GAZA ON Fire The real Holocaust in this century
Help Gaza Now
The etiquettes of contacting (Read first)
Sign a petition
Contact elected officials
Contact the media
Rock the internet!
Encourage & Educate others.
Donat to Gaza.
Personal things you can do.
Other ways
The tragedy in Gaza Strip is a tragedy for every human being, Muslim or not. With hundreds of children, women and innocent civilians slaughtered since the beginning of the assault we have the obligation as member of the human society first, and as Muslims second to act.
What is below outlines some ways in which Muslims who live in the united states in particulate and Muslims in general can try to help the people of Gaza.
Etiquettes of Contacting:
Be polite
Introduce yourself
Be brief
Be specific on what you want
Be patient if you have to hold
Ask for a response or a returned call/letter.[*]If calling, write what you want to say and practice
first Sign a petition
CAIR petition[*]ISNA petition[*]AVAAZ
Contact elected officials:
Contact elected and other political leaders in your country to urge them to apply pressure to end the attacks. Find all your elected officials here
President George W. Bush or call 202-456-1111Obama
administration transition team or call 202-540-3000 (then press 2 to speak with a staff member).
Your U.S. Senators[*]House of Representatives[*]Secretary of State: or call 202.647.5291[*]State Governors[*]State Legislators
Contact the media:
Write letters to editors (usually 100-150 words) and longer op-eds (usually 600-800 words) for local newspapers. But also write to news departments in both print, audio, and visual media about their coverage.
Click here to contact the media outlets in your area.
Rock the internet:
Online tools are vast and many and easily accessible by anyone, use these social network online and post your comments and thoughts.
YouTube
Facebook
MySpace
Twitter
Flickr
Topix
Encourage and Educate others:
Contact your friends, colleagues, family members and ask them to contact their elected officials (each voice counts).
Gather all your family members (sons,daughters,brothers,sisters..) and tell them about the story of occupied Palestine and about Al-aqsa Masjid.
Build a Donation Box then placed in your home and call it Alaqsa box, then send the money at the end of the month to a relief rganization to help brothers and sisters in need in Palestine
Donate to Gaza:
Please note: We do not endorse or recommend specific charities but lists these for information only.
Islamic Relief
/Personal things you can do
[Make supplications (DUAA) for Gaza in each prayer.
Pray at night ( last third ) then make sincere duaa Dedicate a fast for Gaza
Other ways
Organize and join demonstrations against the war..[*]Pass out fliers with facts and figures about Palestine and Gaza in your community (make sure also to mention its relevance to the audience: e.g, US taxpayers paying for the carnage, increase in world instability and economic uncertainty).
Put a bumper sticker on your car
]Do outreach: to neighbors, friends and the whole humanity in everyway
Start your own activist group or join other local groups.
Do a group fast for peace one day and hold it in a public place.
Express support to human rights and other groups working on the ground in Palestine.
Contact local churches, mosques, synagogues, and other houses of worship and ask them to take a moral stand and act. Call on your mosque to dedicate the Friday sermon or evening program for Gaza actions.
Write and call people in Gaza, they need to hear from the outside world. Call 011. 970828 * * * * * * ( * 6 random numbers)
Work with other groups that do not share your political views (factionalism and excessive divisions within activist communities allowed those who advocate war to succeed)
Last edited by ronya; 15-01-2009 at 05:21 PM.
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