The Jews in a city in Texas demonstrated the true meaning of 'love your
neighbour as you love yourself' by handing the key to their synagogue
to the Muslims in their community after the town's only mosque was
destroyed in a fire.
The fire outbreak occurred on Saturday while the residents slept and was discovered by 2 a.m.
By the time the fire service got there, it took them over four hours to
put the fire under control. Being the only place of worship the Muslim
population in the town has, Robert Loeb, the President of Temple Bnai
Israel, handed the key to the Jew's temple over to Shahid Hashmi, one of
the mosque's founders.
Speaking on the act of generosity, Shahid Hashmi, said: "Jewish
community members walked into my home and gave me a key to the
synagogue."
"I know several members of the mosque, and we felt for them. When a calamity like this happens, we have to stand together." Robert Loeb said.
The Victoria Islamic Centre is being reconstructed and a GoFundMe
account has been created to raise money to sponsor the project.
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