Good news: In the South, a new helping hand: Muslim disaster relief teams
From the article:
Imagine Delores J. Porter’s surprise, then, when she gingerly stepped onto the exposed floor joists of her torn-out home to find a troop of young Muslim volunteers in blue “Islamic Relief USA” T-shirts installing support beams in the 90-degree heat.
To read more:
http://religionnews.com/2017/08/24/in-the-south-a-new-helping-hand-muslim-disaster-relief-teams/
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Where I live, there is a good deal of positive media coverage of Muslims in the Twin Cities area. There's some negative coverage, as well. To which coverage should I pay attention? My answer to that question is: Neither. Instead, I will see what specific Muslims do and react to that, just as I do with any other group of people.
I can't see that a person's religion has much to do with how that person will behave. Observation has taught me that. 
"It just tells me you have people who have a generous heart and it doesn’t matter what religion they are. It’s just a blessing.” She also hugged each of the volunteers. If she was surprised, it was probably because there is no mosque in her tiny town and she probably rarely if ever sees anyone who is Muslim, much less comes home to find a group of young Muslim volunteers restoring her ruined home. Kudos to these young people who are not only going out of their way to do a good deed for a stranger, but hopefully educating the public about the goodness and decency of the majority of their community and winning over some hearts and minds.
