UPDATES: Niggardly Muslims and Cowardly Police

UPDATES: Niggardly Muslims and Cowardly Police

What you see isn’t necessarily what you get.

We all know that things are not always what they appear to be, that reality often differs greatly from posturing claims. Such is the case with Muslim nations and what they say versus what they actually do and the Des Moines Police Department and how it deals with black racism.

A) From “Islamic Insights into Islam,” August 21st, 2010:

“One would think that fellow Islamic nations, a number of which are wealthy beyond imagining, would be lined up to offer financial and humanitarian assistance to the millions of Pakistanis [suffering from recent, record floods].

“If one so thought, one would be miserably wrong. What aid is being sent is predominantly provided by private Muslim groups and charities, not Muslim countries which, for the most part, are practicing a policy of benign neglect toward Islamic Pakistan.”

Ostensibly disproving that contention, comes this claim: “The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) says Muslim countries, organizations and individuals have pledged nearly $1 billion in response to the Pakistan flood emergency, and Pakistan’s prime minister says Saudi Arabia has overtaken the U.S. in responding to the crisis.”

Very generous, indeed, and I would have had to extend an abject apology to Muslim nations for my error–except for the reality: ”But figures made available by the United Nations call both claims into question. With the exception of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Kuwait, none of the OIC’s 56 member states have contributed–or pledged–donations reaching the double-digit millions:” http://tiny.cc/hqrtx

According to the U.N., 15 of the 56 have contributed or pledged . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1884)