LONDON – A video showing British Muslims from Manchester sharing Christmas gifts with the homeless has went viral on the internet, winning praise from the community for helping the less fortunate during this holiday season.

The story came to public after BBC North West Facebook page shared a video on Thursday, December 22, showing three Muslim men sharing gifts with the homeless.

The video went viral a few hours after publishing it, garnering more than 2.3 million views, 26,000 likes and more than 23,900 shares.

Comments also were very positive, with one saying, “True human [sic] compassion is rare these days well done chaps.”

Other comments came from non-Muslims who confirmed that hope exists in horrible times.

“With all the horrible things happening in this world it’s lovely to see that these young men are helping people less fortunate than themselves,” one wrote.

“Further proof there are some amazing people up round the northwest.well done lads!” another added.

Christmas is the main festival on the Christian calendar. Its celebrations reach its peak at 12:00 PM on December 24 of every year.

Muslims believe in Jesus as one of the great prophets of God and that he is the son of Mary, but not the Son of God, though he was conceived and born miraculously.

In the Noble Qur’an, Jesus is called “Isa”. He is also known as Al-Masih (the Christ) and Ibn Maryam (Son of Mary).