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THE POWER OF COMPASSION--ISLAMIC VALUES ARE VALUED MORE IN THE NON-ISLAMIC SOCIETIES

The Power of Compassion

LaGuardia airport is one of America's busiest airports. It was named after Fiorella LaGuardia, the Mayor of New York during the Great Depression.

Acting as judge in one of the poorest parts of the city in the winter of 1935, he found himself forced to pass sentence on a grandmother who had stolen bread to feed her starving grandchildren.

He felt sorry for her but fined her ten dollars.  Then he paid the fine himself and fined everyone in the courtroom fifty cents for living in a city where such a thing could happen!  The grateful women went home with nearly fifty dollars

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Mayor LaGuardia exemplified the difference between sympathy and compassion: 

Sympathy sees and says:  I'm sorry.

Compassion sees and whispers: I'll help.