OCEANBIRU: THE SHAMEFUL MALAYSIAN MUSLIM SILENCE ON DARFUR.

"There are people like you in Darfur

The Community Leader
Suliman Hassid is the 87-year-old chief of a once-thriving Darfurian village called Shiga Karo. Compared to other villages, Hassid’s was lucky: a ring of hills surrounding it made ground attacks by Janjaweed raiders difficult. But Sudanese government planes still bombed Shiga Karo repeatedly last year, killing six residents and driving most of the rest to flee. Now, the only people remaining for Hassid to lead are the hundreds of refugee women and children camped at the nearby river, slowly starving. “Where are they supposed to go?” asks Hassid. “They don't have the means to go to Chad, and they don’t want to run to the camps of a government that is killing them.” (“Once-Prosperous Sudanese Scavenge to Survive,” The Boston Globe)
The Laborer
When the Janjaweed attacked Hamid Maraja Hassan’s village, the farmer told his family to flee as he rounded up the goats and cattle that were their only valuable possessions. His 23 year old son, however, tried to come back to help him — Hassan found him after the attack, dying from a gunshot wound. After another month of Janjaweed assaults and a 25-mile trek, the family settled with thousands of other displaced Darfurians in a camp full of tiny shelters — many lacking even plastic sheeting to keep off rain. Hassan, undeterred, sought out work digging latrines and helping in local shops to earn food for his family. But when other family members wonder what will become of them, Hassan says, “I have to tell them, ‘I don't know.’ It is not in our power to know.” (“How Did Darfur Happen?” New York Times Magazine)
The Religious Leader
“The government wants to kill all African people, Muslim or not Muslim,” says Imam Abdullah of the village of Jalanga Kudumi. Though both Darfurians and their Sudanese Arab assailants hail mostly from Islamic backgrounds, government forces and Janjaweed have burned scores of Darfurian mosques to the ground and killed worshippers inside. In a village near Abdullah’s, raiders entered a mosque, desecrated its Korans, then murdered its imam and other clergy. “We do not know why the government burns our mosques and kills our imams,” says Abdullah. “Our Islam is good. We pray all the time. We read the Koran all the time. … They are not good Muslims,” he concludes. ("The shameful Muslim silence on Dafur- ThedailyStar-Lebanon)
The Teacher
Armani Tinjany used to teach agriculture in a Darfur high school. She had a university degree and was an important member of her community. Since the genocide began, however, Sudanese Arab attackers have been destroying schools and arresting educators — they seek to wipe out not only black Darfurians, but the generations of Darfuri cultural heritage that are passed on through education. Tinjany was forced to abandon her home and flee to Chad, but she didn’t give up. Hand-washing laundry earned her enough money to open a school in her refugee camp. Last summer, however, even that was lost when the rainy season came. Armani prepared to start again, but refugee life has left her weak, malnourished, and without hope that she will ever return to Darfur to teach. (“Targeting the Teachers of Darfur,” The Washington Post)
The Businessman
Moussa Safi was once one of the most prosperous men in Furawiyah, a village that was itself one of the most prosperous in Darfur. His entrepreneurship had brought him a large, comfortable home and substantial savings. But in February 2004 Sudanese government planes bombed his village, and Sudanese troops and Janjaweed rampaged through, killing villagers because they were black and robbing them because they were wealthy. Now there is nothing left of Safi’s home and savings but ashes. “As a Muslim, I was taught to treat people with respect and honesty. That was also important to me as a businessman,” Safi says. “The Janjaweed are also Muslims, but what they teach us is that Islam is for Arabs, not for blacks.” (“Once-Prosperous Sudanese Scavenge to Survive,” The Boston Globe)

What a bunch of hypocrites Malaysians have turned out to be.
When Sunni Muslims of Caucasian descent were killed in a far distant place called Bosnia, Malaysia called for air strikes against Serbian targets. When the war to liberate Iraqi Shites and the Kurds began , NGO’s and political parties in Malaysia came together and marched in their tens of thousands to support a Sunni Arab tyrant. When Sunni black Africans in Darfur are murdered in thousands upon thousands by Sunni Arabs, the proponents of Malaysia global peace continue to see no evil and to hear no evil.
Could it be that Malaysians both Muslims and non Muslims view black Africans with the same racist eyes as these murderous Sudanese Arabs or is it due to economic interest - Petronas with its largest overseas investment in Sudan - that we choose to remain quiet?
Then we are the Janjeweed who squeeze the trigger of the rifle at a fleeing mother with her child.

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