The Muslims Internet Directory: Gaza crisis: how to help

Help Gaza Now

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Learn
Videos
Sign a petition
The etiquettes of contacting
Contact elected officials
Contact the media
Rock the internet!
Put your cell to use.
Donate to Gaza.
Personal things you can do.
Other ways

The tragedy is Gaza is a tragedy for every human being, Muslim or not. With hundreds of children, women and innocent civilians slaughtered since the beginning of the assault we have the obligation as member of the human society first, and as Muslims second to act.

What is below outlines some ways in which Muslims who live in the united states in particulate and Muslims in general can try to help the people of Gaza.

Learn:

Videos (Graphic images)

Etiquettes of Contacting:

Be polite.
Introduce yourself.
Be brief.
Be specific on what you want.
Be patient if you have to hold.
Ask for a response or a returned call/letter.
If calling, write what you want to say and practice first.

Sign a petition:

Contact elected officials:

Contact elected and other political leaders in your country to urge them to apply pressure to end the attacks. Find all your elected officials here

President George W. Bush or call 202-456-1111
Obama administration transition team or call 202-540-3000 (then press 2 to speak with a staff member).
Your U.S. Senators
House of Representatives
Secretary of State: or call 202.647.5291
State Governors
State Legislators

Contact the media:

Write letters to editors (usually 100-150 words) and longer op-eds (usually 600-800 words) for local newspapers. But also write to news departments in both print, audio, and visual media about their coverage.

Click here to contact the media outlets in your area.

Rock the internet:

Online tools are vast and many and easily accessible by anyone, use these social network online and post your comments and thoughts.

Put your cell to use:

Contact your friends, colleagues, family members and as k them to contact their elected officials (each voice counts).

Donate to Gaza:

Please note: We do not endorse or recommend specific charities but lists these for information only.

Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/campaigns/palestinecrisis
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). http://www.un.org/unrwa/
American Task Force on Palestine: http://www.americantaskforce.org
United Palestinian Appeal: http://www.helpupa.com/
Palestine Red Crescent Society: http://www.palestinercs.org/news_details.aspx?nid=39

Personal things you can do:

Make supplications for Gaza in each prayer.
Dedicate a fast for Gaza.

Other ways:

Organize and join demonstrations against the war..
Pass out fliers with facts and figures about Palestine and Gaza in your community (make sure also to mention its relevance to the audience: e.g, US taxpayers paying for the carnage, increase in world instability and economic uncertainty).
Put a bumper sticker on your car.

Do outreach: to neighbors, friends and the whole humanity in everyway.

Start your own activist group or join other local groups.

Do a group fast for peace one day and hold it in a public place.

Express support to human rights and other groups working on the ground in Palestine.

Contact local churches, mosques, synagogues, and other houses of worship and ask them to take a moral stand and act. Call on your mosque to dedicate this Friday for Gaza actions.

Write and call people in Gaza, they need to hear from the outside world.

Work with other groups that do not share your political views (factionalism and excessive divisions within activist communities allowed those who advocate war to succeed).

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