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[Asim Aquil]

I believe most of the deaths by the Tsunamis followed by a massive earthquake were of Muslims. Other than Pakistan, (yes we Pakistanis, who say Pakistan first!) which other Muslim country is reaching out for the aid of those in need in S. E. Asia? I know Arabs visit this forum too, so I'm hoping they too push their governments to extend their well capable arms to reach out towards the Indonesias, Sri Lankans, the Indians, and so on. If Pakistan can forget its differences with India and try to give them as much help as possible, then what's keeping the financially more capable countries?

[FASAL XJ]

musharaf goes to the OIC every year & rants on about brotherhood & how actions speak louder than words, but when the sh^t finally spills, he's all quiet. what a hypocrite he cant even back his own words up.

[asal-main]

committed minimum contributions:

saudi arabia $10 million
qatar  $10 million
uae $2 million
kuwait $2 million
turkey $1.25 million
iran $675000

those are some, of the top of my head.

[postman]

Pakistan has already donated over 200million rupees in aid to the relief effort and put the Pakistan navy at the services of the Maldives saving hundreds of lives another Paksitan navy vessel is on the way to Indonesia to help them...considering Pakistans assets and its limited resources, its a bit much to single out Pakistans leader when actions have spoken louder than words.

[tkhan]

Salaam

I agree with the previous post that the west was forced to give money.  Here in the US, every media outlet and dozens of aid organizations lambasted the White House for the indeed stingy offering at first.  They are simply trying to prove everybody wrong now.  

And I will add that our economy here in America has a GDP of 10 TRILLION DOLLARS.  What is 350 Million compared to this?  

Also - Pakistan and many Arab states are all giving something.  I am currently in Saudi Arabia during my holidays from university studying at Umm ul Qurr'a University in Makkah.  By Allah, ever since the tsunami hit, not a day goes by when a group of brothers, from all nations, come and ask for donations to help the effort and I can't even count how many Princes, Businessmen and influential people have donated millions of dollars to help the suffering people.

May Allah reward all those who give freely for the sake of Allah in this most noble cause.

[meengla]

Asim Aquil:
You are such a gullible person to buy into this East vs. West, Muslims vs. Rest kind of mindset. 'Muslims' are not stingy or uncaring as much as 'the West' is benevolent toward others. There are simply rich and poor countries. In rich countries there are more resources of material and luxury of time to be more philanthropic toward others than poorer countries. As an example, you will not see any Sub-Saharan African countries rushing to provide relief--and they are mostly not Muslim countries.

We are all humans first. Not anything else. What drives some persons to do some things in some countries can easily be replicated in far off places if similar conditions arise. Couching such events in religiosity only shows your lack of understanding and a deep sense of inferiority complex.

[KudosBot]

Muslim countries are doing there bit, but the media is Ignoring Muslim contribution, they only show west helping. Pakistan was the 1st country to help & give aid

[avant-garde]

I would disagree.

Muslims have been doing alot. There are several muslim charities already at work -- however a huge problem for them is the reluctance of most muslims on donating to muslim charities here in the west because of.. you know what. But still, donations are comming... in the millions!

As someone up there compiled a list - the more richer "muslim" nations have pitched in significantly.

Unfortunately, we are too freggin poor to donate in multi million figures - the nations who could, are already up there. Thats the reason why our contributions have been insignificant on the global front.

But i absolutely disagree - You cant squeeze blood from stone. Where can most muslim countries get such massive donations from?? they cant!

Having said that.. indeed, i must praise the western - "non muslim" nations for the work theyve done. Its absolutely wonderful and a reminder to the extreme ones amongst us that you cant paint everything with the same brush. Those people are involved in the relief effort for humanity, and its really commendable.

[Slayer]

despite all the posts above I would say that some muslims nations are really to blame. 10 million from saudia is nothing.

Saudia can easily give 100 million. MAybe the individual princes are doing it, but we are talking here about the country. Even in west people are collecting million, in addition to what the governments have given. So dont count that.

Saudia can pay a lot more. Past year they have made billion in additional income due to high oil price and still they are giving 10 million! What a shame! If they would give zakat on their deposits it would be in billions!

Same goes for iran! What has iran done? What about libya? what about kuwait?

