Posted on 10/17/2009 9:26:30 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Syracuse, NY -- An explosion in the basement of a private Islamic school has been ruled accidental, said Syracuse fire investigator Ken Heffernan.
The Ihsan School of Excellence, on West Onondaga Street near the intersection with West Street, was evacuated Oct. 8 after the explosion sent a dust cloud and natural gas into the building, investigators said.
The 75 children were safely removed from the school building, which has remained closed since.
The FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were contacted by investigators looking into the explosion because the West Onondaga Street school is considered a place of worship.
But now investigators believe a piece of faulty equipment triggered the explosion. Forensic tests are being performed on items from the basement. Investigators are trying to interview the building's maintenance worker, Heffernan said.
The students resumed school Wednesday at a mosque near Onondaga Community College, said Ashraf Attia, a business professor at the State University of Oswego who serves on Ihsan's board of directors.
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Yah, kids nowdays blow up so soon.
“Well, I’m one of those fortunate people who like my job, Imam. Got my first chemistry set when I was seven, blew my eyebrows off, we never saw the cat again, been into it ever since.”
Too Many mosques everywhere. Like cockroaches.
Yeah, sure. An accident. A training accident, perhaps.
thanks, bfl
Short fuses.......
Remark on Bishop Tiny Muskens’ idea of calling GOD; “Allah”
He asserts that in Indonesia - where he worked for 8 years - Christians are using this word.
This is not quite true. Christians use the combination TUHAN ALLAH, to distinguish from the islamic Allah.
Furthermore In Birma it is forbidden for christians to use the word Allah. This should be reserved for the Islam people. I HAVE SPENT FOUR YEARS IN INDONESIA.
“A device in the basement”?
Wouldn’t they say “furnace,” or “hot water heater,” if it was something simple like that? This isn’t rocket science—I don’t think.
Not that reporters these days can get the 5 W’s correct even in perfectly innocent stories.
ML/NJ
Yeah...Sure...
Dear FreeRepublic,
I noticed that my remark on Muskens’ use of ALLAH has not been placed under the heading “Tiny Muskens”, but under a heading of arson on a islamic school. Could it be moved to the right place?
Furthermore I would like to send you - as an annex - a remark sent to the “highpriest” of atheists Richard Dawkins. Could I get an e-mail address to post it?
Thanking, Pieter
PS I could send you too some interesting cartoons I have made against atheism.
This happened in our country. Will public schools with large numbers of Islamic students & staff (it could happen in a few) have explosives hidden in their basements?
This story does sound awfully suspicious.
Where was Bill Ayers and his lovely wife Bernadette?
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