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Monday 12 Oct 2015 - 11:17 Makkah mean time-29-12-1436
(Image from Daily Mail)
Michigan, (IINA) - When just one woman showed up with signs outside the Noor mosque in Michigan for an anti-Muslim protest she never expected that she would be hugging the group she was chanting against just moments before.
To the woman's surprise, Muslim women wearing headscarves went up to her and embraced her along with other supporters of the mosque after a heated conversation about the woman's misconceptions, Daily mail reported.
In the video posted on Youtube, Muslims gathered to join in conversation and explain to her that just because someone says they belong to a religion doesn’t mean they act in a way that is characteristic of the religion.
One woman in a headscarf, is from Mexico, said that the drug lords and people in drug cartels commit murder and rape every day despite being Catholic. Another person said that the Nazis who committed mass genocide were also Christian.
They then explained to the protester that ISIS, like the Nazis were 'not Christian,' are 'not really' Muslim and they are a result of socio-political conflict. They then invite her inside for coffee and bagels.
The woman and others all came to the agreement that they all protest murder and stand for the freedoms available in America regardless of what religion they believe in.
'There's no evil in me,' the protester can be heard saying after she is disarmed by the unexpected kindness of those she is protesting against.
'I pray for my Muslim brothers and sisters. I just want the murder to stop,' she said.
'None of us want murder. No true Muslim wants murder,' said a Muslim woman at the mosque, 'just like no Christian wants genocide.'
Later on, they invited her to join in discussion in an interfaith group that they were all a part of. After feeling more comfortable in her surroundings she caves in, walks into the mosque and even took selfies.
She said her husband and her pastor didn't want her to come to protest but that she did anyway and didn't expect the events the way they did.
A police officer outside the mosque was even in shock that the woman walked inside.
When she stepped inside she was greeted by a big applause from the people inside.
One of the supporters on the scene, Micah, recalled: 'Super funny look on the cops faces when they saw us walking her in. It was a sort of a beautiful thing. One of those ‘maybe there is still sort of hope for humanity’ kind of days,' reports Addicting Info.
The Noor Islamic Cultural Center shared the touching story on Facebook along with photo memories from the day.
The one-person protest was just one of several anti-Muslim protests planned in at least 20 cities recent days in the US organized by a group called the Global Rally for Humanity.
SM/IINA
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