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An excerpt from an article in the Financial Times\u00a0<\/em>gives\u00a0a man-on-the-street view of their work:<\/p>\n

$\"Scientology$ <\/a><\/p>\n

A Christian, a Muslim and a Scientologist\u2014all strangers\u2014are riding through west London in a yellow van. It sounds like the set-up to a bad joke, thought Andre Apollis. Instead, it was a glimpse of the way tragedy can upend our usual realities.<\/em><\/p>\n

Apollis had awoken to news of the devastating fire in nearby Grenfell Tower. Although suffering from a chronic skin disease, he set off with a vague notion of helping. Like other would-be volunteers, he was turned away by the churches. There was no one\u00a0<\/em>from the local council to be found.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThen I saw this yellow van pull up,\u201d he recalled. \u201cThey were the Church of Scientology, and they asked if I wanted to help.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The next thing he knew he was donning a Scientology T-shirt\u2014\u201ceven though I don\u2019t believe in it\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

He and his new comrades were delivering water when, soon enough, a man jumped in front of the van, waving his arms. He had food to donate if they could give him a ride.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe said, \u2018yes, jump in!\u2019\u201d recalled Apollis, 43, an opera singer. \u201cHe was a Muslim guy and he took us to this restaurant in Holland Park.\u201d There they loaded the van with kafte, rice, hummus and pita bread and brought it back to Grenfell. They took special care to feed the police patrolling the neighbourhood, as the Muslim man had requested. \u201cIt was just amazing,\u201d Apollis said. \u201cWe were just working together.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"