Manama: A group of Saudi students have launched a campaign in New York’s Times Square to foster a better understanding of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
The 15 postgraduate students, including doctors, said that they offered 1,200 roses at the major commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan and Hadiths (the prophet’s sayings) in English promoting love and peace.
“Based on our experience living here, we have concluded that Islamophobia was quite widespread mainly as a result of negative campaigns and lack of information about Islam,” Waleed Al Jehni, the doctor who coordinated the group’s activity, said, quoted by Saudi news site Sabq.
“The aim of the campaign is to give people insights into Islam through a message about the Prophet. We coordinated with the New York Police Department (NYPD) who were helpful and cooperative
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