Actually these are egoistic greedy people, at government level. They dont care for islam or even humans. And I am sure they will be punished for this sooner or later and then they will ask for help and nobody is going to come to their aid.

[Asim Aquil]

I'm just trying to get momentum, as one Indian I know on the forums once said, nothing is enough.

Qatar I believe decided to give $1Bn dollars, but no confirmation of that. Which is really good. When Pakistan can do this much, Arabs and even the Iranians are very much capable of doing a whole lot more.

This is the best kind of competition to be in.

[sfhussain]

The poster is only reading the biased media, muslim charaties are under siege or assets seized due to war on terror.

Muslim Countries are contributing. Mush has opened a president relief fund in a television appeal and contributions are pouring in. me and my immiediate family have made significant contributions. Too bad this is not carried on CNN or BBC. We dont expect any coverage - but bigoted attitudes dont help.

I just saw rerun after rerun of US helo droping a couple of relief supplies in Aceh. Counting the number of times it was run - I would say ten thousand packets were delivered.

Edited by sfhussain, 03 January 2005 - 03:25 AM.

[omarxizt]

Media is a puppet like any other political nymph which derives from the public opinions not facts. Deviation from reality really sets in when I hear and see comments posted on the forum with minimum support of evidence or reality. Pakistan is in no capacity to take a leading role within the region to help out in the relief effort and that is the reality. We still have hard time trying to mend our problems within the country when a small disasters hit like flood or earthquake. We are not Iran, Saudi Arabia or any other rich Muslim nation and that by itself is a reality we must bare and try to avert in the future.

We were one of the first to extend our hands in the relief effort after this disaster hit the region. Unlike anyone here who is just here to rant on why Pakistan is not helping or doing enough here are some of the proof our government and its people helping out the region.

Pakistan sends military planes, navy ships to help tsunami-hit Sri Lanka, Indonesia

PAKISTAN: NGOs and government respond to massive tsunami needs

Pakistan sending navy ships, medical units to tsunami-hit countries

Doctors, engineers from Pakistan to accompany tsunami relief to Sri Lanka, Indonesia

Pakistan for benefit cricket match for tsunami hit

Pakistan Offers Assistance for India's Tsunami Victims

[sfhussain]

omarxizt - your post should suffice - Excellent Post

  

[KudosBot]

Pakistan sends military planes, navy ships to help tsunami-hit Sri Lanka, Indonesia

PAKISTAN: NGOs and government respond to massive tsunami needs

Pakistan sending navy ships, medical units to tsunami-hit countries

Pakistan Navy to assist tsunami-hit Sri Lanka

Pakistan sending navy ships, medical units to tsunami hit countries

[KudosBot]

WTF did america & india  do when they knew in advance that Tsunami is going to happen, Blame them for it happening in the first place. Pakistan is doing even more then any other countries. in UK theres been soo many appeals and theyve raised Millions. My friend dont listen to everything you hear on bbc, cnn, fox. there not going to mention any muslim country helping.


1. Pakistan sends military planes, navy ships to help tsunami-hit Sri Lanka, Indonesia  
AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Jan 03 4:07 AM
Pakistan on Monday dispatched two transport planes and two navy ships with hundreds of military personnel to help the relief effort in tsunami-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia, officials said.

2. PAKISTAN: NGOs and government respond to massive tsunami needs  
AlertNet - Jan 02 11:52 PM
ISLAMABAD, 31 December (IRIN) - A 12-member medical team form Pakistan's largest charity, the Edhi Foundation, left on Friday for Sri Lanka with more than five mt of life-saving and other emergency medicines, responding to an appeal from the Sri Lankan government for help in dealing with victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami tragedy that struck the region on 26 December.

3. Pakistan sending navy ships, medical units to tsunami-hit countries  
AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 02 12:34 AM
Pakistan is sending an engineering task force and a field hospital to Indonesia and two navy ships carrying helicopters to Sri Lanka to join relief efforts in tsunami hit areas, the foreign office said.

