Spreading love and support.

A hate-filled letter was sent to a mosque in Steelton. The Islamic Society of Greater Harrisburg received a photo copied letter that was also sent to many other mosques around the nation. The letter called Muslims "vile and filthy people" and also said Trump was "going to do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews."

You can read the article about this hateful incident here.

Unfortunately, this isn't an isolated incident. From the article:

"There have been a number of incidents of harassment and intimidation towards members of the Islamic Society of Greater Harrisburg. Muslim women have been harassed while shopping, a man had a knife held to his throat and told "We're watching you" and the society have received threatening calls and emails that armed group would come to their mosque."

Because of the threats, there have actually been undercover officers stationed in the mosque during Friday night services. The police presence has been there since September, 2015.

This is horrible. I know just a few ignorant, scared, and hate filled people sometimes make the most noise. It's time the rest of us make some noise in opposition! We need to let those who feel targeted know we support them. But how? 

Advice from the article:

"When asked what people in the community can do to support the Muslim community, Samia Malik, an elder in the Muslim community, said "get to know us."

"Smile. Just smile at me when I'm at the grocery store," Malik said. "I almost feel like they think there's 'TERRORIST' written on my head when I walk into the grocery store. Really.""

My SIL spoke about this incident on Facebook and said she was going to write a letter of support to the Mosque. I thought it was an awesome idea and decided to do it as well.

At a time when I feel so helpless as to what I can actually do to show love and support to the many groups that have felt marginalized and targeted by the presidential campaign and results of the election, writing a letter of love and support is a single action I can take that will hopefully let the members of the Muslims in my community that there are more people that love than hate.

Imagine if they got hundreds of letters of support and just this one letter of hate?

If you would like to write a letter to show your support, here is the address:

Islamic Society of Greater Harrisburg

407 North Front Street

Steelton, PA 17113