Muslim Groups Raise Over $150,000 For Victims Of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre

Please allow me to give you some hope for humanity.

According to that sourcelink, a group of Muslim Americans have raised over 150k to help the victims of the synagogue shooting, through two non-profit organizations – CelebrateMercy and MPower Change. They created a crowdfunding campaign called Muslims Unite For Pittsburgh Synagogue, where they said, “We wish to respond to evil with good, as our faith instructs us, and send a powerful message of compassion through action. Through this campaign, we hope to send a united message from the Jewish and Muslim communities that there is no place for this type of hate and violence in America. We pray that this restores a sense of security and peace to the Jewish-American community who has undoubtedly been shaken by this event.”

This past Sunday, the head of the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, Wasi Mohamed, made the announcement about the funds raised and was met with a huge standing ovation. He said, to the Jewish community, “We just want to know what you need. If it’s more money, let us know. If it’s people outside your next service protecting you, let us know we’ll be there.”

I mean, can you even?

Watch:

Yes, there was the comment at the end about the negativity of the last election, but I’m not sure I can really blame him for saying that if in fact he experienced an uptick in crimes against his community afterwards.  The point is, he and his fellows received support, and he’s paying that support forward, and that’s America.

Hopefully that gets your day off to a good start.