Re: Requesting support for a community-wide open le
"Afdhere Jama" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.culture.religion.muslim.progressive |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
salam, actually, the world doesn't focus on palestine. the reason many muslims do concentrate on chechens, palestinians, (equally), etc, is because they are oppressed by non-muslims, rather than muslims oppressing other muslims (like the case with iraq/kurds.) that is a totally different issue altogether (which we have discussed on the list in the past.) it all goes back to folks not thinking all pain is the same... regardless of "who" it comes from. the movements around the world that concentrate on palestine are usually fuelled by western wings of those movements. and we all know the west has a long history with anti-semitism. as for movements concentrating on "one" country, that is actually not accurate. anti-war movement can concentrate on all wars... collectively, which is what it has been doing (palestine on the side.) as for the short term gratification, if this obsession with palestine is fuelled by anti-semitism, surely in the long run palestine has no good interest in that, does it? :) afdhere Afdhere Jama Editorial Director HURIYAH Publications S A N F R A N C I S C O [email protected] http://www.huriyahmag.org >From: "peace 2u" >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] Requesting support for a community-wide open le >Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:07:47 +0000 > >salaam >why does it have to be fishy? maybe its more time constraints. if >you have ever done any activism you know that its difficult to focus >on every atrocity being committed at one time. some groups focus on >1 country others focus on a few. just as there are groups that focus >on 1 social issue rather than all of them, such as homelessness, >lack of food....... one of the groups i work with focuses on >palestine and the racism occuring within israel. i dont know what >you mean about short term gratification--there will be none of that >with palestine. anyone in the movement know that it will be years >before there is a resolution to the disaster there. so because world >wide (muslim or not) because people focus on palestine people are >anti-jewish? >gimme a break >trish > > >>eileen, be honest. how many times do you hear about kashmir in the >>anti-war movement? how about kurdistan? what about ogaden? they are >>not all in one continent. when people pick and choose atrocities in >>the world, something fishy is up, sister. i'm serious. folks like >>the short-term gratifitication. i worry more when people >>concentrate more on palestinians than anyone else :) > >In Struggle >Trish > >www.antiwarcommittee.org >www.al-awda.org > >_________________________________________________________________ >Check out the new MSN 9 Dial-up fast & reliable Inter net access >with prime features! >http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=dialup/home&ST=1 ><< message3.txt >> ---------- High-speed usersbe more efficient online with the new MSN Premium Internet Software.