[betty boop]

Rusdihardjo said that at this time international help, especially in the form of medicines, clean water, food and clothing, were desperately needed by Indonesia to aid survivors in Acheh.

Since Indonesia is the largest Muslim nation in the world, do you suppose Saudi Arabia, et al., will move a little of the oil wealth they currently invest in Madrassas to relief aid for their devastated, fellow Muslim country?

[sukhoi-30mki]

Yep-a lot of Arab nations are sending aid.Saudi Arabia,Iran,the UAE etc have all pledged millions.

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"Since Indonesia is the largest Muslim nation in the world, do you suppose Saudi Arabia, et al., will move a little of the oil wealth they currently invest in Madrassas to relief aid for their devastated, fellow Muslim country?"

Do you have any reason to suspect that Saudi Arabia, et al, would NOT provide any money for relief?

I'm a life-long Christian, and I know that I would not like it if, following some disaster in some Christian country (like say, a volcanic mudslide in Bolivia), some Muslim were to ask, "Since Bolivia is a Christian country, do you suppose the people in the USA, et al. will just keep spending on themselves, or do you suppose the people of the USA et al. will be bothered to send some aid?

I may be wrong here, betty boop, but it seems to me that your comment was a (perhaps -- I hope -- unintentional) insult directed at the Muslim people of Saudi Arabia "et al."

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I'm with you Betty Boop! It's a good question especially at a time we have poured so much into Iraq and have enormous
debt at home.