After thoughts on the quake

First and foremost, apologies for my sarcastic bitchy posting on the morning of the disaster. The US has spared eight helicopters and $50 million dollars now the full extent of the disaster has become known and Kuwait's has signed up for $100 million.

It is sad and tragic, the people who suffered most don't have much to spare as is, and landslides probably accounted for most of the dead. My heart especially goes out to the students of Shaheen High school who are still trapped in rumble. But it is the greatest natural disaster to hit Pakistan? I would have assumed the Bhola cyclone that hit East Pakistan, now Bangladesh would have qualified for the worst with up to 500,000 people dead.

Also, what would all the fundamentalist Mullahs says now, the one’s that were goading over the disaster in New Orleans. See how Allah punished American for the invasion of Iraq. What would be the rational for this? There can only be two that I can think of. Pakistan is being punished for supporting America, or for abandoning the Kashmir’s freedom struggle. A faint hope in my heart when I heard about the disaster was that maybe for once my countrymen (and women) would pull together and embark on a shared vision and justice for all.

In any case, here are the main charity organizations that are collecting donations for the Earthquake victims. Hidaya Foundation and Islamic Relief