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Mosque where Orlando gunman worshipped is set on fire
Associated Press ^ | Sep 12, 2016 4:08 PM EDT | Terry Spencer

Posted on 09/12/2016 5:18:07 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The mosque that Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen attended was heavily damaged in an arson fire that Muslim leaders said was the latest incident in an escalating campaign of harassment and violence against the house of worship and its members.

Given the timing — Sunday’s 15th anniversary of 9/11 and the start of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha — investigators believe the blaze that broke out shortly before midnight Sunday at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce may have been a hate crime, St. Lucie County sheriff’s spokesman Maj. David Thompson said.

No one was injured. The fire burned a 10-by-10-foot (3-by-3-meter) hole in the roof at the back of the mosque’s main building and blackened its eaves with soot. …

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TOPICS: US: Florida; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fortpierce; ftpiercemosque; mateen; mateenmosque; mosque; orlando; rop
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To: Olog-hai

They’re livin’ for givin.’ the devil his due
But I’m burnin’, I’m burnin’, I’m burnin’ for you


21 posted on 09/12/2016 6:17:31 PM PDT by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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To: profit_guy

Eloquent comment. +1.


22 posted on 09/12/2016 6:20:02 PM PDT by OKSooner (She was practiced at the art of deception, you could tell by her bloodstained hands.)
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To: eyeamok

Typical Muslim false flag event.


23 posted on 09/12/2016 6:25:43 PM PDT by D Rider
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To: Olog-hai

What is the correct term for one burning mosque?

Answer: A small beginning.


24 posted on 09/12/2016 6:45:32 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: eyeamok

There is a very, very poor video of a motorcyclist throwing something as he drives by the mosque just before the fire starts.


25 posted on 09/12/2016 6:45:57 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Olog-hai

My, ‘Give A Damn’ is in the shop. It’s busted. Sorry. ;)


26 posted on 09/12/2016 6:46:53 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Olog-hai

Deploy Warthogs to take ‘em all out.


27 posted on 09/12/2016 6:50:38 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Lurker

More.
Faster.
Everywhere.


28 posted on 09/12/2016 7:32:14 PM PDT by Noumenon (We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s a start...


29 posted on 09/12/2016 8:13:11 PM PDT by Navin Johnson
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To: eyeamok

Combustible premature jihadulation..


30 posted on 09/12/2016 9:39:27 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Cicero

i go past this place all the time and I have a next door neighbor who attends this place who came from Iran.. Makes me a bit nervous


31 posted on 09/13/2016 4:41:36 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Go Trump, Give em hell BABY.)
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