America has brought death and destruction to Iraq, Afghanistan,Libya,Pakistan and are you seriously suggesting they should intervene in Syria? They are already supplying arms through their wretched allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar.And why should the Muslims want America to help anyway since The Saudis and the UAE. have billions of dollars of American arms.Are they so cowardly they cannot do their own fighting?

For ZAI
It seems to divert the essence of the article.

Masha Allah what a beautiful initiative, I am in for this and will try my best insha Allah. Instead of complaining about everything the best thing we can do as an individual or a community wherever we are is to pray for our dear brothers and sisters. Prayer is our best weapon against injustice, against negativity, against every conspiracy.
JazakAllah khair Imam Webb for this call.

I dunno if this has any basis in fact. I have Assyrian/Neo-Aramaic speaking Christian friends who speak Syriac/Neo-Aramaic who say it has no basis. They call Syria “Sooriya”, “Atour” or “Ashour”, “Atour” or “Ashour” being Northern Syria which is connected to Western & Northern Iraq, and “Sooriya” referring to southern Syria…Therefore I’d surmise the first possibility, of it being an Arab-centric name related to the Ka’abah, is correct.

That being said…
What is being asked for here?
Is this a day of prayer/charity or something political?

My prayers are with my Syrian brothers, and I pray for their deliverance from this tyrant somehow. I will also, inshallah, gladly donate money or even my time volunteering to help them.

I see no point in contacting any congressman, etc. though.
The American people are in no mood to intervene in Syria politically or militarily. Many of them have the feeling that they’re d*mned if they do, and d*mned if they don’t. That somehow or another, we Muslims will find SOME way to blame the American government and tack on yet another grievance…So basically they’re attitude is “You work it out…no thanks!”.

This is partially we Muslims fault.
We are SO wedded to this idea of “us” vs. “them” and an all or nothing civilizational conflict, that when we DO need help…no one wants to help us. Frankly, many Muslims are just as ideologically rigid and attached to these ideas as extreme Republicans are.

We quickly forgot the US military helped us in Bosnia and Kosovo. They did help us in Libya…and despite the official spin out of ISI headquarters and fear of offending Pakistani nationalists here amongst American-Muslim organizations, most Afghans consider the help in getting rid of the Taliban a positive.

But our criticisms do not reflect these nuances.
We act as if it’s ALL Iraq or Palestine and that’s ALL the American government or military ever does. So why would they help us here now? Our discourse is completely one-sided and skewed…so I can understand why Americans are in no mood to intervene in any more middle eastern issues.

If we were more balanced, perhaps they would. There are plenty of Americans who were against the Iraq war or what’s done in Palestine…but when we say it’s ALL bad and wrong, it’s ALL evil…Why would they want to bother helping us?

I hope God finds a way out for the Syrian people and delivers them from this misery. Anything political is a waste of time tho. The American public is dead set against it, and part of the blame belongs with us Muslims.