Muslims United for San Bernardino Raise Over $100k for Victims’ Families

Muslims reject being “lumped in” with Islamist terrorists

Legal Insurrection

. . . "In addition to this group’s efforts, the LA Times reports that leading Islamic scholars also urged their followers to help with the campaign’s fund-raising efforts:

Several leading Islamic scholars also pitched the campaign in their Friday sermons last week.

“Since 9/11, we’ve felt we need to come out of our cocoons,” said Shaykh Mohammed Faqih of the Islamic Institute of Orange County. “We’re as American as anyone else … but if society is not feeling it, it means I’m not doing enough.”

Donors include Marya Ayloush, a 20-year-old student at Santa Monica Community College who gave $50 after seeing the campaign posted on Facebook. “This is an actual, tangible action we can do to show non-Muslims that we have your back,” she said. “In every situation where the terrorist happens to be a Muslim, every person, whether they admit it or not, is afraid they’ll be lumped in with these guys.”

"Ayloush’s concern is a very real one that, as I noted previously, is not helped by the Obama administration’s (including Hillary’s) refusal to make a distinction between radical Islamic terrorists bent on violent jihad and the Muslims who not only reject this evil but are eager to demonstrate that they don’t appreciate being “lumped in” with radical Islamist terrorists."

Enraged woman attacks Muslims praying in California park: ‘Allah is Satan and you are all murderers’

. . . "Albeshari said he moved four years to California from North Carolina, in part, because he thought he would face less discrimination.

"But Muslims across the U.S. have been targeted by violence and discrimination since terrorist attacks last month in Paris and a mass shooting last week in San Bernardino.

“ 'I never thought this would ever happen to me here,” Albeshari said. “It’s a very uncomfortable feeling.' ” . . .

Terrorists want us to turn on Muslims

Sky News reports:

. . . "We have to be careful we don't do the work of the people who are seeking to divide us, he said, adding that progressive and positive discussion are already occurring within Islam in Australia. " . . .
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 "'Inflammatory language undermines efforts to build social cohesion, mutual respect and has the potential to harm the efforts of national security agencies to keep Australians safe,' Mr Shorten said in a statement.

"The former prime minister also urged Australians not to apologise for holding Western values, calling for a 'restoration of self confidence' in the West.

" 'All cultures are not equal, a culture that believes in decency and tolerance is much preferred to one that says you can kill in the name of God,' he said." . . .