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Mosque pays the fines of man who vandalised their door with a swastika to keep him out of jail

A mosque in Alabama paid court fines of almost $2,000 to help a man who vandalised their place of worship with a swastika. The Masjid Al Salam mosque in Fort Smith filled out a check for $1,700 to cover what was left of the fines picked up by Abraham Davis after he painted the symbol of hate […]

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
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A mosque in Alabama paid court fines of almost $2,000 to help a man who vandalised their place of worship with a swastika.

The Masjid Al Salam mosque in Fort Smith filled out a check for $1,700 to cover what was left of the fines picked up by Abraham Davis after he painted the symbol of hate and the message “go home” on the front of their building in October 2016.

Davis had been convicted of a felony for the vandalism but was unable to cover court costs, prompting the kind-hearted members of the mosque to chip in to keep him out of jail.

Louay Nassri, the president of Al Salam, told NBC: “We heard that he was having financial problems.

“Now if you don’t pay your fine, that’s an automatic six years in jail. Well, we didn’t want him to go to jail for six years.”

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The funds were originally allocated for renovations to the mosque, but Mr Nassri said that he believes paying the fines was a better choice.

“It shouldn’t be hanging over him for the rest of his life,” Mr Nassri said. “ We knew this person did a bad thing, and there has to be consequences for their actions. But we didn’t have any ill feelings toward anybody.”

Davis was convicted of the 2016 crime after a security camera for the mosque caught him in the act. Mr Nassri said that forgiving Davis for the crime just felt natural after they received an apology for the action.

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“We thought this was the right thing to do,” Mr Nassri said. “We thought if someone does something bad and came and apologized, you just forgive them. That should be the natural thing. We had no idea that this forgiveness would be an international story.”

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