Muslims volunteer at churches, food pantries and walkathons around America

In San Francisco, Muslim volunteers at Glide Memorial Church prepared meals and served food to the homeless. Sumbul Ali-Karamali, author of The Muslim Next Door: The Qur’an, the Media, and that Veil Thing, organized the effort. “I wanted to make a positive statement about American Muslims,” Ali-Karamali said, adding that recent public discourse highlights misunderstandings about Islam. “I wanted to help Muslims counter fear and prejudice with a positive, nationwide action.” At the same time, Ali-Karamali wanted to honor those who had lost their lives nine years earlier.
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