4. Pakistan Naval vessels to join international bandwagon in tsunami-hit Sri Lanka  
TamilNet - Jan 02 11:39 PM
Pakistan has decided to send two ships from its Naval fleet, two helicopters along with 400 military personnel to join the international bandwagon in assisting Sri Lankan government to carry out the tsunami relief and rescue operation, Pakistan Embassy sources said. Pakistan has taken this decision on the request made by the government of Sri Lanka, led by President Chandrika Kumaratunga. A

5. WAR.WIRE Pakistan sending navy ships, medical units to tsunami hit countries  
Space War UAV News - Jan 02 1:14 PM
Pakistan is sending an engineering task force and a field hospital to Indonesia and two navy ships carrying helicopters to Sri Lanka to join relief efforts in tsunami hit areas, the foreign office said Sunday.

6. Doctors, engineers from Pakistan to accompany tsunami relief to Sri Lanka, Indonesia  
AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Jan 01 12:38 AM
Army medical teams, engineers and naval officers from Pakistan will accompany relief supplies to the tsunami-battered coasts of Indonesia and Sri Lanka, a government spokesman said Saturday.

7. Aus fans' tsunami aid @$95,000- Cricket - Indiatimes  
India Times Cricket - Jan 03 7:23 AM
SYDNEY: Australian cricket fans have donated a total of $94,700 to the Asian tsunami relief fund, officials said Monday. A special fund with a revised target of $150,000 dollars has been established during Australia's final Test with Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

8. Presidents Call on U.S. to Help Tsunami Survivors  
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
U.S. presidents past and present appealed to all Americans Monday to aid victims of the Asian tsunami, as rescuers struggled to get food and water to those clinging to life on shattered coastlines.

9. Pak Steps Up Efforts To Assist Tsunami Hit Countries  
Pakistan News Service - Jan 02 7:57 PM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Jan 03 (SADA) - Pakistan has stepped up its efforts to provide disaster relief assistance to the countries hit by earthquake and tsunami in South and Southeast Asia.

10. Pakistan for benefit cricket match for tsunami hit:  
New Kerala - Dec 31 5:34 PM
[World News]: Karachi, Dec 30 : Even as the International Cricket Council (ICC) is planning a World XI-Asia XI encounter to raise funds for tsunami survivors, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has suggested a match with India and Sri Lanka.

11. Tsunami Aid Faces Destruction and Possibly Pirates  
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 03 12:02 AM
The massive Asian tsunami relief operation faces absolute chaos and "a wall of devastation" in Indonesia as well as the threat of pirates plundering aid, relief groups struggling to help thousands in camps said on Monday.

12. Tsunami aid: Aus fans donate A$71,000- Cricket - Indiatimes  
India Times Cricket - Jan 02 11:38 AM
SYDNEY: Australian cricket fans at the opening day of the final Test against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground Sunday donated a total of 71,786 Australian dollars ($55,275) to the Asian tsunami relief fund, officials said.

13. Pakistan sends aid to Sri Lanka, Indonesia  
India Daily - Jan 02 10:42 AM
Pakistan has sent its military personnel to aid relief operations for tsunami victims in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, Online news agency reports.

14. Pakistan sends aid to Sri Lanka, Indonesia  
Yahoo! India News - Jan 02 8:36 AM
Islamabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Pakistan has sent its military personnel to aid relief operations for tsunami victims in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, Online news agency reports.

15. Pakistan ships to Sri Lanka join relief efforts  
Daily News - Jan 02 11:54 AM
The Government of Pakistan has stepped up its efforts to provide relief assistance to the countries hit by earthquake and tsunami in South and Southeast Asia.
16. Hungry and Sick Tsunami Survivors Wait for Aid  
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 02 6:27 PM
Eight days on, hungry and sick survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami are waiting for food and medicine in growing desperation as a multinational aid operation tries to reach remote towns ravaged by the waves.

17. Cricket-Aussie cricket fans donate 71,000 dollars at Pakistan Test  
Cricmania - Jan 02 3:06 AM
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian cricket fans at the opening day of the final Test against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground donated a total of 71,786 dollars (55,275 USD) to the Asian tsunami relief fund, officials said.

18. SCG fans give $72K to tsunami appeal  
NEWS.com.au - Jan 02 12:29 AM
CRICKET fans donated almost $72,000 to the Asian tsunami relief appeal as the Third Test between Australia and Pakistan got underway in Sydney today.

