Jack gave all his pocket money to the vandalised mosque but his generosity was rewarded (Picture: The Muslim Guy/Facebook)

On Monday, seven-year-old Jack Swanson from Texas raided his piggy bank to help his local mosque which had been vandalised in the wake of the Paris attacks.

Jack handed over his total savings, which were $20 (£13) to help the Islamic Center of Pflugerville, after his mum Laura told him about the damage.

Faisal Naeem, who sits on the mosque’s board, said of Jack’s donation: ‘It’s 20 bucks, but coming from Jack collecting his pennies it’s worth 20 million bucks to me and to our community.’

‘This gives me hope because this means it’s not one versus the other,’ he added.


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And it seems his sentiment was shared by the Muslim community.

Because this week Jack received a special thank you in the post – a brand new iPad.

Also included with the parcel was a note which read: ‘Dear Jack, you had saved $20 in your piggybank for an Apple iPad. But then a local Islamic mosque was vandalised. So you donated your $20 to this local Texas mosque. Because of your amazing generosity & kind heart.

‘Please enjoy this Apple iPad with our sincere thanks :-). Love The American Muslim Community.’

The gift was organised by Arsalan Iftikhar (aka the Muslim Guy), an international human rights lawyer, author and editor of The Islamic Monthly Magazine.

He told Metro.co.uk: ‘When I first saw the story about Jack donating $20 from his own piggy bank to help the vandalized mosque, it literally brought tears to my eyes.’

So, he shared the story with his social media followers and was put in touch with Jack’s mum.

‘His mother began to tell me that Jack had been saving that $20 doing house chores over the last few months, to save up for an Apple iPad,’ Arsalan explained.

‘So, I personally bought Jack the Apple iPad myself on behalf of our American Muslim community to thank him for his incredibly generous, and selfless act of love and compassion.’

The pictures of the little boy with his new gadget were also shared on Imgur and Jack looks pretty pleased with his delivery.

(Picture: The Muslim Guy/Facebook)

Which is a great ending to a lovely story.

Proving there are definitely still a lot of good people in the world.

There is still hope in this world. This kiddo is the future. :o) Thank you buddy for your generosity and compassion. https://t.co/DZAghKAwYn — Rim-Sarah Alouane (@RimSarah) November 19, 2015

As one Imgur user wrote: ‘Well played, well played.’

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