MALVERNE, New York – The Muslim family that received hateful messages in their mailbox last week have been showered with letters of love collected by their neighbors, who were devastated by the news.

The problem started when a Muslim family found a note last week that read: “KKK Hate Muslims. We will kill you. Jesus loves you,” Nassau County police said. Another read: “KKK is coming for you Muslims,” Newsday reported on Tuesday, August 2.

Then a remarkable turning point followed, with messages of love pouring in when Malverne resident, Lori Lang, 43, heard about the incident, which she described as something that “broke her heart.”

Therefore, she wrote a message on Facebook urging her neighbors to write “messages of love” to the family in a message on her Facebook account.

“I was shocked and I just felt so horrible for the family,” said Lang, who was born and raised in Malverne and is now raising her five children in the village.

“I thought it was important we do something that shows that this is not how the community feels and to show that we are there for them.”

So far, Lang has received about 50 messages of love.

One note, written on lined paper, reads: “Never in our life would or could we ever imagine how you must feel. Know in our hearts there are many good, wonderful people in the Malverne town.”

Some of the letters are written by children and include colorful drawings of hearts and peace signs. One child wrote: “You are always welcome to this town. Whoever sent you those notes is wrong. You can stay as long as you want.”

Lang delivered the notes on Tuesday evening, saying she would continue to send them over as they come in.

One of the victims, who does not want to be identified, said they were “extremely grateful” for the messages collected by Lang.

“It takes away that feeling of loneliness and helps us focus on the good rather than the darkness,” she said.

“We know it exists — we did get those notes — but every little bit of support has helped.”