December 12, 2015
THE FACE OF ISLAM:
American Muslims raise over $120k for families of San Bernardino victims : In a bid to 'respond to evil with good' US Muslim organizations have joined together to raise money for relatives of victims of the San Bernardino shooting rampage (Beatrice Gitau, Staff DECEMBER 9, 2015, CS Monitor)
Muslim groups in the United States are collecting money to support families of victims of last week's San Bernardino terrorist attack. [...]"We are sad at the suffering of our neighbors in San Bernardino. We are with them not only with the words of sympathy and condolences; we should show the acts of kindness and compassion," says Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, Chairperson of the Southern California Islamic Shura Council.The project to raise money for the relatives of the California shooting rampage is dubbed "Muslims United for San Bernardino" and was launched by Faisal Qazi, a California-based neurologist, and Tarek El-Messidi. It has been backed by local, regional, and national Muslim organizations.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 12, 2015 10:02 PM