19. Asia Prepares for Tsunami Summit; Thailand Wants Warning System  
Bloomberg.com - Jan 02 10:22 PM
Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shiniwatra doesn't want international financial aid after the tsunamis that killed almost 5,000 people and devastated six coastal provinces in his country and will ask the U.S. for help in installing a tsunami warning system.

20. A long-suffering people reach out to tsunami victims  
The Hindu - Jan 01 9:40 PM
RS PURA, JAN. 1. People living along the International Border between Indian and Pakistan normally look to the rest of the country for help; this time around, they have contributed generously to help the victims of the tsunami that struck almost a week ago.

[Kim Jong-il Hater]

US isnt doin everything uit can, i know that, but also there r wars goin on and a lot of spendin happenin, plus there r a sh^t load of charities raisin millions of dollars, all of my friends who ive talked 2 r so sad, they're thinkin bout sendin money, im gonna donate the little money i have, i only got $20 with me!!!!!!!!!!!!! But muslim countries got to step up, Pakistan is sending wat little it can, cuz they got other stuff on their hands. But when ppl like Condorman999 think of Americans as evil, i feel sad, cuz we care about the world and r not against any religion, we're not the evil ones, we really care....... .

[triton]

Friends in need

In the face of the greatest tragedies, the Muslim ummah remains silent, while western charities and public spring into motion



Anees Jillani

It is said that a friend in need is a friend indeed. The tsunami struck in the morning and a Japanese team of doctors and nurses were on their way to Indonesia and Thailand by that evening. The same day, Australia's Foreign Minister promised to send seven million dollars (increased to $30 million at the time of writing). India, itself a tsunami victim, sent over a dozen helicopters the same evening. The British, German and some other European governments followed suit. Canada has donated more than $30 million.

But where on earth has the Ummah gone? The President of Pakistan made a brief reference to the disaster in his recent speech and the government declared support of $100,000. This, from the world's seventh nuclear power, with missiles capable of reaching targets thousands of miles away, for a disaster of this magnitude to neighbouring countries that are also South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) members, from the current SAARC Chair. Surely, we can do better than this. The least we could do is to send troops to rescue victims and help restoration efforts.

But then, our response has always been pathetic. During the Bam earthquake in Iran, it took our army medical team almost three weeks to reach the place, although Bam is situated just across Balochistan and the British with their sniffing dogs were there within 24 hours. When will we stop playing `plot-plot' in our defence housing societies and wake up to our responsibilities in the world community? Or is our job confined to issuing identical condolence statements issued within minutes, drafted by a section officer. Why does the media even report these statements. Or is our job and for that matter the whole of ummah confined to simply exporting jihad? And where are the tabligis - who should concentrate more on the humanitarian aspects of life than the length of their pyjamas.

But why single out Pakistan, when the oil rich Arab countries appear unmoved? Among the richest countries in the world, they have donated relatively meagre amounts -- Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE have together pledged $22 million.

It is at times like these that one cannot help saluting Westerners. I was in North Carolina one Christmas Eve when a local television channel on its six o'clock news showed a homeless family shivering without adequate clothes. By ten o'clock, the same channel made a fervent appeal to stop sending stuff for this family - the TV channel already had two rooms full to the roof with warm clothing and food items donated within four hours by local residents.

Whether Rwanda, Bosnia, Afghanistan or the tsunami, it is only the West and Japan who respond. Our job is confined to raising objections and demanding more. We hold out our begging bowl and are willing to accept aid and grants from any country of the world to conduct our immunisation programmes and to run our schools properly, but have the nerve to conduct nuclear tests and undertake missile launches with our own money.

Bosnian women were being raped for months and the entire Islamic world watched in silence. It was only the West that eventually came to their rescue. Afghanistan bled for more than ten years after the withdrawal of the Soviet troops while the West adopted a hands-off policy, particularly after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. All we could give Afghanistan was more land mines and sub-machine guns to fight each other. We did not bother to build a single school, hospital or bridge during the five years of Taliban rule.

