agentasshole: rtamerica: Muslim groups fundraise to restore black churches, ‘support victims o
agentasshole: rtamerica: Muslim groups fundraise to restore black churches, ‘support victims of arson’Muslim organizations have raised $23,000 to help rebuild eight historically black churches that have burned down since the deadly attack on a prayer group in South Carolina. Three fires are believed to be arson, while the rest are under investigation. The groups ‒ including Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, the Arab American Association of New York and Ummah Wide ‒ encouraged Muslims to reach out during their holy month of Ramadan. They touted the connections between Muslim and African-American communities in the US, saying the groups are “profoundly integrated in many ways, in our overlapping identities and in our relationship to this great and complicated country.” Just gonna leave this right here. -- source link