Earthquakes

Unicef launched an appeal for $20m (£11.4m) to save families and children, while the EU pledged £2.5m.

In Britain, a total of more than £2.9m has been pledged from charities including London-based relief agency Muslim Aid, Islamic Relief, Plan, the international development agency for children, Christian Aid, Unicef's UK office and the British Red Cross. Disasters Emergency Committee, the umbrella group for Britain's leading aid organisations, was expected to launch an appeal later today.

Some agencies are reporting that Al Qaeda took a major blow in the earthquake with unfounded rumors that Osama himself is hurt or killed.

Some agencies are reporting that Al Qaeda took a major blow in the earthquake with unfounded rumors that Osama himself is hurt or killed.

Now I'm wondering how Al Qaeda (and their sympathizers) will take this latest natural disaster. They called Hurricaine Katrina "a Wind of Torment and Evil from Allah Sent to This American Empire".

With less than a thousand casualties from Katrina and tens of thousands from the Pakistan earthquake, I'm curious to see if any Muslim officials or Imams take the tragedy as divine retribution from Allah against Al Qaeda???