The British public, in the past four days, has donated 25 million pounds to help the tsunami victims. The West has proven time and again that it responds to human needs anywhere in the world regardless of colour, nationality or religion. Our concern is confined to fellow Muslims but most times even that is confined to simple condolence messages; as for the rest, behead them because they are not going to heaven anyway.

The writer is a freelance contributer

Jang

[sfhussain]

Anees Jillani = RAW agent

[Asim Aquil]

Geo TV collected 200,000,000 rupees in one day with MKR foundation
don't know how much it has gone upto

Pak sent Navy Ships
Pak airlifted meds and food supplies
We're going around collecting small supplies

Pak has done a lot more than its share and even offered to help arch rivals India. The Ummah's response has been late, but Pakistan was the 1st Nation to start sending supplies to Sri Lanka.

[Slayer]

you cannot deny the facts!

calling someone agent of raw would not change the reality!

I see that pakistan is helping, but ummah is not! They have not even done 10% of what they can!

As far as pakistan is concernd, they sent the ships to indonesia on 3rd jan, while the quake came on 26 dec. Do you think this is a very good response?

Dont be fools! Omarleeds have given a list of news items. The numbers 1,4,5,6 deal with one SINGLE action i.e. sending ships to indonesia. Does that make you feel like pakistan has sent 4 times different ships? its says, pak decided to send, mush asks for help, pak will send, pak is sending, and finally pak has sent! its repeat of same thing over 5 times!

total by pak so far is: (according to the list of 20 news items by omarleeds)
1. two ships and two planes to indonesia on 3rd jan 2005: 9 days after the quake
2. decids to send 2 ships to srilanka on 2nd jan : 8 das after the quake and i dont know if they have departed or not.
3. sent military personnel to indonesia and srilanka on 2nd jan 2005: 8 days after the quake.

Edhi sent 5 tons of supplies and 12 docs to srilanka on 2nd jan.

Well, you may call it whatever you want, I will call it pathetic!

I also condemn american actions. They were even more late then pakistan in this regard. And only after heavy criticism by world media did they actually do something.

Saudia, uae, qatar etc. have still not dopne anything substantial. Donating money is not the priority. You cannt eat dollars!

If muslim countries had any brains they should form an emergency response force, equip it with medical staf and machines. Build up an emergency store of supplies. And in case of desaster rapidly go in and help the people with actions. I think such a force can be created with less then 100 million. And whole ummah should be able to bring it up somehow.

Keeping them in ready state will not cost much either.

[syed alizaidi]

Saudi Arabia and iran are the two most harami muslim countires in the world(sorry to wahabis and shais but its a fact). They have so much money but instead of helping the ummah all they do is promote sectarian violence in pakistan.

[KudosBot]

I only posted a few news articles I can post 100's more. Your wrong Pakistan navy was already around the area wen tsunami Happened, and they were there like a shot but you wont hear of that from Zionist . Christian media. these that were sent on or after was Xtra navy ships etc, after they knew exactly wat they needed. Mulslim charities, news channels have done more then enough incl: ptv,Ary,Islam channel.

[KudosBot]

India refuses aid

From correspondents in Port Blair
January 05, 2005
SHIPS scoured the seas yesterday for thousands of bodies still missing in India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, as India refused offers of foreign aid for the ravaged archipelago amid mounting clamour for relief from survivors.

The death toll for the islands was 832 as of last night, while the number missing, most presumed dead, was 5801.

The overall Indian toll from the December 26 disaster was at least 9571 dead and 5914 missing, the Government said.

However, there was one survival story yesterday when the Indian Coast Guard rescued four Indonesian fisherman who had been adrift without food and water since the tsunamis struck.

The hunt for bodies off the archipelago, which is home to 356,000 people and contains both military bases and remote tribes, came as India said relief was proceeding on a "war footing" amid growing calls for help from many of the 38 inhabited islands.

"We're grateful to governments which want to help but as of now we have the resources," junior Home Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said.









But survivors told a different story.

"They're only talking big while we're starving. This shouldn't be made into some politics," said Manik Guin, a survivor from Hut Bay, one of the devastated islands, after being evacuated.

The stepped-up relief drive followed reports that a civilian administrator was seized by hungry survivors in the Nicobar islands at the weekend.

He was freed hours later after promising to provide more food.

