The death of Alan Henning

[Sam Slater]

[quote]As far as I am aware Alan Henning was working with a Muslim charity not an aid agency.[/quote]

And there's the issue, for me. Why does an aid agency have to have a religious tag pinned to it? People can help one another no matter what religion they are. We are all human.

[Essex Lad]

I'm guessing for the same reason the Red Cross doesn't go into certain countries leaving into the Red Crescent.

[Sam Slater]

Please explain your post more.

[Essex Lad]

The Red Cross was founded by Henri Dunant after the Battle of Solverino. He reversed the white cross on red Swiss flag to get the Red Cross. (I'm doing this from memory from a Blue Peter edition years ago. "John Nettleton takes up the story...")

Although it is not a Christian organisation per se, it is seen as such by some non-Christians and so Muslims developed a similar organisation called the Red Crescent because it is unsafe for what is perceived to be a Christian organisation to into war zones and the like where the combatants are not Christian.

[Sam Slater]

So you're showing why having a religious tag pinned to an aid agency can hinder their effectiveness (in this case the tag being only suspected/assumed).