Why Darfur Matters

         This past weekend on my radio show my special guest was David Nolan, a New York City based CEO who has taken a special interest in the tragedies and horrors currently being committed in the Sudanese region of Darfur.

Nolan, who recently formed an international humanitarian organization (website under construction) is on a mission to raise global awareness of the atrocities taking place in Darfur...and to find a non-military solution.

In the past three years over 300,000 innocent civilians have been murdered. Countless others have been raped and tortured... forcing some 2.5 million people to be displaced from their homes.

Darfur matters for several reasons. First, there is the obvious reason of human tragedy and innocent people in desperate need of help from the outside world.

Beyond that, it gives the world a glimpse of what life looks like under a Fundamentalist-Islamic government. Further, Nolan fears that the Fundamentalist-Islamic government which rules Darfur is in danger of expanding in to it's neighboring moderate Islamic states.

Nolan's vision is to raise awareness in America and around the world, and to create a  political atmosphere in which the moderate Islamic states and their leaders can take the lead in putting an end to Darfur.

Put differently...An Islamic solution to an Islamic problem. One which is non-military and an opportunity for The West to demonstrate a gesture which will help win the hearts and minds of the moderate Islamic world. All necessary ingredients in winning the war on terror.

To contact David Nolan about his project on Darfur you can reach him at [email protected]

Comments

[David]

The situation continues without any help from the west.