleships before WWI or the "State Loan" that Russians paid during Stalin's time than it does with the United Way.

I'm guessing that most of the swag that doesn't get consumed by holy men goes to things like the intifada and Islamic bombs. And the real beauty of living in a high-context society is that nobody has to come right out and say what the scam is. A few hints are dropped and 90% understand.

Posted by 11A5S 2005-01-09 1:30:12 AM|| 2005-01-09 1:30:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 No worries folks. There will be plenty of money from the wahabi outreach program to build new mosques.

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2005-01-09 1:47:28 AM|| 2005-01-09 1:47:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Fatwa issued against Bergen in 5...4...3...

Posted by Pappy 2005-01-09 2:01:40 AM|| 2005-01-09 2:01:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 ... it is âcommon currencyâ in the Islamic world that Muslims are perpetual victims of Western and Zionist conspiracies. Yet when Muslims are suffering, it is usually the West, and often the United States, that takes the lead in helping, he notes, recalling that it was the US that came to the aid of Afghans after the Soviet invasion and it was the US that overthrew the Taliban regime.

Just one more good reason that whenever Western countries are obliged to go in and clean up another Muslim trainwreck like Afghanistan, no sort of Islamist government should be allowed to retain or ascend to power afterwards.

The Persian Gulf countries that are reaping a bonanza from record oil prices should send a meaningful percentage of those windfall profits to their fellow Muslims devastated by the tsunami, rather than lining the pockets of their ruling families. After all, zakat, the giving of charity, is one of the five pillars of Islam,â Bergen adds ironically.

This sort of horseshit redlines my cynicism meter. One is forced to assume that if Islamic charity cannot be directed towards the killing of infidels, its only other allowable destination is the pockets of their corrupt mullahs and leaders. Isn't it time to rip the mask from all this blather about how the West is suppressing Islam?

The most oppressive force of all against Muslims is their own religious thugocracy. Untold bazillions of dollars flow into the Arab OPEC nations and they can barely match the donation level of a small European country. This betrayal of their own purported religious kin needs to be etched into the global awareness regarding Islam's outcry about "crusades" against it.

Until Islam steps up to the plate and behaves like a genuine charitable institution, instead of a political juggernaut, it should face serious opposition to its currently unreformed state. All signs indicate that Islam's leaders hold nothing more than a Stalinist meat-grinder attitude towards their own flock.

Until that changes, major proscriptions should accompany Islam wherever it goes.

Posted by Zenster 2005-01-09 1:44:43 PM|| 2005-01-09 1:44:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Zakat for foreigners? Baby needs a new ~~pair of curly-toed slippers~~ Mercedes limousine

Posted by Prince Naif 2005-01-09 1:52:25 PM|| 2005-01-09 1:52:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 We also need to highlight how little Arabs care for non-Arab Muslims. Any outcry about the Kurds? About Afghan's misery? About victims of the Tsunami?

Nope. Only about Paleos.

Posted by JFM 2005-01-09 3:39:25 PM|| 2005-01-09 3:39:25 PM|| Front Page Top

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