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Arabia
How do we donate to Palestine?
2003-11-16
Sources in a number of mosques across Sanaa have revealed that the Ministry of Endowment and Guidance has taken away donation boxes for Palestine placed by the Islah charity in the city and in other governorates. The sources said that the ministry’s justification was that those donation campaigns were launched without prior notification or licensing from the ministry. The action of the ministry was protested and criticized by worshippers and mosque staffers who have asked how the mosques can collect donations for Palestine.
How about if they don't? Doesn't Yemen have any problems that can be addressed with charitable donations? No poor? No widows? No orphans? No deserving young fellows and girls in need of assistance with their education? Well then, how about buying arms and ammunition for Hadramaut?
The ministry had earlier accused political parties of using donation boxes to gain political benefits, not for the main goal of collecting money for Palestine. Some analysts believe that this step may have been taken in response to external pressure by the US government on the Yemeni government to dry out sources of money to militant movements in Palestine including Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements.
Golly! Y'think?
The political department of Hamas, Khaled Mishaal had said in a visit last year that very little of the donations collected in Yemen arrive to Palestine, implying that such cash may indeed be used for political benefits instead.
Comes as a surprise, doesn't it? Floored me, too...
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#8  Yeah, give til it hurts, Yemenis. Winter's coming in Paris and Suha needs a new mink...
Posted by: tu3031   2003-11-16 9:52:32 PM  

#7  The sources said that the ministry’s justification was that those donation campaigns were launched without prior notification or licensing from the ministry.

"We will NOT have these kinds of donations to Palestine. We want our donations to have an official stamp of approval before they are sent...."
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-11-16 5:16:10 PM  

#6  OP, you just wrote the will of several million Arabs.
Posted by: Charles   2003-11-16 4:57:08 PM  

#5  How to donate to Palestine
First, have your head opened, and all your brains scooped out. Send these to Canada, where there is brain research going on that will help prevent people with an IQ above 60 from being able to use their intellect "to lord it over others" (this group is also known as the government of Jacques Cretien).

Second, have your entire blood supply drained and given to the Red Crescent society. They will use this blood ONLY for Muslim recipients. If your blood goes bad before a Muslim needs it, they will simply dump it in the desert between Mecca and Medina, to "water this holy land".

Thirdly, will your body to a fertilizer factory in Syria. It will be baked,dried, ground into powder, mixed with other ingredients, and sold as fertilizer in Lebanon.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-11-16 1:10:30 PM  

#4  There is a lot of money to be made being a "holy man", but no money to be made being a truly ethical man of God. Get well soon Fred.
Posted by: Allah   2003-11-16 12:29:34 PM  

#3  There's a lot of money to be made being a holy man...

Infidel!!! You dare insult islam?! DEATH TO FRED!
Posted by: mullahinalimo   2003-11-16 12:18:58 PM  

#2  There's a lot of money to be made being a holy man...
Posted by: Fred   2003-11-16 11:08:16 AM  

#1  the use of donations by Islamic charities is a big problem nearly everywhere including the USA; muslims who put money in boxes marked for burial society have absolutely no assurance that the money isn't used for personal expenses by the clerical staff - in a way, this is good news because money supposed to be used to help terrorism tends to be laundered into new SUVs for Imans, etc.
Posted by: mhw   2003-11-16 10:01:32 AM  

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