Muslim Americans raise more than $120,000 for those affected by Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
“We just want to know what you need ... If it’s people outside your next service protecting you, let us know. We’ll be there.”
Samina Mohamedali, left, and her husband Kutub Ganiwalla, members of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, both of North Hills, prepare to place flowers on a memorial in front of the Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Oct. 28, 2018.
Samina Mohamedali, left, and her husband Kutub Ganiwalla, members of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, both of North Hills, prepare to place flowers on a memorial in front of the Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Oct. 28, 2018.Alexandra Wimley / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP
Oct. 29, 2018 / 1:55 PM MDT
By Reynaldo Leanos, Jr. and Rima Abdelkader
A Muslim American group has raised more than $125,000 through an online crowdfunding campaign to help families affected by Saturday's mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, which killed at least 11.
CelebrateMercy, one of the organizers of the campaign, told NBC News that the money will assist families with medical bills, funeral expenses and other immediate and short-term needs.
Tarek El-Messidi, the group’s founding director, says his hope through the fundraiser is "to respond to evil with good.”
"We’re really hoping to help the community that’s suffering," El-Messidi said. “We’re hoping to inspire more interfaith collaboration and peace.”
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers makes first court appearance in wheelchair
Robert Bowers is accused of killing 11 people during Saturday services at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel hill neighborhood. He was charged Monday with 29 felony counts, including 11 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder and 11 counts of obstruction of the exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death.
El-Messidi said CelebrateMercy will immediately begin transferring money to the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, its local partner, which will work directly with the synagogue and distribute funds to the families.
“We just want to know what you need,” Wasi Mohamed, executive director of the Pittsburgh Islamic center, said during a Sunday news conference. “If it’s people outside your next service protecting you, let us know. We’ll be there.”
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"We just want to know what you need ... If it's people outside your next service protecting you, let us know. We'll be there."
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The campaign initially aimed to raise $25,000. That goal was surpassed within six hours, according to an update posted to the crowdfunding page. The campaign will continue taking donations until Nov. 7.
Last year, CelebrateMercy also raised more than $160,000 to help repair vandalism at a Jewish cemetery near St. Louis.
"We are tired of being grouped along with the crazies. They scare us just as much as any American,” El-Messidi said last year, when talking about how the Trump administration appears to mistakenly conflate radical Islamist terror groups like ISIS with peaceful American Muslims. “We need the administration to talk about the 3 million Muslim Americans who just want to pursue life, liberty and happiness just like everyone else here in America."
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"I still can't get over the fact that American Muslims donated 200,000$ to a Zionist Synagogue rather than feed 20,000 starving Muslim families in Yemen and Gaza. All for kosher doggy biscuits"
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Salaam
Like to share. Two very different perspectives on what has happened and the wider implications.
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The nation is continuing to grieve the 11 Jewish worshipers who were gunned down at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh Saturday in what is being described as the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. Funerals were held Thursday for three more victims of the shooting: husband and wife Sylvan and Bernice Simon, and Richard Gottfried. Robert Bowers, who is accused of the mass shooting, pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Bowers is charged with 44 counts, including murder and hate crimes. We speak with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident, about the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh and other recent white supremacist and right-wing attacks.
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Dr. E. Michael Jones is back to address the tragic murder of the 11 people in the Pittsburgh Jewish synagogue called Tree of Life Congregation on Saturday, October 27th. This incident raises the ugly head of real anti-semitism.
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Greetings and peace be with you Singularity;
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Muslim Americans raise more than $120,000 for those affected by Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
“We just want to know what you need
Thanks for sharing; A Christian sharing a good news story about Muslims helping Jews. Justice is always served in a greater way, when people who are perceived to be enemies, then respond by helping each other.
In the spirit of searching for a greatest meaning of 'One God'
Eric
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You will never look into the eyes of anyone who does not matter to God.
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