Darfur Issue #1
by Dr. Mazeni Alwi

I have to say that I am very disturbed by what is happening in Darfur.I have been trying to get an alternative narrative to challenge the mainstream bbc world/cnn reporting on the issue but so far nothing substantial has emerged.The response by the Sudanese general that I saw on bbcworld last weekend and on this posting the claim by gen Omar bashir that darfur is an excuse to target islam are not convincing. Other than saying that the west is targetting islam,they made no attempt to answer the charges of complicity in genocide.Has anyone got a more reliable alternative report to rely on?If not,then we should call a changkul a changkul,that what is happening is genocide on a black civilian population by arab militias backed by the govt.The footage I saw sometime back of militias on camel-backs looting and burning African huts did not seem irrefutable.So are the accounts of survivors(all civilians) which so far have remained unchallenged.Genocide and systematic expulsion of a people from their homeland come under crimes against humanity in international law.I hope the Sudanese muslims did not commit this, but if they do,we should not cover up their crimes in the name of Islamic brotherhood.

By the way,some of those black African refugees do look like muslims by the way they dress.Is this a racist crime arabs against blacks? I hope not.

It is true that western govts and Christian NGOs have been supporting the SPLA rebels in the south,and bill Clinton bombed a pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum,but in matters of justice muslims have to be very objective even if it is not in favour of our brethren.

Just being a spoilsport.
mazeni