[IslamCity] Public Campaign to Aid Palestinians Kicks off in Cairo from www.ikhwanweb.com

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Public Campaign to Aid Palestinians Kicks off in Cairo Noha El Sherbeni, IKhwanweb - Cairo, Egypt Saturday, May 06, 2006 The Human Relief Committee of the Arab Physicians’ Syndicate launched a public campaign under the slogan of “Palestine will never starve” to collect donations for the Palestinian Authority to ease embargo by western governments. The Palestinian Culture Minister, Dr. Attallah Abu Al Sabh, attended the launching ceremony in addition to several other prominent figures including Dr. Abdel Moneum Abu El Fotoh, General Secretary of the Arab Physicians Syndicate and member of the Muslim Brotherhood Executive Bureau; Dr. Aziz Sedki, former Egyptian PM and head of the National Front for Change (NFC); Dr. Hamdy Al Said, head of the Egyptian Physicians’ Syndicate; and a delegate from the Arab League headed by Dr. Hussien Hamouda. In its first day, the campaign received pledges for more than two million dollar in donations from the private sector and individuals. In his speech, Dr. Abu el-Fotoh asserted that the money collected during this campaign should not be called “donations” but rather a “duty” towards the brothers in Palestine. He also called for all national forces and civil society institutions-especially the media- to participate in this campaign to ensure its success. On Friday May 12, 2006, the campaign will organize a telethon live on major satellite channels with a goal to collect a million dollar in two hours starting 5:00 PM GMT. Several prominent figures were invited to attend the telethon, including Sheikh Youssef Al Karadawy, Dr. Amr Moussa, Arab League Secretary, and Mr. Mohamed Hassanein Hikal, a famous political writer and historian. Ikhwanweb invites those interested in helping Palestinian people to donate to this campaign. Money collected will be used directly to meet the basic needs of Palestinians. Ikhwanweb will also keep an update on the next Friday’s event   *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)  also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended: http://www.islamonline.net http://www.islam-guide.com http://www.prophetmuhammadforall.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". SPONSORED LINKS Holy quran YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "islamcity" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

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