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  • Local Renovation Company Wants To Help Rebuild The Flat That Caught Fire; Needs Donor Contributions As Well

    Local Renovation Company Wants To Help Rebuild The Flat That Caught Fire; Needs Donor Contributions As Well

    Salaam Friends,

    It is my intention to make it a yearly affair and help those families in need.

    Last year, together with my partner, Mohamad Nazareen, Hamizan Shah and a few anonymous donors, we managed to rebuild one kitchen cabinet that is in near collapse condition.

    This year, I came across a couple whose flat caught fire and in need of some goodwill assistance to rebuild their flat.

    Hence, Im calling for my friends who would like to participate in this charity work and rebuild their kitchen cabinet to ease their financial stress.

    Personally, i’l match any donors dollar-for-dollar basis (up to 1k) to get it started. Any amount will be helpful towards this cause.

    I estimate that it would cost 2k to do a basic kitchen cabinet.

    Im looking to provide and install these items to the owner;
    1. 12ft kitchen cabinet
    2. 8ft solid surface
    3. Kitchen sink and tap
    4. Cooker hood and hob

    Do pm me if you would like to participate. I hope to achieve the required funds at the soonest.

    You can read up on the story here;

    https://www.facebook.com/suzz.oppier/posts/1551401478240068

    Thank you in advance. May god bless our good intention. Insyallah.

     

    Source: Khan Osman Sulaiman

  • ‘Love Heals.’ Jewish Families Heartbroken Over Cemetery Vandalism Find Comfort In Muslim Supporters

    ‘Love Heals.’ Jewish Families Heartbroken Over Cemetery Vandalism Find Comfort In Muslim Supporters

    A Muslim-American group in the U.S. helped raise more than $77,000 in a single day to help a historic Jewish cemetery in Missouri repair hundreds of gravesites desecrated in what is being condemned as an apparent act of anti-Semitism.

    The overwhelming support has brought some comfort to those whose relatives are buried at the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in St. Louis, where more than 150 tombstones were toppled and damaged this week.

    “To me, that outpouring is love,” said Barbara Perle, whose grandparents and great-grandparents are among her relatives buried at the site. “In my heart, love heals.”

    Perle, 66, who now lives in California, said she “felt heartbroken” when she learned of the vandalism in her hometown. She said she has not been able to find out whether her relatives’ sites were disturbed because the cemetery’s phone line has been inundated with calls.

    Regardless, she said such a hateful act still directly affects her. “This desecration is a devastating thing to happen to anybody’s family,” she told TIME on Wednesday. “It was particularly devastating for me personally. These are beloved family members.”

    Perle and others who have loved ones buried at the cemetery say they’re deeply touched by the online fundraiser, organized by two Muslim-Americans, which has been collecting an average of $1,000 every 20 minutes.

    The donation page was started by Muslim advocate Linda Sarsour and Tarek El-Messidi, who also founded CelebrateMercy, a nonprofit that teaches about Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam.

    “We just want to send a message that whatever haters and extremists try to destroy, we will rebuild,” El-Messidi, 36, told TIME. “Seeing this happen was just disgusting. It shows that when you put all the politics aside, we share humanity together. We want everyone to live in peace and we want everyone to rest in peace.”

    Andy Ulrich, whose grandparents are also buried at the cemetery, called the vandalism a “day of darkness” and said the collaboration between Jews and Muslims, who are often presented in opposition, sheds light on a message of unity.

    “I always say it takes something horrible to bring out the best in Americans,” he said. “I think that there’s more similarity in people than differences.”

    Source: Time