The following is via OnlySimchas.com:
After the only mosque in the small Gulf Coast city of Victoria, Texas mysteriously burned down on Saturday, the Jews of the only synagogue in Victoria handed the Muslims a key to their building.
Though there are several churches in the area, the Jews were the one to make the offer so the Muslims would have a place to worship while rebuilding.
�Everyone knows everybody, I know several members of the mosque, and we felt for them,� said Robert Loeb, the president of Bnai Israel, a Reconstructionist synagogue.
The community in Victoria held an interfaith event on Sunday in front of the mosque. Local donations and a GoFundMe page, helped the mosque raised over $900,000 in one day for rebuilding. The Jewish Anti-Defamation League�s southwestern arm also attended the event.
The causes of the fire are unknown, according to the New York Times.
�Jewish community members walked into my home and gave me a key to the synagogue,� Shahid Hashmi, a surgeon and one of the founders of the mosque, built in 2000, told the Times.
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If they’re Reform, the Muslims are possibly not even less Jewish than they are.
the destructionis dont believe in diety not to mention torah misini, islam belives in torah , the same diety.
At least the building is now being used to pray to G-d…
an Israeli Yid