INDIANAPOLIS – A Muslim organization plans to display a billboard with a positive message in response to another billboard placed earlier this week.
The previous billboard along I-465 attacked the Prophet Muhammad and received lots of negative feedback from the Muslim community.
It featured the words "The Perfect Man” followed by a list of attributes including "rapist" and "slave owner."
The new billboard will be placed by The Muslim Alliance of Indiana, who said they received two anonymous donations that totaled $13,000. They were also given a donation from the Central Indiana Alliance Against Hate.
“Any time you are met with negativity, you always respond with a positive manner,” said Rima Shahid, executive director of The Muslim Alliance of Indiana. “We are going to have a saying of the Prophet Muhammad or a Quran verse that is very positive and uplifting and like I said, I hope it brings a smile to someone's day."
The organization hopes to have their billboard on display sometime in June.
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