From KRDO (Colorado)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. –A Colorado Springs businessman is offering $10,000 to anyone who can provide video of thousands Muslims celebrating in the streets of New Jersey after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Last month, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he saw thousands of Muslims celebrating in the streets after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Khurshid Qureshi said he has spent hours searching the Internet for the video. Qureshi said he has read every article in New Jersey and New York in the days following 9/11.

“I could not find a single paragraph that the 10,000 or the 5,000 Muslims were celebrating,” said Qureshi.

After a fruitless search, Qureshi decided to turn to the public to help track down the video. He wrote a check for anyone who can show him video or pictures of celebrations.

“I could even write a bigger check if someone can show me a large picture of a million people celebrating,” said Qureshi.

This cash prize is not meant to divide people. Qureshi hopes instead it will help end cruel statements directed at Muslim-Americans.

“My main emphasis is to great a better relationship between the Muslims and non-Muslims in this country,” said Qureshi.

After 9/11, Qureshi said Muslim-Americans were grieving for innocent lives lost.

“They were all feeling the pain of what was happening to our nation,” said Qureshi.