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Muslims fundraise to help repair vandalised Jewish cemetery


Two activists launch a campaign to help repair a Jewish graveyard in St. Louis in which 170 headstones were toppled




Two Muslim activists have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £16,000 ($20,000) for repairs to a St. Louis-area Jewish cemetery where at least 170 gravestones were toppled over the weekend.


The launchgood drive started by Linda Sarsour and Tarek El-Messidi had brought in £14,000 ($17,750) as of Tuesday afternoon.


They said any remaining funds after the cemetery is restored will go to fixes for other vandalised Jewish centers.

“Through this campaign, we hope to send a united message from the Jewish and Muslim communities that there is no place for this type of hate, desecration, and violence in America,” the activists wrote. “We pray that this restores a sense of security and peace to the Jewish-American community who has undoubtedly been shaken by this event”.

http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/muslims-jewish-cemetery-fundraise/

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