works for me.
Posted on 12/25/2015 8:16:45 PM PST by Impala64ssa
A two-alarm fire caused major damage at a mosque in southwest Houston, but no one was injured in the Christmas Day blaze, officials said.
The fire started around 2:45pm Friday at the Islamic Society of Greater Houston in the 1100 block of Wilcrest Drive.
Restaurant owner Imran Momin said, "When I came out the smoke was pretty intense yeah."
It didn't take firefighters long to knock down the fire.
"When firefighters opened the rear doors, they discovered heavy fire and smoke. They began their attack cautiously at first," Deputy Chief Fernando Herrera with the Houston Fire Department said.
Answering the question what started it will take much longer.
"We don't have anything here high tech, cooking or kitchen, anything that can cause this kind of fire. The only thing is pointing to is it could be hate or something, you know," Saleen Memon said.
Arson police spent a past few hours going through the building.
Some who pray at the mosque fear a hate crime.
Caretaker Abd Hurman said, "I believe so. I can't say exactly but I believe it's not something that would come accidentally."
Another worshipper says he noticed some of the fans weren't working Friday and believes it could be an accident.
"I was putting up my shoes and I smelled smoky," he said.
Mustafaa Carroll, the local Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, says they don't want to be premature but investigators are looking at multiple origins of the fire.
"It makes it a little better if it's an electrical fire but we're hoping it's not arson. It is one of the holiest days of the year for a lot of people. We revere profit Jesus these things for us are paramount," Carroll said.
On Friday night, prayer was held at a neighboring ballroom.
"The owner of the property allowed us to use that space until we fix our place again," Adbul Hafiz says as he left prayer.
While their place of prayer is destroyed, they are asking others to join with them next door.
"I just want everybody to pray, everybody to just enjoy their day and everybody to get along. Muslim, Christian, Hindus," Momin said.
About 80 firefighters battled the Friday blaze. A nearby pharmacy also sustained smoke damage from the fire.
Every time a mosque burns an angel gets its wings.
Saracens, look it up and remember what it means.
I’m sure it was caused by their electric menorah in their holiday display getting hot and causing the straw in their nativity scene catching fire which then really got out of control when it then lit up the Christmas tree.
it could be hate or something, you know
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Uhh, Yaahhhh.
Sounds like spontaneous combustion. Yeah that’s the ticket.
About time!
LOL!
works for me.
LOLOLOL!!! you're bad... 8^)
“Sounds like spontaneous combustion. Yeah that’s the ticket.”
It’s officially called “Spontaneous Mosque Combustion” or SMC and is very similar to the human version of it.
OK, I just finished going through the link for Stochastic Terrorism.
That is by far the most intense, pure, immense and all encompassing example of blind projection I have EVER seen from a demented liberal.
In the first paragraph the screwball that wrote it claims it to be a tool of the GOP.
In the second paragraph the screwball reverses itself and clearly states it was invented by G2Geek, who came up with it on Daily Kos back in 2011.
In the third paragraph it chants the tired catechism of the left, As we mourn the victims of the latest mass shooting, we can also clearly see a pattern: The shooters (or sometimes bombers) nearly always turn out to be white males with right-wing political leanings.
Of course, reality provides the truth, it is the exact opposite.
Then from such a spectacularly insane beginning the screwball actually finds a way to take the article downhill, not up!
I know, hard to believe and all that but go check it out.
The screwball provides a five point narrative that quite accurately describes the past seven years of the little bammy administration.
And throughout the entire article it never realizes that it is looking into a mirror!
It is novel in its level of irrationality.
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I'd say that it's more on the copy-editor than the speaker.
Since when is a kitchen high tech? I’m willing to bet they have a mini fridge, water cooler/fountain, and dozens of other electric devices in said building that could have been the cause. But no, go ahead blame arson while it is still smoldering.
Breaking News Online within the last 10 minutes:
“Council of American-Islamic Relations seeks probe of possible bias motive for fire at Houston mosque-@CAIRNational”
Shoe bomber malfunction??
It’s not like somebody could have left a coffee maker or hot plate turned on or something. /s
HE smelled "smoky"? Or smelled smoke?
Does Smokey the Bear have a B.O. problem?
Those firefighters need to be very careful because if that fire gets to the ammo and it starts to cook off . . . . . especially the RPGs.
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