terça-feira, janeiro 11, 2005

Solidariedade islâmica

Não é uma competição. E nem sempre as promessas são cumpridas depois de as câmaras de televisão se irem embora. Mas podemos avaliar as intenções. Falo da ajuda prometida pelo países árabes às vítimas do tsunami, na maioria muçulmanos indonésios.

Na BBC:
"The Saudi government had already promised $30m. "
"Qatar has donated $25m, the United Arab Emirates $20m and Kuwait $10m"
"There has been public criticism from inside the Gulf states that their contributions are not generous enough when the region's huge oil revenues are taken into account."
Na Economist (link premium):
"Among the relative misers are Arab governments such as Saudi Arabia's ($30m), which have benefited from huge windfalls thanks to higher oil prices in 2004 and ought to want to help their fellow Muslims in Indonesia."