San Francisco faith ring protects Muslims

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Sunday 29 Mar 2015 - 10:58 Makkah mean time-9-6-1436 San Francisco faith ring protects Muslims(Photo from sfgate.com -San Francisco Chronicle ) San Francisco, (IINA) - Showing solidarity with San Francisco Muslims, dozens of residents and religious leaders formed an interfaith ring around a mosque after Friday Prayer to support the religious minority amid soaring Islamophobia, media news reported. Local interfaith groups, including the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County, the Interfaith Council of San Ramon Valley and Neighbor to Neighbor, came together to organize Friday’s event. Organized by local interfaith groups, the human chain was attended by more than 200 people who circled San Ramon Valley Islamic Center. After Friday prayer, people gathered inside the mosque to listen to speeches by Muslims, Jews and Christians about religious coexistence by highlighting similarities between faiths. “We’re saying right now we’re standing up against Islamophobia in our community," Rabbi Daniel Goldblatt, founder of the Interfaith Council of San Ramon Valley, told the crowd, San Francisco Chronicle reported on Friday, March 27. "We are all in this human enterprise together.” “We’re recognizing that there is a whole community that lives in fear of violence against them,” said the Rev. Will McGarvey, executive director of the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County, one of the organizers of the event. The solidarity ring comes a few weeks after the fatal shooting of a three Muslims in Chapel Hill, and other incidents. Since the 9/11 attacks, US Muslims, estimated between 6-8 million, have complained of discrimination and stereotypes in the society because of their Islamic attires or identities. SM/IINA