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| 'Muslim Live-8' planned for Darfur crisis |
| 2007-08-26 |
| A concert in the spirit of Live 8 is being planned in order to raise awareness and funds for the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Editor of the Muslim magazine Fareena Alam told a press conference last week that the response from the British Muslim community had been an "embarassment". She had come back from the region as part of a delegation that had gone out to see the devastation caused by civil war and famine. She said: "It is very shameful that we can get very, very hot and bothered about other issues." "There is a lot of information about Darfur. There is no doubt this is Muslim-on-Muslim violence. In Iraq, the enemy is externalised." She added: "In this situation where are the values that we talk about, that killing one life is about killing humanity? This has to be high profile. It is a huge embarrassment to us." The concert is being planned for 21st October at Wembley Arena in London. The organisers say it will celebrate Eid at the end of Ramadan and hope it will be a sell-out. "We are going for our own equivalent of Live 8. It will be people trying to raise funds and raise the profile. We should hopefully see a sell-out and it will be a milestone," said Mr Malik from Islamic Relief. Saifuddin Ahmed of Muslim Aid said it was "quite shameful" that Muslim nations had donated less than western countries. He added: "I feel that the Muslim community must match the level of response that our government has done." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #5 If anyone shows up for this, I'd be watching where the money goes. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2007-08-26 16:32 |
| #4 Eight hours of fiery sermons with all the men up front and all the wimmen behind a screen in the back of the parking lot sounds like a rockin good time. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-08-26 10:52 |
| #3 Check you at the gate for an AK-47, you don't have one, you don't get in? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-08-26 10:24 |
| #2 Since music is banned by fundyMuslims, will the concert be a 'blast'? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-08-26 09:00 |
| #1 So at Muslim Live-8 do you get to rape the audience? "There is a lot of information about Darfur. There is no doubt this is Muslim-on-Muslim violence. In Iraq, the enemy is externalised." In Iraq, and despite the West's proficiency at war, I would guess 90% of the killing is muslim-on-muslim. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-08-26 08:44 |