Muslim youth group collects trash at national parks during government shutdown
Source: the hill
By Justin Wise - 01/06/19 04:49 PM EST
Members of a Muslim youth group collected trash and cleaned up national parks around the U.S. on Saturday and Sunday in an effort to assuage the damage done amid the government shutdown.
Dozens of people associated with Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, the largest national organization for Muslim youths, cleaned up litter, emptied trash cans and swept the grounds in places such as the Everglades National Park in Florida and Joshua Tree National Park in California, according to CNN.
More than a dozen young Muslim men on Saturday also reportedly picked up trashed at the Independence Mall in Philadelphia, the site of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. .....................
A group of volunteers were also spotted cleaning up areas at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, CNN noted.
"Service to our nation and cleanliness are important parts of Islam," Dr. Madeel Abdullah, president of the youth group, said in a press release, according to CNN..............................
Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/424089-muslim-youth-group-collects-trash-at-national-parks-during
Whow. Wonderful for these groups to step up during this time of Trump shut downs.
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riversedge
(70,286 posts)John McDevitt
? @JM1060
Jan 5
Visitors take pictures of the #LibertyBell through a window @INDEPENDENCENHP due to the partial government shutdown.
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dameatball
(7,399 posts)Okay, I have no proof of that, but come to your own conclusions.
dem4decades
(11,301 posts)And no one else does. And i don't think they get ther credit and acceptance they deserve.
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druidity33
(6,446 posts)They have good marketing people and excellent legal departments...
littlemissmartypants
(22,747 posts)Above his own inclinations.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)And I will bite my tongue on the rest.
catrose
(5,073 posts)My Koran classes have been over 10 years ago, but I think it's so important that it's one of things you're judged on after you die. So when they pick up trash, open free medical clinics, and the like, I think of them being good neighbors.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)Comparing the Muslim faith to "cults" is something I would expect to hear from Dolt 45.
Roy Rolling
(6,928 posts)Injecting a bit of anti-religious zealotry is the same as the anti-Muslim bigotry the cleanup seeks to counteract. You can hold your tongue, I got this.
If the topic were a debate on the merits of spirituality vs. atheism, then a response might be "they are Muslim theists cleaning up, not lazy atheists".
And that statement would be equally disturbing to me and others. It is disrespectful to atheists. Same as disrespecting Muslims for their theist views.
*steps off soap box*
BigmanPigman
(51,626 posts)Thank you volunteers...I applaud your efforts!
I worked in The Bourse while in college (it's the big terra cotta bldg on the left and was the commodities exchange).
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)on Facebook, just to piss off some people. I will probably get some grief and I will ignore it.
BumRushDaShow
(129,376 posts)My thing is - there will be more tomorrow and the next day and the next as long as Turtle refuses to let the House appropriations legislation get a vote and then let the chips fall where they may if the bills get signed or vetoed.
djacq
(1,634 posts)This should be viral on media.
Many thanks.
littlemissmartypants
(22,747 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,928 posts)There were people cleaning up the exploded heads of religious bigots who saw the cleanup.
sandensea
(21,657 posts)
A Republican enjoying his Coal Roller - diesel trucks modified with chimneys and equipment that can force extra fuel into the engine, thereby emitting large amounts of black smoke.
Their idea of pissing libruls off.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)To be overshadowed by so much bad, a dilemma