{"id":1960,"date":"2013-04-18T11:17:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T15:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2013-04-18T11:21:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T15:21:35","slug":"the-muslim-world-sends-love-to-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2013\/04\/the-muslim-world-sends-love-to-boston.html","title":{"rendered":"The muslim world sends love to Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just wanted to share these two moving images – the first, from two women in Kabul:<\/p>\n

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To Boston from Kabul with Love<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and the second, two boys in Iraq:<\/p>\n

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We mourn with Boston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next time you hear or read the Islamophobes’ claim that muslims “dance in the streets” when there is tragedy in America, remember these images. <\/p>\n

Sources: Afghans send sympathy and love to Boston, whose pain they know all too well<\/a>, in the Washington Post, and Empathy for Boston, from Iraqi children<\/a> in Salon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just wanted to share these two moving images – the first, from two women in Kabul: and the second, two boys in Iraq: Next time you hear or read the Islamophobes’ claim that muslims “dance in the streets” when there is tragedy in America, remember these images. Sources: Afghans send sympathy and love to Boston,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[156,445,120,100,28],"class_list":["post-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-purple-politics","category-the-gash-of-civilizations","tag-afghanistan","tag-boston","tag-iraq","tag-islamophobia","tag-muslims"],"yoast_head":"\nThe muslim world sends love to Boston - City of Brass<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The muslim world sends love to Boston - City of Brass\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just wanted to share these two moving images – the first, from two women in Kabul: and the second, two boys in Iraq: Next time you hear or read the Islamophobes’ claim that muslims “dance in the streets” when there is tragedy in America, remember these images. 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