Monday 30 January 2017
Hours After Trumps Immigration Ban on Muslims a Texas Mosque Is Destroyed by Fire
Hours After Trumps Immigration Ban on Muslims a Texas Mosque Is Destroyed by Fire
BY TAPOOS READERS | JANUARY 30, 2017
Early this Saturday, fire broke out in a Texas mosque. Earlier during the day, President Donald Trump has signed on the executive order. This order bans migration to the US for people of seven Muslim countries.
The mosque known as the Islamic Center of Victoria caught fire around 2 am. A clerk from the local convenience store informed the authorities of this incident.
It took the fire department over four hours to extinguish the flames. The center looked completely gutted.
Islamic Center of Victoria, Texas
The building wrapped in huge flames when fire fighters arrived
The Imam of the center told Tapoos that the online surveillance showed the alarm was disabled. The doors were also being shown as unlocked.
‘It’s sad to stand there and watch it collapse down, and the fire was so huge,’ Hashmi said.
Until the filing of this report, the cause for the fire was unknown. The authorities say it’s too early to say for sure what started the fire.
No human loss or injury occurred during the fire.
The dome toppled off the mosque roof, which caved in during the fire.
This mosque was build year before 9/11 and the imam is very mush positive about rebuilding. He says we American are resilient and we always rebuild.
Imam Calls for Support on GoFundMe
He launched a GoFundMe campaign that has collected $ 815,000 out of the targeted $850,000.
There is a reason to suspect any kind of foul play. There have been hate incidents before and the possibility of it can’t be ruled out.
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