Hundreds of people attend event to support Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center
People of all faiths, all ages and all races came together Tuesday evening at the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington to show their support and denounce the destruction wrought from an explosive hurled into an imam’s office Saturday morning.
The crowd of at least 1,000 people gathered on the back lawn of the mosque and listened to more than 20 speakers — imams, priests, rabbis and lay people. They all shared the same message: We are all one Minnesota. We cannot let hate win.
“An attack on a mosque is an attack on a synagogue, an attack on a church, an attack on all communities of faith,” said the Rev. Curtiss DeYoung, head of the Minnesota Council of Churches. “We have to stand up to this kind of hate.”
Mohamed Omar, executive director of Dar Al Farooq, told the crowd that the bombing came during the first prayer of the morning, the “fragile prayer.”
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