A heart-warming photo, showing a Muslim woman helping a pensioner who had fallen, has gone viral after it was shared on social media with the caption: 'This is the real Islam'.
The woman, who is wearing a niqab, was photographed holding hands with the elderly woman, who had fallen on a bus in east London as they waited for an ambulance to come to the rescue. The touching photo has captured the hearts of thousands who have gone on to share and like the image.
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Hamza Young Boss was on the bus when he saw the woman fall near the doors after the bus hit a dip in the road, and captured the scene on his Facebook account.
The elderly woman's head ended up wedged between the door and a pole, meaning she was stuck on the floor. The unidentified Muslim woman walked over and held her hand to comfort her for 20 minutes until help arrived.
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Hamza wrote: "An 84-year-old lady just got her head stuck between the door and metal pole on EL1 bus from Ilford to Barking. The Muslim lady holding her hand supported her for 20 minutes until the ambulance arrived. This is the real Islam."
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The photograph, which has now been shared over 41,000 times, has been inundated with comments from people saying the small gesture was 'beautiful' and wishing both women well.
One wrote: "Love this. People need to realise that the terrorists are not Muslim. Real Muslims are actually such a lovely community of people." Another posted: "Lovely! Love it when a community can come together as one."
Sadly, London mayor Sadiq Khan reported a 40 percent increase in racist incidents in the wake of the recent terror attacks in Manchester and London.
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An average of 54 incidents of race crime have been reported every day since the London Bridge attack, up from an average of 38 a day for the rest of 2017.
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