Posted on 06/04/2005 10:06:03 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
A burned copy of the Quran lies among the ashes of the mosque at the United Islamic Youth Organization Cemetery in Adelanto, which burned to the ground early Friday.
I'm still up in the air on this one. Hatered or common sense?
"Muslims are an integral part of America and we will be united against hate."
Yeah right, you lay down with camels you wake up with fleas.
No don't forget that MUSLIMS just blew up a Mosque in Iraq. Let's not be too hasty that it was a Muslim hater rather than a Muslim terrorist with a different motive.....
Actually, I think it was a love crime. Morons.
Work accident?
Thanks goodness Bill Clinton isn't still president. Or we'd get to hear him tell of how he remembers Mosques getting burned in Alabama during his youth.
no tears shed here. just beers and cheers.
My first thought as well: perhaps this fire was set by an Islamofascist...
Well, I can safely say that I won't be losing any sleep over this.
"Also lost were about 1,000 books, including copies of the Quran."
Oh dear, I sure hope the firefighters didn't "mishandle" the ashes.
Longbow
Looks like the only hatemongers at present are the Muslims. Fire Dept repeatedly refused to declare this to be a case of arson, but instead repeatedly left the door open until investigation shall justly identify the cause of the fire. No hate towards the Islamic community from the publis officials.
Maybe it was caused by Muslim extremists seeking to justify other irrational hateful behavior they are premeditating.
I think the converts can tend to be more radicalized, and we already know that hate crimes can be faked be minority groups to gain sympathy too.
Act of God?
Maybe it was struck by a lightning bolt
I'm having thoughts of roasting hot dogs and marshmellows over that flame.
MSNBC had two authors/former govt. military/defense advisors on last night. They both said that a good thirty years ago, Al Qaeda was recruiting sleeper terrorists to live in the US, marry Christian women, and to eventually attack American cities. They're already here, waiting to blow up Miami or Detroit, LA or Boston, etc.. And the more we fight generic 'terrorists' without naming them as Muslims, (this ridiculous PC war), the greater the likelihood that more Americans will die needlessly. These Islamofascist fanatics have an agenda, and they're working like busy bees on Plan B or C. Both experts said they fully expect another attack on a US city with great loss of life.
Adelanto mosque fire investigated as possible arson or hate crime
The Associated Press
http://www.bakersfield.com/state_wire/story/5574545p-5545767c.html
ADELANTO, Calif. (AP) - Investigators probing a fire that gutted the United Islamic Youth Organization mosque believe it was possibly an arson or hate crime, authorities said.
"We can't rule that out until we look at everything," said San Bernardino County Fire Department spokeswoman Tracey Martinez. She added that federal investigators had been called to the scene.
The fire occurred early Friday in this high desert city, which is the site of the only cemetery in Southern California built exclusively for Muslims.
The fire was considered suspicious because the 1,500-square-foot mosque did not have electricity or gas service, which ruled out those causes.
A truck driver reported the blaze about 4:24 a.m. Friday and firefighters arrived in 20 minutes to find the mosque in flames, Martinez said. Only two walls remained standing and Korans and prayer rugs were destroyed in the fire, said Seyed Mousavi, a mosque board member.
"The only thing we're afraid of is that someone who doesn't like Muslims found out this is the only Islamic cemetery in the U.S.," Mousavi said.
The mosque served as a spiritual center for visitors to the cemetery of 600 graves, which all face toward Mecca.
"The significance of that cemetery is great to Muslims in Southern California, and if this is arson, that's a big insult to our community," said Mustafa Kuko, director of the Islamic Center of Riverside. "The Muslim looks at the mosque as a home. They don't have all the clues yet, but it's like someone has burned down one of our homes."
A spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Southern California called for the FBI to investigate the blaze as a possible hate crime.
"We pray that the perpetrators, whatever their motive, are caught and brought to justice," said communications director Sabiha Khan.
Send them all back, its not worth the trouble to weed out the good from the bad when just a couple bad ones can create so much destruction in today's world. They bitch and complain yet know things as some did prior to 9/11 and said nothing to stop it or help us. Then they danced in the street as it happened.
What is the difference between a Muslim terrorist and a Muslim hater?
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