A MUSLIM RUN CLINIC IN ORLANDO FLORIDA WILL OFFER FREE HEALTH
CARE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY.
THIS WAS DONE BY THE AMERICAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER, AND
WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CENTRAL
FLORIDA WILL HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE EVEN IF THEY ARE
EXTREMELY POOR.
THEY SAY, "OUR GOAL IS TO SERVE HUMANITY ñ NO STRINGS ATTACHED.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
WE HAVE OVER 40 PHYSICIANS WHO COME TO OUR MOSQUE, AND WE HAVE
11 OF THEM SIGNED UP TO VOLUNTEER HERE.
SO WE ARE VERY VERY BLESSED."
THIS IS THE TYPE OF STORY THAT SHOULD GET SOME ATTENTION.
THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT THE ONLY MUSLIM RUN CLINIC IN THE COUNTRY
THAT IS OFFERING FREE HEALTHCARE TO THOSE THAT ARE DISADVANTAGED.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN SEVERAL AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED,
ANCHORING MARYLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, CALIFORNIA, SO IT'S
GOOD NEWS.
I GAVE THE REPORTER A CALL, BECAUSE I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE
WHAT THE REACTION WAS TO A MUSLIM RUN CLINIC, ESPECIALLY
AFTER READING THE QUOTE OF THEM REFERRING TO IT AS A MOSQUE.
EVERYONE IS IN FAVOR OF IT.
SHE SAYS IT HASN'T GOTTEN ANY NEGATIVE REACTION, NO
ISLAMIC PHOBIA, I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S GREAT.
SO, UNFORTUNATELY IN NEWS YOU OFTEN HAVE TO COVER THINGS THAT
GO WRONG.
SO YOU'LL COVER A CASE OF ISLAM A PHOBIA, ANTI-SEMITISM, ETC.,
BECAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE OR TRAGIC HAS HAPPENED.
BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS MUSLIMS
HELPING THEIR FEDERAL ñ HELPING THEIR FELLOW AMERICANS, AND
GETTING APPRECIATION FOR THAT.
I LOVE THIS IDEA FOR ANOTHER IDEA.
IN FIGHTING TERRORISM ABROAD, LET'S GO BACK TO BEING THE GOOD
GUYS.
IF THE LOCAL POPULATION IS ON OUR SIDE, THEY WILL ROOT OUT
THOSE WEEDS, AS OPPOSED TO HELPING THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND
IF THEY ARE NOT ON OUR SIDE.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S COMMON SENSE.
YOU HAVE TO BE PRETTY SLOW TO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU
DEMONIZE AN ENTIRE POPULATION OF PEOPLE, IT'S EASY FOR
RADICALS TO RADICALIZE THEM.
YEAH, SO WHAT I WANT THE REST OF THE WORLD TO THINK ñ NOT JUST
THE MUSLIM WORLD, BUT THEY ARE MORE RELEVANT BECAUSE OF THE
SITUATION IN SYRIA AND AROUND THE WORLD THESE DAYS, BUT WHEN
THEY SEE AN AMERICAN HELICOPTER, I WANT PEOPLE TO THINK, GREAT!
THE GOOD GUYS ARE HERE.
RIGHT NOW, I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU, THAT IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE
THINK WHEN AN AMERICAN HELICOPTER, OR DRONE, IS IN THE
AIR.
AND I THINK IF WE TURN THAT AROUND IT IS GOING TO BE
ENORMOUSLY BENEFICIAL, NOT JUST OF THE REST OF THE WORLD, BUT
FOR US.
THE REVERSE ALSO APPLIES FOR MUSLIMS.
SO, IF YOU ARE MUSLIM AMERICAN, AND YOU'VE GOT IMAGE ISSUES HERE
ñ AND IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG, AND
THE RIGHT WING HAS BEEN SMEARING YOU, ETC., WELL THEN DO THIS, SO
THAT WHEN AMERICANS SEE A MUSLIM THEY THINK, HELP IS ON THE WAY.
THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
SO, IT'S TRUE FOR BOTH SIDES.
BE UNUSUALLY AND UNNECESSARILY KIND.
BEAKER TO INITIALLY DECENT TO ONE ANOTHER.
SO I THINK THIS IS AS GOOD AN IDEA AS I HAVE SEEN.
I'M GOING TO NEEDLESSLY HABIT UP AND GO, IMAGINE IF PLANNED
PARENTHOOD HAD ITS FUNDING CUTS, AND MUSLIM AMERICANS SAY:
WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ABORTION ISSUE, BUT THAT ASIDE,
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE RELIGIOUS VIEWS ON THAT WHETHER
THEY ARE MUSLIM OR CHRISTIAN, WHATEVER.
I'M TALKING THE HEALTHCARE SIDE.
IF MUSLIMS SAID, WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
HOW WONDERFUL A MESSAGE WITH THAT SEND?
SO, I THINK THEY STARTED SOMETHING HERE, AND I HOPE IT
SPREADS.
AND THIS IS HOW WE COME TOGETHER AS A COUNTRY, SO WONDERFULÖ