Elected officials gather at Islamic Society of Bay Ridge to combat hate
Coming together during a threat of hate.
Borough President Eric Adams joined elected officials and religious leaders on Tuesday, April 3 to combat “Punish a Muslim Day,” a campaign that went viral last month in which letters were circulated in the mail throughout the United Kingdom and online across the globe calling for violence against Muslims, including incentives in the form of points for acts ranging from verbal abuse and assault to murder and bombings.
To address any fear the flyer might have generated and to remind them that their neighbors stand in solidarity with them, Adams and company joined Muslims in prayer at the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge, 6807 Fifth Avenue, on Tuesday.