Ten members of an Baptist church have been arrested in Haiti for child trafficking, trying to “save” children who they claim were orphaned:
“One (8-year-old) girl was crying, and saying, ‘I am not an orphan. I still have my parents.’
(via LGF)
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aziz
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abunoor
Abdul Malik Mujahid is leading a campaign to push the U.S. government to send 100 helicopters to assist in disaster relief in Haiti immediately.
Haiti needs 100 helicopters, the miracle workers of disaster relief
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aziz
refuting the “devil’s pact” libel against Haiti, which was repeated but not invented by Pat Robertson.
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abunoor
Message from Dr. Ingrid Mattson on the earthquake in Haiti
We realize from this hadith that the path to closeness with God is, after worship, service to humanity. Perhaps the most needy collectivity of people in the world today are the Haitians after enduring this terrible earthquake. Helping the Haitians in this time of need is certainly a sign of religious sincerity.
It is also important to realize, however, that this is much more than a “natural” disaster – that this suffering is not just part of God’s inscrutable plan. As was the case of the devastation that followed hurricane Katrina, human negligence and oppression made a challenging natural event into a disaster of hugely devastating proportions.
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johnpi
Here’s the meat of Pat Robertson’s shameful comment about Haiti that you’ve probably already heard so much about:
“Something happened a long time ago in Haiti and people might not want to talk about. They were under the heel of the French, you know Napoleon the third and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said ‘We will serve you if you will get us free from the prince.’ True story. And so the devil said, ‘Ok it’s a deal.’ And they kicked the French out. The Haitians revolted and got something themselves free. But ever since they have been cursed by one thing after another.”
I took this excerpt from an article titled, ‘Christian fundamentalists bring shame to America,’ which also makes this observation:
The Muslim world deals with this all the time. With 1.3 billion Muslims in the world over, even if only 3% are radical fundamentalists, their numbers are in the millions and they have come to represent the other 97%.
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Donate online to help the earthquake victims in Haiti via the Red Cross International Response Fund. You can also donate to the Red Cross via SMS by texting “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10.
