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| US: Minneapolis mosque burnt for the second time |
| 2023-12-14 |
| [Garowe] Hundreds of Islamic faithful are counting losses in Minnesota state following a fire incident that left a local mosque burnt, triggering questions about the safety of Minneapolis suburbs within the US, one of the safest countries in the world. According to CBS, the fire gutted down Nervy Islamic Center, the second fire incident on the property within this year. Several items were burnt in the incident, with authorities starting an official inquest into the incident. Investigators say Jackie Little ...in our archives as Jackie Rahm Little, also known as Joel Arthur Tueting. His mother warned that he has been fascinated by setting fires since childhood, so he may be mentally ill... was behind the fire intentionally set on the third floor. That’s the first fire, back in spring. He probably didn’t set the latest one. Little was also tied to burning down the mosque inside the Somali Mall. He is facing federal charges, CBS reports.Police in the state say they are not sure if the cause of the fire is suspicious but they maintain investigations are going on to unearth issues behind it. However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... that is not doing too much to ease the Moslem community's concerns. "Looking at this, I'm like wow, it also makes me feel unsafe," said Aweis Hassan. Hassan has been attending prayers at Mercy for about five years. He said it is unsettling to see destruction twice in one year. "It makes me feel like there's some hatred going on," Hassan said. Jaylani Hussein, the Council of American Islamic Relations Executive Director, said property worth $100,000 was destroyed. However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... he emphasized that "we are just hopeful that this is not an actual attack". "The image is very powerful," Hussein said. "We have seen these burnings now in Minnesota, just this year we've seen seven incidents." Court documents reveal insight into accused mosque arsonist An affidavit filed by authorities says besides the mosque fires, Jackie Little is allegedly tied to vandalism targeting Rep. IIlhan Omar's office and a police car. New details in Minneapolis mosque arson case May 1, 2023 [KARE11] A Plymouth man suspected in a pair of Minneapolis mosque fires is now federally charged in one of them. Jackie Rahm Little appeared in U.S. District Court in St. Paul Monday on a criminal complaint saying he did "maliciously damage or destroy, or attempt to damage or destroy, by means of fire or an explosive, a building or other real or personal property used in interstate or foreign commerce." The complaint was filed in connection with a fire April 24 at the Masjid Al Rahma mosque at 2647 Bloomington Ave. S. In an affidavit to support the criminal complaint, Investigators say Little is seen on surveillance video entering the mosque shortly before 7 p.m. with a plastic gas can inside a brown paper bag. Minutes later a volunteer security guard came running into the office saying the third floor was on fire. A number of adults and children inside the building were evacuated while fire crews extinguished a fire on the third floor. Damage is estimated to be in the tens of thousands of dollars. Jackie Little is scheduled to make his next appearance on Thursday, May 4 at 11 a.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright. The affidavits filed along with the complaint suggest Little could face charges in a number of additional acts, including an alleged act of vandalism at a U.S. Congresswoman's office. Little, also known as Joel Arthur Tueting, was arrested over the weekend in Mankato. He is already charged at the state level with starting a fire in a hallway of the Mercy Islamic Center in Minneapolis on April 24, but in court documents, federal investigators tie him to a number of additional acts that appear to target people who are Muslim or Somali. An affidavit filed in support of a criminal complaint against Little says he vandalized the Minneapolis office of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, the "Somali Mall" and a Minneapolis police squad car driven by a Somali officer on Jan. 5, 2023. KARE 11's Lou Raguse tweeted images included in the affidavit that allegedly captures Little shoplifting spray paint from Target on Nicollet Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. Federal authorities say they know it is Little as he walks with an unusual gate, swinging his left arm widely. Additional images show Little entering Omar's office, where he reportedly spray-painted "500" on a wall. Investigators said at the time they don't know what the message means. They say he also spray painted "500" on the entrance to a Somali mall and an MPD squad car on the same day. The affidavit says investigators believe Little was responsible for emailing Omar's office days earlier on Dec. 30 and 31, attaching photos of a Quaran in a toilet and another of a bloody ear. Federal investigators included additional photos they say capture Little entering the Masjid Omar and Mercy Islamic Centers, one with a gas can in plain sight and another with a container allegedly concealed in a plastic bag. ATF officials say Lilttle's mother told them he once engaged in extensive harassment of a Muslim woman, and that he has had a fascination with fire from a young age. His mother reportedly told investigators she strongly suspects he is involved in several other unreported arsons, based on occasions he has asked for rides to-and-from various locations. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 "How do you want your mosque?" "Extra crispy, please." |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-12-14 19:32 |
| #4 Probably pirates. Notoriously infested, the seas thereabouts. Arrrgh! "Sail ho! 'Tis a fat Turkish galley!" Alas, it was really Somali, But the scourge of St. Paul, Pale Islamophobes all, Only saw a Mohammedan sally. "And the odd broad shot dead in an alley." "Hush, Rover, or I'll give ye a lick o' the khat!" "Be a nice break from all this rum, amirite, shipmates?" "Rum, rum, rum, rum! Rum, rum, rum, rum..." |
| Posted by: Shereth Clart1775 2023-12-14 19:13 |
| #3 boo hoo |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2023-12-14 10:40 |
| #2 US: Minneapolis 2024 is coming really soon. Need to motivate the zombies to vote like its 2020. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-12-14 07:32 |
| #1 I'm puttin 100 NIS on fake hate crime. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-12-14 01:51 |