KANSAS: Kansas City residents showed support for the local Muslim community after federal investigators uncovered a plot by the local militia members targeting Muslims. According to US law enforcement agencies, three men attempting a domestic “terrorism plot” to bomb an apartment complex in Wichita suburbs, home of several Somali immigrant families, were arrested on October 14. Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Garden City, Reverend Denise Pass organised the rally after she heard of the ‘terrorism plot’. “When I heard this tragic news, it came to my mind that we – as members of this community and as Christians – should support and protect the local Muslim community,” she told Al Jazeera. The Pastor further said “The actions of few racist individuals should not be taken to represent the whole community.” “Just as the Muslim community should not be negatively labelled or held responsible for the actions of the very few terrorists who happened to be Muslims,” he added. Mursal Naleye, president of the African Community Center, was heartened by the overwhelming support from the American community in Garden City. “We are really thankful for everyone who came out supporting and protecting us, the police, the FBI and the local community,” he said. Naleye, an immigrant from the war-torn Somalia, said that Somali and other African community members were not involved in anything other than work. “We just want to have a normal life and don’t want to bother anyone,” he said. This article originally appeared on Al Jazeera