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From: dogar@motcid.UUCP (Haroon H. Dogar)
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Subject: Re: CALL FOR HELP - IRAN EARTHQUAKE
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Date: 29 Jun 90 17:16:19 GMT
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This is the wrong forum for this discussion,
so I have been reluctant to respond.
However, in light of some of the more disheartening responses
to this appeal(also in the wrong forum), I feel that I must say something.

First, let's put things in perspective with an analogy that I 
think applies: the ghetto. 
I can understand the frustration and 
resentment that leads some people living in the ghetto to turn to crime, and
I can understand their resentment of me for being responsible for their
plight (even if only indirectly through my inaction in the face of those
actively repressing them) and for my enjoying all of the benefits of this
society which is so unfair to them. 

This does not mean that I will condone
any crime that a person might commit because of his or her frustrations.
What it means is that just as I would continue to participate in distributing
food and clothing (admittedly not a solution since it addresses only the
symptoms) from the Islamic centers on the south side of Chicago, so too
should I continue to give whatever assitance I can to those suffering
in other places of the world. 

It means that just as I would continue to 
speak out against the plight of our disenfranchised brothers and
sisters in the inner city, so too should I continue to speak out against
the suffering of those in Palestine, South Africa, and Kashmir.
It is only through an end to their suffering and frustration that we can
end the deeds which lead to the calous insensitivity and blatant racism
which I have seen on the net.

Meanwhile, reach out. Give what you can to those suffering in Iran now,
and to those suffering in our neighborhoods, our cities, and our
depressed rural areas everyday.

To any Konfused Komputer Klansman out there who may be reading this,
Before you try flaming me with a "Go back to.....":  
20% of this planet's population is Muslim (1 outof every 5) 
and Islam is also the fastest growing religion in the world 
and the fastest growing religion in the United States
(America's converts are the least submissive to your abuses). 
Amongst the Muslims as with any other group of people (Christian, Jewish,
Secular Humanist, Pagan), there are some who are good and some who are bad. 
While I, and many like me, have grown up with your intolerance, there are 
many out there in net-land to whom your ignorance is new. Please choose
your words carefully, and consider the damage (or good) they could do.

Ok. Flame away.

-Haroon

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