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| Official: Minnesota mosque blast was caused by bomb | |
| 2017-08-06 | |
| [AlAhram] Someone apparently threw a bomb through the window of a suburban Minneapolis mosque on Saturday as people were preparing for morning prayers, damaging the imam's office but not injuring anyone, an official said. The blast happened at around 5 a.m. at the Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington. Police Chief Jeff Potts said at a news conference that Sherlocks were trying to determine the cause of the blast.
There were 15 to 20 people inside the mosque when the blast happened. Worshippers managed to extinguish the blaze before firefighters arrived, the society said in a news release. The mosque, which primarily serves people from the area's large Somali community, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails, its executive director, Mohammed Omar, told the Star Tribune . The mosque serves as a religious center and community organizing platform for Moslem activists and leaders in the area, said the society, which is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest or conviction. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting in the investigation. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #11 It happened here. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-08-06 23:49 |
| #10 For Moslems, it's awfully frightening (though, oddly, their outlook is brightening) To frequently witness (the kafirs are witless!) The flash of Mohammedan lightning. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-08-06 22:17 |
| #9 Dspends if the glass is shattered only outwards? |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-08-06 21:08 |
| #8 Could be a Shia on Sunni accident. Or someone forgot to take their nail polish remover and hair bleach home after they mixed it. |
| Posted by: Ulains Thuque6389 2017-08-06 21:08 |
| #7 TSA in Minneapolis gave local imams a tour of airport security. Frankly, I'd bet on a work accident before a hate crime. Maybe something left over from Friday night's post-prayer educational meeting cooked off? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-08-06 20:59 |
| #6 Red on Red or a false flag operation. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-08-06 19:32 |
| #5 The claim that the "bomber" drove a pickup truck, is a clear pointer to "red neck whites" and our local far lefty media echoed it. To what end. Minnesota's Moscow on the Mississippi river Pravda propaganda machine is quoting CAIR here like pure factoids on crack. Did this really happen? Who knows but from our Gov. Dayton down to his DFL DNC media minions, it does not matter Does anyone recall a Powerline article about the Minnesota FBI director attending a gathering that included a Hamas affiliate? Foggy on the names but scary as a Hillary when you realize who is investigating Dar al-Farooq. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2017-08-06 16:42 |
| #4 I suspect this is a "false flag" operation That certainly the way to bet, given historical trends. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-08-06 15:34 |
| #3 Were there any secondary explosions? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-08-06 14:21 |
| #2 I suspect this is a "false flag" operation: 1) Incident occurred at a time when most Unbelievers are sleeping. 2) Bomb is thrown into unoccupied office where damage can be contained. 3) "Fire bomb" is put out by congregation before Fire Dept. arrives. 4) I lived in Bloomington, and there is NO overt hostility toward Somalis. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2017-08-06 13:23 |
| #1 Groovy |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-08-06 08:00 |