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Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by itsik(m): 11:01pm On Jan 30, 2017
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4167064/Texas-mosque-destroyed-early-morning-blaze-cause-unknown.

A Texas mosque has been ravaged by a fire just hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting migration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. A clerk at a convenience store spotted smoke and flames billowing from the Islamic Center of Victoria at around 2am on Saturday, and the fire department spent more than four hours battling the blaze.


Photos of the mosque show the dome toppled, and and the center's president Shahid said: 'It looks completely destroyed.

The imam was awake in the early morning hours and checked the mosque's online surveillance, only to find the alarm was inactive and the doors were unlocked, the Islamic center's president Shahid Hashmi said.Just last week, someone broke into the mosque and stole a number of electronics, including laptops.'He was worried about it and drove over there,' Hashmi said. 'By that time, fire engines were already there pouring water on the fire.''It's sad to stand there and watch it collapse down, and the fire was so huge,' Hashmi said.






Victoria Fire Marshal Tom Legler asked for help from the Texas Fire Marshal's Office and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to determine what caused the blaze.Authorities said it was too early to speculate, and Hashmi said: 'We don't have any lead or information as to what started the fire and what happened. 'So I'm sure it's going to be a few days, they told us, before they can come up with any answers for us.'No injuries were reported.Read more: 

Hashmi, who's lived in Victoria for 32 years, said: 'When 9/11 happened, Muslims and non-Muslims, we all got together. Of course, we will rebuild.'The mosque was built in 2000, and has enjoyed support from the city of about 115 miles southwest of Houston.Hasmi has already has received offers of temporary quarters for the congregation to worship and a GoFundMe page has collected $165,677 in donations.In addition to the break-in last week, the mosque was subject to vandalism in July 2013, after a man painted 'H8' or 'hate' outside the building.  The Texas office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said it would monitor the investigation of the Victoria fire.

'Because of growing anti-Muslim bigotry in our nation, and because of the recent spike in hate incidents targeting Islamic institutions and individuals, we urge investigators to keep the possibility of a bias motive for this fire in mind,' CAIR-Houston Executive Director Mustafaa Carroll said. Trump signed an executive order, barring any non-U.S. citizen from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen from entering the United States.That includes legal permanent residents - green card holders - and visa-holders from those seven countries. They cannot return to the U.S. for 90 days.There's an exemption for immigrants and legal permanent residents whose entry is in the U.S. national interest, but it's unclear how that exemption will be applied.Visa and green card holders already in the U.S. will be allowed to stay. A federal judge in Brooklyn issued a nationwide, emergency stay on Saturday night to allow people with a valid visa to remain once they've landed in the US.The decision did not strike down the executive order, and is only temporary.

Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by Godknowsbest: 11:07pm On Jan 30, 2017
Na wa o
Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by EternalTruths: 11:14pm On Jan 30, 2017
Send the moon people back to Saudi Arabia. angry

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by lovat(m): 11:24pm On Jan 30, 2017
The Muslims ae burning their own Mosques to make Trump look bad



Kolework



Deport their arses back to Saudi Arabia

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by DozieInc(m): 11:25pm On Jan 30, 2017
The people that did this are not Christians cool

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by lovat(m): 11:27pm On Jan 30, 2017
When Radical Muslims commit terror acts, the imams comes out and say



"Those people are not Muslims"



Now for this mosque that got burnt I'd say



The people that did this are not Christians

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by shakaZuIlu: 11:30pm On Jan 30, 2017
try anyhow see anyhow

American regaining their status as God own country


Tonyebarcanista is gnashing his teeth right now

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by vengertime: 11:32pm On Jan 30, 2017
Trump is the best President in the world. He ban all Nigerian Moslems too. ASAP

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by adadike281(f): 11:36pm On Jan 30, 2017
Muslims, make una endure am . The hunter is now d hunted. na wa o, dis world just dey surprise me.

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by philGeo(m): 11:42pm On Jan 30, 2017
I will name my first child. PUTIN TRUMP.

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by Nobody: 11:43pm On Jan 30, 2017
DozieInc:
The people that did this are not Christians cool
Actually they are. In fact some of the vilest crimes committed in the world today are carried out by persons who claim to be followers of Christ. Funny enough there is no evidence connecting Jesus to any violent crime

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by DozieInc(m): 11:50pm On Jan 30, 2017
kropotkin2:
Actually they are. In fact some of the vilest crimes committed in the world today are carried out by persons who claim to be followers of Christ. Funny enough there is no evidence connecting Jesus to any violent crime
Based on assumptions abi.

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by adadike281(f): 12:06am On Jan 31, 2017
shakaZuIlu:
bae i love your backside kiss
thks
Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by gesundheit: 12:06am On Jan 31, 2017
DozieInc:

Based on assumptions abi.

Joseph Kony, Dylan Roof, Ander brevik, James Holmes, Robert Dear, Alexandre Bissonnette et al.
Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by Cjrane2: 12:09am On Jan 31, 2017
Abeg insurance dey america

What about churches burnt in Nigeria where there is no insurance?

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by adadike281(f): 12:12am On Jan 31, 2017
shakaZuIlu:
bae i love your backside kiss
thks
Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by DozieInc(m): 12:14am On Jan 31, 2017
gesundheit:


Joseph Kony, Dylan Roof, Ander brevik, Alexandre Bissonnette et al.
Doesn't proof anything.
*They don't belong to any church
* They didn't act in the name of god.

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by gesundheit: 12:18am On Jan 31, 2017
DozieInc:

Doesn't proof anything.
*They don't belong to any church
* They didn't act in the name of god.

Go get an education, I bet you don't even know who thoes peeps are. Continue in your Kilimanjaro sized ignorance.
Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by DozieInc(m): 12:21am On Jan 31, 2017
gesundheit:


Go get an education, I bet you don't even know who thoes peeps are. Continue in your Kilimanjaro sized ignorance.
They are your peeps alright.

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Re: Texas Mosque Is Destroyed In Blaze Hours After Pres. Trump Signs Executive Order by mykeljosef: 12:23am On Jan 31, 2017
the world would be better off without religion

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