CNN’s Erin Burnett is reporting Friday night that the fire that broke out at Quba Islamic Institute in southeast Houston early Friday morning was set intentionally, at least according to a preliminary investigation.
The Houston Chronicle spoke with assistant Imam Ahsan Zahid, who said arson investigators told him an accelerant was used in the fire. Zahid said investigators were pursuing two possibilities: the fire was set intentionally to damage the building, or a homeless person might have broken in to find refuge from the cold and started a fire.
As Twitchy reported earlier today, people were quick to link the shooting deaths of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, N.C., to Friday’s fire in Houston, and reports that the fire was sent intentionally have only reinforced the belief that it was a hate crime.
Just talked to one of the people who runs the facility involved in #HoustonFire and I'm 100% convinced this was an intentional attack
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) February 14, 2015
@OutFrontCNN @jojokejohn @HoustonChron I wonder what @lawrence thinks of his Christians now.
— Everyone Was In The Loop (@EthanObama) February 14, 2015
@OutFrontCNN @Remroum @HoustonChron KuKluxKlan
— VaseCommunicant ?? (@VaseCommunicant) February 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/hottenvenus/status/566401146454282240
https://twitter.com/shehzilk/status/566403685345808384
The violence that Muslims are experiencing in America is but the latest iteration of 200 years of Anti-Black White Terrorism #HoustonFire
— Not Your Woke Bae (@josephlboston) February 14, 2015
Burning down mosques? Our Black brothers and sisters know a lot about that. History repeating itself. #BlackLivesMatter #HoustonFire
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) February 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/TheMoee/status/566406238742020097
You might want to check this post before claiming the media has ignored the story.
#HoustonFire Suddenly all the world shut's up when Muslim's are being attacked based on religion
— Nada (@subaieuk) February 14, 2015
It was a terrorist attack. Plain and simple. #HoustonFire
— Omar (@TheOmaRamo) February 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/WickedBeaute/status/566394717416345600
This is like post 9/11 but on steroids.i thought that early2000s was the worst time for Muslim/Arab- Americans but look at now! #HoustonFire
— Gigi Ibrahim (@Gsquare86) February 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/lexiconstable/status/566415060827140096
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