Photos show Jason Leger with the organizer of the rally, both of them wore profanity-laced t-shirts. Now things have changed.
“Out of respect for the Islamic people, knowing what I know now, because I have talked to them and spoke to them, no I would not do that again, just because I don’t want to offend or hurt those people,” he said.
While at Friday’s vigil, Leger spoke with a group of people who pray at the mosque, they invited him inside.
“When I took a second to actually sit down and listen to them, and actually enter their mosque, and go in and watch some of their prayers, it is a beautiful thing, and they answered some of the questions that I had,” said Jason Leger.
When knowledge conquers ignorance then we are all the better for the wisdom that we have gained. “When I took a second to actually sit down and listen to them, and actually enter their mosque, and go in and watch some of their prayers, it is a beautiful thing, and they answered some of the questions that I had,” said Jason Leger.
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Source: World News
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This is beautiful!! It shows how even a small amount of wisdom gained can reverse a lifetime of hatred.