Foreign aid agencies in the capital, Port Blair, have expressed anger at the rejection of their offers of help for the islands - many of which are out of bounds to mainland Indians and foreigners due to security concerns and a desire to protect endangered Stone Age tribes from outsiders.

With India pushing for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, New Delhi has been keen to show itself as a regional power rather than a victim and has dispatched aid to Sri Lanka and other countries hit by the tsunamis.

Lieutenant-General B.S. Thakur, who heads aid operations in the Andamans, said five naval ships and military aircraft were hopping between islands where thousands of soldiers, doctors and administrators were deployed in relief work.

Paramilitary troopers, soldiers and border guards also were brought in to scour dense mangroves for missing people, and planes were evacuating survivors from ravaged islands to relief camps, officials said.

India's director-general of health services S.K. Agarwal said there were no signs of any disease outbreaks, although sporadic cases of diarrhoea and malaria were being reported.

Teams of psychiatrists were also being sent to the islands to help thousands of traumatised survivors.

[KudosBot]

What did the west do for Bam? = Not much, just because there own people were killed thats the only reason they are giving this aid, When 60.000+ Muslims were killed they didnt do anything cos Muslim blood is cheap for the west & israel

[KudosBot]

Did New York Orchestrate The Asian Tsunami?
With Afghanistan and Iraq already lost, the Wall Street bankers were all desperately looking for other ways to control our world, when suddenly and very conveniently, the Sumatran Trench exploded. Trick or Treat?

Full Article here:
http://www.vialls.com/subliminalsuggestion/tsunami.html

[Mirage]

Contributions from the Arabs have been pathetic. Saudi has pledged 10million. This is nothing considering that in 2002, a live Telethon on Saudi televison raked in $160 million for the families of Palestinian suicide bombers.

Arabs especially Saudis have become ever more rascist. If this was directed against America, its understandable. But nothing can explain them being lame in helping the Tsunami affected Sri Lankans and Indonesians. Be happy that Pakistanis ain't Arabs.

So far, Emirates Airlines is the only visible helper which is flying-in with food and water for Indonesia.

[FASAL XJ]

pakistan is slow to respond to humanitarian disaster, relief aid should'v been going atleast a week after the diaster.
PTV news only covered the Tusnami diaster for 3 days.

[Aarshad]

Did New York Orchestrate The Asian Tsunami?
With Afghanistan and Iraq already lost, the Wall Street bankers were all desperately looking for other ways to control our world, when suddenly and very conveniently, the Sumatran Trench exploded. Trick or Treat?

Full Article here:
http://www.vialls.com/subliminalsuggestion/tsunami.html

hahaha the attitude that americans are behind every trouble still holding, pathetic conspiracy theorys flying around again.  

[KudosBot]

US military prefers Indonesian aid to Iraq war

ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN: US military crews are launching more than 100 helicopter flights a day from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln ferrying food, water and medicine to tsunami victims, a task they say is far more satisfactory than the Iraq war that seems only to destroy. “Oh yeah, no doubt,” said US Navy helicopter pilot Rachel Brainard. “Here we’re helping people, not destroying things.” “It’s the greatest thing to see all the smiling faces when we’re taking off,” she said on Tuesday. “They were so happy and grateful because they had nothing,” said Airman Emily Aleiwe. Other US ships are entering the region to deliver relief from a US military which has been sending most of its troops to Iraq. Desperate Indonesian villagers have rushed the choppers to grab supplies but they also are expressing a gratitude — something the US military has not seen much of in Iraq since invading the country in 2003 to oust President Saddam Hussein. War supporters predicted Iraqis would be so happy to get rid of Saddam they would greet US soldiers as conquering heroes, but instead violent Iraqi resistance has bogged down the US-led effort. “At least here we know it’s for a good cause. In Iraq we don’t know what the outcome is going to be,” said Airman Kimberly Kolar. “I don’t feel like I’ve done anything this meaningful in my life,” said Airman Carlos Lobo after a day working onshore in Indonesia to deliver aid. reuters

[KudosBot]

Indian Mosque Caters for Tsunami-hit Hindus, Christians


Seawater lies on both sides of a railroad track that was destroyed by tsunamis in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu


CAIRO, January  – In a sign of unity in time of crisis, an Indian mosque became the main helper for thousands of Hindus and Christians hard-hit by the underwater quake-triggered killer tsunami.

