Re: Requesting support for acommunity-wide open le

Salaam Afdhere,
Firstly you are wrong in thinking that everyone who supports the palestinian 
people must also
1) Be anti-semitic
2) Not care about any other oppression
I have Jewish friends - I do not have a problem with Jews.
I give charity to muslims in many places - not just palestine.  And of 
course I care about the plight of the Kurds.
Remember when you are looking at statistics that 'number killed' does not 
necessarily equate with 'amount of suffering'.  Although the number of 
Palestinians killed may not be as many as those from other ethnic groups - 
the desctruction of their homes and jobs, the curfews, the lack of access to 
medical care etc all compounds their suffering.  They are living in constant 
fear and in terrible poverty.  The Gaza strip is one of the worst places in 
terms of poverty, access to health care etc.
Anyway - the whole argument is silly - all of us are educated privileged 
people, who can never understand or judge the suffering of other people.
And 'numbers killed' is a useless statistic, as it has no relevance to the 
people directly involved.
'If you kill one person, it is as though you have killed the whole of 
mankind.'

Wa'salaam
Aisha


>From: "Afdhere Jama" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] Requesting support for 
>acommunity-wide open le
>Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 07:51:45 -0800
>

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