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| Official: Georgia Mosque Fire Deliberately Set |
| 2010-07-07 |
| 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 |
| #15 ION MOSQUES INTERNATIONALE', WORLD BULLETIN > [Turkish + Bosnian]MACEDONIAN MUSLIMS CALL FOR REBUILDING OF [Serb] DESTROYED MOSQUE. 1920's destroyed BURMALI MOSQUE. * Also from the WB [NOT the TV Toon Frog] > TURKEY NOT A "JUNIOR" US PARTNER ANYMORE; + [OpEd] COLLAPSE OF ISRAEL'S "PERIPHERY DOCTRINE", espec ala on-going Turko-Israeli diplomatic impasse = row oer ISRAEL's ACTIONS as per the GAZA AID FLOTILLAS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-07 22:24 |
| #14 “We cannot believe that any person believing in God would come and burn the Muslim place of worship,” Zahoor said Of course Christians are non believers and must have done it. And who started the last fire there ashat Zahoor?? Yup, a muzzie student, I thought so... grubmle grumble. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-07-07 19:41 |
| #13 The arson may have been an inside job between islamic factions. More on story here |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-07-07 19:01 |
| #12 Well after watching the cnn blurb, I think omish or whoever is full of shit. If that mosque would be confused for anything else it would be a house. Large house, but a house. Other than the duct-tape sign job pointing to where the women must enter. Video stated there were two starting points. Dog found accelerant (dog in the mosque?) Now who did it...these stories seem suspicious. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-07-07 17:07 |
| #11 Well, at least Maggie lives in Marietta. Maggie, pick a nym and stick with it. If you beat around the bush here, you'll get nowhere. If you say what's on your mind, you might be surprised what you take away from the experience. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-07-07 15:59 |
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| Posted by: Steve White 2010-07-07 14:13 |
| #9 "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." Um, that's because it probably isn't the minority any more mook, in Georgia, or Kentucky, or any other state not obsessed with kissing your arses. You have spent all the sympathy and understanding you will ever get. Now you are going on the books for it at full price. OR make some big changes in your religion concerning your new host country, women, Israel, Christians, etc. But I think a leopard could sooner change his spots. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-07-07 13:18 |
| #8 Are you sure it's arson? It has been as dry as burned popcorn in Tennessee, Georgia and large parts of the south. We need rain badly. It has not rained for 2 weeks and we are down about 7" of rain in East Tennessee. The grass is brittle and crunches under your feet with dryness. We had a playground catch on fire. At first it was thought vandalism or arson but investigation found differently. Not arson; just very, very dry. There are warnings about forest fires because of the dryness. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-07-07 10:26 |
| #7 So the black panther who was at the polls the last election with the club was seen on another tape as advocating the killing of whites and white babies and that was not considered a hate crime. Time to clean house. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-07-07 10:20 |
| #6 hey, I live in Marietta too. I thought that Mosque was a Church. Big nice place...looks like a "money built this". I thought it was a Church. Didnt see any crosses but its just new, ya'know? Coulda been Presbyterian or somethin'. Far side of town, a little of this and a little of that. The Mexicans have a whole street there for Tacos and mex signs in Spanglish. Just like the Vietnamese have a whole street over on Buford hwy. After 911 the goatmeat store was chained and closed for about a year, The owners took a very long vacation. If you wanted goatmeat you were going to have to drive all the way over to Druid Hills to get some. Not a lot of Moslems drinking beers with the boys and having a side of BarBQed ribs on the 4th of July. They keep to themselves. Not gonna see Moslems having a Half Smoke and an RC down on the corner with the folks. My son has a Moslem named Heshem as a friend..they both got Faux Rolexes to wear when they were seniors together at Sprayberry. Heshem's mother is very devout...makes good Mint tea and opens her Pool at the house for the children in the Summer. Showed me her Koran. ( I couldnt read it, its not in English). Decent woman. Heshem got into a fistfight down at Dunkin Donut. His dad is retired Special Forces...married in Egypt while he was there with his unit. Heshem's dad was out on deployment so I went down and paid Heshem's fine and saw that his broken hand was set and ace-wrapped. He won the fight but broke his hand. Something about talk about his sister. She plays hard with the boys, Heshem will just have to accept that. Beautiful girl, goes to Georgia Tech now. |
| Posted by: Omish Lumumba5378 2010-07-07 08:50 |
| #5 I first posted part of the following as an in-line but decided to move it to the comments. Firebombing a mosque is like firebombing a church. We had plenty of the latter in the South. Both are crimes. Both are vile. Arson is arson. It's a viscous crime. Innocents could die. Arsonists should be shot immediately after terrorists and just before looters. I don't care who the target of arson is, and I don't care who the arsonists are. You have a firebomb in your hand, you deserve to die. I am NOT at war with all Muslims. I am at war with the Muslims who would murder innocents in the name of their religion. Like, for example, the ones who firebomb churches in Pakistain and Indonesia. This is not a 'ha-ha, hee-hee' moment as 'Maggie' (Angleton9) above suggests. It's a moment for us to demonstrate our true character. Investigate the crime. As P2K notes above, it might be an isolated incident. It might not have anything to do with Muslims per se. It might be just a scum-bag fire-bug. Figure it out and punish those responsible. Arson is a murderous crime, and I won't stand for it. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-07-07 08:34 |
| #4 Back in the mid-90s a number of black churches were burned and, of course, the SCM made a big thing of it. Drama. A crisis to be exploited. Until someone started pointing out that white churches were also being burned at a similar number in the region. It was just plain arson. And yes in a few cases, done by the owners. Treat the crime for what it is, arson and punish the vile creatures that do it. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-07-07 08:31 |
| #3 I live here in Marietta. I drive by the Mosque place every week. The only reaction I get from everybody when the fire is mentioned is a turn of the head and a pause for a momment as they hear the news for the first time...and then a slow silent smile.Even old ladies. There are crowds of Moslems at the Malls, women with babies and their long dresses and the whatever you call it around their heads....sometimes you see a turban although I think those are Sihks ( sp?) families in I dont know...native dress? yeah, granma and grandpa and the whole team together. BIG family among them ...a good thing that. But nobody there eatin' grits, you know that. Curly toed sandals they brought with them...some fantastic jewelry...things you say to yourself "they never bought that at Zales down on Main". Filling up the tables at Starbucks. Mexicans sweeping up the elevators and cleaning the toilets and crowds of Mexican doing day labor and standing there waiting to get into the back of pickup trucks over near the Confederate Graveyard. Yankee Graveyard and Confederate Graveyard in Marietta...they dont get buried in the same places. Yankees have their own graveyard. Neighborhoods in Marietta...you choose your own religion and attend your own Church. It isnt likely that race decides exclusively...but most congregations..its like with like. Except at a Catholic Church which may have 6,000 families and they have Mexicans and Blacks and Asians and Filipinos and Vietnameses and everybody. But a Protestant Church will be like with like. Money makes a difference. if you have that nobody says you cant buy the best house around and sit where you please. Nobody will get in your face in Marietta if you are different. But Moslems? Who loves Moslems? They just aint gonna make friends very fast. Mow your lawn and pay your bills. Learn to play basketball. Dont knock on my door and I wont knock on yours. |
| Posted by: Maggie Phurong2019 2010-07-07 08:23 |
| #2 Statistics, please, Mr. Hooper. Raw number of mosque attacks, and what percentage were self-inflicted. Thank you. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-07-07 07:08 |
| #1 I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't set it themselves to work up sympathy for themselves. |
| Posted by: miscellaneous 2010-07-07 04:57 |