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There were two articles that caught my eye today in the Guardian about the Blacksburg massacre, one by Simon Jenkins and the other, in the G2 supplement, by Lionel Shriver, the author of a novel about a school shooting. Jenkins's article discussed the various people who gloat when such things happen in the USA and who point to it as the sign of a sick society, rather than simply "the manifestation of a distorted soul unable to live at peace with the world". Interestingly, he claims that people with family connections with the USA are the first to defend it as a beacon of freedom; this is not the case with me, or others in my family, which has American connections.

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Today is Blog Quake Day and we're all being asked to post an appeal for donations to the relief fund with a link to a suitable charity, so one I recommend, which is an Ahlus-Sunnah charity which is concerned with the essentials as well as development and education is Muslim Hands, based in Nottingham. Their teams are working in Balakot, Islamabad, Mansehra, Muzaffarabad and Rawalakot and you can find a donation box on that page insha Allah. Hat tip: Safiyyah. Technorati tag: blog quake day.

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I've added a link to the new South Asia Quake Help blog, which was set up by the same people who ran the "SEA EAT" (South East Asian Earthquake and Tsunami) blog and wiki after the Boxing Day tsunami last year. (At least they've thought of a better title this time round.) Hat tip to the person behind LGF Watch.

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