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Stand With Atlanta - Georgia Muslims Against Hate; Help Safeguard a Masjid (Mosque - Islamic Center)

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Impact: Lawrenceville, GA

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This campaign will collect all funds raised by May 1, 2017 at 3:45 AM EDT

Help us raise funds for installing security surveillance systems, expand fencing and improve the lighting in view of the recent threats and hate mail.


Our mosque, Greenview Madani Center http://www.madanicenter.org/ , received a death threat in February 2017.  We need your support to protect our Masjid from further hate crimes by installing security surveillance systems, expanding fencing and improve the lighting.  (Please see the links of news coverage which have videos of our property, fencing has already begun).

CBS:  http://www.cbs46.com/clip/13153785/georgia-mosques-threatened-advocacy-group-advises-leaders-to-step-up-security

NBC: http://www.11alive.com/mb/news/local/local-mosques-on-high-alert-after-threats/420208165

FOX:  http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/239950857-story   

Please help us raise the necessary funds ASAP. Thank you.

CAIR-Georgia Urges Stepped-Up Security After Four Mosques Receive Threats

(ATLANTA, GA, 3/5/17) – The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today called on leaders of mosques in that state to improve their security measures after one mosque received a message threatening "death for you and your kind" from a self-declared "Muslim slayer," and three other mosques received identical emails threatening widespread attacks against American Muslims on March 15.

"We hope that state and federal law enforcement authorities will identify and arrest the criminals threatening violence against Georgia mosques," said Edward Ahmed Mitchell, executive director of CAIR-Georgia. "While the perpetrators are being sought, mosque leaders should do all they can to protect their houses of worship by working with local law enforcement authorities, installing security cameras and employing security officers during the daily prayers."

Over the weekend of February 24, Greenview Madani Center, a mosque in Lawrenceville, Ga., received a mailed, handwritten letter with the message, "Death is waiting for you and your kind," along with a crudely drawn picture of a decapitated person.

The mosque alerted local law enforcement to the letter. Similar threats were sent to mosques in other states.


Featured articles:

1) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/opinion/what-it-feels-like-when-a-mosque-is-threatened.html?_r=0

2) http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/06/us/atlanta-mosques-threatened/index.html

3) http://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/atlanta-mosques-urged-increase-security-after-threats/MpCV0KMiFgMKxf47Z8aSHM/

4) http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/letter-saying-death-is-waiting-for-you-and-your-kind-sent-to-local-mosque/499855600

5) http://www.cbs46.com/story/34672932/georgia-mosques-threatened-advocacy-group-advises-leaders-to-step-up-security

6)  http://www.11alive.com/news/crime/mailed-emailed-death-threats-prompt-ga-mosques-ot-up-security/420032821



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