Perspective: Another Mosque defaced, another defiant act of grace | Colleen O'Brien

Grace is difficult and it takes work, but I know it when I see it. One of my good friends back in Spokane, Kalae, is the epitome of grace and I marvel at the ease with which she handles it.

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By Colleen O'Brien | September 20, 2017

Last week, vandals spray painted a mosque with hateful graffiti. It’s an unfortunate story that is playing out all across the nation.

I got an email from one of the congregation’s leaders, Alam Ali:

“Earlier this week the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Seattle chapter hosted the Muslims for Life blood drive to honor the nearly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Today we arrived at our mosque to find it vandalized with offensive graffiti.

We are responding to this assault with an invitation to peace and dialogue. The past two years have seen an unprecedented spike in anti-Muslim hate crimes, mosque vandalisms, and mosque attacks. We invite your participation in this peace building endeavor as a show of solidarity, friendship, and unity against intolerance and hate.”

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