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Thursday 23 Jul 2015 - 09:46 Makkah mean time-7-10-1436
 South Carolina, US (IINA) - A Muslim fundraising campaign that was launched earlier this month to help rebuild burned black churches across South Carolina has raised $100,000 in two weeks, reflecting a growing cohesion between followers of the two Abrahamic faiths in the US, according to media reports.
"Our campaign gave people the opportunity to take an extra step beyond just verbal solidarity," Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab-American Association of New York, told Huffington Post on Tuesday. "Our campaign united people of all faiths, it resonated and the fact that it was lead by Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan gave the campaign more meaning and legitimacy."
Sarsour was referring to the online campaign that was launched by American Muslims to raise donations in an effort to rebuild the seven churches that have been vandalized in the wake of Charleston terror attack last month.
According to the campaign organizers, the majority of donors have Muslim surnames.
The spat of attacks on black churches followed the tragic death of nine people who lost their lives during a shooting at a Bible study meeting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina last June.
Twenty-one year-old Dylann Roof has been arrested and charged with their murders in what is being investigated as a hate crime by the FBI.
All the dead were African Americans. Earlier this month, American Muslims in Massachusetts held a special Ramadan Iftar in remembrance of Charleston victims, where part of the reflections and prayers were dedicated to those affected by this tragic attack.
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