Muslim Donates $45,000 to Christians to Rebuild Burnt Churches in the US

A student, along with her friends and other Muslim groups, have raise more than $45,000 to help rebuild black Christian churches destroyed by fires in the last two weeks, reports,
 Since the June 17 fatal shooting of nine black people inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, some six black churches have been torched throughout the South of America. According to Al Jazeera, three Muslim organisations—Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, the Arab-American Association of New York and Ummah Wide—have created the Respond With Love campaign to raise money to help rebuild those churches burned since the massacre last month. The crowdfunding campaign was the brainchild of black Muslim masters student Faatimah Knight.

“To many, it is clear that these are attacks on black culture, black religion and black lives,” the campaign’s website said. “It’s Ramadan, and we are experiencing firsthand the beauty and sanctity of our mosques during this holy month. All houses of worship are sanctuaries, a place where all should feel safe,” it added.
While all of the church burnings are still under investigation and have not been reported as hate crimes, three are suspected arson attacks. So far, the campaign has raised some $45,000 in just six days and, according to the site, once the campaign ends on July 18, the group will disperse funds to the pastors of the churches in most need.
“We have been overwhelmed by how generous people have been,” Knight, 23, said.
Knight, a student at the Chicago Theological Seminary, said of her acquaintances some people had questioned the campaign and asked why she was raising money for Christian houses of worship, as opposed to a Muslim cause. But most were supportive.
She said Islam taught of the need to protect the weak and vulnerable. She said while the black Christian communities of the South might not be weak, they were vulnerable.
“I’m a black person and I do identify with the wider black community at that level,” she said. “Historically, the black community has been vulnerable.”
She added: “Traditionally, when we have been on our best behaviour, we have created space for other faiths, and let people worship as they see fit.” “The American Muslim community cannot claim to have experienced anything close to the systematic and institutionalised racism and racist violence that has been visited upon African-Americans,” co-organiser Imam Zaid Shakir wrote on the website.

Shakir added: “We do, however, understand the climate of racially inspired hate and bigotry that is being reignited in this country. We want to let our African American brothers and sisters know that we stand in solidarity with them during this dark hour. As a small symbol of that solidarity, during this blessed month of Ramadan.”

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Posted: at 22-07-2015 12:21 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

make them go die,what about the people they killed,can they buy their lives and bring them back to life ?.vampire Muslems

Posted: at 22-07-2015 12:52 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Lord have mercy

Posted: at 22-07-2015 02:07 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

Islam hnmmmmmmmmmm,...

Posted: at 22-07-2015 05:18 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

if the christians continue living with the muslems like this all in the name of we are all one and believing the few muslims that are saying NOT ALL MUSLIMS ARE BAD,i bet you in the next 50 to 100 years christianity will be a religion of the past and only islam will exist.wayo dey 

Posted: at 22-07-2015 09:24 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

It can only happen in a civilise world not arab countries or african islam. They are brainwashed.

Posted: at 22-07-2015 11:18 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

islam is islam...u can never trust them ..very bad people..i hate anything islam..and very dirty people...them dey smell...

Posted: at 23-07-2015 06:27 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

There are also bad Christians too. It goes both ways.

Posted: at 12-08-2015 03:42 PM (9 years ago) | Hero