Posted on 03/14/2010 8:26:37 AM PDT by libertarian27
An organization owned by the mayor of New York City has channeled over US$390,000 to Muhammadiyah as part of a global anti-tobacco campaign, but the country's second largest Islamic organization denied the funding influenced its recent edict banning smoking.
A. Fattah Wibisono, a deputy secretary at Muhammadiyah’s council tasked with issuing religious edicts, acknowledged that his organization was cooperating with the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, a philanthropic organization established in 2006 by Michael R. Bloomberg to fight tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries.
The US$125 million global initiative was extended with a new $250 million commitment in 2008. The initiative funds related projects in Indonesia and many other countries. Its website says that Muhammadiyah was a recipient of grants totaling US$393,234 from November 2009 to October 2011.
Other recipients include the Bogor City Health Agency, National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA), and the Demographic Institute at the University of Indonesia’s School of Economics.
The Bloomberg Initiative says on its website, www.tobaccocontrolgrants.org, its program with Muhammadiyah aims “to mobilize public support towards obtaining religious policy on tobacco control and to support FCTC [Framework Convention on Tobacco Control] accession”.
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I wonder what the Islam stance is on salt?
So Bloomberg not only knows what is best for the little people of New York, he now wants to run the lives of little people everywhere!!!
I wonder how many other US Politicians fund Islamic Groups?
“It’s for the Childrun” Money gets around...
Possibly, Probably ends up funding such “healthy” activities as flying planes into buildings or arming the Taliban militia to kill our brave sons.
God protect the little people.
God protect the USA.
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