Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Terrible horrible despicable

Joyous occasion at home, but sad sad news abroad. Atrocious atrocious atrocious. Absolutely heart-wrenching. I'm sad and I'm mad. I weep for you. I pray for you. May Allah protect you. May Allah reward those who died and suffered. How can the world not see what a hideous blatant crime against humanity this is? I don’t understand it. I don’t.
(Click here and here for an in situ account.)

Updated: Below is from Mercy's website. Let's donate. It's the least we can do. There's other venues to channel your donations too, for example Aman Palestin.

MERCY Malaysia appeals to the public to donate to the PALESTINE RELIEF FUND

MERCY Malaysia has initiated an emergency response assessment team on the 30th December 2008 to Egypt in response to the humanitarian crisis resulting from the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 300 people and wounded more than 1,500 people.

The team, aimed at conducting a rapid assessment of the humanitarian needs, will be led by MERCY Malaysia President Datuk Dr. Jemilah Mahmood and EXCO Member Norazam Ab Samah.

We appeal to concerned Malaysians to send in cash donations.

MERCY Malaysia's basis of assistance to the beneficiaries relies on the support and generosity of individuals such as you to contribute to the PALESTINE RELIEF FUND.

It will support our efforts to procure emergency surgical kits, additional medicine and hospital equipment which will be channeled to the affected communities in Gaza.

PALESTINE RELIEF FUND

Cheque payable to MERCY MALAYSIA
CIMB Account No : 1424-000-6561053

For more information please contact 03-2273 3999 or email us at info@mercy.org.my.

5 comments:

knv

very true. dalam pada masa umat islam kena sembelih kat sana, ada umat melayu malaysia sibuk nak pi parti seks bagai sempena tahun baru.

horrifying stats!

Anonymous

and the saddest part is, no one seems to care about it here. sibuk dengan sambutan tahun baru.

argh! tak tahan tengok mayat, esp. budak-budak yang terkorban!

supaya tak terlalu sedih, i always tell myself, takpe, mereka telah dijanjikan syurga!

but, it is still sad!

Ummu Auni

thanks for the link...sad sad sad. and we claim to be muslims, yet we don't do anything to assist them :(

SMM

kak ana,
parti sx? hmmpphh sbb tu malas nak baca paper. 'malas' nak tau. bolehkah saya tinggal dlm bubble saya?
there are people who lives in 'hxll' because they have no choice, and then there are mxrxns who go and look for some kind of 'hxll' where they can go ruin their lives. (sorry for the crass words)

ipohmom,
it's all really sad. tengok living condition diorg, mmg warzone.. and i agree, patutnya sambutan tahun baru is downplayed, mcm lepas tsunami dulu tu...

ummu auni,
what can we do (individually), what can we do, other than donating money, help to raise awareness (and doa of course). but collectively, as organisations and country (wahai pemimpin2 islam tolonglah do something), patut nya byk lg benda boleh buat..

knv

mynie,
being in the bubble is good only for ourselves, but not for the kids and those we love around us. because sooner or later we are not able to protect them from the harsh reality of this sick world.

sadly, we are also a part of the world who can only wait and and see instead of really helping. can money help them? a bit i guess. for the medicines and all. but i guess the need greater gift than that.

something to ponder upon.

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