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Ahson Saeed, of Corvallis reacts over burnt debris from the mosque |
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been called in to aid the investigation into an arson fire at the Corvallis mosque where Portland bomb plot suspect Mohamed Osman Mohamud sometimes attended.
The fire at the Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Center was discovered by an on-duty police sergeant at about 2:15 a.m. today. It took firefighters 10 minutes to put it out and it damaged about 80 percent of the office it was contained to. No one was injured.
FBI spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele said it’s standard for the agency to become involved in attacks on religious groups, but that the possible connection between the fire and the arrest of Mohamud makes their involvement even more important…
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the fire…
Arthur Balizan, the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Oregon stated: “We have made it quite clear that the FBI will not tolerate any kind of retribution or attack on the Muslim community…We are working very closely with the leadership at the mosque. We will find the person responsible for this attack and bring the full force of the federal justice system to bear…”
If you’ve followed the details of the teenage nutball who wanted to commit terrorist murders at a tree lighting ceremony, you would know that the initiatives that turned this creep up to the FBI and Homeland Security came from the Islamic community in Oregon.
OTOH, the bigot that committed the arson attack upon the Corvallis mosque will likely turn out to be someone who has trouble reading the Sunday comics.
On thing is sure – religious fanaticism is the root cause of wars, hatred and bigotry today and modern history.
In the past, it was ALSO the cause of all torture, genocides, imprisonment and freedom of science.
Other than that, it not so bad. I do credit religion in keeping criminals in the prison population to be civilized.
Benjamin,
… and, yes, SOME Sunnis and Shiites hate each other.
Likewise some Catholics and Protestants hate each other but we don’t immediately speculate that every Catholic church fire was set by Protestants.
Don’t be dumb.
Dallas,
Countries with atheism as the official state religion broke all body count records in the 20th Century. ‘
At this point, the other religions are playing catch-up.
So religion was the #1 kiiller until “modern” times, and that’s supposed to be better?
Guy takes a phone, calls a number, thinking it would kill hundreds of people, wishing he could kill more Americans, and people say this guy is a hapless loser who should be ignored.
#44 I’m just stating facts and yu draw your own conclusions. I’ve drawn mine.
I accept that religious beliefs are largely the result of the human brain desire for explanation of things. OK by me. However, religious fanaticism is a disease.
@MikeN
If it wasn’t for the FBI this moron would still be a hapless loser. The FBI trolls looking for these kind of morons because it is easier than looking for real terrorists and it lets them look like they are accomplishing something significant. You aren’t a real terrorist if the FBI has to do the planning AND supply the explosives.
There are crazy people on both sides of the fence…
What will restrain these kind of activities? It obviously isn’t religion, or the LAW, or fear of punishment.
I know what I would recommend but that would make me one of them…
I guess this will work its self out,
Without to much damage to innocent bystanders.
#28–Animby, lost without his phone==really?
Very disturbing. Here I am lost in my own religious revelry thinking I am scoring big points on the board and you don’t see them as relevant? Ha, ha. I’m doomed. No salvation for me.
The point of white men wiping out red men is that “they didn’t intend to do it.” Just as today many defend Muslims because the vast majority of them (sic) are peace loving people. IE==IN A CONTEST OF CIVILIZATIONS, INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATION MEANS NOTHING.
Holy CRAP. and crap it is.
And Greg Allan #44==you are a constant disappointment. Calling out “Countries with atheism as the official state religion broke all body count records in the 20th Century.” /// Such an inane trope. WHY was atheism the state religion? Because the state required allegiance to the State as the Highest Authority–no room for gods/religions/cultures other than the state. A demand for total allegiance does not allow for competing theories but does offer damnation for failure to submit.
Like Religion, the other totalitarian authoritarian personality driven belief systems deny man his freedom to be left alone.
Religion and Atheist States: more the same than different. In fact: IDENTICAL except for who/what is worshiped. Not to play word games but atheism: freedom to believe what you want. Conclusion: Atheist States do not have atheism as their religion, they merely have excluded all formal religions.
Silly Hoomans: who else but other hoomans is a threat to your existence?
Ha, ha.
I’m impressed with how quickly the mosque was burned. There was no planning, no consultation with the FBI, no blogging – just some rednecks with a can of gas.
@arealmother – yes but I hope when I get there I’m given drugs designed by heathen biochemists, put in scanners designed by heathen physicists and seen by doctors who studied by cutting up real dead bodies.
If it’s a bunch of clerics praying for me or reading Aristotle I’d rather they didn’t bother.
Brainless people.
Only a self indulgent atheist would say Christians are the same as Muslims, especially since that same self important Commie/NAZI is espousing that belief in a Christian country instead of a Muslim country where he would either be quiet or loose their head.
No One remembers Stalin’s purges/universal starvation, China’s Cultural Revolution body count on top of the body count from it’s Commie Revolution. No remembers Cambodia? No one remembers the butcher bill the Muslims gained as they imposed Islam across Christian Middle East, North Africa, Spain and attempted in France before be fought back and out of Europe. No one remembers the centuries of war perpetrated by the Ottoman Muslim Empire?
The Crusades were just a failed counter attack the occurred over many years, similar to the initial attack perpetrated by the Islamic trash to begin with and once again on the march to spread it’s filth Globally with the help of our Political Elite/Traitors.
The only thing worse than a Muslim is Commie/NAZI greenPC butchers seeking to kill even more humans through Climate Control and Bio-Diversity. Ali Gore may go done in history as the Lenin of Today; either way just like Lenin he’s on his way out, but at least he’ correctly named. Gore the Bio-butcher of humanity.
How brain washed are child like fake intellectual today, looking for their own emulation and to bring back the Dark Age feudalism. Hasn’t anyone noticed that North Korea and many other Commie countries have ceased to be Commie and are really now just repressive Fiefdom’s with hereditary heirs. What do you think the future for yourself holds? Do you really think you’re going to be part of the 5% of population that’s spared, ha ha what fools.
Whatever……………………………….
Traaxx
It’s high time that the Christianist Fundamentalists, aka the American Taliban, was held accountable for their dirty deeds.
Fundamental Christianity is as violent as any other religious fundamentalism. These people should be doing time.
You got a little foam on your mouth there, Traxx