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HAIRY
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(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/25/04) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today thanked federal law enforcement authorities for their quick action in investigating a fire at a Texas mosque that is believed to have been "intentionally set." The Washington-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group also called for donations to help repair the mosque.
The fire at Masjid Al-Muhaiman in Houston, Texas, broke out Monday
night and caused an estimated $50,000 damage. Mosque officials tell CAIR that neighbors reported the blaze and helped prevent it from spreading to the entire structure before firefighters arrived. No one was inside the mosque at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported. Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are investigating the incident.
"We appreciate the quick response of local and national law enforcement agencies and call on people of all faiths to help repair the damage to this house of worship," said Iesa Galloway, executive director of CAIR's Houston office. He said donations may be sent to: Masjid Al-Muhaiman, 3103 Cleburne Street, Houston, Texas, 77004 (Make checks payable to "Masjid Al-Muhaiman." Galloway is also meeting today with local officials to seek stepped-up police patrols
in the area of Houston's mosques.
Similar incidents have occurred at American mosques in the recent past. In August of last year, investigators determined that a blaze at the Islamic Center of Savannah in Savannah, Ga., was an act of arson. As early as 1994, a nearly completed mosque in Yuba City, Calif., burned to the ground in what was ruled an arson attack. In 1995, arson destroyed a Springfield, Ill., Islamic center. In 1996, a suspect was charged for involvement in an arson attack on a Greenville, S.C., mosque. In 1999, an arson attack severely damaged a Minneapolis, Minn., mosque.
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The fire at Masjid Al-Muhaiman in Houston, Texas, broke out Monday
night and caused an estimated $50,000 damage. Mosque officials tell CAIR that neighbors reported the blaze and helped prevent it from spreading to the entire structure before firefighters arrived. No one was inside the mosque at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported. Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are investigating the incident.
"We appreciate the quick response of local and national law enforcement agencies and call on people of all faiths to help repair the damage to this house of worship," said Iesa Galloway, executive director of CAIR's Houston office. He said donations may be sent to: Masjid Al-Muhaiman, 3103 Cleburne Street, Houston, Texas, 77004 (Make checks payable to "Masjid Al-Muhaiman." Galloway is also meeting today with local officials to seek stepped-up police patrols
in the area of Houston's mosques.
Similar incidents have occurred at American mosques in the recent past. In August of last year, investigators determined that a blaze at the Islamic Center of Savannah in Savannah, Ga., was an act of arson. As early as 1994, a nearly completed mosque in Yuba City, Calif., burned to the ground in what was ruled an arson attack. In 1995, arson destroyed a Springfield, Ill., Islamic center. In 1996, a suspect was charged for involvement in an arson attack on a Greenville, S.C., mosque. In 1999, an arson attack severely damaged a Minneapolis, Minn., mosque.
There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
Hypocrisy is the homage paid by vice to virtue.
Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.