Tree meaning

In 2003 there were 1.5 million Christians in Iraq. I only found out there were so many when huge numbers started to run from - or be murdered by - Islamic State (for the stories, click on Iraq under Labels to the right). Today there may be about 200,000 left.

The last thing you'd expect to see appear in Iraq right now might be a huge Christmas tree. But there is one, built and paid for by a Muslim business man, costing about $65,000 US.

He "hopes the Christmas tree will help residents in “joining our Christian brothers in their holiday celebrations and helping Iraqis forget their Anguish, especially the war in Mosul.”

My only question is, where did this man get the courage to do it?