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Muslim and Baptist Groups Distribute Goods [to Katrina victims]
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Oct 15, 2006 04:29pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New Orleans Times-Picayune |
| News Date | Sunday, October 15, 2006 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Two Central City religious congregations — one Muslim and one Baptist — dished out plates of crawfish etouffee and supplied boxes of bed linens and kitchen utensils Saturday to New Orleanians still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina.
Twenty people waited along Simon Bolivar Avenue at midday at the Magnolia Farmers Market, where they could pick up toiletries and boxes of home goods. At least several hundred people received goods by the close of the event.
The event organizer, Wali Abdel-Raoof of the nearby New Orleans Masjid of Al-Islam, said many humanitarian groups that visited the city after Katrina have left now that the story no longer dominates national headlines.
Although his mosque suffered flooding and has not reopened, Abdel-Raoof said it nonetheless is maintaining a presence in the neighborhood, providing charity without condescension.
“We want to address their concerns while helping people maintain their dignity and humanity,” he said. |
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