‘‘We came to know when people came running to the masjid, minutes after it happened. We decided to do what we could do,’’ Mohammed Younus, president of the United Islamic Jamaat, was quoted as saying by the Indian Express.

In a matter of few minutes, at least 3000 Muslims deserted their homes and businesses to flocked to the beach to assist in the heartbreaking drive.

They raced to carry the wounded to hospitals using all possible means, including vans, cars, two-wheeler vehicles and cycles.

The Jamaat people were able, all on their own, to provide milk for a few hundred babies, and food for over 3,000 survivors while about 3,000 Muslims were serving over 10,000 Hindus and Christians in makeshift camps in local schools.

Hundreds of homeless Hindus and Christians were welcomed to stay at the mosque and more others were housed at Jamaat’s school and office building.

The Muslim group turned huge community kitchens, which were used for frequent community feasts, into relief kitchens and hired at least 24 cooks working round the clock to feed for some 9,000 survivors.

According to the report, there were no Muslim causalities in Cuddalore because they prefer trading and not fishing like most Hindus and Christians.

Lauded

The hand of assistance extended by the Muslims was held in high esteem by the local officials.

‘‘They have been doing wonderful work, I was with them the whole last night,’’ said District Collector Gagandeep Singh Bedi.

He plans to raise the highly-appreciated efforts with the federal government once relief and rescue work is over.

In other devastated villages Muslims and the local administration joined hands in catering for the survivors.

While the officials provided only rice and milk, the Jamaat footed the bills for vegetables and everything else.

‘‘It’s all God’s will. Inshallah [God willing], they will all begin life well in a few weeks,’’ said Younus who defied sleep for days to help fellow Indians.

‘‘We will continue to raise money to feed them for as long as they need. They are welcome to be with us as long as they want.”

[Asim Aquil]

Pakistan was the FIRST country to airlift medical supplies to Sri Lanka. Not talking about First in the Ummah but first in the world.

Not to mention all the lobby work Pakistan's doing around to get other nations to help out. Our nation has done and is doing more than our due share. In situations like these there's a nothing is enough policy, I don't care if the other Muslim nations don't want to help out to their potential, but thats why they call it a humanitarian crises. Religion has nothing to do with helping out people.

Dr. Aamir Liaqat Hussain, once said on TV that "Allah koi Rab-ul-Muslimeen nahi hai, woh Rab-ul-aalimeen hai".

My thread was a rant to get you guys going to push forward for more aid from all sides and corners of the much capable world, not start a stupid flame war on whose got the bigger weener and whose squirting it further.

[java]

'Evethough it seem Western Country had help us so much money, that number is nothing..

Bcoz we still should pay interest our loan from those country about US$ 35 Billion for this year only ( we still had loan about more than 1 hundred billion US dollars )

those west country are F@ckin hyphocrite, if they want to help us they should free us for paying that interest and we could using that money for better uses

'btw UAE is the first country who sending Pharamedic, SAR unit, money etc to our country

[Slayer]

no pak was NOT, see java's post above!

I doubt that it was uae either. probably it was someone from europe.

But the most hypocrate part of it is that all europe and america is intrested in western casualties. If it had not been for them, the west would not have responded so heavily. At first, as they didnt knew much about their own victims, they were pretty slow.

Its an international catastrophe.

The main thing is that we learn some lesson from this and build up an emergency response force of our own.

[triton]

Pakistan was the FIRST country to airlift medical supplies to Sri Lanka. Not talking about First in the Ummah but first in the world.

Not to mention all the lobby work Pakistan's doing around to get other nations to help out. Our nation has done and is doing more than our due share. In situations like these there's a nothing is enough policy, I don't care if the other Muslim nations don't want to help out to their potential, but thats why they call it a humanitarian crises. Religion has nothing to do with helping out people.

Dr. Aamir Liaqat Hussain, once said on TV that "Allah koi Rab-ul-Muslimeen nahi hai, woh Rab-ul-aalimeen hai".

