A crowdfunding campaign started by two Muslim groups has
raised more than $40,000 for the victims of the shooting at a Pittsburgh
synagogue on Saturday.
The campaign on LaunchGood, a Muslim-focused crowdfunding site, reached its $25,000 goal in less than six hours, and is now working to raise $50,000.
“The
Muslim-American community extends its hands to help the shooting
victims, whether it is the injured victims or the Jewish families who
have lost loved ones,” the fundraising page reads. “We wish to respond
to evil with good, as our faith instructs us, and send a powerful
message of compassion through action.”
The
fundraiser was started by Celebrate Mercy and MPower Change, two
Muslim-American nonprofit organizations. The groups say they are
partnering with the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh to distribute the
funds.
At least 11 people were killed and several
others injured after a gunman opened fire at the Tree of Life Synagogue
in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. The shooting is believed to
be the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history, according to the
Anti-Defamation League. The suspected gunman has been charged on 29
federal counts.
The funds will go to help families of victims pay for funeral expenses and medical bills, according to the LaunchGood page.
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