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COACHELLA, California — Holy prayers at a mosque here on Friday were canceled with families gawking behind fire lines after discovering the front of their holy house had become one big fireball. Late Friday night, authorities announced that they believe the fire was deliberately set, and the local branch of the FBI is investigating as a possible hate crime. In addition, a person of interest has been detained, but not identified. Members of the congregation are blaming GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump for setting the ugly tone that charred their house of worship. The mosque began to burn at around...

CNN editor Arsalan Iftikhar, formerly of CAIR, blames Donald Trump for anti-Muslim acts.

FRANKFURT - German police have arrested a man suspected of war crimes in Kosovo eight years ago, prosecutors said Wednesday. The 38-year-old, identified only as X.G., was in charge of a prison camp where many people died, prosecutors in Frankfurt said. He was also believed to be a leading figure in the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK). The United Nations Mission in Kosovo has asked for the suspect to be extradited. He was detained by national police in the small town of Seeheim- Jugenheim, south of Frankfurt. DPA