My thread was a rant to get you guys going to push forward for more aid from all sides and corners of the much capable world, not start a stupid flame war on whose got the bigger weener and whose squirting it further.

I am afraid as usual you have your facts wrong

Lanka thanks India, US for providing assistance
Washington, Jan. 5 (PTI): Sri Lanka has thanked both India and the United States for providing assistance to the island nation, which was one of the worst hit by the tsunami disaster.

India, "a neighbour and anchor partner", was the first to provide aid on December 26 followed by America, Sri Lankan Ambassador to the US Devinda Subasinghe, said.

The Indian Government had sent six ships and helicopters to participate in the relief effort, he said, adding India yesterday stationed a hospital ship off Lanka's east coast. It has also dispatched civil engineering teams that specialize in logistics during the crises.

The Ambassador said US Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Senate majority Leader Bill Frist, a physician, are scheduled to visit Sri Lanka this week.

Subasinghe said the Sri Lankan community in America has also offered assistance. Physicians have offered to go to the affected areas, and temples, mosques, churches and ordinary citizens have volunteered to collect relief supplies.

American companies have donated water purification tablets and other supplies and have paid for transportation. "The contribution from the corporate world has just been tremendous," he added.

Hindu

[tallyho]

Asim Aquil:
You are such a gullible person to buy into this East vs. West, Muslims vs. Rest kind of mindset. 'Muslims' are not stingy or uncaring as much as 'the West' is benevolent toward others. There are simply rich and poor countries. In rich countries there are more resources of material and luxury of time to be more philanthropic toward others than poorer countries. As an example, you will not see any Sub-Saharan African countries rushing to provide relief--and they are mostly not Muslim countries.

We are all humans first. Not anything else. What drives some persons to do some things in some countries can easily be replicated in far off places if similar conditions arise. Couching such events in religiosity only shows your lack of understanding and a deep sense of inferiority complex.

           My dear human
           All I want to say is that it took the great " new wrld Empire" hours to mobilse hundreds of transport planes, fighter A/C, tankers, ships & thosands of troops to invade Afghanistan & Iraq but even aftert over 7 seven days after the tsunami, we don't see any humanitarian task force from the world leadre. Does it say something? You tell me.

[Kim Jong-il Hater]

A week? More like 2 days. First the prez has to say, "OK, we'll send this, this, and this amount of money." You don't just say, "Hey u get over there right now!" They gotta load supplies and move to that point.

[Kabul Hitman]

The rich arab nations' response has been pathetic as ever. These dirt rich slimeball sheikhs have only thus far contributed a few tens of million combined. Look at UAE and Kuwait - a measley 2 million each. Even european nations' voluntary contribution have given more. Its pathetic these arabs shout 'ummah ummah' whenever their ass is in trouble but can't even come to the aid of fellow humans in their most difficult hour. Dumb sheikhs!

[Guts]

Those billionaire Arabs can go back to buildings their "Palm" islands in the UAE and billion-dollar skyscrapers while Brothers suffer around the world. However, I don't want to ever hear reporters and "experts" on the media stations they own talking about suffering or the West again.

[aziqbal]

A Saudi Sheikh I cant remember his name wanted to donate 100s of millions to 9/11 US victims and here the Saudis  haven’t even sent a aid package
The GW1 cost Saudi kingdom nearly $1200 billion which they still owe around $200 billion all has been paid with oil money to US, if the Saudi used their money right there wouldn’t be a single poor person in the world
These arabs are the most racist cunts on earth man, pakistan has done their bit but it’s the Chinese that I take my hat off to as always they have helped, they always help and will continue to help
The west been quite about the Chinese donations but they do rank very high in the world , they have sent Boeing 747s eastern air china cargo planes full with aid  package , pumps, water cleaning, diagnostic kits, tents, blankets, clothes, food , water ,telecommunications equip,and medical supplies and even even Halal food packages for muslims
China is the only country to take into account religion when sending aid, this is exactly why china and pakistan are brothers in arms
Go china we will help you if ever you need our help
Deeper than the deepest oceans higher than the highest  mountains Sino-Pak brothers in  arms
Long live pak-sino friendship

Oh and by the way Israel has donated early warning Tsunami system for wave detection even the Jews are donating whats the world coming to man