Let us sweep those tears away
Assalam Alikom wa rahmat ALLAHPeace and Blessings be upon you
Hello Everybody
On October 5, 2005 a violent earthquake - with a magnitude of 7.6 degrees on Richter Scale- hit South Asia by 03:50 GMT. The quake’s Epicenter was located at Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani part of Kashmir, which’s located at 85 KM northeast Islamabad with 10 KM away from earth level.
It’s something beyond our minds to understand how much destruction had happened there, same as when Katarina hits USA’s coast last month.
About 100,000 victims ( 30-40,000 dead + 60,000 injured ) had been reported, while many villages – either in Pakistan or India – had been totally disappeared under the rubbles. This death toll may be doubled according to some reports.
Meanwhile, people – either in Pakistan or India – had lost their shelter, families, and everything and used to spend the nights out in the open in the cold, without any food or clean water.
What really makes my heart bleed when I knew that some schools had completely fallen on their students as happened in a Pakistani’s district, where 400 students had been buried under the rubbles.
The international relief agencies began to support the victims, while the UN is planning to issue a worldwide appeal for more aid + assistance.
I think we all must help; everyone as much as he/she can, according to the different relief agencies. Until now, there following agencies are participating:
- UNICEF
- Médecins Sans Frontières
- World Food Programme
- Kashmir International Relief Fund
- Islamic Relief
- Muslim Global Relief
- CAIR
- ICNA
- ISNA
- Red Cross / Red Crescent
- Oxfam ( UK )
- Disasters Emergency Committe ( UK )
- - - Last updated: 13/10/2005 @ 3:30 AM GMT
Well, it’s our role to help those victuis as much as everyone can, simply because we are humans or suppose to be, so let’s be more positive and participate in sweeping their tears away.
Salam,
Hicham
posted by SomeMuslimMan @ 4:00 AM |
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