Saudi Telethons
Meryl Yourish has an outstanding post on charity in the Kingdom of Saud. Embarrassed for only putting up $10 million for the tsunami victims, the Saudi's have upped their ante to $30 million, with the help of a nationwide telethon.
But it turns out that this isn't the first time the Saudis have dug deep for others. In 2003 they raised $11.5 million for Iraqis--and $109 million for Palestinian "martyrs."
It isn't that Islamists don't know how to give to a good cause. It's that they have very different ideas about which causes are good.
We would do well to remember this in the future.
But it turns out that this isn't the first time the Saudis have dug deep for others. In 2003 they raised $11.5 million for Iraqis--and $109 million for Palestinian "martyrs."
It isn't that Islamists don't know how to give to a good cause. It's that they have very different ideas about which causes are good.
We would do well to remember this in the future.
| posted by Jonathan V. Last Permalink 
Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE are donating 10 million, 10 million, and 20 million dollars respectively last I checked. That isn't chump-change when you consider that Kuwait and Qatar each have populations about the size of Des Moines, Iowa.
Any idea how much these countries have given to nasty "causes"? I imagine quite a bit less than Saudi Arabia, but I really don't know.
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Michael J. Totten |
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