The Lansing area showed its solidarity with the Muslim community Monday night.
It was part of a vigil held in response to mosque attacks in New Zealand that killed 50 people.
Dozens of people gathered near the rock on Michigan State University’s campus Monday night to pray and offer words of hope.Omar Allam is the President of the Muslim Students’ Association at MSU.
He says the attack in New Zealand brought him back to the Jewish synagogue shooting in Pittsburg in October.
“When that took place, all I could think of was 'I wonder what they are feeling,' and as soon as it happened to us, I was like 'ok, so this is what it feels like.'”
Representatives from different community religious groups and MSU campus organizations also took part.