5 Times Non-Muslims Stood Up for Muslims in 2015

Reimagining what our nation’s narrative on Islam can sound like in 2016 is a terrifyingly beautiful thing. Terrifying, because lionhearted non-Muslims are voicing dissent from the hate rhetoric of Islamophobia, and what could be more threatening to that rhetoric than the unity of Muslims and non-Muslims?

Here are just five times non-Muslims stood up for Muslims in the name of humanity and sent shockwaves across America…

1. “Dear Muslims” — US Army Solider speaks up.

2. Wheaton College suspends professor for wearing hijab and saying Christians and Muslim worship the same God.

3. #Mecca_Live: When Americans Went to Mecca

4. Trending: #TerrorismHasNoReligion and #MuslimsAreNotTerrorists after terrorist attacks in Paris

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5. 30 Mike Mike: “A New ‘Merica. This is what we’re about.”

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