A recent fire at a Houston mosque appears to have been the work of arsonists looking to destroy the building.
The fire was reported Friday afternoon at the Islamic Society of Greater Houston. It caused major damage to the building but no one was injured.
The blaze had “multiple points of origin,” which is an indicator that a fire accelerant may have been used, according to Special Agent Nicole Strong with the Houston Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The Houston Fire Department is investigating with help from the ATF. They are collecting video and other materials, Strong said.
Mustafaa Carroll, who is the executive director for the Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, called on law enforcement to investigate, citing a recent spike in vandalism to mosques that have prompted hate crime investigations.
“We urge law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for this fire,” he said in a statement.
Dramane Diallo, who is responsible for opening the worship center for prayer every morning, told The Houston Chronicle that the center has no kitchen or equipment that would easily cause an electrical fire.
“It’s very hard to believe it was an accident,” Diallo said.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Accident? No, I pretty sure it was no accident. I believe America is finally getting tired of Muslims trying to push Islamic laws and beliefs on this country. We like our constitution the way it is.
How do they like what they do to the whole world. We all know why they’re in the USA. They’re not wanted here or anywhere else. INC….go fire yourselves.
All Mosques need to be burned or torn down. They are an eye sore and do not belong
in this country. Maybe the muslims will figure it out sooner rather then later that they are
not welcome here in this country.They are raging animals that enjoy beheadings, drownings,
setting folks on fire, raping and chanting whatever it is they chant. Deport those that do not
leave on their own. We don’t want to or need to pay your expenses.
Yes Dee, they need to go, all of them! Their book tells them to kill us so we must kill or get rid of them by any means necessary.
They can go back to their sand castles & fight each other.
Good ! About time they pay something for the 14 Americans, murdered ! Americans are sick of these attacks by ISLAM !
The Mafia really missed a bet by not calling the Mafis a Religion like Islam calls their Force Structure. The Mafia would have been able to rape, murder, riot, and steal and then order the cops to arrest protesters.
I think Dee has it right along with many others. Someone who burns a mosque should be rewarded with a medal and perhaps even a substantial amount of cash. It’s just too bad a bunch of Muslim trash didn’t burn with the mosque. We don’t need or want that bunch of garbage littering our streets while ‘praying’ and worshiping their pagan ‘god.’ All they want is to disrupt our country, our government, our society and our way of life. They obviously have no intention of leaving and want to cram their Quran and their sharia crap down our throats. Well, as far as I’m concerned they can put both were the sun don’t shine and get the hell out of our country.
We’re sick an tired of you phony Muslims (Islam in not a religion! It’s a con. And, we ARE a Christian nation, athough Obama doesn’t seem to think so. We have an administration that no longer represents the American people and our wishes. They’ve gone to the dark side. These SOBs need to be prosecuted for failure to protect and defend our Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. In fact, the major offender of the Oath of Office is one Barack Hussein Obama, the Muslim. Remember when Obama was being interviewed by Geo. Stephanopolous? Obama, in talking about his faith, made a huge mistake when he said “my Muslim faith” and good ‘ol George provided cover for Obama and made the statement – “you mean your Christian faith.” Yeah, right, nobody inadvetantly forgets what their religion or faith they are. BHO is a phony. He’s a Trojan Horse. He’s in office to bring down this country. He hates America — why else would he want to proclaim he wants to “fundamentally change America?” Why, what was wrong with the America you and I grew up in? I love my country and I am greatly offended by this Mislim-in-Chief BHO changing our country! He should be brought up on charges of treason and breaking his Oath of Office. Never mind the fact he’s just like Hillary, a PROVEN LIAR!!!!!
Well said. Kudos. Best, always…
ENOUGH of American taxpayer paying $Trillion’s to fund Religious Islamic Muslim Wars!
94.3% of all Muslims in the USA are on Welfare paid on the taxpayer $Dollar due to multiple hidden wives who STAY PREGNANT.
ISLAM is a murderous death Cult with one goal in mind:
SHARIA LAW & WORLD TAKEOVER!
I’m not going to be losing any sleep over a HERO burning down a Muslim Mosque.
These are EVIL barbaric’ s who have NO mercy for human life via beheadings, stoning’s, cutting off hands, female genitalia, sex & marriage to 6 year old children etc. IF TRUMP ELECTED, THY’RE GOING BACK TO THE MIDDLE EAST WHERE THEY BELONG.
No tax payer money needed for a costly arson investigation. A waste of time for these evil savages!
TERRIFYING!!!!!! OOPS!
Too bad ALL of them mosques are not burned down during Friday prayers..
The Muslims are at war with us. And so now someone strikes back. Do you actually believe that you can go to your church of choice in their lands? No they would kill you all and destroy your church.
Wow. And here all along as Christians, I do believe that Jesus stated to his followers to Love Thine Enemies, To Judge Not, To Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself, Let He Who is Without Sin Cast The First Stone……..I don’t remember being instructed to hate others or cause them suffering. I could go on for awhile, but have we perhaps forgotten a few of the basics of Christianity?? Or are we supposed to let fear be our guide now?
We, USA, are at war on our own soil right now. If you don’t know that, then read your bible and look around you and pay attention. Sooner or later you will have to fight or lose your head. Decide. We are not going down without fighting for our country. vote for Trump. He is talking and leading for us. If you can do better, stand up to the plate.
When the rabid dog is chewing on your leg in the bar and I am the only one eating bacon and drinking whiskey and a fifty cal fully loaded what do you want me to do..
Shoot yourself, (but not fatally, of course…).