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Official: Georgia Mosque Fire Deliberately Set
A fire at a Marietta mosque is believed to be arson, fire officials said. They said the incident is also being investigated as a possible hate crime.Hate? Who could possibly hate a crime like this? Assistant Chief Scott Tucker said authorities found vandalism inside the mosque where a fire erupted just after midnight Tuesday. He would not specify what type of vandalism it was. Flames raced through the front entrance and damaged the prayer hall at the mosque on Powder Springs Street in Marietta. The damage to the mosque was extensive. The fire destroyed the front entrance of Masjid Al Head just after a group of Muslim men wrapped up their last prayer and left for the evening. "We locked the door and everything and we left and suddenly he called me and said, 'There's fire,'" said Iman Hafiz Inayatullah of Nashid Al Head. "One of them happened to come back by after they left and observed the smoke. He got closer and noticed the structure was on fire," said Assistant Chief Mark Anderson of the Marietta Fire Department. Arson investigators went through the building looking for a cause. Fire? Tucker said Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and the Georgia Fire Marshal's Office are now involved. No one was injured. Yeesh. It's nothing then. Try a church-burning in Pakistan or Iran and see what happens. The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling on the FBI to investigate a possible bias motive for the fire. I'd also look into any insurance-based motives. And Also sympathy-baiting. "Given the recent wave of incidents targeting American mosques, a possible bias motive for this apparent arson attack must be considered," said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. "Unfortunately, there is a vocal minority in our society promoting anti-Muslim bigotry, and that minority is experiencing little or no pushback from mainstream religious and political leaders." It's called 'turnabout'. It's fair play. Posted by: gorb 2010-07-07 |
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